Ryan Lavarnway has officially retired from baseball. One of the mainstays and veterans of Team Israel baseball he is also one of the best guys in sports. He will go down as one of the top 10 most impactful Jewish baseball players of all-time (our list below) and we here at TGR wish Ryan all the best in the future!

- Sandy Koufax
- Hank Greenberg
- Ken Holtzman
- Al Rosen
- Ian Kinsler
- Ryan Braun
- Ron Blomberg
- Ryan Lavarnway
- Moe Berg
- Lipman Pike