Ronnie Belliard will retire following Tuesday's game with Triple-A Lehigh Valley.

Belliard signed a minor league deal with the Phillies at the end of spring training and is batting .251 with three homers and 23 RBI over his first 53 games with the IronPigs. The 36-year-old infielder walks away with a .273 batting average and 1,377 career hits over parts of 13 major league seasons between the Brewers, Nationals, Indians, Dodgers, Rockies and Cardinals.

Yankees released INF Ronnie Belliard.

Belliard was in camp as a non-roster invitee. The 35-year-old batted just .136 with one double and one RBI over 22 at-bats this spring.

Ronnie Belliard went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts on Friday and is 1-for-12 this spring.

Belliard missed time with a calf strain and hasn't produced in limited playing time, so it seems doubtful that he'll make the Yankees. He'd be a nice insurance policy if he's willing to report to Triple-A.

Ronnie Belliard (calf) is back in the lineup Thursday.

Belliard has been sidelined since the first weekend of exhibition action with a calf strain. He's fallen behind Eric Chavez for a backup infielder job.

Ronnie Belliard will miss the next 10 days of camp due to a strain in his calf.

That is going to seriously hurt his chances of making the Yankees' big league roster, if he ever had a hope in the first place. Belliard inked a minor league contract with New York this winter and will probably have to settle for an assignment to Triple-A when camp breaks.

Ronnie Belliard was scratched from Sunday's spring exhibition game with a strained calf.

Belliard will probably be left to rest and rehab this entire week. He inked a minor league contract with the Yanks this winter and is in big league camp with a shot at earning a backup gig on the infield.

Yankees manager Joe Girardi could give Ronnie Belliard some reps at first base this spring.

The Yankees have Nick Swisher around as a backup to Mark Teixeira, but Girardi would prefer to leave Swisher in right field. Belliard has played 67 games at first over the last four seasons, so it's not as if it would be foreign territory for him. Jorge Posada and Eric Chavez are also available to fill in at first base if needed.

Yankees signed INF Ronnie Belliard to a minor league contract.

He'll get an invite to spring training, where he'll hope to earn $825,000 plus incentives as a utility player. Belliard's string of seasons with 10+ home runs ended last season at six, as he batted only .216/.295/.327 with two longballs in 162 at-bats for the Dodgers before being designated for assignment in September. He'll battle Ramiro Pena and Eduardo Nunes for a roster spot.

Dodgers designated INF Ronnie Belliard for assignment.

Ronnie Belliard missed a cycle by a single and drove in four runs to lead the Dodgers to a 10-2 win over the Pirates on Thursday.

After losing the first two games of the series, Dodgers manager Joe Torre emptied his bench today and gave Belliard, Reed Johnson, Garret Anderson, Jamey Carroll and Brad Ausmus their first starts versus Paul Maholm. The offense responded with 10 runs, with Belliard and Johnson leading the way. Belliard needs to be in the lineup against most lefties, whether it's in place of Blake DeWitt or James Loney.