The 6-year long captain of the Boston Red sox, Jason Varitek, Retired on March 1st, 2012. Regardless of what you think of the Red sox, he was on of the best players in the mlb.

Records He won:

3× All-Star (2003, 2005, 2008)

2× World Series champion (2004, 2007)

Gold Glove Award winner (2005)

Silver Slugger Award winner (2005)

1994 Dick Howser Trophy

1994 Golden Spikes Award

Boston Red Sox team captain (2005–2011)


Some more information can be found here.
Jason Varitek: 'I gave everything I had to this organization' - Extra Bases - Red Sox blog

and a video
Click here to customize video title - Boston.com