Crawford announced his retirement from professional baseball Wednesday, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.

The Cardinals released Crawford on Tuesday.

Crawford went 2-for-4 with an RBI double in Tuesday's 8-1 win over the Rangers.

Crawford will start at shortstop and bat seventh Tuesday versus the Marlins, Lynn Worthy of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

Crawford (hamstring) will start at third base and bat eighth in Tuesday's game in Miami.

The Cardinals announced that Crawford was removed from Sunday's 2-1 win over the Cubs in the eighth inning due to a left hamstring cramp, John Denton of MLB.com reports.

Crawford was removed from Sunday's game against the Cubs in the top of the eighth inning with an apparent left hamstring injury, John Denton of MLB.com reports. He went 1-for-1 with a double, two walks and a run scored before departing.

Crawford will start at shortstop and bat eighth in Friday's game versus the Phillies.

Crawford (hand) is starting at shortstop and batting eighth for the Cardinals in Tuesday's exhibition game versus the Cubs, John Denton of MLB.com reports.

Crawford (hand) took batting practice Monday, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.