I guess that .223 career minor league batting average convinced him he was not going to make the majors. From the story: >>Tim Tebow is retiring from baseball after five years as a New York Mets minor leaguer. The 33-year-old 2007 Heisman Trophy winner returned to baseball in 2016 for the first time since his junior year of high school and reached Triple-A, encouraged by then Mets general manager and current team president Sandy Alderson. >>'Tebow about to take over the NBA now,' joked one fan on Twitter, although it's apparently possible considering he played high school basketball as well. >>In 2019, which turned out to be his final season due to the pandemic, Tebow batted .163 in 77 games at Triple-A - the highest level of minor league baseball - before suffering a season-ending pinky injury. He finishes his career with a .223 average over 287 minor league games. >>'I want to thank the Mets, Alderson, the fans and all my teammates for the chance to be a part of such a great organization,' Tebow said in a statement released by New York on Wednesday. 'I loved every minute of the journey, but at this time I feel called in other directions.'