Complex sentence: Though defensively he played as a second baseman, the Reds primarily used Bates as a pinch runner; after he scored the winning run in Game 2 of the 1990 World Series, Bates never played in MLB again.
Split into simpler sentences: Though defensively he played as a second baseman, the Reds primarily used Bates as a pinch runner. After he scored the winning run in Game 2 of the 1990 World Series, Bates never played in MLB again.