He played in MLB for the Washington Nationals, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chiba Lotte Marines and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.

On September 7, Short hit his first major league home run against Dontrelle Willis of the Florida Marlins at RFK Stadium.

It marked the second stint for Short in Japan—in 2003, he played for the Chiba Lotte Marines and hit .303 with 12 home runs and 58 RBI.

On June 10, 2021, Short was promoted to be a co-hitting coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks following the firing of Darnell Coles and Eric Hinske.

[2] On December 13, 2024, the Diamondbacks announced that Short would be shifting the role of minor league field coordinator.