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1890 American Association Retirements

The baseball torch is passed from season to season and in some cases, from game to game. In 1911, Cy Young pitched his final Major League game, lost 1-0, and ended the final season of his career with a losing record of 7-9 and an ERA of 3.77. Young's opponent that particular day was a first-year pitcher named Grover Alexander who received the win, added to his league leading shutout total, and went on to begin his career with a winning record of 28-13 and an ERA of 2.57.

Bob Gibson, who was easily one of the most intense competitors of all time, gave up a grand slam to the last Major League hitter he faced, Pete LaCock of the Chicago Cubs. Fifteen years passed and when the two faced off during an old-timer's game, Gibson hit LaCock on his back with a fastball.

Babe Ruth summed it up when he responded to a question about retirement by saying, "A ballplayer should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill." Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive list of American Association League players who hung up their spikes in 1890.

"You are George Brett and all the cheering has stopped. The music is muted, the hour is late, and they will be taking the banners down and emptying your locker any minute now. As the late Jimmy Cannon would say it, 'All your bats are broken.'" - Broadcaster Jim Murray

American Association Retirements
1890

# Name Team Pos Age

n/a Norm Baker Baltimore Orioles P 27

n/a Belden Hill Baltimore Orioles 3B 26

n/a Dan Long Baltimore Orioles OF 23

n/a Reddy Mack Baltimore Orioles 2B 25

n/a Joe McGuckin Baltimore Orioles OF 29

n/a Mike Morrison Baltimore Orioles P 24

n/a Mike O'Rourke Baltimore Orioles P 22

n/a Tom Power Baltimore Orioles 1B 22

n/a Joe Sommer Baltimore Orioles OF 32

n/a Pop Tate Baltimore Orioles C 30

n/a Frank Bowes Brooklyn Gladiators C uk

n/a Hi Church Brooklyn Gladiators OF 27

n/a Pete Connell Brooklyn Gladiators 3B 29

n/a Frank Fennelly Brooklyn Gladiators SS 31

n/a Tom Ford Brooklyn Gladiators P 24

n/a Jack Lynch Brooklyn Gladiators P 34

n/a Mike Mattimore Brooklyn Gladiators P 32

n/a Charlie McCullough Brooklyn Gladiators P 25

n/a Bob Murphy Brooklyn Gladiators P 24

n/a Candy Nelson Brooklyn Gladiators SS 42

n/a Billy O'Brien Brooklyn Gladiators 1B 31

n/a John Peltz Brooklyn Gladiators OF 30

n/a Herman Pitz Brooklyn Gladiators C 25

n/a Jim Powers Brooklyn Gladiators P uk

n/a Fred Siefke Brooklyn Gladiators 3B 21

n/a Hank Simon Brooklyn Gladiators OF 28

n/a Steve Toole Brooklyn Gladiators P 32

n/a Jim Toy Brooklyn Gladiators C 33

n/a Gus Williams Brooklyn Gladiators P uk

n/a Ned Bligh Columbus Colts C 26

n/a Henry Easterday Columbus Colts SS 26

n/a Tom Ford Columbus Colts P 24

n/a Al Mays Columbus Colts P 26

n/a Sam Nicholl Columbus Colts OF 22

n/a Ned Bligh Louisville Colonels C 26

n/a Henry Easterday Louisville Colonels SS 26

n/a Herb Goodall Louisville Colonels P 23

n/a Charlie Hamburg Louisville Colonels OF 24

n/a Mike Jones Louisville Colonels P 25

n/a Dan O'Connor Louisville Colonels 1B 22

n/a Dan Phelan Louisville Colonels 1B 29

n/a Chief Roseman Louisville Colonels 1B uk

n/a Pete Sweeney Louisville Colonels SS 27

n/a Phil Tomney Louisville Colonels SS 27

n/a Pete Weckbecker Louisville Colonels C 26

n/a Kid Baldwin Philadelphia Athletics C 26

n/a Sam Campbell Philadelphia Athletics 2B uk

n/a Bart Cantz Philadelphia Athletics C 31

n/a Ed Carfrey Philadelphia Athletics SS 27

n/a George Carman Philadelphia Athletics SS 25

n/a Ben Conroy Philadelphia Athletics SS 20

n/a George Crawford Philadelphia Athletics OF uk

n/a Henry Easterday Philadelphia Athletics SS 26

n/a Dennis Fitzgerald Philadelphia Athletics SS 26

n/a Ed Green Philadelphia Athletics P 31

n/a Pete Hasney Philadelphia Athletics OF 26

n/a Horace Helmbold Philadelphia Athletics P 23

n/a Mickey Hughes Philadelphia Athletics P 24

n/a Joe Kappel Philadelphia Athletics OF 34

n/a Andy Knox Philadelphia Athletics 1B 27

n/a Bill Lackey Philadelphia Athletics P 20

n/a Unknown Macey Philadelphia Athletics C uk

n/a John McBride Philadelphia Athletics OF uk

n/a Henry Meyers Philadelphia Athletics 3B uk

n/a Jack O'Brien Philadelphia Athletics 1B 30

n/a Ed O'Neil Philadelphia Athletics P 32

n/a Ed Pabst Philadelphia Athletics OF uk

n/a Bill Price Philadelphia Athletics P uk

n/a Blondie Purcell Philadelphia Athletics OF 37

n/a John Riddle Philadelphia Athletics C 27

n/a Al Sauter Philadelphia Athletics 3B 22

n/a Orator Shafer Philadelphia Athletics OF 39

n/a Taylor Shafer Philadelphia Athletics 2B 24

n/a Charles Snyder Philadelphia Athletics OF 18

n/a Bob Stafford Philadelphia Athletics OF 18

n/a Charlie Stecher Philadelphia Athletics P 21

n/a John Sterling Philadelphia Athletics P uk

n/a Harry Stine Philadelphia Athletics P 27

n/a Pete Sweeney Philadelphia Athletics 2B 27

n/a Ham Sweigert Philadelphia Athletics OF uk

n/a Jim Whitney Philadelphia Athletics P 33

n/a Harvey Blauvelt Rochester Rochesters P 23

n/a John Fitzgerald Rochester Rochesters P 25

n/a Bill Greenwood Rochester Rochesters 2B 34

n/a Tom O'Brien Rochester Rochesters 1B 30

n/a Marr Phillips Rochester Rochesters SS 33

n/a Phil Reccius Rochester Rochesters OF 28

n/a Ted Scheffler Rochester Rochesters OF 27

n/a Leo Smith Rochester Rochesters SS 32

n/a Cannonball Titcomb Rochester Rochesters P 24

n/a Jim Adams St. Louis Browns C 23

n/a Gus Creely St. Louis Browns SS 20

n/a Billy Hart St. Louis Browns P 25

n/a Pat Hartnett St. Louis Browns 1B 27

n/a Joe Herr St. Louis Browns 2B 26

n/a Bill Higgins St. Louis Browns 2B 31

n/a Jerry Kane St. Louis Browns 1B 25

n/a John Kerins St. Louis Browns 1B 32

n/a Billy Klusman St. Louis Browns 2B 26

n/a Dad Meek St. Louis Browns C 24

n/a Frank Millard St. Louis Browns 2B 25

n/a Ed Pabst St. Louis Browns OF uk

n/a Toad Ramsey St. Louis Browns P 26

n/a Chief Roseman St. Louis Browns OF uk

n/a Pete Sweeney St. Louis Browns 2B 27

n/a Jake Wells St. Louis Browns C 27

n/a Joe Battin Syracuse Stars 3B 38

n/a Dan Casey Syracuse Stars P 28

n/a Pat Dealy Syracuse Stars C 29

n/a Mike Dorgan Syracuse Stars OF 37

n/a Louis Graff Syracuse Stars C 24

n/a Ducky Hemp Syracuse Stars OF 28

n/a Bill Higgins Syracuse Stars 2B 31

n/a John Keefe Syracuse Stars P 24

n/a Frank Keffer Syracuse Stars P 29

n/a John Leighton Syracuse Stars OF 29

n/a Ezra Lincoln Syracuse Stars P 22

n/a Toby Lyons Syracuse Stars P 22

n/a Ed Mars Syracuse Stars P 23

n/a Charlie McCullough Syracuse Stars P 25

n/a Barney McLaughlin Syracuse Stars SS uk

n/a Mike Morrison Syracuse Stars P 24

n/a Tom O'Rourke Syracuse Stars C 25

n/a John Peltz Syracuse Stars OF 30

n/a Herman Pitz Syracuse Stars C 25

n/a George Proeser Syracuse Stars OF 27

n/a Hank Simon Syracuse Stars OF 28

n/a Bill Sullivan Syracuse Stars P uk

n/a Rasty Wright Syracuse Stars OF 28

n/a Dan Abbott Toledo Maumees P 29

n/a Ed Cushman Toledo Maumees P 39

n/a Babe Doty Toledo Maumees P 23

n/a Ed O'Neil Toledo Maumees P 32

n/a John Peltz Toledo Maumees OF 30

n/a Floyd Ritter Toledo Maumees C 20

n/a Emmett Rogers Toledo Maumees C 23

n/a Harry Sage Toledo Maumees C 27

n/a Fred Smith Toledo Maumees P 26

n/a Charlie Sprague Toledo Maumees OF 26

# Name Team Pos Age

1890 American Association Retirements

Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American Association during the 1890 season as this group of players bid farewell to their field's of dreams.

Stan Musial ended his Major League career on September 29, 1963. His final hit was a single during the sixth inning off Jim Maloney which drove in his last RBI (which was Curt Flood).

Did you know that future hall of fame pitcher Walter Johnson ended his Major League career in 1927 with a pinch-hit appearance? During the final game of the season pitcher Tom Zachary, who had just given up Babe Ruth's sixtieth home run of the season, was lifted and Johnson replaced him at the plate.

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