Baseball Almanac - 1913 American League Retirements

1913 American League 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 League League players who hung up their spikes in 1913.

"I want to hit a routine grounder to second and run all out to first base, then get thrown out by a half step. I want to leave an example to the young guys that that's how you play the game, all out." - George Brett

American League Retirements
1913

# Name Team Pos Age

n/a Neal Ball Boston Red Sox 2B 33

n/a Paul Maloy Boston Red Sox P 21

n/a Bill Mundy Boston Red Sox 1B 24

n/a Buck O'Brien Boston Red Sox P 32

n/a Wally Snell Boston Red Sox C 25

n/a Jake Stahl Boston Red Sox PH 35

n/a Nixey Callahan Chicago White Sox OF 40

n/a Frank Lange Chicago White Sox P 30

n/a Buck O'Brien Chicago White Sox P 32

n/a Biff Schaller Chicago White Sox OF 24

n/a Jim Scoggins Chicago White Sox P 22

n/a Doc White Chicago White Sox P 35

n/a Jim Baskette Cleveland Naps P 26

n/a Lee Dashner Cleveland Naps P 27

n/a Eddie Edmonson Cleveland Naps 1B 24

n/a Luke Glavenich Cleveland Naps P 21

n/a Dave Gregg Cleveland Naps P 23

n/a Buddy Ryan Cleveland Naps OF 28

n/a Josh Swindell Cleveland Naps PH 30

n/a George Young Cleveland Naps PH 24

n/a Joe Burns Detroit Tigers OF 25

n/a Al Clauss Detroit Tigers P 22

n/a Heinie Elder Detroit Tigers P 23

n/a Charlie Grover Detroit Tigers P 23

n/a Charlie Harding Detroit Tigers P 23

n/a Les Hennessey Detroit Tigers 2B 20

n/a Fred House Detroit Tigers P 23

n/a Al Klawitter Detroit Tigers P 25

n/a Joe Lake Detroit Tigers P 33

n/a Lefty Lorenzen Detroit Tigers P 21

n/a Steve Partenheimer Detroit Tigers 3B 22

n/a Pepper Peploski Detroit Tigers 3B 22

n/a Al Platte Detroit Tigers OF 24

n/a Erwin Renfer Detroit Tigers P 22

n/a Guy Tutwiler Detroit Tigers 1B 24

n/a Carl Zamloch Detroit Tigers P 24

n/a George Clark New York Yankees P 23

n/a Jim Hanley New York Yankees P 28

n/a Harry Hanson New York Yankees C 18

n/a John Knight New York Yankees 1B 28

n/a Ezra Midkiff New York Yankees 3B 31

n/a Joe Smith New York Yankees C 20

n/a Dutch Sterrett New York Yankees 1B 24

n/a Bill Stumpf New York Yankees SS 22

n/a Bob Williams New York Yankees C 30

n/a George Brickley Philadelphia Athletics OF 19

n/a Joe Giebel Philadelphia Athletics C 22

n/a Dave Morey Philadelphia Athletics P 25

n/a Monte Peffer Philadelphia Athletics SS 22

n/a John Taff Philadelphia Athletics P 23

n/a Mack Allison St. Louis Browns P 27

n/a Mike Balenti St. Louis Browns SS 27

n/a Charlie Flanagan St. Louis Browns 3B 22

n/a Fred Graf St. Louis Browns 3B 24

n/a Johnny Johnston St. Louis Browns OF 24

n/a Bill McAllester St. Louis Browns C 24

n/a Walt Meinert St. Louis Browns OF 23

n/a Jack Powell St. Louis Browns P 22

n/a Pete Schmidt St. Louis Browns P 23

n/a Hal Schwenk St. Louis Browns P 23

n/a George Tomer St. Louis Browns PH 18

n/a Rex Dawson Washington Senators P 25

n/a Tom Drohan Washington Senators P 26

n/a Harry Hedgpeth Washington Senators P 25

n/a Tom Hughes Washington Senators P 35

n/a Bill Morley Washington Senators 2B 24

n/a Jack Ryan Washington Senators C 45

n/a Ben Spencer Washington Senators OF 24

n/a John Wilson Washington Senators P 23

# Name Team Pos Age

1913 American League Retirements

Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1913 season as this group of players bid farewell to their field's of dreams.

On September 28, 1960, broadcaster Curt Gowdy uttered, "It's got a chance. It's got a chance. And it's gone!" Those words were used to describe the final at-bat of slugger Ted Williams.

On July 28, 1976, Blue Moon Odom pitched the final five innings of his Major League career. He was relieved by Francisco Barrios in the sixth inning and the two White Sox combined to pitch a 2-1 no-hitter versus the Oakland Athletics.

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