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.

"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 League Retirements
1913

# Name Team Pos Age

n/a Mack Allison St. Louis Browns P 27

n/a Mike Balenti St. Louis Browns SS 27

n/a Neal Ball Boston Red Sox 2B 33

n/a Jim Baskette Cleveland Naps P 26

n/a George Brickley Philadelphia Athletics OF 19

n/a Joe Burns Detroit Tigers OF 25

n/a Jimmy Callahan Chicago White Sox OF 40

n/a George Clark New York Yankees P 23

n/a Al Clauss Detroit Tigers P 22

n/a Lee Dashner Cleveland Naps P 27

n/a Rex Dawson Washington Senators P 26

n/a Tom Drohan Washington Senators P 26

n/a Eddie Edmonson Cleveland Naps 1B 24

n/a Heinie Elder Detroit Tigers P 23

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

n/a Joe Giebel Philadelphia Athletics C 22

n/a Luke Glavenich Cleveland Naps P 21

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

n/a Dave Gregg Cleveland Naps P 23

n/a Charlie Grover Detroit Tigers P 23

n/a Jim Hanley New York Yankees P 28

n/a Harry Hanson New York Yankees C 18

n/a Charlie Harding Detroit Tigers P 23

n/a Harry Hedgpeth Washington Senators P 25

n/a Les Hennessey Detroit Tigers 2B 20

n/a Fred House Detroit Tigers P 23

n/a Tom Hughes Washington Senators P 35

n/a Johnny Johnston St. Louis Browns OF 24

n/a Al Klawitter Detroit Tigers P 25

n/a John Knight New York Yankees 1B 28

n/a Joe Lake Detroit Tigers P 33

n/a Frank Lange Chicago White Sox P 30

n/a Lefty Lorenzen Detroit Tigers P 21

n/a Paul Maloy Boston Red Sox P 21

n/a Bill McAllester St. Louis Browns C 24

n/a Walt Meinert St. Louis Browns OF 23

n/a Ezra Midkiff New York Yankees 3B 31

n/a Dave Morey Philadelphia Athletics P 25

n/a Bill Morley Washington Senators 2B 24

n/a Bill Mundy Boston Red Sox 1B 24

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

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

n/a Steve Partenheimer Detroit Tigers 3B 22

n/a Monte Peffer Philadelphia Athletics SS 22

n/a Pepper Peploski Detroit Tigers 3B 22

n/a Al Platte Detroit Tigers OF 24

n/a Jack Powell St. Louis Browns P 22

n/a Erwin Renfer Detroit Tigers P 22

n/a Buddy Ryan Cleveland Naps OF 28

n/a Jack Ryan Washington Senators C 45

n/a Biff Schaller Chicago White Sox OF 24

n/a Pete Schmidt St. Louis Browns P 23

n/a Hal Schwenk St. Louis Browns P 23

n/a Jim Scoggins Chicago White Sox P 22

n/a Joe Smith New York Yankees C 20

n/a Wally Snell Boston Red Sox C 25

n/a Ben Spencer Washington Senators OF 24

n/a Jake Stahl Boston Red Sox PH 35

n/a Dutch Sterrett New York Yankees 1B 24

n/a Bill Stumpf New York Yankees SS 22

n/a Josh Swindell Cleveland Naps PH 30

n/a John Taff Philadelphia Athletics P 23

n/a George Tomer St. Louis Browns PH 18

n/a Guy Tutwiler Detroit Tigers 1B 24

n/a Doc White Chicago White Sox P 35

n/a Bob Williams New York Yankees C 30

n/a John Wilson Washington Senators P 23

n/a George Young Cleveland Naps PH 24

n/a Carl Zamloch Detroit Tigers P 24

# 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.

Goose Goslin played for eighteen seasons and averaged one-hundred twenty-seven games played per season. In 1938, during his final at-bat, he twisted his back and was replaced at the plate by a pinch-hitter for the first time in his Major League career.

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