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1914 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 1914.

"You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to: Run forward. Bend. Scoop up the ball. Peg it to the infield. Then your body says, 'Who, me?'" - Retirement comment made by Joe DiMaggio

American League Retirements
1914

# Name Team Pos Age

n/a Ben Rochefort Philadelphia Athletics 1B 18

n/a Ferdie Moore Philadelphia Athletics 1B 19

n/a Charlie Bold St. Louis Browns 1B 20

n/a Toots Coyne Philadelphia Athletics 3B 20

n/a Harley Dillinger Cleveland Naps P 20

n/a Frank Mills Cleveland Naps C 20

n/a Fred Worden Philadelphia Athletics P 20

n/a Tom Burr New York Yankees OF 21

n/a Larry Pezold Cleveland Naps 3B 21

n/a Delos Brown Chicago White Sox PH 22

n/a Dean Sturgis Philadelphia Athletics C 22

n/a Mutt Williams Washington Senators P 22

n/a Tim Bowden St. Louis Browns OF 23

n/a Carl Cashion Washington Senators P 23

n/a Frank Crossin St. Louis Browns C 23

n/a Tinsley Ginn Cleveland Naps OF 23

n/a Bruce Hartford Cleveland Naps SS 23

n/a Charlie Kavanagh Chicago White Sox PH 23

n/a Harry Kingman New York Yankees 1B 23

n/a Bill Lathrop Chicago White Sox P 23

n/a Al Tedrow Cleveland Naps P 23

n/a Frank Barron Washington Senators P 24

n/a Press Cruthers Philadelphia Athletics 2B 24

n/a Dick Gossett New York Yankees C 24

n/a Ernie Manning St. Louis Browns P 24

n/a Charlie Meara New York Yankees OF 24

n/a Billy Orr Philadelphia Athletics SS 24

n/a Dutch Schirick St. Louis Browns PH 24

n/a Harry Williams New York Yankees 1B 24

n/a Tom Wilson Washington Senators C 24

n/a Grover Baichley St. Louis Browns P 25

n/a George Beck Cleveland Naps P 25

n/a Henry Benn Cleveland Naps P 25

n/a Lloyd Bishop Cleveland Naps P 25

n/a Rivington Bisland Cleveland Naps SS 25

n/a Al Cypert Cleveland Naps 3B 25

n/a Bill Holden New York Yankees OF 25

n/a Lefty James Cleveland Naps P 25

n/a Willie Jensen Philadelphia Athletics P 25

n/a George Kahler Cleveland Naps P 25

n/a Earle Mack Philadelphia Athletics 1B 25

n/a Ed McCreery Detroit Tigers P 25

n/a Jim Stevens Washington Senators P 25

n/a Buck Sweeney Philadelphia Athletics OF 25

n/a Johnnie Williams Detroit Tigers P 25

n/a George Dunlop Cleveland Naps SS 26

n/a Ed Kelly Boston Red Sox P 26

n/a Jay Rogers New York Yankees C 26

n/a Bill Swanson Boston Red Sox 2B 26

n/a Squanto Wilson Boston Red Sox 1B 26

n/a Polly Wolfe Chicago White Sox OF 26

n/a Matt Zeiser Boston Red Sox P 26

n/a Cecil Coombs Chicago White Sox OF 27

n/a Marc Hall Detroit Tigers P 27

n/a Irv Porter Chicago White Sox OF 27

n/a Wally Smith Washington Senators 2B 27

n/a Wiley Taylor St. Louis Browns P 27

n/a Joe Berger Chicago White Sox SS 28

n/a Bob Clemens St. Louis Browns OF 28

n/a Walt Kuhn Chicago White Sox C 28

n/a Carl Manda Chicago White Sox 2B 28

n/a Scotty Alcock Chicago White Sox 3B 29

n/a Fred Blanding Cleveland Naps P 29

n/a Les Channell New York Yankees PH 29

n/a Jack Lelivelt Cleveland Naps OF 29

n/a Billy Purtell Detroit Tigers 3B 29

n/a Buzzy Wares St. Louis Browns SS 29

n/a Joe Birmingham Cleveland Naps OF 30

n/a Tom Reilly Cleveland Naps PH 30

n/a Bill Reynolds New York Yankees C 30

n/a Bobby Messenger St. Louis Browns OF 31

n/a Branch Rickey St. Louis Browns PH 33

n/a Mike Mitchell Washington Senators OF 35

n/a Frank Chance New York Yankees 1B 38

n/a Clark Griffith Washington Senators P 45

# Name Team Pos Age

1914 American League Retirements

Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1914 season as this group of players bid farewell to their field's of dreams.

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.

Hank Aaron ended his Major League career on October 3, 1976, with a sharp single during the sixth inning off Dave Roberts of the Detroit Tigers.

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