1915 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 1915.

"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

1915
n/a Bud Davis Philadelphia Athletics P 20
n/a Sam McConnell Philadelphia Athletics 3B 20
n/a Henry Bostick Philadelphia Athletics 3B 21
n/a Art Corcoran Philadelphia Athletics 3B 21
n/a Tom Knowlson Philadelphia Athletics P 21
n/a Razor Ledbetter Detroit Tigers P 21
n/a Bob Pepper Philadelphia Athletics P 21
n/a Bob Cone Philadelphia Athletics P 22
n/a Harry Eccles Philadelphia Athletics P 22
n/a Jack Harper Philadelphia Athletics P 22
n/a Howie Haworth Cleveland Indians C 22
n/a Tex Hoffman Cleveland Indians 3B 22
n/a Gene Layden New York Yankees OF 22
n/a Squiz Pillion Philadelphia Athletics P 22
n/a Johnny Tillman St. Louis Browns P 22
n/a Walter Ancker Philadelphia Athletics P 23
n/a Everett Bankston Philadelphia Athletics OF 23
n/a Abe Bowman Cleveland Indians P 23
n/a Chris Burkam St. Louis Browns PH 23
n/a Tom Connolly Washington Senators 3B 23
n/a Guy Cooper Boston Red Sox P 23
n/a Sam Mayer Washington Senators OF 23
n/a Pat Parker St. Louis Browns OF 23
n/a Pi Schwert New York Yankees C 23
n/a Roy Wood Cleveland Indians 1B 23
n/a Jim Breton Chicago White Sox 3B 24
n/a Buck Danner Philadelphia Athletics SS 24
n/a Jim Eschen Cleveland Indians OF 24
n/a Oscar Harstad Cleveland Indians P 24
n/a Herbert Hill Cleveland Indians P 24
n/a Bill Hopper Washington Senators P 24
n/a Doug Neff Washington Senators 3B 24
n/a Pete Shields Cleveland Indians 1B 24
n/a Owen Conway Philadelphia Athletics 3B 25
n/a Rollin Cook St. Louis Browns P 25
n/a Bill Dalrymple St. Louis Browns 3B 25
n/a Harry Damrau Philadelphia Athletics 3B 25
n/a Clarence Garrett Cleveland Indians P 25
n/a Bruno Haas Philadelphia Athletics P 25
n/a Chet Hoff St. Louis Browns P 25
n/a John Leary St. Louis Browns 1B 25
n/a Joe Sherman Philadelphia Athletics P 25
n/a Pete Sims St. Louis Browns P 25
n/a Ernie Walker St. Louis Browns OF 25
n/a Denney Wilie Cleveland Indians OF 25
n/a Pug Cavet Detroit Tigers P 26
n/a Shorty Dee St. Louis Browns SS 26
n/a Bill Meehan Philadelphia Athletics P 26
n/a George O'Brien St. Louis Browns C 26
n/a Dan Tipple New York Yankees P 26
n/a Tink Turner Philadelphia Athletics P 26
n/a Dee Walsh St. Louis Browns OF 26
n/a Boardwalk Brown New York Yankees P 27
n/a Ensign Cottrell New York Yankees P 27
n/a Dick Kauffman St. Louis Browns 1B 27
n/a Walt Leverenz St. Louis Browns P 27
n/a Parson Perryman St. Louis Browns P 27
n/a Skeeter Shelton New York Yankees OF 27
n/a Howard Baker Chicago White Sox PH 28
n/a Allan Collamore Cleveland Indians P 28
n/a Finners Quinlan Chicago White Sox OF 28
n/a Ross Reynolds Detroit Tigers P 28
n/a Bill Steen Cleveland Indians P 28
n/a Bill Steen Detroit Tigers P 28
n/a Gus Williams St. Louis Browns OF 28
n/a Ray Collins Boston Red Sox P 29
n/a Harry Hoch St. Louis Browns P 29
n/a Cy Pieh New York Yankees P 29
n/a King Cole New York Yankees P 30
n/a Alex Remneas St. Louis Browns P 30
n/a Tom Daley New York Yankees OF 31
n/a Jack Warhop New York Yankees P 31
n/a Ben Egan Cleveland Indians C 32
n/a Birdie Cree New York Yankees OF 33
n/a Ralph Edwards Philadelphia Athletics 2B 33
n/a Reeve McKay St. Louis Browns P 34
n/a Ira Thomas Philadelphia Athletics C 35
1915 American League Retirements



Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1915 season as this group of players bid farewell to their field's of dreams.

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.

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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