Baseball Almanac - 1915 National League Retirements

1915 National 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 National League League players who hung up their spikes in 1915.

"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

National League Retirements
1915

# Name Team Pos Age

n/a Joe Shannon Boston Braves OF 19

n/a Charlie Babington New York Giants OF 21

n/a Marty Becker New York Giants OF 22

n/a John Fluhrer Chicago Cubs OF 22

n/a John Karst Brooklyn Robins 3B 22

n/a Charlie Boardman St. Louis Cardinals P 23

n/a Harry Daubert Pittsburgh Pirates PH 23

n/a Herb Kelly Pittsburgh Pirates P 23

n/a Fletcher Low Boston Braves 3B 23

n/a Phil Slattery Pittsburgh Pirates P 23

n/a Karl Adams Chicago Cubs P 24

n/a Ray Callahan Cincinnati Reds P 24

n/a Larry Gilbert Boston Braves OF 24

n/a Harry McCluskey Cincinnati Reds P 24

n/a Fritz Scheeren Pittsburgh Pirates OF 24

n/a Ed Schorr Chicago Cubs P 24

n/a Bob Wright Chicago Cubs P 24

n/a Harry Glenn St. Louis Cardinals C 25

n/a King Lear Cincinnati Reds P 25

n/a Polly McLarry Chicago Cubs 2B 25

n/a Charlie Schmutz Brooklyn Robins P 25

n/a Pete Standridge Chicago Cubs P 25

n/a Jack Wallace Chicago Cubs C 25

n/a Zip Zabel Chicago Cubs P 25

n/a Goat Cochran Cincinnati Reds P 26

n/a Joe Conzelman Pittsburgh Pirates P 26

n/a Dick Crutcher Boston Braves P 26

n/a George Davis Boston Braves P 26

n/a Curly Brown Cincinnati Reds P 27

n/a Ted Cather Boston Braves OF 27

n/a Rolla Daringer St. Louis Cardinals SS 27

n/a Leo Murphy Pittsburgh Pirates C 27

n/a Joe Wagner Cincinnati Reds 2B 27

n/a Bert Whaling Boston Braves C 27

n/a Raleigh Aitchison Brooklyn Robins P 28

n/a Howard Baker New York Giants 3B 28

n/a Red Corriden Chicago Cubs 3B 28

n/a Pete Knisely Chicago Cubs OF 28

n/a Fred Lamlein St. Louis Cardinals P 28

n/a Art Phelan Chicago Cubs 3B 28

n/a Beals Becker Philadelphia Phillies OF 29

n/a Fred Herbert New York Giants P 29

n/a Butch Schmidt Boston Braves 1B 29

n/a Bill Zimmerman Brooklyn Robins OF 29

n/a Larry Lejeune Pittsburgh Pirates OF 30

n/a Gene Cocreham Boston Braves P 31

n/a Elmer Brown Brooklyn Robins P 32

n/a Art Fromme New York Giants P 32

n/a Herbie Moran Boston Braves OF 32

n/a Syd Smith Pittsburgh Pirates PH 32

n/a Eddie Grant New York Giants 3B 33

n/a Hub Perdue St. Louis Cardinals P 33

n/a Larry McLean New York Giants C 34

n/a Bert Humphries Chicago Cubs P 35

n/a Roger Bresnahan Chicago Cubs C 36

n/a Otto Hess Boston Braves P 37

n/a Fred Clarke Pittsburgh Pirates OF 43

# Name Team Pos Age

1915 National League Retirements

Find out which players made their Major League debut in the National League during the 1915 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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