1922 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 1922.

"I'll never make the mistake of being seventy (70) again." - Casey Stengel comment made after being told to quit following the 1960 World Series
 

American League Retirements

1922

n/a Ed Chaplin Boston Red Sox C 29
n/a Sam Dodge Boston Red Sox P 23
n/a Walt Lynch Boston Red Sox C 26
n/a Chick Maynard Boston Red Sox SS 26
n/a Elmer Miller Boston Red Sox OF 32
n/a Elmer Myers Boston Red Sox P 29
n/a Jose Acosta Chicago White Sox P 32
n/a Emmett Bowles Chicago White Sox P 24
n/a Hal Bubser Chicago White Sox PH 27
n/a Harry Courtney Chicago White Sox P 24
n/a Ernie Cox Chicago White Sox P 29
n/a Larry Duff Chicago White Sox P 26
n/a Shovel Hodge Chicago White Sox P 29
n/a John Jenkins Chicago White Sox 2B 26
n/a Jimmie Long Chicago White Sox C 24
n/a Dick McCabe Chicago White Sox P 27
n/a Elmer Pence Chicago White Sox OF 22
n/a John Russell Chicago White Sox P 28
n/a Ferdie Schupp Chicago White Sox P 32
n/a Augie Swentor Chicago White Sox PH 23
n/a Roy Wilkinson Chicago White Sox P 30
n/a Yam Yaryan Chicago White Sox C 30
n/a Uke Clanton Cleveland Indians 1B 25
n/a Bill Doran Cleveland Indians 3B 24
n/a Jack Graney Cleveland Indians OF 36
n/a Doc Hamann Cleveland Indians P 22
n/a Jack Hammond Cleveland Indians 2B 32
n/a Ike Kahdot Cleveland Indians 3B 23
n/a Dave Keefe Cleveland Indians P 26
n/a John Middleton Cleveland Indians P 23
n/a Les Nunamaker Cleveland Indians C 34
n/a Ted Odenwald Cleveland Indians P 21
n/a Nellie Pott Cleveland Indians P 23
n/a Joe Rabbitt Cleveland Indians OF 23
n/a Ginger Shinault Cleveland Indians C 30
n/a Chick Sorrells Cleveland Indians SS 26
n/a Joe Wood Cleveland Indians OF 33
n/a Carl Holling Detroit Tigers P 26
n/a John Mohardt Detroit Tigers OF 25
n/a Frank Baker New York Yankees 3B 37
n/a Clem Llewellyn New York Yankees P 27
n/a Elmer Miller New York Yankees OF 32
n/a Frank Brazill Philadelphia Athletics 3B 23
n/a Frank Callaway Philadelphia Athletics 2B 25
n/a Charlie Eckert Philadelphia Athletics P 25
n/a Ollie Fuhrman Philadelphia Athletics C 26
n/a Doc Johnston Philadelphia Athletics 1B 35
n/a Gus Ketchum Philadelphia Athletics P 26
n/a Frank McCue Philadelphia Athletics 3B 24
n/a Otto Rettig Philadelphia Athletics P 29
n/a Red Schillings Philadelphia Athletics P 23
n/a Ralph Young Philadelphia Athletics 2B 34
n/a Herman Bronkie St. Louis Browns 3B 38
n/a Harry Courtney Washington Senators P 24
n/a Eric Erickson Washington Senators P 31
n/a Joe Gleason Washington Senators P 27
n/a Ed Goebel Washington Senators OF 24
n/a George McNamara Washington Senators OF 22
n/a Clyde Milan Washington Senators OF 36
n/a Tom Phillips Washington Senators P 34
n/a Earl Smith Washington Senators OF 32
n/a Ricardo Torres Washington Senators C 32
n/a Lucas Turk Washington Senators P 25
n/a Chief Youngblood Washington Senators P 22
1922 American League Retirements



Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1922 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.

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.