Baseball Almanac - 1926 American League Retirements

1926 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 1926.

"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
1926

# Name Team Pos Age

n/a John Bischoff Boston Red Sox C 32

n/a Roy Carlyle Boston Red Sox OF 26

n/a Bill Clowers Boston Red Sox P 28

n/a Howie Fitzgerald Boston Red Sox OF 25

n/a Happy Foreman Boston Red Sox P 29

n/a Boob Fowler Boston Red Sox 3B 26

n/a Chappie Geygan Boston Red Sox 3B 23

n/a Mike Herrera Boston Red Sox 2B 29

n/a Joe Kiefer Boston Red Sox P 27

n/a Dud Lee Boston Red Sox SS 27

n/a Emmett McCann Boston Red Sox SS 25

n/a Si Rosenthal Boston Red Sox OF 23

n/a Buster Ross Boston Red Sox P 24

n/a Al Stokes Boston Red Sox C 27

n/a Les Cox Chicago White Sox P 22

n/a Tom Gulley Chicago White Sox OF 27

n/a Pryor McBee Chicago White Sox P 25

n/a Everett Scott Chicago White Sox SS 34

n/a Milt Steengrafe Chicago White Sox P 29

n/a Ray Knode Cleveland Indians 1B 26

n/a Guy Lacy Cleveland Indians 2B 29

n/a Cliff Lee Cleveland Indians OF 30

n/a Norm Lehr Cleveland Indians P 26

n/a Clyde Barfoot Detroit Tigers P 35

n/a Les Burke Detroit Tigers 2B 24

n/a Wilbur Cooper Detroit Tigers P 35

n/a Hooks Dauss Detroit Tigers P 37

n/a Rudy Kneisch Detroit Tigers P 28

n/a Honey Barnes New York Yankees C 27

n/a Roy Carlyle New York Yankees OF 26

n/a Herb McQuaid New York Yankees P 28

n/a Fred Merkle New York Yankees 1B 38

n/a Hank Severeid New York Yankees C 35

n/a Bill Skiff New York Yankees C 31

n/a Stan Baumgartner Philadelphia Athletics P 32

n/a Bill Wambsganss Philadelphia Athletics SS 33

n/a Dixie Davis St. Louis Browns P 36

n/a Bobby LaMotte St. Louis Browns SS 29

n/a Russ Ennis Washington Senators C 30

n/a Frank Loftus Washington Senators P 29

n/a Curly Ogden Washington Senators P 26

n/a Hank Severeid Washington Senators C 35

n/a Lefty Thomas Washington Senators P 23

n/a Jimmy Uchrinscko Washington Senators P 26

# Name Team Pos Age

1926 American League Retirements

Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1926 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.

Did you know that future hall of fame pitcher Walter Johnson ended his Major League career in 1927 with a pinch-hit appearance? During the final game of the season pitcher Tom Zachary, who had just given up Babe Ruth's sixtieth home run of the season, was lifted and Johnson replaced him at the plate.

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