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.

"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
1926

# Name Team Pos Age

n/a Ray Knode Cleveland Indians 1B 26

n/a Fred Merkle New York Yankees 1B 38

n/a Guy Lacy Cleveland Indians 2B 29

n/a Les Burke Detroit Tigers 2B 24

n/a Mike Herrera Boston Red Sox 2B 29

n/a Boob Fowler Boston Red Sox 3B 26

n/a Chappie Geygan Boston Red Sox 3B 23

n/a Honey Barnes New York Yankees C 27

n/a John Bischoff Boston Red Sox C 32

n/a Russ Ennis Washington Senators C 30

n/a Hank Severeid New York Yankees C 35

n/a Hank Severeid Washington Senators C 35

n/a Bill Skiff New York Yankees C 31

n/a Al Stokes Boston Red Sox C 27

n/a Roy Carlyle Boston Red Sox OF 26

n/a Roy Carlyle New York Yankees OF 26

n/a Howie Fitzgerald Boston Red Sox OF 25

n/a Tom Gulley Chicago White Sox OF 27

n/a Sy Rosenthal Boston Red Sox OF 23

n/a Cliff Lee Cleveland Indians OF 30

n/a Clyde Barfoot Detroit Tigers P 35

n/a Stan Baumgartner Philadelphia Athletics P 32

n/a Bill Clowers Boston Red Sox P 28

n/a Wilbur Cooper Detroit Tigers P 35

n/a Les Cox Chicago White Sox P 22

n/a Hooks Dauss Detroit Tigers P 37

n/a Dixie Davis St. Louis Browns P 36

n/a Happy Foreman Boston Red Sox P 27

n/a Joe Kiefer Boston Red Sox P 27

n/a Rudy Kneisch Detroit Tigers P 28

n/a Norm Lehr Cleveland Indians P 26

n/a Frank Loftus Washington Senators P 29

n/a Pryor McBee Chicago White Sox P 25

n/a Herb McQuaid New York Yankees P 28

n/a Curly Ogden Washington Senators P 26

n/a Buster Ross Boston Red Sox P 24

n/a Milt Steengrafe Chicago White Sox P 29

n/a Lefty Thomas Washington Senators P 23

n/a Jimmy Uchrinscko Washington Senators P 26

n/a Dud Lee Boston Red Sox SS 27

n/a Everett Scott Chicago White Sox SS 34

n/a Bill Wambsganss Philadelphia Athletics SS 33

n/a Bobby LaMotte St. Louis Browns SS 29

n/a Emmet McCann Boston Red Sox SS 25

# 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.

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.

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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