American League Retirements 1927
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
n/a	Charlie Bates	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	20
n/a	Lefty Atkinson	Washington Senators	PH	21
n/a	Frank Stewart	Chicago White Sox	P	21
n/a	Bob Cremins	Boston Red Sox	P	22
n/a	Buddy Dear	Washington Senators	2B	22
n/a	Rusty Saunders	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	22
n/a	Bob Way	Chicago White Sox	2B	22
n/a	Lefty Willis	Philadelphia Athletics	P	22
n/a	Chet Falk	St. Louis Browns	P	23
n/a	Marty Karow	Boston Red Sox	SS	23
n/a	Joe Mellana	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	23
n/a	Rufus Smith	Detroit Tigers	P	23
n/a	Neal Baker	Philadelphia Athletics	P	24
n/a	Bill Moore	Boston Red Sox	C	24
n/a	Dutch Ussat	Cleveland Indians	3B	24
n/a	Cleo Carlyle	Boston Red Sox	OF	25
n/a	Pee-Wee Wanninger	Boston Red Sox	SS	25
n/a	Johnny Berger	Washington Senators	C	26
n/a	Mose Eggert	Boston Red Sox	2B	26
n/a	Roy Flaskamper	Chicago White Sox	SS	26
n/a	Don Hankins	Detroit Tigers	P	26
n/a	Dick Jones	Washington Senators	P	26
n/a	Freddy Spurgeon	Cleveland Indians	2B	26
n/a	Jim Battle	Chicago White Sox	3B	27
n/a	Joe Brown	Chicago White Sox	P	27
n/a	Bernie DeViveiros	Detroit Tigers	SS	27
n/a	John Freeman	Boston Red Sox	OF	27
n/a	Ernie Wingard	St. Louis Browns	P	27
n/a	Augie Johns	Detroit Tigers	P	28
n/a	Del Lundgren	Boston Red Sox	P	28
n/a	Ray Morehart	New York Yankees	2B	28
n/a	Ted Wingfield	Boston Red Sox	P	28
n/a	Spencer Adams	St. Louis Browns	2B	29
n/a	Joe Giard	New York Yankees	P	29
n/a	Pat McNulty	Cleveland Indians	OF	29
n/a	Ernie Padgett	Cleveland Indians	2B	29
n/a	Tony Welzer	Boston Red Sox	P	29
n/a	Dud Branom	Philadelphia Athletics	1B	30
n/a	Rube Lutzke	Cleveland Indians	3B	30
n/a	Mickey O'Neil	Washington Senators	C	30
n/a	Frank Welch	Boston Red Sox	OF	30
n/a	Herschel Bennett	St. Louis Browns	OF	31
n/a	Bert Cole	Chicago White Sox	P	31
n/a	Bill Lamar	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	31
n/a	Topper Rigney	Boston Red Sox	3B	31
n/a	Topper Rigney	Washington Senators	SS	31
n/a	Johnny Bassler	Detroit Tigers	C	32
n/a	Bernie Neis	Chicago White Sox	OF	32
n/a	Bernie Neis	Cleveland Indians	OF	32
n/a	Jim Walkup	Detroit Tigers	P	32
n/a	Kid Willson	Chicago White Sox	OF	32
n/a	Jim Poole	Philadelphia Athletics	1B	33
n/a	Buzz Wetzel	Philadelphia Athletics	P	33
n/a	Benn Karr	Cleveland Indians	P	34
n/a	Dutch Ruether	New York Yankees	P	34
n/a	Elmer Jacobs	Chicago White Sox	P	35
n/a	Eddie Onslow	Washington Senators	1B	35
n/a	Joe Pate	Philadelphia Athletics	P	35
n/a	Fred Bratschi	Boston Red Sox	PH	36
n/a	Jack Tobin	Boston Red Sox	OF	36
n/a	Baby Doll Jacobson	Boston Red Sox	OF	37
n/a	Baby Doll Jacobson	Cleveland Indians	OF	37
n/a	Baby Doll Jacobson	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	37
n/a	Roger Peckinpaugh	Chicago White Sox	SS	37
n/a	Bob Shawkey	New York Yankees	P	37
n/a	Sherry Smith	Cleveland Indians	P	37
n/a	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	P	40
n/a	Rudy Sommers	Boston Red Sox	P	40
n/a	Zack Wheat	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	40
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
1927 American League Retirements

1927 N.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1927 season as this group of players bid farewell to their field's of dreams. Hank Aaron ended his Major League career on October 3, 1976, with a sharp single during the sixth inning off Dave Roberts of the Detroit Tigers. 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.