American League Retirements 1939
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
22	Moe Berg	Boston Red Sox	C	38
6	Boze Berger	Boston Red Sox	SS	30
25	Monte Weaver	Boston Red Sox	P	33
28	Ollie Bejma	Chicago White Sox	2B	32
19	Harry Boyles	Chicago White Sox	P	26
5	Jimmy Dykes	Chicago White Sox	3B	43
45	Vic Frazier	Chicago White Sox	P	35
37	Johnny Gerlach	Chicago White Sox	3B	23
34	Johnny Marcum	Chicago White Sox	P	30
35	Tony Rensa	Chicago White Sox	C	38
46	Hank Steinbacher	Chicago White Sox	OF	27
6	Tommy Thompson	Chicago White Sox	PH	30
16	Johnny Broaca	Cleveland Indians	P	30
32	Jim Shilling	Cleveland Indians	2B	26
31	Floyd Stromme	Cleveland Indians	P	23
30	Lefty Sullivan	Cleveland Indians	P	23
16	George Gill	Detroit Tigers	P	31
26	Jim Walkup	Detroit Tigers	P	30
4	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	1B	36
18	Art Jorgens	New York Yankees	C	35
14	Wayne Ambler	Philadelphia Athletics	SS	24
-	Walt Masters	Philadelphia Athletics	P	33
23	Bob McNamara	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	23
30, 36	Harry O'Neill	Philadelphia Athletics	C	23
20	Sam Page	Philadelphia Athletics	P	24
21	Roy Parmelee	Philadelphia Athletics	P	33
21	Jim Reninger	Philadelphia Athletics	P	25
21	Jim Schelle	Philadelphia Athletics	P	23
31	Dave Smith	Philadelphia Athletics	P	25
6	Mel Almada	St. Louis Browns	OF	27
20	Ed Cole	St. Louis Browns	P	31
19, 22	George Gill	St. Louis Browns	P	31
4	Sig Gryska	St. Louis Browns	SS	25
16	Fred Johnson	St. Louis Browns	P	46
21, 25, 27	Harry Kimberlin	St. Louis Browns	P	31
14	Johnny Marcum	St. Louis Browns	P	30
-	Bob Neighbors	St. Louis Browns	SS	22
-	Eddie Silber	St. Louis Browns	PH	25
33	Tommy Thompson	St. Louis Browns	OF	30
21	Russ Van Atta	St. Louis Browns	P	33
24	Jim Walkup	St. Louis Browns	P	30
-	Dick Bass	Washington Senators	P	33
27	Ossie Bluege	Washington Senators	1B	39
15	Jimmy DeShong	Washington Senators	P	30
34	Elmer Gedeon	Washington Senators	OF	23
50	Bill Holland	Washington Senators	P	24
22	Harry Kelley	Washington Senators	P	34
35	Mike Palagyi	Washington Senators	P	22
36	Alex Pitko	Washington Senators	OF	25
17	Bob Prichard	Washington Senators	1B	22
39	Hal Quick	Washington Senators	SS	22
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
1939 American League Retirements

1939 N.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1939 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. 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.