American League Retirements 1944
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
30	Bill Bonness	Cleveland Indians	P	21
4	Jim Devlin	Cleveland Indians	C	22
21	Preston Gomez	Washington Senators	2B	22
25	Ted Abernathy	Philadelphia Athletics	P	23
37	Steve Biras	Cleveland Indians	2B	23
11	Bill Burgo	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	25
23	Bill Mills	Philadelphia Athletics	C	25
17	Baby Ortiz	Washington Senators	P	25
27	Roy Valdes	Washington Senators	PH	25
36	Jimmy Grant	Cleveland Indians	2B	26
29	William Metzig	Chicago White Sox	2B	26
25	Bubba Floyd	Detroit Tigers	SS	27
3	John McGillen	Philadelphia Athletics	P	27
31	Mike Naymick	Cleveland Indians	P	27
18	Jackie Sullivan	Detroit Tigers	2B	27
41	Bill Zinser	Washington Senators	P	27
9	Ed Levy	New York Yankees	OF	28
12	Joe Rullo	Philadelphia Athletics	2B	28
4	Norm Schlueter	Cleveland Indians	C	28
6	Luis Suarez	Washington Senators	3B	28
17	Tom Turner	Chicago White Sox	C	28
17	Tom Turner	St. Louis Browns	C	28
26	Ed Butka	Washington Senators	1B	29
7	Mike Chartak	St. Louis Browns	1B	29
34	Don Hanski	Chicago White Sox	P	29
20	Bill Lefebvre	Washington Senators	P	29
17	Joe Wood	Boston Red Sox	P	29
23	Bill Conroy	Boston Red Sox	C	30
14	Lew Flick	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	30
30	Woody Wheaton	Philadelphia Athletics	P	30
3	Hal Epps	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	31
18	Hal Epps	St. Louis Browns	OF	31
17	Tom Hafey	St. Louis Browns	OF	31
38	Russ Lyon	Cleveland Indians	C	31
11	Jug Thesenga	Washington Senators	P	31
4	Grey Clarke	Chicago White Sox	3B	32
5	Jake Mooty	Detroit Tigers	P	32
39	Floyd Speer	Chicago White Sox	P	32
21	Roy Henshaw	Detroit Tigers	P	33
10	Tony Parisse	Philadelphia Athletics	C	33
10	Frank Demaree	St. Louis Browns	OF	34
5	Don Heffner	Detroit Tigers	2B	34
11	Rip Collins	New York Yankees	C	35
6	Joe Vosmik	Washington Senators	OF	35
1	Jo-Jo White	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	35
3, 17	Ed Boland	Washington Senators	OF	37
28	George Susce	Cleveland Indians	C	37
27	Willis Hudlin	St. Louis Browns	P	39
31	Luke Hamlin	Philadelphia Athletics	P	40
2	Chief Hogsett	Detroit Tigers	P	41
28, 32	Al Simmons	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	43
21	Johnny Cooney	New York Yankees	OF	44
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
1944 American League Retirements

1944 N.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1944 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. 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.