National League Retirements 1945
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
28	Morrie Aderholt	Boston Braves	OF	30
20, 25	Ben Cardoni	Boston Braves	P	25
21	Charlie Cozart	Boston Braves	P	26
2	Frank Drews	Boston Braves	2B	30
24	Tom Earley	Boston Braves	P	29
23	Lou Fette	Boston Braves	P	39
12	Joe Heving	Boston Braves	P	45
11, 19	Ira Hutchinson	Boston Braves	P	35
20	Bob Logan	Boston Braves	P	36
3	Joe Mack	Boston Braves	1B	34
5, 11	Tommy Nelson	Boston Braves	3B	29
16	Butch Nieman	Boston Braves	OF	28
15	Ewald Pyle	Boston Braves	P	35
14, 29	Bill Ramsey	Boston Braves	OF	25
26	Hal Schacker	Boston Braves	P	21
28	Steve Shemo	Boston Braves	2B	31
5	Vince Shupe	Boston Braves	1B	24
22	Jim Tobin	Boston Braves	P	33
29	Mike Ulisney	Boston Braves	C	28
12	Norm Wallen	Boston Braves	3B	28
4	Stan Wentzel	Boston Braves	OF	29
15	Bob Whitcher	Boston Braves	P	29
19	Morrie Aderholt	Brooklyn Dodgers	OF	30
15	Stan Andrews	Brooklyn Dodgers	C	29
33	Frenchy Bordagaray	Brooklyn Dodgers	3B	36
23	Cy Buker	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	27
-	Claude Crocker	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	21
3, 34	Fats Dantonio	Brooklyn Dodgers	C	27
13	John Douglas	Brooklyn Dodgers	1B	28
2	Leo Durocher	Brooklyn Dodgers	2B	40
3	Red Durrett	Brooklyn Dodgers	OF	25
6	Bill Hart	Brooklyn Dodgers	3B	33
22	Ray Hathaway	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	29
32	Ray Hayworth	Brooklyn Dodgers	C	42
3, 4, 32	Babe Herman	Brooklyn Dodgers	OF	42
25	Otho Nitcholas	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	37
5	Johnny Peacock	Brooklyn Dodgers	C	36
14	Lee Pfund	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	26
10	Ernie Rudolph	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	37
17	Tom Seats	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	35
15	Clyde Sukeforth	Brooklyn Dodgers	C	44
9	Barney White	Brooklyn Dodgers	SS	22
36	Jorge Comellas	Chicago Cubs	P	29
30	Paul Derringer	Chicago Cubs	P	39
10	Paul Gillespie	Chicago Cubs	C	25
27	George Hennessey	Chicago Cubs	P	38
5	Johnny Moore	Chicago Cubs	PH	44
51	Reggie Otero	Chicago Cubs	1B	30
8	Len Rice	Chicago Cubs	C	27
22	Bill Schuster	Chicago Cubs	SS	33
27	Walter Signer	Chicago Cubs	P	35
32, 38	Ray Starr	Chicago Cubs	P	40
38	Mack Stewart	Chicago Cubs	P	31
35	Hy Vandenberg	Chicago Cubs	P	40
36	Lon Warneke	Chicago Cubs	P	37
41	Boom-Boom Beck	Cincinnati Reds	P	41
35	Mel Bosser	Cincinnati Reds	P	32
39	Joe Bowman	Cincinnati Reds	P	35
36	Guy Bush	Cincinnati Reds	P	44
33	Arnold Carter	Cincinnati Reds	P	28
15	Wally Flager	Cincinnati Reds	SS	24
5	Joe Just	Cincinnati Reds	C	30
36	Vern Kennedy	Cincinnati Reds	P	39
42	Hod Lisenbee	Cincinnati Reds	P	47
18	Ray Medeiros	Cincinnati Reds	PR	20
16	Steve Mesner	Cincinnati Reds	3B	28
35	Mike Modak	Cincinnati Reds	P	24
21	Dick Sipek	Cincinnati Reds	OF	23
23	Eric Tipton	Cincinnati Reds	OF	31
5	Al Unser	Cincinnati Reds	C	33
27	Gee Walker	Cincinnati Reds	OF	38
17	Woody Williams	Cincinnati Reds	2B	33
19	Loren Bain	New York Giants	P	23
9	Ray Berres	New York Giants	C	38
37	Bill DeKoning	New York Giants	C	27
15	Don Fisher	New York Giants	P	30
29	Al Gardella	New York Giants	1B	28
18, 23	Ray Harrell	New York Giants	P	34
7	Johnny Hudson	New York Giants	3B	33
22	Roy Lee	New York Giants	P	28
3	Jim Mallory	New York Giants	OF	27
3	Charlie Mead	New York Giants	OF	25
16	Van Mungo	New York Giants	P	34
-	Jack Phillips	New York Giants	P	27
18	Ewald Pyle	New York Giants	P	35
2	Red Treadway	New York Giants	OF	26
5	Phil Weintraub	New York Giants	1B	38
5	Roy Zimmerman	New York Giants	1B	29
32	Stan Andrews	Philadelphia Phillies	C	29
32, 2	John Antonelli	Philadelphia Phillies	3B	30
12	Dick Barrett	Philadelphia Phillies	P	39
34	Mitch Chetkovich	Philadelphia Phillies	P	28
20	Dick Coffman	Philadelphia Phillies	P	39
6	Tony Daniels	Philadelphia Phillies	2B	22
8	Wally Flager	Philadelphia Phillies	SS	24
4	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Phillies	1B	38
37	Nick Goulish	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	29
8	Garvin Hamner	Philadelphia Phillies	2B	22
19	Vern Kennedy	Philadelphia Phillies	P	39
31	Izzy Leon	Philadelphia Phillies	P	35
36	Lou Lucier	Philadelphia Phillies	P	28
9	Gus Mancuso	Philadelphia Phillies	C	40
22	Rene Monteagudo	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	30
1	Bitsy Mott	Philadelphia Phillies	SS	27
10, 8	Johnny Peacock	Philadelphia Phillies	C	36
1	Nick Picciuto	Philadelphia Phillies	3B	24
36	Jake Powell	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	37
36	Lefty Scott	Philadelphia Phillies	P	30
18	Charlie Sproull	Philadelphia Phillies	P	27
27	Coaker Triplett	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	34
8	Ed Walczak	Philadelphia Phillies	2B	30
11, 10	Whit Wyatt	Philadelphia Phillies	P	38
20	Boom-Boom Beck	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	41
19	Max Butcher	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	35
27	Cookie Cuccurullo	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	28
36	Spud Davis	Pittsburgh Pirates	C	41
4	Xavier Rescigno	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	33
4	Bill Rodgers	Pittsburgh Pirates	PH	23
4	Jack Saltzgaver	Pittsburgh Pirates	2B	43
20	Ray Starr	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	40
25	Joe Vitelli	Pittsburgh Pirates	PR	38
15	Lloyd Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	40
22	John Antonelli	St. Louis Cardinals	3B	30
8	Dave Bartosch	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	29
17	Augie Bergamo	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	29
19	Jack Creel	St. Louis Cardinals	P	30
22	Bill Crouch	St. Louis Cardinals	P	38
35	Gene Crumling	St. Louis Cardinals	C	24
7	George Fallon	St. Louis Cardinals	SS	31
15	Glenn Gardner	St. Louis Cardinals	P	30
9	Debs Garms	St. Louis Cardinals	3B	38
2, 18	Bob Keely	St. Louis Cardinals	C	36
18	Jim Mallory	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	27
32	Stan Partenheimer	St. Louis Cardinals	P	23
8	Art Rebel	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	32
7	Pep Young	St. Louis Cardinals	SS	38
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
1945 National League Retirements

1945 A.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the National League during the 1945 season as this group of players bid farewell to their field's of dreams. 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. On September 28, 1960, broadcaster Curt Gowdy uttered, "It's got a chance. It's got a chance. And it's gone!" Those words were used to describe the final at-bat of slugger Ted Williams.