American League Retirements 1947
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
27	Leslie Aulds	Boston Red Sox	C	27
27	Bill Butland	Boston Red Sox	P	30
25	Frankie Hayes	Boston Red Sox	C	33
37	Bob Klinger	Boston Red Sox	P	39
2, 27	Eddie McGah	Boston Red Sox	C	26
38	Johnny Murphy	Boston Red Sox	P	39
5	Rip Russell	Boston Red Sox	3B	33
29	Strick Shofner	Boston Red Sox	3B	28
17	Eddie Smith	Boston Red Sox	P	34
26	Bill Zuber	Boston Red Sox	P	35
-	Hi Bithorn	Chicago White Sox	P	32
5, 24	Loyd Christopher	Chicago White Sox	OF	28
19	George Dickey	Chicago White Sox	C	32
28	Pete Gebrian	Chicago White Sox	P	24
14	Joe Kuhel	Chicago White Sox	PH	41
37	Gordon Maltzberger	Chicago White Sox	P	35
29	Johnny Rigney	Chicago White Sox	P	33
34	Red Ruffing	Chicago White Sox	P	43
49, 18	Eddie Smith	Chicago White Sox	P	34
26	Joe Stephenson	Chicago White Sox	C	26
26	Heinz Becker	Cleveland Indians	PH	32
9	Cal Dorsett	Cleveland Indians	P	34
18	Mel Harder	Cleveland Indians	P	38
12	Al Lopez	Cleveland Indians	C	39
35	Felix Mackiewicz	Cleveland Indians	OF	30
11	Hank Ruszkowski	Cleveland Indians	C	22
36	Ted Sepkowski	Cleveland Indians	OF	24
1	Jimmy Wasdell	Cleveland Indians	PH	34
29	Les Willis	Cleveland Indians	P	40
20	Roger Wolff	Cleveland Indians	P	37
2	Roy Cullenbine	Detroit Tigers	1B	34
24	Johnny Gorsica	Detroit Tigers	P	33
26	Ben Steiner	Detroit Tigers	PR	26
14	Rugger Ardizoia	New York Yankees	P	28
16	Bill Bevens	New York Yankees	P	31
21	Spud Chandler	New York Yankees	P	40
3, 48	Frank Colman	New York Yankees	OF	30
29, 52	Johnny Lucadello	New York Yankees	2B	29
25	Ray Mack	New York Yankees	PR	31
14	Ted Sepkowski	New York Yankees	PR	24
6, 41	Dick Adams	Philadelphia Athletics	1B	28
15	Pat Cooper	Philadelphia Athletics	1B	30
2, 15	Gene Handley	Philadelphia Athletics	2B	33
20, 30	Tom Kirk	Philadelphia Athletics	PH	20
15, 30, 39	Austin Knickerbocker	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	29
28	Chet Laabs	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	36
31, 45	Ray Poole	Philadelphia Athletics	PH	28
31	Mickey Rutner	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	29
36	Walter Brown	St. Louis Browns	P	33
15	Willard Brown	St. Louis Browns	OF	32
15	Perry Currin	St. Louis Browns	SS	19
31	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Browns	P	38
31	Hooks Iott	St. Louis Browns	P	28
15	Glenn McQuillen	St. Louis Browns	PH	33
3, 40	Rusty Peters	St. Louis Browns	2B	33
31	Bud Swartz	St. Louis Browns	P	18
7	Jerry Witte	St. Louis Browns	1B	32
23	Scott Cary	Washington Senators	P	25
1	George Case	Washington Senators	OF	32
-	Cal Ermer	Washington Senators	2B	24
37	Rick Ferrell	Washington Senators	C	42
19	Joe Grace	Washington Senators	OF	34
12	Lum Harris	Washington Senators	P	33
51	Bill Kennedy	Washington Senators	P	29
14	Lou Knerr	Washington Senators	P	26
25	Eddie Lyons	Washington Senators	2B	25
51	Felix Mackiewicz	Washington Senators	OF	30
9	Frank Mancuso	Washington Senators	C	30
24	George Myatt	Washington Senators	2B	33
19	Hal Toenes	Washington Senators	P	30
7	Cecil Travis	Washington Senators	3B	34
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
1947 American League Retirements

1947 N.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1947 season as this group of players bid farewell to their field's of dreams. Stan Musial ended his Major League career on September 29, 1963. His final hit was a single during the sixth inning off Jim Maloney which drove in his last RBI (which was Curt Flood). 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.