National League Retirements 1947
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
16	Bernie Creger	St. Louis Cardinals	SS	21
31	Roy Jarvis	Pittsburgh Pirates	C	21
21	Gary Gearhart	New York Giants	OF	24
-	Lee Howard	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	24
8	Eddie Basinski	Pittsburgh Pirates	2B	25
23	Bob Brady	Boston Braves	PH	25
22	Jack Albright	Philadelphia Phillies	SS	26
30	Al Gionfriddo	Brooklyn Dodgers	OF	26
18	Al Gionfriddo	Pittsburgh Pirates	PH	26
21	Al Jurisich	Philadelphia Phillies	P	26
27	Eddie Lukon	Cincinnati Reds	OF	27
21	Sal Madrid	Chicago Cubs	SS	27
42	Ken Polivka	Cincinnati Reds	P	27
35	Mike Schultz	Cincinnati Reds	P	27
37	Homer Spragins	Philadelphia Phillies	P	27
39	Bill Ayers	New York Giants	P	28
24	Ed Bahr	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	28
40	Mike Budnick	New York Giants	P	28
3	Charlie Gilbert	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	28
30, 35	Hooks Iott	New York Giants	P	28
15	Dick Mauney	Philadelphia Phillies	P	28
2	Tommy Neill	Boston Braves	OF	28
17	Tommy Tatum	Brooklyn Dodgers	OF	28
24	Tommy Tatum	Cincinnati Reds	OF	28
25	Ken Gables	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	29
17	Russ Meers	Chicago Cubs	P	29
7	Whitey Wietelmann	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS	29
32	Bob Carpenter	Chicago Cubs	P	30
33	Bob Carpenter	New York Giants	P	30
36	Lefty Hoerst	Philadelphia Phillies	P	30
32	Dick Mulligan	Boston Braves	P	30
35	Junior Thompson	New York Giants	P	30
36	Jim Bagby	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	31
39	Ed Chandler	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	31
23	George Dockins	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	31
33	Johnny Grodzicki	St. Louis Cardinals	P	31
32	Clayton Lambert	Cincinnati Reds	P	31
34	Walt Lanfranconi	Boston Braves	P	31
49	Ray Mack	Chicago Cubs	2B	31
37	Rube Melton	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	31
21	Lennie Merullo	Chicago Cubs	SS	31
5	Jim Tabor	Philadelphia Phillies	3B	31
28	Fuzz White	New York Giants	OF	31
2	Buster Adams	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	32
20	Max Macon	Boston Braves	P	32
34	Freddy Schmidt	Chicago Cubs	P	32
33	Freddy Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	P	32
29	Freddy Schmidt	St. Louis Cardinals	P	32
37	Woody Abernathy	New York Giants	P	33
22	Hank Camelli	Boston Braves	C	33
24	Ox Miller	Chicago Cubs	P	33
46	Dom Dallessandro	Chicago Cubs	OF	34
36	Nick Etten	Philadelphia Phillies	1B	34
35	Lee Handley	Philadelphia Phillies	3B	34
18, 24	Andy Karl	Boston Braves	P	34
19	Hugh Mulcahy	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	34
12	Culley Rikard	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	34
5	Cookie Lavagetto	Brooklyn Dodgers	3B	35
23	Lou Tost	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	36
9	Bennie Warren	New York Giants	C	36
12	Lou Finney	Philadelphia Phillies	PH	37
5	Hank Greenberg	Pittsburgh Pirates	1B	37
24	Johnny Lanning	Boston Braves	P	37
6	Skeeter Newsome	Philadelphia Phillies	SS	37
14, 42	Billy Sullivan	Pittsburgh Pirates	C	37
32	Roger Wolff	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	37
6	Stan Hack	Chicago Cubs	3B	38
11	Billy Herman	Pittsburgh Pirates	2B	38
24	Bill Lee	Chicago Cubs	P	38
4	Mel Ott	New York Giants	PH	39
13	Claude Passeau	Chicago Cubs	P	39
32	Rollie Hemsley	Philadelphia Phillies	C	40
45	Billy Jurges	Chicago Cubs	SS	40
6	Ernie Lombardi	New York Giants	C	40
36	Si Johnson	Boston Braves	P	41
27	Art Herring	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	42
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
1947 National League Retirements

1947 A.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the National League during the 1947 season as this group of players bid farewell to their field's of dreams. 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. 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.