American League Retirements 1948
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
11	George Binks	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	34
19	George Binks	St. Louis Browns	OF	34
22	Frank Biscan	St. Louis Browns	P	29
23	Don Black	Cleveland Indians	P	32
28	Earle Brucker	Philadelphia Athletics	C	23
20	Earl Caldwell	Boston Red Sox	P	44
46	Earl Caldwell	Chicago White Sox	P	44
18	Russ Christopher	Cleveland Indians	P	31
22	Jim Clark	Washington Senators	SS	21
16	Cal Cooper	Washington Senators	P	26
8	Doc Cramer	Detroit Tigers	OF	43
2	Frankie Crosetti	New York Yankees	2B	38
6	Leon Culberson	Washington Senators	OF	29
18	Bill Dietrich	Philadelphia Athletics	P	39
14	Larry Drake	Washington Senators	OF	28
35	Clem Dreisewerd	St. Louis Browns	P	33
18, 22	Angel Fleitas	Washington Senators	SS	34
14	Lonny Frey	New York Yankees	PR	38
14, 22	Ramon Garcia	Washington Senators	P	25
24	Rufe Gentry	Detroit Tigers	P	31
30, 44	Al Gerheauser	St. Louis Browns	P	31
29	Carden Gillenwater	Washington Senators	OF	31
37	Jim Goodwin	Chicago White Sox	P	22
25	Ralph Hodgin	Chicago White Sox	OF	34
18	Wally Holborow	Philadelphia Athletics	P	35
3	Jake Jones	Boston Red Sox	1B	28
8	Tom Jordan	St. Louis Browns	PH	29
20	Pete Layden	St. Louis Browns	OF	29
20, 17	Lyman Linde	Cleveland Indians	P	28
3	Tony Lupien	Chicago White Sox	1B	32
3, 9	Eddie Mayo	Detroit Tigers	2B	39
25	Tom McBride	Washington Senators	OF	34
12	Jerry McCarthy	St. Louis Browns	1B	26
23	John McHale	Detroit Tigers	PH	27
9	George McQuinn	New York Yankees	1B	39
38	Glen Moulder	Chicago White Sox	P	31
20	Mike Palm	Boston Red Sox	P	24
11	Roy Partee	St. Louis Browns	C	31
19, 38	Ike Pearson	Chicago White Sox	P	32
9	Joe Schultz	St. Louis Browns	PH	30
20	Blackie Schwamb	St. Louis Browns	P	22
23, 26	Neill Sheridan	Boston Red Sox	PH	27
21	Bryan Stephens	St. Louis Browns	P	28
3	Chuck Stevens	St. Louis Browns	1B	30
12	Jack Wallaesa	Chicago White Sox	SS	29
2	Skeeter Webb	Philadelphia Athletics	2B	39
28	Les Webber	Cleveland Indians	P	34
17	Butch Wensloff	Cleveland Indians	P	33
-	Frank Whitman	Chicago White Sox	SS	24
23	Junior Wooten	Washington Senators	OF	25
6	Rudy York	Philadelphia Athletics	1B	35
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
1948 American League Retirements

1948 N.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1948 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. 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.