American League Retirements 1949
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
25	Denny Galehouse	Boston Red Sox	P	38
21	Tex Hughson	Boston Red Sox	P	34
28	Jack Robinson	Boston Red Sox	P	29
2	Stan Spence	Boston Red Sox	OF	35
35	Johnnie Wittig	Boston Red Sox	P	35
12	Billy Bowers	Chicago White Sox	OF	28
39	Fred Bradley	Chicago White Sox	P	29
34	Alex Carrasquel	Chicago White Sox	P	37
36	Ernest Groth	Chicago White Sox	P	28
45	Orval Grove	Chicago White Sox	P	30
26, 59	Fred Hancock	Chicago White Sox	SS	30
58	Bill Higdon	Chicago White Sox	OF	26
12	Dick Lane	Chicago White Sox	OF	22
2	Bobby Rhawn	Chicago White Sox	3B	31
5	Pat Seerey	Chicago White Sox	OF	27
45, 56	Clyde Shoun	Chicago White Sox	P	38
38	Don Wheeler	Chicago White Sox	C	27
58	George Yankowski	Chicago White Sox	C	27
36	Hal Peck	Cleveland Indians	OF	33
9	Herman Reich	Cleveland Indians	OF	32
11	Mike Tresh	Cleveland Indians	C	36
30	Bob Mavis	Detroit Tigers	PR	32
27	Jimmy Outlaw	Detroit Tigers	PH	37
25	Hank Riebe	Detroit Tigers	C	28
5	George Vico	Detroit Tigers	1B	26
12	Ralph Buxton	New York Yankees	P	35
26	Hugh Casey	New York Yankees	P	36
39, 52	Wally Hood, Jr.	New York Yankees	P	24
18, 23	Fenton Mole	New York Yankees	1B	24
35	Mickey Witek	New York Yankees	PH	34
11, 39	Hank Biasetti	Philadelphia Athletics	1B	28
33	Bobby Estalella	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	39
34	Augie Galan	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	38
36	Clem Hausmann	Philadelphia Athletics	P	30
23	Bill McCahan	Philadelphia Athletics	P	28
13, 15	Don White	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	31
6	Taffy Wright	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	38
7	Andy Anderson	St. Louis Browns	SS	27
22, 36	Jim Bilbrey	St. Louis Browns	P	26
3	George Elder	St. Louis Browns	OF	29
35	Red Embree	St. Louis Browns	P	32
11	Jack Graham	St. Louis Browns	1B	33
30	Bob Malloy	St. Louis Browns	P	32
3	Al Naples	St. Louis Browns	SS	23
3	Frankie Pack	St. Louis Browns	PH	22
5	Whitey Platt	St. Louis Browns	OF	29
27	Bob Savage	St. Louis Browns	P	28
34	Ray Shore	St. Louis Browns	P	28
8	Stan Spence	St. Louis Browns	OF	35
1	John Sullivan	St. Louis Browns	SS	29
26, 32, 40	Ralph Winegarner	St. Louis Browns	P	40
24	Mark Christman	Washington Senators	3B	36
27	Jay Difani	Washington Senators	2B	27
28	Buzz Dozier	Washington Senators	P	21
9, 11	Jake Early	Washington Senators	C	35
16	Julio Gonzalez	Washington Senators	P	29
2	Buddy Lewis	Washington Senators	OF	33
28	Herman Reich	Washington Senators	PH	32
23	John Simmons	Washington Senators	OF	25
11	Dizzy Sutherland	Washington Senators	P	28
12	Forrest Thompson	Washington Senators	P	32
11	Ralph Weigel	Washington Senators	C	28
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
1949 American League Retirements

1949 N.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1949 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. 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.