American League Retirements 1951
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
29	Dan Porter	Washington Senators	OF	20
2	Doug Hansen	Cleveland Indians	PR	23
4	Bud Thomas	St. Louis Browns	SS	23
21	Doc Daugherty	Detroit Tigers	PH	24
39	Bob DiPietro	Boston Red Sox	OF	24
26	Irv Medlinger	St. Louis Browns	P	24
49	Marv Rotblatt	Chicago White Sox	P	24
26	Roy Hawes	Washington Senators	1B	25
25	Bobby Herrera	St. Louis Browns	P	25
24	Harley Hisner	Boston Red Sox	P	25
1	Billy DeMars	St. Louis Browns	SS	26
1/8	Eddie Gaedel	St. Louis Browns	PH	26
18	Bubba Harris	Cleveland Indians	P	26
17	Bubba Harris	Philadelphia Athletics	P	26
24	Paul Hinrichs	Boston Red Sox	P	26
6	Bill Jennings	St. Louis Browns	SS	26
16	Frank Saucier	St. Louis Browns	OF	26
24	Alton Brown	Washington Senators	P	27
16	Tod Davis	Philadelphia Athletics	2B	27
28	Jerry Fahr	Cleveland Indians	P	27
18	Joe Lutz	St. Louis Browns	1B	27
11	Jack Maguire	St. Louis Browns	OF	27
32	Milt Nielsen	Cleveland Indians	PH	27
6	Ed Samcoff	Philadelphia Athletics	2B	27
28	Duke Markell	St. Louis Browns	P	28
8	Johnny Bero	St. Louis Browns	SS	29
27	Ross Grimsley	Chicago White Sox	P	29
18	Kermit Wahl	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	29
23	Kermit Wahl	St. Louis Browns	3B	29
45	Joe Erautt	Chicago White Sox	C	30
20	Clarence Maddern	Cleveland Indians	OF	30
28	Dick Starr	St. Louis Browns	P	31
27, 31	Dick Starr	Washington Senators	P	31
27	Sammy Hairston	Chicago White Sox	C	32
21	Fred Sanford	New York Yankees	P	32
28, 50	Fred Sanford	St. Louis Browns	P	32
27	Fred Sanford	Washington Senators	P	32
25	Bob Dillinger	Chicago White Sox	3B	33
25	Bill Evans	Boston Red Sox	P	33
18	Earl Johnson	Detroit Tigers	P	33
2	Lou Klein	Cleveland Indians	PH	33
6	Lou Klein	Philadelphia Athletics	2B	33
31	Paul Calvert	Detroit Tigers	P	34
1	Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox	2B	34
18	Jack Kramer	New York Yankees	P	34
42	Sid Schacht	St. Louis Browns	P	34
38	Thurman Tucker	Cleveland Indians	PH	34
36	Hank Wyse	Philadelphia Athletics	P	34
19	Hank Wyse	Washington Senators	P	34
2	Al Evans	Boston Red Sox	C	35
12	Mike McCormick	Washington Senators	OF	35
15	Hank Borowy	Detroit Tigers	P	36
31	Sam Chapman	Cleveland Indians	OF	36
4	Sam Chapman	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	36
18	Bob Muncrief	New York Yankees	P	36
8, 24, 28	Aaron Robinson	Boston Red Sox	C	36
1	Aaron Robinson	Detroit Tigers	C	36
5	Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	OF	37
11	Buddy Rosar	Boston Red Sox	C	37
22	Johnny Vander Meer	Cleveland Indians	P	37
5	Bert Haas	Chicago White Sox	1B	38
8	Mike Guerra	Boston Red Sox	C	39
15	Mike Guerra	Washington Senators	C	39
2	Wally Moses	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	41
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
1951 American League Retirements

1951 N.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1951 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. 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.