American League Retirements 1953
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
36	Johnny Mize	New York Yankees	1B	41
18	Allie Clark	Chicago White Sox	1B	30
4	Tom Hamilton	Philadelphia Athletics	1B	28
7, 36	Tommy Giordano	Philadelphia Athletics	2B	28
12	Jack Merson	Boston Red Sox	2B	32
4	Jerry Priddy	Detroit Tigers	2B	34
38	Loren Babe	New York Yankees	3B	26
38	John Baumgartner	Detroit Tigers	3B	23
40	Bob Elliott	St. Louis Browns	3B	37
11	Don Kolloway	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	35
6	Rocky Krsnich	Chicago White Sox	3B	26
17	Billy Hitchcock	Detroit Tigers	3B	37
27	Bob Elliott	Chicago White Sox	3B	37
3	Loren Babe	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	26
4	Marty Marion	St. Louis Browns	3B	37
15	Dick Aylward	Cleveland Indians	C	28
32	Johnny Bucha	Detroit Tigers	C	29
32	Babe Martin	St. Louis Browns	C	34
8	Les Peden	Washington Senators	C	30
10	Frank Sacka	Washington Senators	C	29
30	Bud Sheely	Chicago White Sox	C	33
9	Bob Swift	Detroit Tigers	C	39
45	Neal Watlington	Philadelphia Athletics	C	31
25	Frank Campos	Washington Senators	PH	30
7	Dom DiMaggio	Boston Red Sox	PH	37
32	Barney McCosky	Cleveland Indians	PH	37
36	Dixie Upright	St. Louis Browns	PH	28
30	Bruce Barmes	Washington Senators	OF	24
22	Frank Carswell	Detroit Tigers	OF	34
7	Allie Clark	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	30
15	Hank Edwards	St. Louis Browns	OF	35
6	Carmen Mauro	Washington Senators	OF	27
6	Pat Mullin	Detroit Tigers	OF	36
19	Russ Sullivan	Detroit Tigers	OF	31
6	Kite Thomas	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	31
26	Ken Wood	Washington Senators	OF	29
32	Al Zarilla	Boston Red Sox	OF	35
6	Carmen Mauro	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	27
26	Kite Thomas	Washington Senators	OF	31
11	Luis Aloma	Chicago White Sox	P	30
36	Gene Bearden	Chicago White Sox	P	33
31	Harry Brecheen	St. Louis Browns	P	39
12	Lou Brissie	Cleveland Indians	P	29
27	Hal Erickson	Detroit Tigers	P	34
15	Frank Fanovich	Philadelphia Athletics	P	31
35, 39	Bob Habenicht	St. Louis Browns	P	28
35	Earl Harrist	Chicago White Sox	P	34
35, 39	Earl Harrist	Detroit Tigers	P	34
14	Ken Holcombe	Boston Red Sox	P	35
24	Bobo Holloman	St. Louis Browns	P	31
34	Hal Hudson	Chicago White Sox	P	27
35	Milt Jordan	Detroit Tigers	P	27
21	Walt Kellner	Philadelphia Athletics	P	25
35	Steve Kraly	New York Yankees	P	25
5	Max Lanier	St. Louis Browns	P	38
14	Dave Madison	Detroit Tigers	P	33
34	Rinty Monahan	Philadelphia Athletics	P	26
23	Julio Moreno	Washington Senators	P	33
20	Bobo Newsom	Philadelphia Athletics	P	46
19	Ray Scarborough	Detroit Tigers	P	36
19	Ray Scarborough	New York Yankees	P	36
28	Ted Wilks	Cleveland Indians	P	38
29	Fred Hutchinson	Detroit Tigers	P	34
15	Yo-Yo Davalillo	Washington Senators	SS	25
35	Al Richter	Boston Red Sox	SS	27
15	Gene Verble	Washington Senators	SS	25
44	Frank Verdi	New York Yankees	SS	27
7	Spider Wilhelm	Philadelphia Athletics	SS	25
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
1953 American League Retirements

1953 N.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1953 season as this group of players bid farewell to their field's of dreams. Goose Goslin played for eighteen seasons and averaged one-hundred twenty-seven games played per season. In 1938, during his final at-bat, he twisted his back and was replaced at the plate by a pinch-hitter for the first time in his Major League career. 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.