American League Retirements 1956
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
38	Fred Besana	Baltimore Orioles	P	26
32	Chuck Diering	Baltimore Orioles	OF	34
23	Harry Dorish	Baltimore Orioles	P	35
14	Jim Dyck	Baltimore Orioles	OF	35
14, 17	Hoot Evers	Baltimore Orioles	OF	36
2	Joe Frazier	Baltimore Orioles	OF	34
10	Tom Gastall	Baltimore Orioles	C	24
21	Bob Harrison	Baltimore Orioles	P	26
40	Mel Held	Baltimore Orioles	P	28
2	Fred Marsh	Baltimore Orioles	SS	33
16	Erv Palica	Baltimore Orioles	P	29
3	Dave Pope	Baltimore Orioles	OF	35
40	Johnny Schmitz	Baltimore Orioles	P	36
24	Gordie Sundin	Baltimore Orioles	P	19
15	George Werley	Baltimore Orioles	P	18
16	Harry Dorish	Boston Red Sox	P	35
28	Tom Hurd	Boston Red Sox	P	33
17	Mel Parnell	Boston Red Sox	P	34
21	Johnny Schmitz	Boston Red Sox	P	36
25	Cal Abrams	Chicago White Sox	OF	33
31	Jerry Dahlke	Chicago White Sox	P	27
24	Dick Marlowe	Chicago White Sox	P	27
24	Howie Pollet	Chicago White Sox	P	35
30	Hoot Evers	Cleveland Indians	PH	36
19	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	P	38
32	Stu Locklin	Cleveland Indians	OF	28
36	Sam Mele	Cleveland Indians	OF	35
3	Dale Mitchell	Cleveland Indians	OF	35
34	Dave Pope	Cleveland Indians	OF	35
9	Rudy Regalado	Cleveland Indians	3B	27
7	Al Rosen	Cleveland Indians	3B	33
27	Wayne Belardi	Detroit Tigers	1B	26
14	Bud Black	Detroit Tigers	P	24
26	Jim Brady	Detroit Tigers	P	21
12	Buddy Hicks	Detroit Tigers	SS	30
37	Dick Marlowe	Detroit Tigers	P	27
29	Walt Masterson	Detroit Tigers	P	36
25	Walt Streuli	Detroit Tigers	C	21
11	Joe Astroth	Kansas City Athletics	C	34
14	Bill Bradford	Kansas City Athletics	P	35
36	Moe Burtschy	Kansas City Athletics	P	35
26	Bill Harrington	Kansas City Athletics	P	29
17	Troy Herriage	Kansas City Athletics	P	25
6	Spook Jacobs	Kansas City Athletics	2B	31
18, 23	Lou Kretlow	Kansas City Athletics	P	35
23	Tommy Lasorda	Kansas City Athletics	P	29
14	Jack McMahan	Kansas City Athletics	P	24
8	Rance Pless	Kansas City Athletics	1B	31
26, 34	Jose Santiago	Kansas City Athletics	P	28
19	Bob Spicer	Kansas City Athletics	P	32
21	Sonny Dixon	New York Yankees	P	32
21	Jim Konstanty	New York Yankees	P	40
10	Phil Rizzuto	New York Yankees	SS	39
39	George Wilson	New York Yankees	OF	31
38	Connie Grob	Washington Senators	P	24
37	Ernie Oravetz	Washington Senators	OF	25
31, 32	Carlos Paula	Washington Senators	OF	29
4, 36	Tony Roig	Washington Senators	2B	29
24	Bunky Stewart	Washington Senators	P	26
41	Tom Wright	Washington Senators	PH	33
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
1956 American League Retirements

1956 N.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1956 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. 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.