American League Retirements 1959
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
8	Bobby Avila	Baltimore Orioles	OF	36
16	George Bamberger	Baltimore Orioles	P	36
17	Chico Carrasquel	Baltimore Orioles	SS	32
33	Jim Finigan	Baltimore Orioles	3B	31
46	Ernie Johnson	Baltimore Orioles	P	35
7	Willy Miranda	Baltimore Orioles	SS	34
27	Joe Taylor	Baltimore Orioles	OF	34
35	George Zuverink	Baltimore Orioles	P	35
12	Bobby Avila	Boston Red Sox	2B	36
39	Jerry Mallett	Boston Red Sox	OF	24
1	Herb Plews	Boston Red Sox	2B	31
30	Bill Renna	Boston Red Sox	OF	35
26	Murray Wall	Boston Red Sox	P	33
25	Rudy Arias	Chicago White Sox	P	28
32	Larry Doby	Chicago White Sox	OF	36
3	Del Ennis	Chicago White Sox	OF	34
32	Don Mueller	Chicago White Sox	PH	33
8	Harry Simpson	Chicago White Sox	OF	34
3	Lou Skizas	Chicago White Sox	OF	27
36	Joe Stanka	Chicago White Sox	P	28
32	Jim Baxes	Cleveland Indians	2B	31
45	Jim Bolger	Cleveland Indians	PH	28
26	Dick Brodowski	Cleveland Indians	P	27
8	Ed Fitz Gerald	Cleveland Indians	C	36
2	Randy Jackson	Cleveland Indians	3B	34
23	Bud Podbielan	Cleveland Indians	P	36
28	Bob Smith	Cleveland Indians	P	33
36	Ossie Alvarez	Detroit Tigers	PH	26
27	Jerry Davie	Detroit Tigers	P	27
25	Larry Doby	Detroit Tigers	OF	36
16	Ray Narleski	Detroit Tigers	P	31
37	Jim Proctor	Detroit Tigers	P	24
25	Ron Shoop	Detroit Tigers	C	28
26	Bob Smith	Detroit Tigers	P	29
26	Jim Stump	Detroit Tigers	P	28
26	George Susce	Detroit Tigers	P	28
9	Gus Zernial	Detroit Tigers	1B	36
17	Zeke Bella	Kansas City Athletics	OF	29
14	Tom Carroll	Kansas City Athletics	SS	23
21	Murry Dickson	Kansas City Athletics	P	43
37	Tom Gorman	Kansas City Athletics	P	35
35	Al Grunwald	Kansas City Athletics	P	30
36	Evans Killeen	Kansas City Athletics	P	24
32	Bob Martyn	Kansas City Athletics	PR	29
20	Russ Meyer	Kansas City Athletics	P	36
5	Harry Simpson	Kansas City Athletics	1B	34
15	Dick Tomanek	Kansas City Athletics	P	29
7	Preston Ward	Kansas City Athletics	1B	32
22	Gary Blaylock	New York Yankees	P	28
55	Zach Monroe	New York Yankees	P	28
17	Enos Slaughter	New York Yankees	OF	44
8	Ed Fitz Gerald	Washington Senators	C	36
24	Hal Griggs	Washington Senators	P	31
10	Steve Korcheck	Washington Senators	C	27
15	Ralph Lumenti	Washington Senators	P	23
25	Tom McAvoy	Washington Senators	P	23
25	Herb Plews	Washington Senators	2B	31
9	JW Porter	Washington Senators	C	27
34, 38	John Romonosky	Washington Senators	P	30
32	Ron Samford	Washington Senators	SS	30
15	Vito Valentinetti	Washington Senators	P	31
35	Murray Wall	Washington Senators	P	33
5	Norm Zauchin	Washington Senators	1B	30
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
1959 American League Retirements

1959 N.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1959 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.