American League Retirements 1959
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
36	Ossie Alvarez	Detroit Tigers	PH	26
25	Rudy Arias	Chicago White Sox	P	28
8	Bobby Avila	Baltimore Orioles	OF	36
12	Bobby Avila	Boston Red Sox	2B	36
16	George Bamberger	Baltimore Orioles	P	36
32	Jim Baxes	Cleveland Indians	2B	31
17	Zeke Bella	Kansas City Athletics	OF	29
22	Gary Blaylock	New York Yankees	P	28
45	Jim Bolger	Cleveland Indians	PH	28
26	Dick Brodowski	Cleveland Indians	P	27
17	Chico Carrasquel	Baltimore Orioles	SS	32
14	Tom Carroll	Kansas City Athletics	SS	23
27	Jerry Davie	Detroit Tigers	P	27
21	Murry Dickson	Kansas City Athletics	P	43
32	Larry Doby	Chicago White Sox	OF	36
25	Larry Doby	Detroit Tigers	OF	36
3	Del Ennis	Chicago White Sox	OF	34
33	Jim Finigan	Baltimore Orioles	3B	31
8	Ed Fitz Gerald	Cleveland Indians	C	36
8	Ed Fitz Gerald	Washington Senators	C	36
37	Tom Gorman	Kansas City Athletics	P	35
24	Hal Griggs	Washington Senators	P	31
35	Al Grunwald	Kansas City Athletics	P	30
2	Randy Jackson	Cleveland Indians	3B	34
46	Ernie Johnson	Baltimore Orioles	P	35
36	Evans Killeen	Kansas City Athletics	P	24
10	Steve Korcheck	Washington Senators	C	27
15	Ralph Lumenti	Washington Senators	P	23
39	Jerry Mallett	Boston Red Sox	OF	24
32	Bob Martyn	Kansas City Athletics	PR	29
25	Tom McAvoy	Washington Senators	P	23
20	Russ Meyer	Kansas City Athletics	P	36
7	Willy Miranda	Baltimore Orioles	SS	34
55	Zach Monroe	New York Yankees	P	28
32	Don Mueller	Chicago White Sox	PH	33
16	Ray Narleski	Detroit Tigers	P	31
1	Herb Plews	Boston Red Sox	2B	31
25	Herb Plews	Washington Senators	2B	31
23	Bud Podbielan	Cleveland Indians	P	36
9	JW Porter	Washington Senators	C	27
37	Jim Proctor	Detroit Tigers	P	24
30	Bill Renna	Boston Red Sox	OF	35
34, 38	John Romonosky	Washington Senators	P	30
32	Ron Samford	Washington Senators	SS	30
25	Ron Shoop	Detroit Tigers	C	28
8	Harry Simpson	Chicago White Sox	OF	34
5	Harry Simpson	Kansas City Athletics	1B	34
3	Lou Skizas	Chicago White Sox	OF	27
17	Enos Slaughter	New York Yankees	OF	44
28	Bob Smith	Cleveland Indians	P	33
26	Bob Smith	Detroit Tigers	P	29
36	Joe Stanka	Chicago White Sox	P	28
26	Jim Stump	Detroit Tigers	P	28
26	George Susce	Detroit Tigers	P	28
27	Joe Taylor	Baltimore Orioles	OF	34
15	Dick Tomanek	Kansas City Athletics	P	29
15	Vito Valentinetti	Washington Senators	P	31
26	Murray Wall	Boston Red Sox	P	33
35	Murray Wall	Washington Senators	P	33
7	Preston Ward	Kansas City Athletics	1B	32
5	Norm Zauchin	Washington Senators	1B	30
9	Gus Zernial	Detroit Tigers	1B	36
35	George Zuverink	Baltimore Orioles	P	35
#	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. Stan Musial ended his Major League career on September 29, 1963. His final hit was a single during the sixth inning off Jim Maloney which drove in his last RBI (which was Curt Flood). 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.