American League Retirements 1961
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
47	Roy Heiser	Washington Senators	P	19
17	Bob Sprout	Los Angeles Angels	P	20
35	Dan Ardell	Los Angeles Angels	1B	21
25	Frank Cipriani	Kansas City Athletics	OF	21
42	Frank Zupo	Baltimore Orioles	C	22
46	Alan Brice	Chicago White Sox	P	24
38	Fred Bruckbauer	Minnesota Twins	P	24
16	Bert Cueto	Minnesota Twins	P	24
25	Jake Jacobs	Minnesota Twins	OF	24
30	Dean Look	Chicago White Sox	OF	24
16	Gordon Mackenzie	Kansas City Athletics	C	24
23	Joe Schaffernoth	Cleveland Indians	P	24
22	Stan Johnson	Kansas City Athletics	OF	25
24	Carl Mathias	Washington Senators	P	25
28	Chet Boak	Washington Senators	2B	26
24	Manny Montejo	Detroit Tigers	P	26
16	Fritz Brickell	Los Angeles Angels	SS	27
22	Dan Dobbek	Minnesota Twins	OF	27
29	Bill Kirk	Kansas City Athletics	P	27
24	Hector Maestri	Washington Senators	P	27
2	R.C. Stevens	Washington Senators	1B	27
9	Bob Hale	Cleveland Indians	PH	28
34	Bob Hale	New York Yankees	1B	28
22	Johnny James	Los Angeles Angels	P	28
53	Johnny James	New York Yankees	P	28
24, 40	Ed Palmquist	Minnesota Twins	P	28
5	Jose Valdivielso	Minnesota Twins	SS	28
19	Tom Borland	Boston Red Sox	P	29
27	Paul Giel	Kansas City Athletics	P	29
18	Paul Giel	Minnesota Twins	P	29
20	Russ Heman	Cleveland Indians	P	29
46	Russ Heman	Los Angeles Angels	P	29
35	Joe Altobelli	Minnesota Twins	OF	30
23	Tom Brewer	Boston Red Sox	P	30
11	Dutch Dotterer	Washington Senators	C	30
23	Rudy Hernandez	Washington Senators	P	30
43	Al Schroll	Minnesota Twins	P	30
29	Faye Throneberry	Los Angeles Angels	OF	30
26	Gabe Gabler	Washington Senators	P	31
29	Al Pilarcik	Chicago White Sox	OF	31
14	Al Pilarcik	Kansas City Athletics	OF	31
22	Bobby Prescott	Kansas City Athletics	OF	31
35	Ray Semproch	Los Angeles Angels	P	31
23	Johnny Antonelli	Cleveland Indians	P	32
8	Pete Daley	Washington Senators	C	32
5	Frank House	Detroit Tigers	C	32
36	Ted Lepcio	Chicago White Sox	3B	32
6	Ted Lepcio	Minnesota Twins	3B	32
27	Chuck Stobbs	Minnesota Twins	P	32
24	Pete Whisenant	Minnesota Twins	OF	32
20	Joe DeMaestri	New York Yankees	SS	33
10	Billy Harrell	Boston Red Sox	3B	33
38	Dick Hyde	Baltimore Orioles	P	33
29	Duke Maas	New York Yankees	P	33
22	Mickey McDermott	Kansas City Athletics	P	33
28	Rip Repulski	Boston Red Sox	OF	33
21	Rocky Bridges	Los Angeles Angels	2B	34
1	Billy Martin	Minnesota Twins	2B	34
2	Clint Courtney	Baltimore Orioles	C	35
22	Clint Courtney	Kansas City Athletics	PH	35
4	Jackie Jensen	Boston Red Sox	OF	35
31	Ned Garver	Los Angeles Angels	P	36
15	Valmy Thomas	Cleveland Indians	C	36
28	Warren Hacker	Chicago White Sox	P	37
15	Ted Kluszewski	Los Angeles Angels	1B	37
19	Mike Garcia	Washington Senators	P	38
17	Earl Torgeson	Chicago White Sox	1B	38
29	Earl Torgeson	New York Yankees	1B	38
9	Hank Bauer	Kansas City Athletics	OF	39
17	Walt Dropo	Baltimore Orioles	1B	39
9	Del Rice	Los Angeles Angels	C	39
7	Jim Rivera	Chicago White Sox	PH	40
10	Jim Rivera	Kansas City Athletics	OF	40
21	Jerry Staley	Chicago White Sox	P	41
20	Jerry Staley	Detroit Tigers	P	41
38	Jerry Staley	Kansas City Athletics	P	41
32	Elmer Valo	Minnesota Twins	OF	41
10	Bob Boyd	Kansas City Athletics	1B	42
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
1961 American League Retirements

1961 N.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1961 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. 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.