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