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