American League Retirements 1972
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
9	Don Buford	Baltimore Orioles	OF	36
40	Dave Leonhard	Baltimore Orioles	P	32
32	Tom Matchick	Baltimore Orioles	3B	29
30	Chico Salmon	Baltimore Orioles	1B	32
3	Bob Burda	Boston Red Sox	1B	34
24	Duane Josephson	Boston Red Sox	1B	30
43	Gary Peters	Boston Red Sox	P	36
25	Stan Williams	Boston Red Sox	P	36
31	Joe Azcue	California Angels	C	33
44	Rickey Clark	California Angels	P	27
14	Chris Coletta	California Angels	OF	28
14	Billy Cowan	California Angels	PH	34
48	Paul Doyle	California Angels	P	33
15	Tom Dukes	California Angels	P	30
8	Jack Hiatt	California Angels	C	30
8	Syd O'Brien	California Angels	3B	29
46	Mel Queen	California Angels	P	31
6	Roger Repoz	California Angels	PH	32
33	Tom Silverio	California Angels	OF	27
44	Moe Drabowsky	Chicago White Sox	P	37
19	Rudy Hernandez	Chicago White Sox	SS	21
43	Dave Lemonds	Chicago White Sox	P	24
39	Dan Neumeier	Chicago White Sox	P	25
19	Jim Qualls	Chicago White Sox	OF	26
38	Phil Regan	Chicago White Sox	P	36
5	Ed Spiezio	Chicago White Sox	3B	31
17	Lou Camilli	Cleveland Indians	SS	26
44	Vince Colbert	Cleveland Indians	P	27
27	Roy Foster	Cleveland Indians	OF	27
43	Marcelino Lopez	Cleveland Indians	P	29
28	Adolfo Phillips	Cleveland Indians	OF	31
37	Denny Riddleberger	Cleveland Indians	P	27
22	Ike Blessitt	Detroit Tigers	OF	23
38	Les Cain	Detroit Tigers	P	25
42	Wayne Comer	Detroit Tigers	OF	29
14	Tom Haller	Detroit Tigers	C	35
31	Paul Jata	Detroit Tigers	1B	23
2	Dalton Jones	Detroit Tigers	PH	29
48	Don Leshnock	Detroit Tigers	P	26
47	Phil Meeler	Detroit Tigers	P	24
46	Bob Strampe	Detroit Tigers	P	22
36	Ted Abernathy	Kansas City Royals	P	40
2	Ron Hansen	Kansas City Royals	SS	35
32	Mike Hedlund	Kansas City Royals	P	26
19	Bobby Knoop	Kansas City Royals	2B	34
20	Monty Montgomery	Kansas City Royals	P	26
17	Joe Azcue	Milwaukee Brewers	C	33
22	Brock Davis	Milwaukee Brewers	OF	29
33	Mike Ferraro	Milwaukee Brewers	3B	28
7	Syd O'Brien	Milwaukee Brewers	3B	29
17	Paul Ratliff	Milwaukee Brewers	C	29
49	Archie Reynolds	Milwaukee Brewers	P	27
10	Tommie Reynolds	Milwaukee Brewers	OF	31
16	Ron Theobald	Milwaukee Brewers	2B	29
32	Bill Voss	Milwaukee Brewers	OF	29
27	Bucky Guth	Minnesota Twins	SS	25
22	Tom Norton	Minnesota Twins	P	23
10	Rick Renick	Minnesota Twins	OF	29
29	Wade Blasingame	New York Yankees	P	29
45	Larry Gowell	New York Yankees	P	25
22	Ron Klimkowski	New York Yankees	P	29
54	Jim Roland	New York Yankees	P	30
7	Brant Alyea	Oakland Athletics	OF	32
3	Curt Blefary	Oakland Athletics	1B	29
16	Tim Cullen	Oakland Athletics	2B	31
22	Joe Horlen	Oakland Athletics	P	35
11	Marty Martinez	Oakland Athletics	2B	31
17	Denny McLain	Oakland Athletics	P	29
18	Bill McNulty	Oakland Athletics	3B	26
4	Don Mincher	Oakland Athletics	1B	34
33	Jim Roland	Oakland Athletics	P	30
7	Art Shamsky	Oakland Athletics	PH	31
14	Don Shaw	Oakland Athletics	P	29
24	Bill Voss	Oakland Athletics	OF	29
17	Gary Waslewski	Oakland Athletics	P	31
22	Jim Driscoll	Texas Rangers	2B	29
37	Jan Dukes	Texas Rangers	P	27
19	Jerry Janeski	Texas Rangers	P	27
14	Dalton Jones	Texas Rangers	3B	29
24	Steve Lawson	Texas Rangers	P	22
10	Marty Martinez	Texas Rangers	SS	31
5	Don Mincher	Texas Rangers	1B	34
34	Jim Roland	Texas Rangers	P	30
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
1972 American League Retirements

1972 N.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1972 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. 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).