National League Retirements 1972
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
7	Gil Garrido	Atlanta Braves	2B	31
27	Jim Hardin	Atlanta Braves	P	29
23	Larry Jaster	Atlanta Braves	P	29
30	Denny McLain	Atlanta Braves	P	29
23	Jim Nash	Atlanta Braves	P	28
17	Frank Coggins	Chicago Cubs	PH	29
34	Clint Compton	Chicago Cubs	P	22
47	Frank Fernandez	Chicago Cubs	C	30
37	Steve Hamilton	Chicago Cubs	P	37
12	J.C. Martin	Chicago Cubs	C	36
30	Dan McGinn	Chicago Cubs	P	29
29	Al Montreuil	Chicago Cubs	2B	29
36	Tom Phoebus	Chicago Cubs	P	31
27	Phil Regan	Chicago Cubs	P	36
24	Art Shamsky	Chicago Cubs	1B	31
39	Joe Gibbon	Cincinnati Reds	P	38
17	Julian Javier	Cincinnati Reds	3B	36
7	Sonny Ruberto	Cincinnati Reds	C	27
22	Ted Uhlaender	Cincinnati Reds	OF	32
36	Wade Blasingame	Houston Astros	P	29
37	Joe Gibbon	Houston Astros	P	38
8	Jack Hiatt	Houston Astros	C	30
5	Jim Lefebvre	Los Angeles Dodgers	2B	31
9	Terry McDermott	Los Angeles Dodgers	1B	22
46	Pete Mikkelsen	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	33
28	Wes Parker	Los Angeles Dodgers	1B	33
29	Jose Pena	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	30
31	Hoyt Wilhelm	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	50
30	Maury Wills	Los Angeles Dodgers	SS	40
2	John Bateman	Montreal Expos	C	32
23	Denny Lemaster	Montreal Expos	P	34
7	Bobby Wine	Montreal Expos	3B	34
44	Bob Rauch	New York Mets	P	23
6	John Bateman	Philadelphia Phillies	C	32
24	Byron Browne	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	30
35	Dave Downs	Philadelphia Phillies	P	20
12	Pete Koegel	Philadelphia Phillies	1B	25
42	Jim Nash	Philadelphia Phillies	P	28
21	Ron Stone	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	30
38	Bob Terlecki	Philadelphia Phillies	P	28
21	Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	38
9	Bill Mazeroski	Pittsburgh Pirates	2B	36
37	Ed Acosta	San Diego Padres	P	29
3	Curt Blefary	San Diego Padres	C	29
1	Mike Fiore	San Diego Padres	PH	28
7	Joe Goddard	San Diego Padres	C	22
12	Garry Jestadt	San Diego Padres	2B	26
36	Tom Phoebus	San Diego Padres	P	31
31	Rafael Robles	San Diego Padres	SS	25
44	Mark Schaeffer	San Diego Padres	P	24
42	Al Severinsen	San Diego Padres	P	28
36	Steve Simpson	San Diego Padres	P	24
7	Ed Spiezio	San Diego Padres	3B	31
42	Ron Taylor	San Diego Padres	P	35
18	Russ Gibson	San Francisco Giants	C	34
41	Frank Reberger	San Francisco Giants	P	28
16	Ron Allen	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	29
21	Brant Alyea	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	32
16	Donn Clendenon	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	37
25	Tony Cloninger	St. Louis Cardinals	P	32
28	Moe Drabowsky	St. Louis Cardinals	P	37
10	Mike Fiore	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	28
31	Joe Grzenda	St. Louis Cardinals	P	35
36	Santiago Guzman	St. Louis Cardinals	P	23
37	Dennis Higgins	St. Louis Cardinals	P	33
11	Marty Martinez	St. Louis Cardinals	SS	31
56	Tim Plodinec	St. Louis Cardinals	P	26
44	Don Shaw	St. Louis Cardinals	P	29
17	Bill Voss	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	29
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
1972 National League Retirements

1972 A.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the National 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. 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.