American League Retirements 1977
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
45	Tony Chevez	Baltimore Orioles	P	24
40	Dave Criscione	Baltimore Orioles	C	26
5	Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	3B	41
12	Ken Rudolph	Baltimore Orioles	C	31
28	Tom Shopay	Baltimore Orioles	OF	33
41	Jack Baker	Boston Red Sox	1B	28
43	Jim Burton	Boston Red Sox	P	28
30	Dave Coleman	Boston Red Sox	OF	27
42	Bobby Darwin	Boston Red Sox	OF	35
5	Denny Doyle	Boston Red Sox	2B	34
2	Doug Griffin	Boston Red Sox	2B	30
12, 49	Tommy Helms	Boston Red Sox	DH	37
29	Ramon Hernandez	Boston Red Sox	P	37
35	Mike Cuellar	California Angels	P	41
44	Carlos May	California Angels	1B	30
38	Gary Nolan	California Angels	P	30
47	Gary Ross	California Angels	P	30
19	Mickey Scott	California Angels	P	30
42, 46	Wayne Simpson	California Angels	P	29
43	Tom Walker	California Angels	P	29
51	Larry Anderson	Chicago White Sox	P	25
25	Tommy Cruz	Chicago White Sox	OF	27
43	Bruce Dal Canton	Chicago White Sox	P	36
1	John Flannery	Chicago White Sox	SS	21
24	Bart Johnson	Chicago White Sox	P	28
20	Nyls Nyman	Chicago White Sox	PH	24
18	Royle Stillman	Chicago White Sox	OF	27
52	Randy Wiles	Chicago White Sox	P	26
49	Cardell Camper	Cleveland Indians	P	25
41	Pat Dobson	Cleveland Indians	P	36
38	Bill Laxton	Cleveland Indians	P	30
11	Bill Melton	Cleveland Indians	1B	32
26	Dave Oliver	Cleveland Indians	2B	27
40	Bob Adams	Detroit Tigers	1B	26
15	Luis Alvarado	Detroit Tigers	3B	29
21	Ray Bare	Detroit Tigers	P	29
9	Chuck Scrivener	Detroit Tigers	SS	30
42	Tom Hall	Kansas City Royals	P	30
6	Bob Heise	Kansas City Royals	2B	31
39	Gary Lance	Kansas City Royals	P	29
3	Dave Nelson	Kansas City Royals	2B	33
1	Cookie Rojas	Kansas City Royals	3B	39
29	Gary Beare	Milwaukee Brewers	P	25
18	Barry Cort	Milwaukee Brewers	P	22
45	Rich Folkers	Milwaukee Brewers	P	31
4	Mike Hegan	Milwaukee Brewers	OF	35
8	Jack Heidemann	Milwaukee Brewers	2B	28
40	Sam Hinds	Milwaukee Brewers	P	24
3	Ed Kirkpatrick	Milwaukee Brewers	OF	33
17	Ken McMullen	Milwaukee Brewers	DH	35
21	Bob Sheldon	Milwaukee Brewers	DH	27
20	Dan Thomas	Milwaukee Brewers	OF	27
8	Jimmy Wynn	Milwaukee Brewers	OF	36
37	Bill Butler	Minnesota Twins	P	31
18	Don Carrithers	Minnesota Twins	P	28
35	Bob Gorinski	Minnesota Twins	OF	26
31	Jim Hughes	Minnesota Twins	P	26
33	Mike Pazik	Minnesota Twins	P	28
28	Jim Shellenback	Minnesota Twins	P	34
46	Gene Locklear	New York Yankees	OF	28
38	Carlos May	New York Yankees	DH	30
22	Gil Patterson	New York Yankees	P	22
36	Stan Thomas	New York Yankees	P	28
24	Jimmy Wynn	New York Yankees	DH	36
60	Dick Allen	Oakland Athletics	1B	36
99	Willie Crawford	Oakland Athletics	OF	31
24	Steve Dunning	Oakland Athletics	P	29
31	Dave Giusti	Oakland Athletics	P	38
19	Sheldon Mallory	Oakland Athletics	OF	24
9	Rich McKinney	Oakland Athletics	1B	31
29	Craig Mitchell	Oakland Athletics	P	24
26	Jim Tyrone	Oakland Athletics	OF	29
32	Earl Williams	Oakland Athletics	DH	29
13	Mark Williams	Oakland Athletics	OF	24
23	Puchy Delgado	Seattle Mariners	OF	24
35	Greg Erardi	Seattle Mariners	P	24
3	Skip Jutze	Seattle Mariners	C	32
37	Mike Kekich	Seattle Mariners	P	33
38	Bill Laxton	Seattle Mariners	P	30
18	Joe Lis	Seattle Mariners	1B	31
24	Frank MacCormack	Seattle Mariners	P	23
21	Tom McMillan	Seattle Mariners	SS	26
20	Tommy Moore	Seattle Mariners	P	29
30	Dave Pagan	Seattle Mariners	P	28
27	Diego Segui	Seattle Mariners	P	40
11	Tommy Smith	Seattle Mariners	OF	29
23	Stan Thomas	Seattle Mariners	P	28
7	Lew Beasley	Texas Rangers	OF	29
24, 53	Bobby Cuellar	Texas Rangers	P	25
26	Steve Hargan	Texas Rangers	P	35
18	Ed Kirkpatrick	Texas Rangers	OF	33
27	John Poloni	Texas Rangers	P	24
24	Mike Wallace	Texas Rangers	P	27
3	Steve Bowling	Toronto Blue Jays	OF	25
27	Jeff Byrd	Toronto Blue Jays	P	21
28	Mike Darr	Toronto Blue Jays	P	22
22	Dennis DeBarr	Toronto Blue Jays	P	25
38	Pedro Garcia	Toronto Blue Jays	2B	28
26	Steve Hargan	Toronto Blue Jays	P	35
24	Chuck Hartenstein	Toronto Blue Jays	P	36
44	Jerry Johnson	Toronto Blue Jays	P	34
10	Doug Rader	Toronto Blue Jays	3B	33
4	Phil Roof	Toronto Blue Jays	C	37
11	John Scott	Toronto Blue Jays	OF	26
48	Bill Singer	Toronto Blue Jays	P	34
29	Hector Torres	Toronto Blue Jays	SS	32
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
1977 American League Retirements

1977 N.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1977 season as this group of players bid farewell to their field's of dreams. 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. 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.