American League Retirements 1978
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
34	Nelson Briles	Baltimore Orioles	P	35
9	Carlos Lopez	Baltimore Orioles	OF	30
52	Earl Stephenson	Baltimore Orioles	P	31
30	Bob Bailey	Boston Red Sox	DH	36
26	John LaRose	Boston Red Sox	P	27
10	Lyman Bostock	California Angels	OF	28
39	John Caneira	California Angels	P	26
6	Ron Fairly	California Angels	1B	40
36	Al Fitzmorris	California Angels	P	33
10	Ron Blomberg	Chicago White Sox	DH	30
3	Jim Breazeale	Chicago White Sox	1B	29
38	Henry Cruz	Chicago White Sox	OF	27
65	Mike Eden	Chicago White Sox	SS	30
3	Larry Johnson	Chicago White Sox	C	28
25	Tom Spencer	Chicago White Sox	OF	28
34	Jim Willoughby	Chicago White Sox	P	30
28	Wilbur Wood	Chicago White Sox	P	37
39	Al Fitzmorris	Cleveland Indians	P	33
46	Rick Kreuger	Cleveland Indians	P	30
30	Larry Lintz	Cleveland Indians	PR	29
28	Jim Crawford	Detroit Tigers	P	28
29	Steve Foucault	Detroit Tigers	P	29
24	Mickey Stanley	Detroit Tigers	OF	36
48	Jim Colborn	Kansas City Royals	P	33
31	Dave Cripe	Kansas City Royals	3B	28
16	Steve Foucault	Kansas City Royals	P	29
21	Art Kusnyer	Kansas City Royals	C	33
10	Joe Lahoud	Kansas City Royals	OF	32
28, 31	Randy McGilberry	Kansas City Royals	P	25
17	Luis Silverio	Kansas City Royals	OF	22
8	Andy Etchebarren	Milwaukee Brewers	C	35
12	Larry Haney	Milwaukee Brewers	C	36
11	Dave May	Milwaukee Brewers	OF	35
5	Tony Muser	Milwaukee Brewers	1B	31
11	Jeff Yurak	Milwaukee Brewers	OF	25
12	Rich Chiles	Minnesota Twins	OF	29
37	Roric Harrison	Minnesota Twins	P	32
27	Dave Johnson	Minnesota Twins	P	30
21	Tom Johnson	Minnesota Twins	P	28
39	Stan Perzanowski	Minnesota Twins	P	28
28	Mac Scarce	Minnesota Twins	P	30
40	John Sutton	Minnesota Twins	P	26
18	Greg Thayer	Minnesota Twins	P	29
35	Don Gullett	New York Yankees	P	28
40	Fran Healy	New York Yankees	C	32
36	Paul Lindblad	New York Yankees	P	37
25	George Zeber	New York Yankees	2B	28
9, 21	Mike Adams	Oakland Athletics	2B	30
40	Pete Broberg	Oakland Athletics	P	29
16	Taylor Duncan	Oakland Athletics	3B	26
26, 44	Tito Fuentes	Oakland Athletics	2B	35
26	Scott Meyer	Oakland Athletics	C	21
17	Marty Perez	Oakland Athletics	3B	32
31	Steve Staggs	Oakland Athletics	2B	28
14	Jerry Tabb	Oakland Athletics	1B	27
25, 44	Darrell Woodard	Oakland Athletics	2B	22
14	Jose Baez	Seattle Mariners	2B	25
42	Tom Brown	Seattle Mariners	P	29
39	Steve Burke	Seattle Mariners	P	24
48	Jim Colborn	Seattle Mariners	P	33
29	Tom House	Seattle Mariners	P	32
46	Rick Jones	Seattle Mariners	P	24
18	Kevin Pasley	Seattle Mariners	C	25
3	Bill Plummer	Seattle Mariners	C	32
13, 45	Dick Pole	Seattle Mariners	P	28
36	Leroy Stanton	Seattle Mariners	DH	33
2	Sandy Alomar	Texas Rangers	1B	35
25	Paul Lindblad	Texas Rangers	P	37
29	Roger Moret	Texas Rangers	P	29
20	Bobby Thompson	Texas Rangers	OF	25
40	Jim Umbarger	Texas Rangers	P	26
14	Butch Alberts	Toronto Blue Jays	DH	29
5	Sam Ewing	Toronto Blue Jays	OF	30
32	Don Kirkwood	Toronto Blue Jays	P	29
3	Brian Milner	Toronto Blue Jays	C	19
46	Dave Wallace	Toronto Blue Jays	P	31
21	Mark Wiley	Toronto Blue Jays	P	31
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
1978 American League Retirements

1978 N.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1978 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. Hank Aaron ended his Major League career on October 3, 1976, with a sharp single during the sixth inning off Dave Roberts of the Detroit Tigers.