American League Retirements 1979
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
45	Tom Chism	Baltimore Orioles	1B	25
44	Ellie Hendricks	Baltimore Orioles	C	39
43	Jeff Rineer	Baltimore Orioles	P	24
17	Frank Duffy	Boston Red Sox	2B	33
44	Joel Finch	Boston Red Sox	P	23
10	Bob Montgomery	Boston Red Sox	C	36
5	George Scott	Boston Red Sox	1B	36
45	Jim Wright	Boston Red Sox	P	29
24	Willie Davis	California Angels	OF	40
41	Steve Eddy	California Angels	P	22
15	Ike Hampton	California Angels	1B	28
9	Terry Humphrey	California Angels	C	30
2	Orlando Ramirez	California Angels	SS	28
19	Mike Colbern	Chicago White Sox	C	25
42	Mark Esser	Chicago White Sox	P	24
10	Joe Gates	Chicago White Sox	2B	25
47	Rich Hinton	Chicago White Sox	P	33
41	Fred Howard	Chicago White Sox	P	23
11	Don Kessinger	Chicago White Sox	SS	37
55	Gil Rondon	Chicago White Sox	P	26
37	Ron Schueler	Chicago White Sox	P	32
35	Pablo Torrealba	Chicago White Sox	P	32
31	Wayne Cage	Cleveland Indians	1B	28
32	David Clyde	Cleveland Indians	P	25
41	Paul Reuschel	Cleveland Indians	P	33
20	Horace Speed	Cleveland Indians	OF	28
33	Eric Wilkins	Cleveland Indians	P	23
21	Al Greene	Detroit Tigers	DH	25
9	Dave Machemer	Detroit Tigers	2B	29
12	Ed Putman	Detroit Tigers	C	26
32	Bruce Taylor	Detroit Tigers	P	27
37	Kip Young	Detroit Tigers	P	25
35	Craig Eaton	Kansas City Royals	P	25
13	Jim Gaudet	Kansas City Royals	C	24
23	Steve Mingori	Kansas City Royals	P	36
21	Eduardo Rodriguez	Kansas City Royals	P	28
0	George Scott	Kansas City Royals	1B	36
35	George Throop	Kansas City Royals	P	29
19	Joe Zdeb	Kansas City Royals	OF	26
13	Ray Fosse	Milwaukee Brewers	C	33
1	Tim Nordbrook	Milwaukee Brewers	SS	30
29	Lance Rautzhan	Milwaukee Brewers	P	27
27	Andy Replogle	Milwaukee Brewers	P	26
21	Jeff Holly	Minnesota Twins	P	27
22	Craig Kusick	Minnesota Twins	DH	31
20	Gary Serum	Minnesota Twins	P	23
40	Kevin Stanfield	Minnesota Twins	P	24
23	Paul Thormodsgard	Minnesota Twins	P	26
29	Catfish Hunter	New York Yankees	P	34
2, 27	Darryl Jones	New York Yankees	DH	28
53	Bob Kammeyer	New York Yankees	P	29
15	Thurman Munson	New York Yankees	C	32
41	George Scott	New York Yankees	DH	36
50	Roger Slagle	New York Yankees	P	26
57	Roy Staiger	New York Yankees	3B	30
6	Roy White	New York Yankees	DH	36
23	Derek Bryant	Oakland Athletics	OF	28
14	Glenn Burke	Oakland Athletics	OF	27
20	Larry Murray	Oakland Athletics	OF	27
31	Milt Ramirez	Oakland Athletics	3B	30
28	Jim Todd	Oakland Athletics	P	32
9, 43	Joe Wallis	Oakland Athletics	OF	28
26	Juan Bernhardt	Seattle Mariners	PH	26
29	Roy Branch	Seattle Mariners	P	26
35	Joe Decker	Seattle Mariners	P	32
43	John Hale	Seattle Mariners	OF	26
37	Rich Hinton	Seattle Mariners	P	33
35	Wayne Twitchell	Seattle Mariners	P	32
2	Bobby Valentine	Seattle Mariners	SS	30
21	Rafael Vasquez	Seattle Mariners	P	21
17	Dock Ellis	Texas Rangers	P	35
24	Gary Holle	Texas Rangers	1B	25
30	Greg Mahlberg	Texas Rangers	C	27
29	Larry McCall	Texas Rangers	P	27
15	La Rue Washington	Texas Rangers	OF	26
21	Rico Carty	Toronto Blue Jays	DH	40
16	Butch Edge	Toronto Blue Jays	P	23
25	Dave Freisleben	Toronto Blue Jays	P	28
45	Steve Grilli	Toronto Blue Jays	P	31
17	Tim Johnson	Toronto Blue Jays	2B	30
5	Craig Kusick	Toronto Blue Jays	1B	31
40	Mark Lemongello	Toronto Blue Jays	P	24
45	Tom Murphy	Toronto Blue Jays	P	34
5	Bob Robertson	Toronto Blue Jays	1B	33
27	Tony Solaita	Toronto Blue Jays	DH	33
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
1979 American League Retirements

1979 N.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1979 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.