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