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