American League Retirements 1979
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
45	Tom Chism	Baltimore Orioles	1B	25
15	Ike Hampton	California Angels	1B	28
24	Gary Holle	Texas Rangers	1B	25
5	Bob Robertson	Toronto Blue Jays	1B	33
5	George Scott	Boston Red Sox	1B	36
0	George Scott	Kansas City Royals	1B	36
5	Craig Kusick	Toronto Blue Jays	1B	31
31	Wayne Cage	Cleveland Indians	1B	28
17	Tim Johnson	Toronto Blue Jays	2B	30
9	Dave Machemer	Detroit Tigers	2B	29
17	Frank Duffy	Boston Red Sox	2B	33
10	Joe Gates	Chicago White Sox	2B	25
57	Roy Staiger	New York Yankees	3B	30
31	Milt Ramirez	Oakland Athletics	3B	30
19	Mike Colbern	Chicago White Sox	C	25
13	Jim Gaudet	Kansas City Royals	C	24
44	Ellie Hendricks	Baltimore Orioles	C	39
9	Terry Humphrey	California Angels	C	30
30	Greg Mahlberg	Texas Rangers	C	27
10	Bob Montgomery	Boston Red Sox	C	36
12	Ed Putman	Detroit Tigers	C	26
13	Ray Fosse	Milwaukee Brewers	C	33
15	Thurman Munson	New York Yankees	C	32
21	Rico Carty	Toronto Blue Jays	DH	40
22	Craig Kusick	Minnesota Twins	DH	31
41	George Scott	New York Yankees	DH	36
27	Tony Solaita	Toronto Blue Jays	DH	33
21	Al Greene	Detroit Tigers	DH	25
2, 27	Darryl Jones	New York Yankees	DH	28
6	Roy White	New York Yankees	DH	36
26	Juan Bernhardt	Seattle Mariners	PH	26
14	Glenn Burke	Oakland Athletics	OF	27
43	John Hale	Seattle Mariners	OF	26
20	Horace Speed	Cleveland Indians	OF	28
9, 43	Joe Wallis	Oakland Athletics	OF	28
19	Joe Zdeb	Kansas City Royals	OF	26
20	Larry Murray	Oakland Athletics	OF	27
15	La Rue Washington	Texas Rangers	OF	26
23	Derek Bryant	Oakland Athletics	OF	28
24	Willie Davis	California Angels	OF	40
29	Roy Branch	Seattle Mariners	P	26
32	David Clyde	Cleveland Indians	P	25
35	Joe Decker	Seattle Mariners	P	32
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
25	Dave Freisleben	Toronto Blue Jays	P	28
45	Steve Grilli	Toronto Blue Jays	P	31
47	Rich Hinton	Chicago White Sox	P	33
37	Rich Hinton	Seattle Mariners	P	33
21	Jeff Holly	Minnesota Twins	P	27
41	Fred Howard	Chicago White Sox	P	23
29	Catfish Hunter	New York Yankees	P	34
53	Bob Kammeyer	New York Yankees	P	29
40	Mark Lemongello	Toronto Blue Jays	P	24
29	Larry McCall	Texas Rangers	P	27
23	Steve Mingori	Kansas City Royals	P	36
45	Tom Murphy	Toronto Blue Jays	P	34
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
21	Eduardo Rodriguez	Kansas City Royals	P	28
55	Gil Rondon	Chicago White Sox	P	26
37	Ron Schueler	Chicago White Sox	P	32
20	Gary Serum	Minnesota Twins	P	23
50	Roger Slagle	New York Yankees	P	26
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
21	Rafael Vasquez	Seattle Mariners	P	21
33	Eric Wilkins	Cleveland Indians	P	23
45	Jim Wright	Boston Red Sox	P	29
37	Kip Young	Detroit Tigers	P	25
1	Tim Nordbrook	Milwaukee Brewers	SS	30
2	Orlando Ramirez	California Angels	SS	28
11	Don Kessinger	Chicago White Sox	SS	37
2	Bobby Valentine	Seattle Mariners	SS	30
#	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 July 28, 1976, Blue Moon Odom pitched the final five innings of his Major League career. He was relieved by Francisco Barrios in the sixth inning and the two White Sox combined to pitch a 2-1 no-hitter versus the Oakland Athletics. 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).