National League Retirements 1979
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
15	Darrel Chaney	Atlanta Braves	SS	32
48	Craig Skok	Atlanta Braves	P	32
16	Jim Wessinger	Atlanta Braves	2B	24
18	Gene Clines	Chicago Cubs	PH	33
29	Steve Davis	Chicago Cubs	2B	26
30	Ken Holtzman	Chicago Cubs	P	34
17	Kurt Seibert	Chicago Cubs	2B	24
21	Arturo DeFreitas	Cincinnati Reds	1B	27
21	Rafael Santo Domingo	Cincinnati Reds	PH	24
22	Jesus Alou	Houston Astros	OF	38
6	Reggie Baldwin	Houston Astros	C	25
54	Mike Mendoza	Houston Astros	P	24
45	Frank Riccelli	Houston Astros	P	27
33	George Throop	Houston Astros	P	29
19	Tom Wiedenbauer	Houston Astros	OF	21
38	Rick Williams	Houston Astros	P	27
41	Gary Wilson	Houston Astros	P	25
29	Gerry Hannahs	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	27
23	Ted Martinez	Los Angeles Dodgers	3B	32
47	Andy Messersmith	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	34
56	Dave Patterson	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	23
38	Lance Rautzhan	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	27
42	Bill Atkinson	Montreal Expos	P	25
12	Jim Mason	Montreal Expos	SS	29
25	Tony Solaita	Montreal Expos	1B	33
4	Bruce Boisclair	New York Mets	OF	27
35	Dock Ellis	New York Mets	P	35
1	Sergio Ferrer	New York Mets	3B	29
17	Gil Flores	New York Mets	OF	27
7	Ed Kranepool	New York Mets	1B	35
36	Wayne Twitchell	New York Mets	P	32
22	Mike Anderson	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	28
41	Jim Lonborg	Philadelphia Phillies	P	38
18	Rudy Meoli	Philadelphia Phillies	SS	29
41	Joe Coleman	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	33
17	Dock Ellis	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	35
2	Gary Hargis	Pittsburgh Pirates	PR	23
37	Alberto Lois	Pittsburgh Pirates	PR	24
13	Fernando Gonzalez	San Diego Padres	2B	29
9	Brian Greer	San Diego Padres	OF	21
29	Mickey Lolich	San Diego Padres	P	39
40	Sam Perlozzo	San Diego Padres	2B	29
26	Don Reynolds	San Diego Padres	OF	27
28	Bobby Tolan	San Diego Padres	1B	34
25	Jim Wilhelm	San Diego Padres	OF	27
21	Rob Andrews	San Francisco Giants	2B	27
29	Joe Coleman	San Francisco Giants	P	33
37	Ed Plank	San Francisco Giants	P	28
20	Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	40
49	Tom Bruno	St. Louis Cardinals	P	27
21	Mike Dimmel	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	25
7	Roger Freed	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	33
3	Tom Grieve	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	32
47	Will McEnaney	St. Louis Cardinals	P	28
26	Dan O'Brien	St. Louis Cardinals	P	26
22	Buddy Schultz	St. Louis Cardinals	P	29
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
1979 National League Retirements

1979 A.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the National League during the 1979 season as this group of players bid farewell to their field's of dreams. Goose Goslin played for eighteen seasons and averaged one-hundred twenty-seven games played per season. In 1938, during his final at-bat, he twisted his back and was replaced at the plate by a pinch-hitter for the first time in his Major League career. 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.