American League Retirements 1981
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
29	John Lickert	Boston Red Sox	C	22
2	Danny Ainge	Toronto Blue Jays	3B	23
3	Shooty Babitt	Oakland Athletics	2B	23
31	Brian Allard	Seattle Mariners	P	24
48	Leo Sutherland	Chicago White Sox	OF	24
21	Dave Ford	Baltimore Orioles	P	25
40	John Hobbs	Minnesota Twins	P	25
45	Rickey Keeton	Milwaukee Brewers	P	25
27	Alfredo Martinez	California Angels	P	25
51	Willie Mueller	Milwaukee Brewers	P	25
50	Dave Schmidt	Boston Red Sox	C	25
12	Rick Sofield	Minnesota Twins	OF	25
15	Mark Corey	Baltimore Orioles	OF	26
48, 49	Jeff Cox	Oakland Athletics	2B	26
15	Rick Lisi	Texas Rangers	OF	26
31	Jeff Schattinger	Kansas City Royals	P	26
35	Bob Veselic	Minnesota Twins	P	26
6	Dan Whitmer	Toronto Blue Jays	C	26
34	Ted Cox	Toronto Blue Jays	3B	27
18	Brian Doyle	Oakland Athletics	2B	27
14	Keith Drumright	Oakland Athletics	2B	27
37, 41	Dan Graham	Baltimore Orioles	C	27
13	John Harris	California Angels	1B	27
21	Greg Johnston	Minnesota Twins	OF	27
20	Mike Parrott	Seattle Mariners	P	27
35	Dewey Robinson	Chicago White Sox	P	27
46	Francisco Barrios	Chicago White Sox	P	28
32	Charlie Beamon	Toronto Blue Jays	DH	28
21	Ken Clay	Seattle Mariners	P	28
21	Dan Duran	Texas Rangers	OF	28
38	Nino Espinosa	Toronto Blue Jays	P	28
45	Danny Garcia	Kansas City Royals	OF	28
39	Greg Keatley	Kansas City Royals	C	28
32	Larry Littleton	Cleveland Indians	OF	28
53	Mark Mercer	Texas Rangers	P	28
32	Craig Minetto	Oakland Athletics	P	28
28	Bill Paschall	Kansas City Royals	P	28
59	Willie Royster	Baltimore Orioles	C	28
22	John Verhoeven	Minnesota Twins	P	28
2	Kim Allen	Seattle Mariners	2B	29
24	Chuck Baker	Minnesota Twins	SS	29
13, 15	Mark Budaska	Oakland Athletics	DH	29
57	Jeff Schneider	Baltimore Orioles	P	29
16	Bob Davis	California Angels	C	30
43	Bob Galasso	Seattle Mariners	P	30
20	Larry Harlow	California Angels	OF	30
14	Pete Mackanin	Minnesota Twins	2B	30
14	Ed Ott	California Angels	C	30
40	Jackson Todd	Toronto Blue Jays	P	30
7	Dave Chalk	Kansas City Royals	3B	31
17	Wayne Garland	Cleveland Indians	P	31
60	Dave Heaverlo	Oakland Athletics	P	31
8	Ken Macha	Toronto Blue Jays	3B	31
9	Stan Papi	Detroit Tigers	3B	31
12	Dave Rosello	Cleveland Indians	2B	31
23	Mike Willis	Toronto Blue Jays	P	31
16	Rick Auerbach	Seattle Mariners	SS	32
46	Bob Babcock	Texas Rangers	P	32
36	Steve Luebber	Baltimore Orioles	P	32
25	Ken Brett	Kansas City Royals	P	33
9	John Ellis	Texas Rangers	1B	33
23	Ed Figueroa	Oakland Athletics	P	33
34	Jesse Jefferson	California Angels	P	33
31	Doug Rau	California Angels	P	33
46	Mike Barlow	Toronto Blue Jays	P	34
25	Reggie Cleveland	Milwaukee Brewers	P	34
32	Steve Stone	Baltimore Orioles	P	34
25	Tim Hosley	Oakland Athletics	1B	35
29	Jim Nettles	Oakland Athletics	OF	35
40	Dick Drago	Seattle Mariners	P	36
15	Duffy Dyer	Detroit Tigers	C	36
26	Johnny Oates	New York Yankees	C	36
25	Pat Kelly	Cleveland Indians	DH	37
2	Freddie Patek	California Angels	2B	37
6	Sal Bando	Milwaukee Brewers	3B	38
15	Jerry Grote	Kansas City Royals	C	39
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
1981 American League Retirements

1981 N.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1981 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.