American League Retirements 1997
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
61	Mike Bovee	Anaheim Angels	P	24
29	Arquimedez Pozo	Boston Red Sox	3B	24
11	Antone Williamson	Milwaukee Brewers	1B	24
40	Willie Adams	Oakland Athletics	P	25
57	Chris Clemons	Chicago White Sox	P	25
36	Marty Janzen	Toronto Blue Jays	P	25
53	Kerry Lacy	Boston Red Sox	P	25
36	Ryan Long	Kansas City Royals	OF	25
31	Rod Myers	Kansas City Royals	OF	25
50	Mel Rosario	Baltimore Orioles	C	25
52	Shane Bowers	Minnesota Twins	P	26
8	Tilson Brito	Oakland Athletics	3B	26
12	Tilson Brito	Toronto Blue Jays	2B	26
38	Jim Converse	Kansas City Royals	P	26
52	Roland de la Maza	Kansas City Royals	P	26
51	Eddy Diaz	Milwaukee Brewers	2B	26
55	Wilson Heredia	Texas Rangers	P	26
42	Fernando Hernandez	Detroit Tigers	P	26
53	Jimmy Hurst	Detroit Tigers	OF	26
50	Mark Brandenburg	Boston Red Sox	P	27
43	Anthony Chavez	Anaheim Angels	P	27
47	Tim Davis	Seattle Mariners	P	27
58	Glenn Dishman	Detroit Tigers	P	27
18	Todd Dunn	Milwaukee Brewers	OF	27
49	Gary Haught	Oakland Athletics	P	27
38	Jose Malave	Boston Red Sox	OF	27
45	Eric Moody	Texas Rangers	P	27
37	Marc Sagmoen	Texas Rangers	OF	27
63	Andy Stewart	Kansas City Royals	C	27
59	Shad Williams	Anaheim Angels	P	27
39	Steve Wojciechowski	Oakland Athletics	P	27
48	Jose Alberro	Texas Rangers	P	28
51	Mike Bertotti	Chicago White Sox	P	28
48	Jeff Darwin	Chicago White Sox	P	28
59	Ken Grundt	Boston Red Sox	P	28
39	Edwin Hurtado	Seattle Mariners	P	28
10	Henry Mercedes	Texas Rangers	C	28
25	Angel Miranda	Milwaukee Brewers	P	28
44	Rudy Pemberton	Boston Red Sox	OF	28
52	Kenny Robinson	Toronto Blue Jays	P	28
50	Larry Thomas	Chicago White Sox	P	28
55	Mark Acre	Oakland Athletics	P	29
19	John Cummings	Detroit Tigers	P	29
7	Angelo Encarnacion	Anaheim Angels	C	29
52	Vaughn Eshelman	Boston Red Sox	P	29
38	Huck Flener	Toronto Blue Jays	P	29
14	Orlando Miller	Detroit Tigers	SS	29
52	Mike Misuraca	Milwaukee Brewers	P	29
5	Lee Tinsley	Seattle Mariners	OF	29
43	Ricky Trlicek	Boston Red Sox	P	29
24	Chuck Carr	Milwaukee Brewers	OF	30
14, 16	Scott Cooper	Kansas City Royals	3B	30
11	Robert Eenhoorn	Anaheim Angels	3B	30
33	Jamie McAndrew	Milwaukee Brewers	P	30
40	Ben McDonald	Milwaukee Brewers	P	30
30	Brian Raabe	Seattle Mariners	3B	30
11	Tim Naehring	Boston Red Sox	3B	31
50	Tim Pugh	Detroit Tigers	P	31
43	Joe Hall	Detroit Tigers	OF	32
35	Dan Rohrmeier	Seattle Mariners	DH	32
51	Randy Veres	Kansas City Royals	P	32
52	Jose Bautista	Detroit Tigers	P	33
52	Mike Perez	Kansas City Royals	P	33
57	John Smiley	Cleveland Indians	P	33
49	Mitch Williams	Kansas City Royals	P	33
20	Ron Karkovice	Chicago White Sox	C	34
18	Mariano Duncan	New York Yankees	2B	35
24	Mariano Duncan	Toronto Blue Jays	2B	35
23	Mark Gubicza	Anaheim Angels	P	35
59	Dane Johnson	Oakland Athletics	P	35
7	Jody Reed	Detroit Tigers	2B	35
29	Vince Coleman	Detroit Tigers	OF	36
26	Alvaro Espinoza	Seattle Mariners	SS	36
44	Kevin Gross	Anaheim Angels	P	36
20	Kevin Seitzer	Cleveland Indians	DH	36
26	Casey Candaele	Cleveland Indians	2B	37
47	Terry Clark	Cleveland Indians	P	37
46	Terry Clark	Texas Rangers	P	37
37, 48	Mark Davis	Milwaukee Brewers	P	37
15	Mickey Tettleton	Texas Rangers	DH	37
29	Tony Pena	Chicago White Sox	C	40
33	Eddie Murray	Anaheim Angels	DH	42
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
1997 American League Retirements

1997 N.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1997 season as this group of players bid farewell to their field's of dreams. 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). 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.