American League Retirements 2002
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
35	Clay Bellinger	Anaheim Angels	1B	34
28	Steve Cox	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	1B	28
16	Jason Hart	Texas Rangers	1B	25
6	Joe Lawrence	Toronto Blue Jays	1B	26
28	Ryan McGuire	Baltimore Orioles	1B	31
43	Chan Perry	Kansas City Royals	1B	30
9	Lee Stevens	Cleveland Indians	1B	35
12	Luis Alicea	Kansas City Royals	2B	37
1	Jay Canizaro	Minnesota Twins	2B	29
8	Randy Velarde	Oakland Athletics	2B	40
58	Bry Nelson	Boston Red Sox	2B	29
8	Jose Nieves	Anaheim Angels	2B	27
17	Travis Fryman	Cleveland Indians	3B	34
25	Russ Johnson	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	3B	30
20	Bobby Smith	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	3B	29
2	Shane Andrews	Boston Red Sox	3B	31
38	Kevin Brown	Boston Red Sox	C	30
6	Jorge Fabregas	Anaheim Angels	C	33
9	Darrin Fletcher	Toronto Blue Jays	C	36
51	Fernando Lunar	Baltimore Orioles	C	26
31	Izzy Molina	Baltimore Orioles	C	31
22	Hector Ortiz	Texas Rangers	C	33
17	Dusty Wathan	Kansas City Royals	C	29
26	Ron Wright	Seattle Mariners	DH	27
46	Juan Diaz	Boston Red Sox	DH	29
50	Benny Agbayani	Boston Red Sox	OF	31
9	Brady Anderson	Cleveland Indians	OF	39
20	Bruce Aven	Cleveland Indians	OF	31
30	Mike Colangelo	Oakland Athletics	OF	26
44	Todd Dunwoody	Cleveland Indians	OF	28
9	Luis Garcia	Baltimore Orioles	OF	27
29	Rusty Greer	Texas Rangers	OF	34
20	Ryan Jackson	Detroit Tigers	OF	31
23	David Justice	Oakland Athletics	OF	37
11	Chuck Knoblauch	Kansas City Royals	OF	34
44	David Lamb	Minnesota Twins	OF	27
31	Brian Lesher	Toronto Blue Jays	OF	32
29	Wendell Magee	Detroit Tigers	OF	30
19	Donzell McDonald	Kansas City Royals	OF	28
18	Alex Ochoa	Anaheim Angels	OF	31
14	Mark Quinn	Kansas City Royals	OF	29
44	Rolando Arrojo	Boston Red Sox	P	34
58	Cory Bailey	Kansas City Royals	P	32
17	Willie Banks	Boston Red Sox	P	34
49	Lorenzo Barcelo	Chicago White Sox	P	25
51	Steve Bechler	Baltimore Orioles	P	23
49	Jason Beverlin	Cleveland Indians	P	29
31	Jason Beverlin	Detroit Tigers	P	29
45	Chris Brock	Baltimore Orioles	P	33
38	Pasqual Coco	Toronto Blue Jays	P	25
21	Dennis Cook	Anaheim Angels	P	40
36	Luis de los Santos	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	P	25
56	Sean DePaula	Cleveland Indians	P	29
52	Jeff Farnsworth	Detroit Tigers	P	27
31	Chuck Finley	Cleveland Indians	P	40
39	Brian Fitzgerald	Seattle Mariners	P	28
49	Mike Fyhrie	Oakland Athletics	P	33
34	Rich Garces	Boston Red Sox	P	32
61	Wayne Gomes	Boston Red Sox	P	30
56	Chris Haney	Boston Red Sox	P	34
41	Oscar Henriquez	Detroit Tigers	P	29
37	Erik Hiljus	Oakland Athletics	P	30
45	Hideki Irabu	Texas Rangers	P	34
48	Delvin James	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	P	25
63	Jason Jimenez	Detroit Tigers	P	27
54	Jason Jimenez	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	P	27
36	Justin Kaye	Seattle Mariners	P	26
30	Kris Keller	Detroit Tigers	P	25
51	Steve Kent	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	P	24
56	Ben Kozlowski	Texas Rangers	P	22
47	Mark Lukasiewicz	Anaheim Angels	P	30
12	Calvin Maduro	Baltimore Orioles	P	28
52	Mike Magnante	Oakland Athletics	P	37
58	Matt Miller	Detroit Tigers	P	28
20	Travis Miller	Minnesota Twins	P	30
58	Heath Murray	Cleveland Indians	P	30
45	Terry Pearson	Detroit Tigers	P	31
39	Yorkis Perez	Baltimore Orioles	P	35
44	Luke Prokopec	Toronto Blue Jays	P	25
47	Bryan Rekar	Kansas City Royals	P	30
20	Jose Rodriguez	Minnesota Twins	P	28
49	Nerio Rodriguez	Cleveland Indians	P	32
58	Erik Sabel	Detroit Tigers	P	28
56	Shawn Sedlacek	Kansas City Royals	P	22
48	Roy Smith	Cleveland Indians	P	27
34	Blake Stein	Kansas City Royals	P	29
28	John Stephens	Baltimore Orioles	P	23
17	Mac Suzuki	Kansas City Royals	P	28
32	Anthony Telford	Texas Rangers	P	37
48	Jay Tessmer	New York Yankees	P	31
53	Mike Thurman	New York Yankees	P	29
19	Mike Trombley	Minnesota Twins	P	36
50	Andy Van Hekken	Detroit Tigers	P	23
18	Donne Wall	Anaheim Angels	P	35
46	Bob Wells	Minnesota Twins	P	36
57	Scott Wiggins	Toronto Blue Jays	P	27
39	Mark Wohlers	Cleveland Indians	P	33
17	Alex Arias	New York Yankees	SS	35
50	Mike Caruso	Kansas City Royals	SS	26
26	Andy Sheets	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	SS	31
11	Mike Moriarty	Baltimore Orioles	SS	29
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
2002 American League Retirements

2002 N.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 2002 season as this group of players bid farewell to their field's of dreams. 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. 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.