Baseball Almanac - 1907 National League Retirements

1907 National League Retirements

The baseball torch is passed from season to season and in some cases, from game to game. In 1911, Cy Young pitched his final Major League game, lost 1-0, and ended the final season of his career with a losing record of 7-9 and an ERA of 3.77. Young's opponent that particular day was a first-year pitcher named Grover Alexander who received the win, added to his league leading shutout total, and went on to begin his career with a winning record of 28-13 and an ERA of 2.57.

Bob Gibson, who was easily one of the most intense competitors of all time, gave up a grand slam to the last Major League hitter he faced, Pete LaCock of the Chicago Cubs. Fifteen years passed and when the two faced off during an old-timer's game, Gibson hit LaCock on his back with a fastball.

Babe Ruth summed it up when he responded to a question about retirement by saying, "A ballplayer should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill." Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive list of National League League players who hung up their spikes in 1907.

"You are George Brett and all the cheering has stopped. The music is muted, the hour is late, and they will be taking the banners down and emptying your locker any minute now. As the late Jimmy Cannon would say it, 'All your bats are broken.'" - Broadcaster Jim Murray

National League Retirements
1907

# Name Team Pos Age

n/a Tom Asmussen Boston Doves C 29

n/a Sam Brown Boston Doves C 30

n/a Bob Brush Boston Doves 1B 33

n/a Frank Burke Boston Doves OF 28

n/a Izzy Hoffman Boston Doves OF 33

n/a Joe Knotts Boston Doves C 24

n/a Ernie Lindemann Boston Doves P 29

n/a Jess Orndorff Boston Doves C 27

n/a Newt Randall Boston Doves OF 28

n/a Oscar Westerberg Boston Doves SS 25

n/a Emil Batch Brooklyn Superbas OF 28

n/a John Butler Brooklyn Superbas C 28

n/a Doc Casey Brooklyn Superbas 3B 38

n/a Patsy Donovan Brooklyn Superbas OF 43

n/a Weldon Henley Brooklyn Superbas P 27

n/a Jerry Hurley Brooklyn Superbas C uk

n/a Jack McCarthy Brooklyn Superbas OF 39

n/a Ed McLane Brooklyn Superbas OF 26

n/a Elmer Stricklett Brooklyn Superbas P 31

n/a Jesse Whiting Brooklyn Superbas P 29

n/a Newt Randall Chicago Cubs OF 28

n/a Jack Taylor Chicago Cubs P 34

n/a Lefty Davis Cincinnati Reds OF 33

n/a Bill Essick Cincinnati Reds P 26

n/a Roy Hitt Cincinnati Reds P 20

n/a Pete Lamer Cincinnati Reds C 34

n/a Frank Leary Cincinnati Reds P 27

n/a Del Mason Cincinnati Reds P 24

n/a Bill McCarthy Cincinnati Reds C 22

n/a Cotton Minahan Cincinnati Reds P 25

n/a Mike O'Neill Cincinnati Reds OF 30

n/a Fred Odwell Cincinnati Reds OF 35

n/a Fred Smith Cincinnati Reds P 29

n/a Tommy Corcoran New York Giants 2B 39

n/a Harry Curtis New York Giants C 25

n/a Matty Fitzgerald New York Giants C 27

n/a Mike Lynch New York Giants P 27

n/a Henry Mathewson New York Giants P 21

n/a Monte Pfyl New York Giants 1B 22

n/a Danny Shay New York Giants 2B 31

n/a Ham Wade New York Giants OF 28

n/a Bill Duggleby Philadelphia Phillies P 34

n/a John McCloskey Philadelphia Phillies P 25

n/a Togie Pittinger Philadelphia Phillies P 36

n/a Paul Sentell Philadelphia Phillies SS 28

n/a Goat Anderson Pittsburgh Pirates OF 28

n/a Hutch Campbell Pittsburgh Pirates SS 23

n/a Bill Duggleby Pittsburgh Pirates P 34

n/a Bill Hallman Pittsburgh Pirates OF 32

n/a Billy Kelsey Pittsburgh Pirates C 26

n/a Mike Lynch Pittsburgh Pirates P 27

n/a Jim Nealon Pittsburgh Pirates 1B 23

n/a Connie Walsh Pittsburgh Pirates P 26

n/a Harry Arndt St. Louis Cardinals 1B 29

n/a Moose Baxter St. Louis Cardinals 1B 31

n/a Jake Beckley St. Louis Cardinals 1B 40

n/a Pug Bennett St. Louis Cardinals 2B 34

n/a Jack Burnett St. Louis Cardinals OF 28

n/a Forrest Crawford St. Louis Cardinals SS 27

n/a Carl Druhot St. Louis Cardinals P 25

n/a Buck Hopkins St. Louis Cardinals OF 25

n/a John Kelly St. Louis Cardinals OF 29

n/a Pete Noonan St. Louis Cardinals C 26

n/a Tom O'Hara St. Louis Cardinals OF 27

n/a Charlie Shields St. Louis Cardinals P 28

# Name Team Pos Age

1907 National League Retirements

Find out which players made their Major League debut in the National League during the 1907 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.

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).

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