American League Retirements 1945
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
28	Joe Bowman	Boston Red Sox	P	35
5	Jim Bucher	Boston Red Sox	3B	35
28	Dolph Camilli	Boston Red Sox	1B	39
31	Rex Cecil	Boston Red Sox	P	29
19	Otey Clark	Boston Red Sox	P	31
4	Joe Cronin	Boston Red Sox	3B	39
12	Pete Fox	Boston Red Sox	OF	37
27	Bob Garbark	Boston Red Sox	C	36
23	Billy Holm	Boston Red Sox	C	33
8	Bob Johnson	Boston Red Sox	OF	40
1	Ty LaForest	Boston Red Sox	3B	29
19	Nick Polly	Boston Red Sox	3B	29
16	Red Steiner	Boston Red Sox	C	31
18	Yank Terry	Boston Red Sox	P	35
3	Johnny Tobin	Boston Red Sox	3B	25
26	Fred Walters	Boston Red Sox	C	33
10	Pinky Woods	Boston Red Sox	P	26
14	Vince Castino	Chicago White Sox	C	28
47	Tony Cuccinello	Chicago White Sox	3B	38
36	Johnny Dickshot	Chicago White Sox	OF	36
4, 59	Kerby Farrell	Chicago White Sox	1B	32
25	Oris Hockett	Chicago White Sox	OF	36
23	Johnny Johnson	Chicago White Sox	P	31
34	Bill Mueller	Chicago White Sox	OF	25
24, 7	Bill Nagel	Chicago White Sox	1B	30
3	Joe Orengo	Chicago White Sox	3B	31
2	Danny Reynolds	Chicago White Sox	SS	26
19	Buck Ross	Chicago White Sox	P	31
6	Roy Schalk	Chicago White Sox	2B	37
37	Clay Touchstone	Chicago White Sox	P	43
33	Stan Benjamin	Cleveland Indians	OF	32
42	Eddie Carnett	Cleveland Indians	OF	29
2	Al Cihocki	Cleveland Indians	SS	22
34	Earl Henry	Cleveland Indians	P	28
17	Myril Hoag	Cleveland Indians	OF	38
15, 35	Hal Kleine	Cleveland Indians	P	22
14	Jim McDonnell	Cleveland Indians	C	23
6	Paul O'Dea	Cleveland Indians	OF	25
3	Bob Rothel	Cleveland Indians	3B	22
35	Jack Salveson	Cleveland Indians	P	32
32	Al Smith	Cleveland Indians	P	38
12	Red Steiner	Cleveland Indians	C	31
34	Elmer Weingartner	Cleveland Indians	SS	27
7	Ed Wheeler	Cleveland Indians	3B	31
8	Papa Williams	Cleveland Indians	1B	32
10, 30	Red Borom	Detroit Tigers	2B	29
17	Zeb Eaton	Detroit Tigers	P	26
7	Joe Hoover	Detroit Tigers	SS	31
26	Chuck Hostetler	Detroit Tigers	OF	42
29	Russ Kerns	Detroit Tigers	PH	25
22	Bob Maier	Detroit Tigers	3B	30
20	Pat McLaughlin	Detroit Tigers	P	35
29	Carl McNabb	Detroit Tigers	PH	29
23	Hack Miller	Detroit Tigers	C	33
15	Les Mueller	Detroit Tigers	P	27
36	Prince Oana	Detroit Tigers	P	36
14	Joe Orrell	Detroit Tigers	P	29
14	Jim Tobin	Detroit Tigers	P	33
34	Hub Walker	Detroit Tigers	OF	39
23	Milt Welch	Detroit Tigers	C	21
24	Walter Wilson	Detroit Tigers	P	32
12	Joe Buzas	New York Yankees	SS	26
16	Herb Crompton	New York Yankees	C	34
28	Atley Donald	New York Yankees	P	35
10	Mike Garbark	New York Yankees	C	30
9	Hersh Martin	New York Yankees	OF	36
26	Mike Milosevich	New York Yankees	SS	31
6	Don Savage	New York Yankees	3B	27
35	Paul Schreiber	New York Yankees	P	43
30	Jim Turner	New York Yankees	P	42
22	Paul Waner	New York Yankees	PH	43
11	Charlie Bowles	Philadelphia Athletics	P	29
-	Al Brancato	Philadelphia Athletics	SS	27
13	Joe Burns	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	29
2	Ed Busch	Philadelphia Athletics	SS	28
25	Joe Cicero	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	35
23	Woody Crowson	Philadelphia Athletics	P	27
8	Greek George	Philadelphia Athletics	C	33
18	Steve Gerkin	Philadelphia Athletics	P	33
12	Ernie Kish	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	28
14	Bill McGhee	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	40
15	Charlie Metro	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	27
9	Jim Pruett	Philadelphia Athletics	C	28
12, 33	Larry Rosenthal	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	36
5	Dick Siebert	Philadelphia Athletics	1B	34
10	Mayo Smith	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	31
22	Bobby Wilkins	Philadelphia Athletics	SS	23
36	Pete Appleton	St. Louis Browns	P	42
11	Milt Byrnes	St. Louis Browns	OF	29
2	Ellis Clary	St. Louis Browns	3B	29
1, 14	Pete Gray	St. Louis Browns	OF	31
9	Red Hayworth	St. Louis Browns	C	31
22	Sig Jakucki	St. Louis Browns	P	36
17, 35	Earl Jones	St. Louis Browns	P	26
12	Mike Kreevich	St. Louis Browns	OF	37
15	Gene Moore	St. Louis Browns	OF	36
23	Dee Sanders	St. Louis Browns	P	25
20	Lefty West	St. Louis Browns	P	30
-	Pete Appleton	Washington Senators	P	42
6	Walt Chipple	Washington Senators	OF	27
14	Joe Cleary	Washington Senators	P	27
3	Harlond Clift	Washington Senators	3B	33
4	Dick Kimble	Washington Senators	SS	30
32	Mike Kreevich	Washington Senators	OF	37
22	Hillis Layne	Washington Senators	3B	28
6	Howie McFarland	Washington Senators	OF	36
4	Jake Powell	Washington Senators	OF	37
32	Armando Roche	Washington Senators	P	19
34	Bert Shepard	Washington Senators	P	25
21	Dick Stone	Washington Senators	P	34
28	Sandy Ullrich	Washington Senators	P	24
20	Fred Vaughn	Washington Senators	2B	27
35	Vince Ventura	Washington Senators	OF	29
27	Jose Zardon	Washington Senators	OF	23
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
1945 American League Retirements

1945 N.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the American League during the 1945 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. 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.