National League Retirements 1956
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
28	Ralph Branca	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	31
34	Bob Darnell	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	26
54	Dixie Howell	Brooklyn Dodgers	C	37
8	Dale Mitchell	Brooklyn Dodgers	OF	35
42	Jackie Robinson	Brooklyn Dodgers	3B	38
28, 49	Chuck Templeton	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	24
3	Owen Friend	Chicago Cubs	PH	30
39	Monte Irvin	Chicago Cubs	OF	38
5	Frank Kellert	Chicago Cubs	1B	32
8	Clyde McCullough	Chicago Cubs	C	40
24	Paul Minner	Chicago Cubs	P	33
10	Richie Myers	Chicago Cubs	PH	27
50	George Piktuzis	Chicago Cubs	P	25
33	Bill Tremel	Chicago Cubs	P	27
2	Gale Wade	Chicago Cubs	OF	28
24	Bobby Balcena	Cincinnati Redlegs	OF	31
9	Matt Batts	Cincinnati Redlegs	PH	35
26	Jim Dyck	Cincinnati Redlegs	1B	35
9	Bruce Edwards	Cincinnati Redlegs	C	33
9	Joe Frazier	Cincinnati Redlegs	OF	34
43	Larry Jansen	Cincinnati Redlegs	P	36
36	John Oldham	Cincinnati Redlegs	PR	24
23	Stan Palys	Cincinnati Redlegs	OF	27
48	Pat Scantlebury	Cincinnati Redlegs	P	39
27	Al Silvera	Cincinnati Redlegs	PR	21
32	Frank Smith	Cincinnati Redlegs	P	29
39	Toby Atwell	Milwaukee Braves	C	33
28	Earl Hersh	Milwaukee Braves	OF	25
28	Gil Coan	New York Giants	PH	35
37	Don Liddle	New York Giants	P	32
33, 53	Jim Mangan	New York Giants	C	27
8, 15	Bill Sarni	New York Giants	C	29
16	Hank Thompson	New York Giants	3B	31
29	George Wilson	New York Giants	OF	31
31	Roy Wright	New York Giants	P	23
22	Ben Flowers	Philadelphia Phillies	P	29
23	Jim Greengrass	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	29
33	Duane Pillette	Philadelphia Phillies	P	34
30	Bob Ross	Philadelphia Phillies	P	28
48, 15	Wally Westlake	Philadelphia Phillies	PH	36
11	Toby Atwell	Pittsburgh Pirates	C	33
45	Lino Donoso	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	34
25, 37	Bob Garber	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	28
27	Spook Jacobs	Pittsburgh Pirates	2B	31
25	Jack McMahan	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	24
20	Red Munger	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	38
27	Cholly Naranjo	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	22
11	Howie Pollet	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	35
9	Curt Roberts	Pittsburgh Pirates	2B	27
10	Jack Shepard	Pittsburgh Pirates	C	25
35	Fred Waters	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	30
37	Ben Flowers	St. Louis Cardinals	P	29
24	Joe Frazier	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	34
25	Jim Konstanty	St. Louis Cardinals	P	40
21	Don Liddle	St. Louis Cardinals	P	32
38	Charlie Peete	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	28
15	Bill Sarni	St. Louis Cardinals	C	29
#	Name	Team	Pos	Age
1956 National League Retirements

1956 A.L. Retirements

	Find out which players made their Major League debut in the National League during the 1956 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. 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).