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Record: 59-95 .383.... 7th in American League
Stadium: Connie Mack Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 362,113

Manager - Jimmy Dykes

Team Leaders

HR: Zernial [42]
RBI: Zernial [108]
2B: Philley [30]
SB: Philley [13]
W: Kellner, Byrd [11]
SV: Martin [7]
SO: Byrd [122]

Oldest Player: Bobo Newsom [45]
Youngest Player: Spider Wilhelm [24]
Longest Tenure: Elmer Valo [12]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Tommy Giordano (Sep 11) Neal Watlington (Jul 10) Spider Wilhelm (Sep 6)
Pitchers: Bill Harrington (Apr 16) John Mackinson (Apr 16) Rinty Monahan (Aug 9) Bob Trice (Sep 13)

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Fielding Statistics

Players are sorted by games played for each position group. LF, CF and RF totals are available for recent major league seasons only.

Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
Joe Astroth	30	C	79			341	47	5	393	13	7	0	0	.987	--
Ray Murray	35	C	78			330	45	4	379	8	8	0	0	.989	--
Neal Watlington	30	C	9			37	7	1	45	2	0	0	0	.978	--

Eddie Robinson	32	1B	155			1366	71	17	1454	135	-	-	-	.988	--
Tom Hamilton	27	1B	7			22	2	0	24	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Cass Michaels	27	2B	110			304	302	19	625	81	-	-	-	.970	--
Pete Suder	37	2B	38			89	105	3	197	23	-	-	-	.985	--
Tommy Giordano	27	2B	11			31	32	1	64	11	-	-	-	.984	--

Loren Babe	25	3B	93			114	192	16	322	24	-	-	-	.950	--
Pete Suder	37	3B	72			89	174	7	270	19	-	-	-	.974	--
Carmen Mauro	26	3B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
Dave Philley	33	3B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
Don Kolloway	34	3B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

Joe DeMaestri	24	SS	108			191	297	18	506	53	-	-	-	.964	--
Eddie Joost	37	SS	51			102	147	11	260	33	-	-	-	.958	--
Pete Suder	37	SS	7			11	11	1	23	2	-	-	-	.957	--
Spider Wilhelm	24	SS	6			2	5	1	8	0	-	-	-	.875	--
Loren Babe	25	SS	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

Dave Philley	33	OF	157			296	18	6	320	0	-	-	-	.981	--
Gus Zernial	30	OF	141			300	17	9	326	2	-	-	-	.972	--
Ed McGhee	28	OF	99			319	4	6	329	0	-	-	-	.982	--
Carmen Mauro	26	OF	49			119	5	4	128	0	-	-	-	.969	--
Elmer Valo	32	OF	25			46	1	0	47	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
Allie Clark	30	OF	19			33	2	0	35	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Kite Thomas	30	OF	15			31	0	0	31	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Tom Hamilton	27	OF	2			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

Morrie Martin	30	P	58		156.1	2	26	0	28	4	-	-	-	1.000	1.612
Harry Byrd	28	P	40		236.2	6	35	2	43	1	-	-	-	.953	1.559
Marion Fricano	29	P	39		211	8	28	0	36	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.536
Charlie Bishop	29	P	39		160.2	5	36	0	41	3	-	-	-	1.000	2.297
Carl Scheib	26	P	28		96	4	16	1	21	1	-	-	-	.952	1.875
Frank Fanovich	31	P	26		61.2	2	8	2	12	0	-	-	-	.833	1.459
Alex Kellner	28	P	25		201.2	5	28	2	35	2	-	-	-	.943	1.473
Joe Coleman	30	P	21		90	1	10	0	11	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.100
Bobo Newsom	45	P	17		38.2	1	7	0	8	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.862
Bobby Shantz	27	P	16		105.2	10	21	1	32	3	-	-	-	.969	2.640
Rinty Monahan	25	P	4		10.2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	.844
Bob Trice	26	P	3		23	2	8	0	10	2	-	-	-	1.000	3.913
Dick Rozek	26	P	2		10.2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	.844
Walt Kellner	24	P	2		3	0	1	0	1	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.000
Bill Harrington	25	P	1		2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.000
John Mackinson	29	P	1		1.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.000