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Major League Baseball

Record: 51-103 .331.... 8th in American League
Stadium: Hilltop Park
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 305,500

Manager - Kid Elberfeld, Clark Griffith

Team Leaders

HR: Niles [4]
RBI: Hemphill [44]
2B: Conroy [22]
SB: Hemphill [42]
W: Chesbro [14]
SV: Newton, Manning, Chesbro [1]
SO: Chesbro [124]

Oldest Player: Willie Keeler [36]
Youngest Player: Ed Sweeney [19]
Longest Tenure: Jack Chesbro, Wid Conroy, Kid Elberfeld, Willie Keeler [6]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Birdie Cree (Sep 17) Earle Gardner (Sep 18) Queenie O'Rourke (Aug 15) Ed Sweeney (May 16)
Pitchers: Harry Billiard (Jul 31) Joe Lake (Apr 21) Andy O'Connor (Oct 6) Hippo Vaughn (Jun 19) Jack Warhop (Sep 19) Pete Wilson (Sep 15)

2009 Independent League Statistics have been updated.

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
	Neal Ball	SS-2B	27	R	R	5-7	145	4/22/1881	Grand Haven, MI	MLB	1907-1913
	Harry Billiard	P	24	R	R	6-0	190	11/11/1883	Monroe, IN	MLB	1908-1908
	Walter Blair	C	24	R	R	6-0	185	10/13/1883	Landrus, PA	MLB	1907-1911
	Hal Chase	1B	25	R	L	6-0	175	2/13/1883	Los Gatos, CA	MLB	1905-1919
	Jack Chesbro	P	34	R	R	5-9	180	6/5/1874	North Adams, MA	MLB	1903-1909
	Wid Conroy	3B-OF	31	R	R	5-9	158	4/5/1877	Camden, NJ	MLB	1903-1911
	Birdie Cree	OF	25	R	R	5-6	150	10/23/1882	Khedive, PA	MLB	1908-1915
	Frank Delahanty	OF	25	R	R	5-9	160	1/29/1883	Cleveland, OH	MLB	1905-1908
	Mike Donovan	3B	26	R	R	5-8	155	10/18/1881	Brooklyn, NY	MLB	1904-1908
	Slow Joe Doyle	P	26	R	R	5-8	150	9/15/1881	Clay Center, KS	MLB	1906-1910
	Kid Elberfeld	SS-3B	33	R	R	5-7	158	4/13/1875	Pomeroy, OH	MLB	1903-1914
	Earle Gardner	2B	24	R	R	5-11	160	1/24/1884	Sparta, IL	MLB	1908-1912
	Fred Glade	P	32	R	R	6-0	190	1/25/1876	Dubuque, IA	MLB	1904-1908
	Charlie Hemphill	OF	32	L	L	5-9	160	4/20/1876	Greenville, MI	MLB	1903-1911
	Bill Hogg	P	26	R	R	6-0	200	9/11/1881	Port Huron, MI	MLB	1905-1908
	Willie Keeler	OF	36	L	L		140	3/3/1872	Brooklyn, NY	MLB	1903-1910
	Red Kleinow	C	28	R	R	5-10	165	7/20/1879	Milwaukee, WI	MLB	1904-1911
	Joe Lake	P	27	R	R	6-0	185	1/6/1881	Brooklyn, NY	MLB	1908-1913
	Frank LaPorte	2B-3B	28	R	R	5-8	175	2/6/1880	Uhrichsville, OH	MLB	1905-1913
	Rube Manning	P	25	R	R	6-0	180	4/29/1883	Chambersburg, PA	MLB	1907-1910
	Irish McIlveen	OF	27	L	L		180	7/27/1880	Belfast, IR	MLB	1906-1909
	George Moriarty	3B-1B	24	R	R	6-0	185	6/7/1884	Chicago, IL	MLB	1903-1916
	Doc Newton	P	30	L	L	6-0	185	10/26/1877	Indianapolis, IN	MLB	1905-1909
	Harry Niles	OF-2B	27	R	R	5-8	175	9/10/1880	Buchanan, MI	MLB	1906-1910
	Andy O'Connor	P	23	R	R	6-0	160	9/14/1884	Roxbury, MA	MLB	1908-1908
	Queenie O'Rourke	OF-SS	24	R	R	5-7	150	12/26/1883	Bridgeport, CT	MLB	1908-1908
	Al Orth	P	35	L	R	6-0	200	9/5/1872	Tipton, IN	MLB	1903-1909
	Jake Stahl	1B	29	R	R	6-2	195	4/13/1879	Elkhart, IL	MLB	1903-1913
	Ed Sweeney	C	19	R	R	6-1	200	7/19/1888	Chicago, IL	MLB	1908-1919
	Hippo Vaughn	P	20	B	L	6-4	215	4/9/1888	Weatherford, TX	MLB	1908-1921
	Jack Warhop	P	23	R	R		168	7/4/1884	Hinton, WV	MLB	1908-1915
	Pete Wilson	P	22		L		0	10/9/1885	Springfield, MA	MLB	1908-1909