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Record: 68-85 .444.... 6th in American League
Stadium: Columbia Park
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 455,062

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Team Leaders

HR: Davis [5]
RBI: Murphy [66]
2B: Murphy [28]
SB: Davis [20]
W: Vickers [18]
SV: Vickers, Plank, Dygert, Bender [1]
SO: Dygert [164]

Oldest Player: Jimmy Collins [38]
Youngest Player: Joe Jackson [18]
Longest Tenure: Chief Bender, Harry Davis, Topsy Hartsel, Danny Murphy, Eddie Plank, Ossee Schreckengost, Socks Seybold [6]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Frank Baker (Sep 21) Scotty Barr (Aug 22) Jack Barry (Jul 13) Bert Blue (Jun 15) Ben Egan (Sep 29) Jack Fox (Jun 2) Joe Jackson (Aug 25) Jack Lapp (Sep 11) Frank Manush (Aug 31) Herbie Moran (Apr 16) Amos Strunk (Sep 24)
Pitchers: Nick Carter (Apr 14) Eddie Files (Oct 3) Jack Flater (Sep 18) Al Kellogg (Sep 25) Harry Krause (Apr 20) Doc Martin (Oct 7) Gus Salve (Sep 14) Biff Schlitzer (Apr 17)

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
	Frank Baker	3B	22	L	R	5-11	73	3/13/1886	Trappe, MD	MLB	1908-1922
	Scotty Barr	OF-2B	21	R	R	6-0	175	10/6/1886	Bristol, TN	MLB	1908-1909
	Jack Barry	SS-2B	21	R	R	5-9	158	4/26/1887	Meriden, CT	MLB	1908-1919
	Chief Bender	P	24	R	R	6-2	185	5/5/1884		MLB	1903-1925
	Bert Blue	C	30	R	R	6-3	200	12/9/1877	Bettsville, OH	MLB	1908-1908
	Nick Carter	P	29	L	R	5-8	140	5/19/1879	Oatlands, VA	MLB	1908-1908
	Eddie Collins	2B	21	L	R	5-9	175	5/2/1887	Millerton, NY	MLB	1906-1930
	Jimmy Collins	3B	38	R	R	5-9	178	1/16/1870	Buffalo, NY	MLB	1903-1908
	Jack Coombs	P	25	B	R	6-0	185	11/18/1882	LeGrand, IA	MLB	1906-1920
	Harry Davis	1B	34	R	R	5-10	180	7/19/1873	Philadelphia, PA	MLB	1903-1917
	Jimmy Dygert	P	23	R	R	5-10	185	7/5/1884	Utica, NY	MLB	1905-1910
	Ben Egan	C	24	R	R	6-0	195	11/20/1883	Augusta, NY	MLB	1908-1915
	Eddie Files	P	25	R	R		0	5/19/1883	Portland, ME	MLB	1908-1908
	Jack Flater	P	27	R	R	5-10	175	9/22/1880	Sandymount, MD	MLB	1908-1908
	Jack Fox	OF	23	R	R	5-10	185	5/21/1885	Reading, PA	MLB	1908-1908
	Topsy Hartsel	OF	34	L	L	5-5	155	6/26/1874	Polk, OH	MLB	1903-1911
	Joe Jackson	OF	18	L	R	6-1	200	7/16/1889	Pickens, SC	MLB	1908-1920
	Al Kellogg	P	21		L	6-3	208	9/9/1886	Providence, RI	MLB	1908-1908
	Harry Krause	P	20	B	L	5-10	165	7/12/1887	San Francisco, CA	MLB	1908-1912
	Jack Lapp	C	23	L	R	5-8		9/10/1884	Frazer, PA	MLB	1908-1916
	Frank Manush	3B	24	R	R		175	9/18/1883	Tuscumbia, AL	MLB	1908-1908
	Doc Martin	P	20	R	R	5-11	165	9/23/1887	Roxbury, MA	MLB	1908-1912
	Bert Maxwell	P	21	B	R	6-0	180	10/17/1886	Texarkana, AR	MLB	1906-1911
	Herbie Moran	OF	24	L	R	5-5	150	2/16/1884	Costello, PA	MLB	1908-1915
	Danny Murphy	2B-OF	31	R	R	5-9	175	8/11/1876	Philadelphia, PA	MLB	1903-1913
	Simon Nicholls	SS-2B	25	L	R			7/18/1882	Germantown, MD	MLB	1903-1910
	Rube Oldring	OF	24	R	R	5-10	186	5/30/1884	New York, NY	MLB	1905-1918
	Eddie Plank	P	-	L	L		175		Gettysburg, PA	MLB	1903-1917
	Doc Powers	C	37	R	R		0	9/22/1870	Pittsfield, MA	MLB	1903-1909
	Gus Salve	P	22	L	L	6-0	190	12/29/1885	Boston, MA	MLB	1908-1908
	Biff Schlitzer	P	23	R	R	5-11	175	12/4/1884	Rochester, NY	MLB	1908-1909
	Ossee Schreckengost	C	33	R	R	5-10	180	4/11/1875	New Bethlehem, PA	MLB	1903-1908
	Socks Seybold	OF	37	R	R	5-11	175	11/23/1870	Washingtonville, OH	MLB	1903-1908
	Shag Shaughnessy	OF	25	R	R	6-1	195	4/8/1883	Amboy, IL	MLB	1905-1908
	Syd Smith	C	-	R	R	5-10	190		Smithville, SC	MLB	1908-1915
	Amos Strunk	OF	19	L	L		175	1/22/1889	Philadelphia, PA	MLB	1908-1924
	Rube Vickers	P	30	L	R	6-2	225	5/17/1878	St. Mary's, ON	MLB	1903-1909