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Record: 54-100 .351.... 8th in American League
Stadium: Shibe Park
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 432,145

Manager - 0 -

Team Leaders

HR: Johnson [31]
RBI: Johnson [103]
2B: Moses [41]
SB: Hayes [9]
W: Babich [14]
SV: Heusser [5]
SO: Babich [94]

Oldest Player: Earle Brucker [39]
Youngest Player: Elmer Valo [19]
Longest Tenure: Bob Johnson [8]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Crash Davis (Jun 15) Buddy Hancken (May 14) Al Rubeling (Apr 16) Elmer Valo (Sep 22) Jack Wallaesa (Sep 22)
Pitchers: Herman Besse (Apr 19) Phil Marchildon (Sep 22) Carl Miles (Jun 8) Porter Vaughan (Jun 16)

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
30	Johnny Babich	P	27	R	R	6-1	185	5/14/1913	Albion, CA	MLB	1934-1941
35	Bill Beckmann	P	32	R	R	6-0	175	12/8/1907	Clayton, MO	MLB	1939-1942
20	Herman Besse	P	28	L	L	6-2	190	8/16/1911	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1940-1946
18	Al Brancato	SS-3B	21	R	R	5-9	188	5/29/1919	Philadelphia, PA	MLB	1939-1945
9	Earle Brucker	C	39	R	R	5-11	175	5/6/1901	Albany, NY	MLB	1937-1943
16	George Caster	P	32	R	R		180	8/4/1907	Colton, CA	MLB	1934-1946
25	Fred Chapman	SS	23	R	R	6-1	185	7/17/1916	Liberty, SC	MLB	1939-1941
10	Sam Chapman	OF	24	R	R	6-1	190	4/11/1916	Tiburon, CA	MLB	1938-1951
7	Crash Davis	2B-SS	20	R	R	6-0	173	7/14/1919	Canon, GA	MLB	1940-1942
19	Chubby Dean	P	23	L	L	5-11	181	8/24/1916	Mount Airy, NC	MLB	1936-1943
12	Joe Gantenbein	2B-3B	23	L	R	5-9	168	8/25/1916	San Francisco, CA	MLB	1939-1940
22,39	Buddy Hancken	C	25	R	R	6-1	175	8/30/1914	Birmingham, AL	MLB	1940-1940
8	Frankie Hayes	C	25	R	R	6-0	185	10/13/1914	Jamesburg, NJ	MLB	1933-1947
21	Ed Heusser	P	31	B	R	6-0	187	5/7/1909	Salt Lake County, UT	MLB	1935-1948
4	Bob Johnson	OF	34	R	R	6-0	180	11/26/1905	Pryor, OK	MLB	1933-1945
3	Bill Lillard	SS	22	R	R	5-10	170	1/10/1918	Goleta, CA	MLB	1939-1940
37	Dario Lodigiani	3B-2B	24	R	R	5-8	150	6/6/1916	San Francisco, CA	MLB	1938-1946
23	Phil Marchildon	P	26	R	R	5-11	175	10/25/1913	Penetanguishene, ON	MLB	1940-1950
2	Benny McCoy	2B	24	L	R	5-9	170	11/9/1915	Jenison, MI	MLB	1938-1941
31	Les McCrabb	P	25	R	R	5-11	175	11/4/1914	Wakefield, PA	MLB	1939-1950
33	Pat McLaughlin	P	29	R	R	6-2	175	8/17/1910	Taylor, TX	MLB	1937-1945
14	Carl Miles	P	22	B	L	5-11	178	3/22/1918	Trenton, MO	MLB	1940-1940
11	Dee Miles	OF	31	L	R	6-0	175	2/15/1909	Kellerman, AL	MLB	1935-1943
1	Wally Moses	OF	29	L	L	5-10	160	8/10/1910	Uvalda, GA	MLB	1935-1951
24	Nels Potter	P	28	L	R	5-11	180	8/23/1911	Mount Morris, IL	MLB	1936-1949
17	Buck Ross	P	25	R	R	6-2	170	2/2/1915	Norwood, NC	MLB	1936-1945
34	Al Rubeling	3B-2B	27	R	R	6-0	185	5/10/1913	Baltimore, MD	MLB	1940-1944
5	Dick Siebert	1B	28	L	L	6-0	170	2/19/1912	Fall River, MA	MLB	1932-1945
6	Al Simmons	OF	38	R	R	5-11	190	5/22/1902	Milwaukee, WI	MLB	1924-1944
40	Eric Tipton	OF	25	R	R	5-11	190	4/20/1915	Petersburg, VA	MLB	1939-1945
38	Elmer Valo	OF	19	L	R	5-11	190	3/5/1921	Ribnik, CZ	MLB	1940-1961
22	Porter Vaughan	P	21	R	L	6-1	178	5/11/1919	Stevensville, VA	MLB	1940-1946
26	Hal Wagner	C	24	L	R	6-0	165	7/2/1915	East Riverton, NJ	MLB	1937-1949
41	Jack Wallaesa	SS	20	B	R	6-3	191	8/31/1919	Easton, PA	MLB	1940-1948