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Record: 55-99 .357.... 8th in American League
Stadium: Shibe Park
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 423,487

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Team Leaders

HR: Johnson [13]
RBI: Johnson [80]
2B: Johnson [35]
SB: Valo [13]
W: Marchildon [17]
SV: Wolff [3]
SO: Marchildon [110]

Oldest Player: Bob Johnson [36]
Youngest Player: George Yankowski [19]
Longest Tenure: Bob Johnson [10]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Dick Adkins (Sep 19) Buddy Blair (Apr 14) Jim Castiglia (Apr 14) Larry Eschen (Jun 16) Bruce Konopka (Jun 7) Ken Richardson (Apr 14) George Yankowski (Aug 17)
Pitchers: Russ Christopher (Apr 14) Joe Coleman (Sep 19) Sam Lowry (Sep 19) Bob Savage (Jun 24)

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
-	Ted Abernathy	P	20	R	L	6-2	210	10/31/1921	Mebane, NC	MLB	1942-1944
-	Dick Adkins	SS	22	R	R	5-10	165	3/3/1920	Electra, TX	MLB	1942-1942
25	Bill Beckmann	P	34	R	R	6-0	175	12/8/1907	Clayton, MO	MLB	1939-1942
20	Herman Besse	P	30	L	L	6-2	190	8/16/1911	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1940-1946
6	Buddy Blair	3B	31	L	R	6-0	186	9/10/1910	Columbia, MS	MLB	1942-1942
23	Fred Caligiuri	P	23	R	R	6-0	190	10/22/1918	West Hickory, PA	MLB	1941-1942
34	Jim Castiglia	C	23	L	R	5-11	200	9/30/1918	Passaic, NJ	MLB	1942-1942
24	Russ Christopher	P	24	R	R	6-3	180	9/12/1917	Richmond, CA	MLB	1942-1948
-	Joe Coleman	P	19	R	R		200	7/30/1922	Medford, MA	MLB	1942-1955
14	Eddie Collins	OF	25	L	R	5-10	175	11/23/1916	Lansdowne, PA	MLB	1939-1942
12	Crash Davis	2B-SS	22	R	R	6-0	173	7/14/1919	Canon, GA	MLB	1940-1942
16	Larry Eschen	SS	21	R	R	6-0	180	9/22/1920	Suffern, NY	MLB	1942-1942
22,32	Dick Fowler	P	21	R	R		215	3/30/1921	Toronto, ON	MLB	1941-1952
25	Bob Harris	P	25	R	R	6-0	185	5/1/1917	Gillette, WY	MLB	1938-1942
18	Lum Harris	P	27	R	R	6-1	180	1/17/1915	New Castle, AL	MLB	1941-1947
8	Frankie Hayes	C	27	R	R	6-0	185	10/13/1914	Jamesburg, NJ	MLB	1933-1947
4	Bob Johnson	OF	36	R	R	6-0	180	11/26/1905	Pryor, OK	MLB	1933-1945
2	Bill Knickerbocker	SS-2B	30	R	R	5-11	170	12/29/1911	Los Angeles, CA	MLB	1933-1942
35,45	Jack Knott	P	35	R	R	6-2	200	3/2/1907	Dallas, TX	MLB	1933-1946
11	Bruce Konopka	1B	22	L	L	6-2	190	9/16/1919	Hammond, IN	MLB	1942-1946
1	Mike Kreevich	OF	34	R	R	5-7	168	6/10/1908	Mount Olive, IL	MLB	1931-1945
-	Sam Lowry	P	22	R	R	5-11	170	3/25/1920	Philadelphia, PA	MLB	1942-1943
19	Felix Mackiewicz	OF	24	R	R	6-2	195	11/20/1917	Chicago, IL	MLB	1941-1947
19,21	Phil Marchildon	P	28	R	R	5-11	175	10/25/1913	Penetanguishene, ON	MLB	1940-1950
29	Les McCrabb	P	27	R	R	5-11	175	11/4/1914	Wakefield, PA	MLB	1939-1950
14	Eric McNair	SS-2B	33	R	R		160	4/12/1909	Meridian, MS	MLB	1929-1942
7	Dee Miles	OF	33	L	R	6-0	175	2/15/1909	Kellerman, AL	MLB	1935-1943
11	Ken Richardson	2B-OF	27	R	R		187	5/2/1915	Orleans, IN	MLB	1942-1946
29	Bob Savage	P	20	R	R	6-2	180	12/1/1921	Manchester, NH	MLB	1942-1949
17	Tex Shirley	P	24	B	R	6-1	175	4/25/1918	Birthright, TX	MLB	1941-1946
5	Dick Siebert	1B	30	L	L	6-0	170	2/19/1912	Fall River, MA	MLB	1932-1945
3	Pete Suder	2B-3B	26	R	R	6-0	175	4/16/1916	Aliquippa, PA	MLB	1941-1955
8	Bob Swift	C	27	R	R		180	3/6/1915	Salina, KS	MLB	1940-1953
15	Elmer Valo	OF	21	L	R	5-11	190	3/5/1921	Ribnik, CZ	MLB	1940-1961
9	Hal Wagner	C	26	L	R	6-0	165	7/2/1915	East Riverton, NJ	MLB	1937-1949
10	Jack Wallaesa	SS	22	B	R	6-3	191	8/31/1919	Easton, PA	MLB	1940-1948
30,36	Roger Wolff	P	31	R	R	6-0	208	4/10/1911	Evansville, IL	MLB	1941-1947
11	George Yankowski	C	19	R	R	6-0	180	11/19/1922	Cambridge, MA	MLB	1942-1949