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Record: 88-66 .571.... 2nd in American League
Stadium: Briggs Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 923,176

Manager - Steve O'Neill

Team Leaders

HR: York [18]
RBI: York [98]
2B: Higgins [32]
SB: Mayo [9]
W: Newhouser [29]
SV: Gorsica [4]
SO: Newhouser [187]

Oldest Player: Chuck Hostetler [40]
Youngest Player: John McHale [22]
Longest Tenure: Rudy York [9]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Red Borom (Apr 23) Bubba Floyd (Jun 16) Chuck Hostetler (Apr 18) Hack Miller (Apr 18) Jackie Sullivan (Jul 6)
Pitchers: Zeb Eaton (Apr 18) Bob Gillespie (May 11)

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
	Boom-Boom Beck	P	39	R	R	6-2	200	10/16/1904	Decatur, IL	MLB	1924-1945
	Red Borom	2B	27	L	R	5-10	175	10/30/1916	Spartanburg, SC	MLB	1944-1945
	Doc Cramer	OF	38	L	R	6-2	185	7/22/1905	Beach Haven, NJ	MLB	1929-1948
	Zeb Eaton	P	24	R	R	5-10	185	2/2/1920	Cooleemee, NC	MLB	1944-1945
	Bubba Floyd	SS	27	R	R	5-11	160	6/23/1917	Dallas, TX	MLB	1944-1944
	Rufe Gentry	P	26	R	R	6-1	180	5/18/1918	Daisy Station, NC	MLB	1943-1948
	Bob Gillespie	P	24	R	R	6-4	187	10/8/1919	Columbus, OH	MLB	1944-1950
	Johnny Gorsica	P	29	R	R	6-2	180	3/29/1915	Bayonne, NJ	MLB	1940-1947
	Don Heffner	2B	33	R	R	5-10	155	2/8/1911	Rouzerville, PA	MLB	1934-1944
	Roy Henshaw	P	32	R	L	5-8	155	7/29/1911	Chicago, IL	MLB	1933-1944
	Pinky Higgins	3B	35	R	R	6-1	185	5/27/1909	Red Oak, TX	MLB	1930-1946
	Chief Hogsett	P	40	L	L	6-0	190	11/2/1903	Brownell, KS	MLB	1929-1944
	Joe Hoover	SS	29	R	R	5-11	175	4/15/1915	Los Angeles, CA	MLB	1943-1945
	Chuck Hostetler	OF	40	L	R	6-0	175	9/22/1903	McClellandtown, PA	MLB	1944-1945
	Eddie Mayo	2B-3B	34	L	R	5-11	178	4/15/1910	Holyoke, MA	MLB	1936-1948
	John McHale	1B	22	L	R	6-0	200	9/21/1921	Detroit, MI	MLB	1943-1948
	Charlie Metro	OF	25	R	R		178	4/28/1919	Nanty Glo, PA	MLB	1943-1945
	Hack Miller	C	31	R	R		215	2/13/1913	Celeste, TX	MLB	1944-1945
	Jake Mooty	P	31	R	R		170	4/13/1913	Mislap, TX	MLB	1936-1944
	Hal Newhouser	P	23	L	L	6-2	192	5/20/1921	Detroit, MI	MLB	1939-1955
	Joe Orengo	1B-3B	29	R	R	6-0	185	11/29/1914	San Francisco, CA	MLB	1939-1945
	Joe Orrell	P	27	R	R	6-4	210	3/6/1917	National City, CA	MLB	1943-1945
	Jimmy Outlaw	OF-3B	31	R	R	5-8	168	1/20/1913	Orme, TN	MLB	1937-1949
	Stubby Overmire	P	25	R	L	5-7	170	5/16/1919	Moline, MI	MLB	1943-1952
	Paul Richards	C	35	R	R		180	11/21/1908	Waxahachie, TX	MLB	1932-1946
	Don Ross	3B-OF	29	R	R	6-2	200	7/16/1914	Pasadena, CA	MLB	1938-1946
	Jackie Sullivan	2B	26	R	R	5-11	172	2/22/1918	Princeton, TX	MLB	1944-1944
	Bob Swift	C	29	R	R		180	3/6/1915	Salina, KS	MLB	1940-1953
	Dizzy Trout	P	29	R	R		195	6/29/1915	Sandcut, IN	MLB	1939-1957
	Al Unser	C	31	R	R	6-1	175	10/12/1912	Morrisonville, IL	MLB	1942-1945
	Dick Wakefield	OF	23	L	R	6-4	210	5/6/1921	Chicago, IL	MLB	1941-1952
	Rudy York	1B	30	R	R	6-1	209	8/17/1913	Ragland, AL	MLB	1934-1948