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Major League Baseball

Record: 85-69 .552.... 2nd in American League
Stadium: Briggs Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,398,093

Manager - Steve O'Neill

Pitching Coach - Frank Shellenback First Base Coach - Art Mills Assistant Coach - Bill Sweeney

Team Leaders

HR: Cullenbine [24]
RBI: Kell [93]
2B: Kell [29]
SB: Lake [11]
W: Hutchinson [18]
SV: Benton [7]
SO: Newhouser [176]

Oldest Player: Doc Cramer [41]
Youngest Player: Art Houtteman [19]
Longest Tenure: Hal Newhouser, Birdie Tebbetts, Dizzy Trout [9]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Vic Wertz (Apr 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
	Al Benton	P	36	R	R	6-4	215	3/18/1911	Noble, OK	MLB	1934-1952
	Doc Cramer	OF	41	L	R	6-2	185	7/22/1905	Beach Haven, NJ	MLB	1929-1948
	Roy Cullenbine	OF-1B	33	B	R	6-1	190	10/18/1913	Nashville, TN	MLB	1938-1947
	Hoot Evers	OF	26	R	R	6-2	185	2/8/1921	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1941-1956
	Rufe Gentry	P	29	R	R	6-1	180	5/18/1918	Daisy Station, NC	MLB	1943-1948
	Johnny Gorsica	P	32	R	R	6-2	180	3/29/1915	Bayonne, NJ	MLB	1940-1947
	Johnny Groth	OF	20	R	R	6-0	182	7/23/1926	Chicago, IL	MLB	1946-1960
	Art Houtteman	P	19	R	R	6-2	188	8/7/1927	Detroit, MI	MLB	1945-1957
	Fred Hutchinson	P	27	L	R	6-2	200	8/12/1919	Seattle, WA	MLB	1939-1953
	George Kell	3B	24	R	R	5-9	175	8/23/1922	Swifton, AR	MLB	1943-1957
	Eddie Lake	SS	31	R	R	5-7	160	3/18/1916	Antioch, CA	MLB	1939-1950
	Eddie Mayo	2B-3B	37	L	R	5-11	178	4/15/1910	Holyoke, MA	MLB	1936-1948
	John McHale	1B	25	L	R	6-0	200	9/21/1921	Detroit, MI	MLB	1943-1948
	Ed Mierkowicz	OF	23	R	R	6-4	205	3/6/1924	Wyandotte, MI	MLB	1945-1950
	Pat Mullin	OF	29	L	R	6-2	190	11/1/1917	Trotter, PA	MLB	1940-1953
	Hal Newhouser	P	26	L	L	6-2	192	5/20/1921	Detroit, MI	MLB	1939-1955
	Jimmy Outlaw	OF-3B	34	R	R	5-8	168	1/20/1913	Orme, TN	MLB	1937-1949
	Stubby Overmire	P	28	R	L	5-7	170	5/16/1919	Moline, MI	MLB	1943-1952
	Hank Riebe	C	25	R	R		175	10/10/1921	Cleveland, OH	MLB	1942-1949
	Ben Steiner	2B	25	L	R	5-11	165	7/28/1921	Alexandria, VA	MLB	1945-1947
	Bob Swift	C	32	R	R		180	3/6/1915	Salina, KS	MLB	1940-1953
	Birdie Tebbetts	C	34	R	R		170	11/10/1912	Burlington, VT	MLB	1936-1952
	Dizzy Trout	P	32	R	R		195	6/29/1915	Sandcut, IN	MLB	1939-1957
	Virgil Trucks	P	30	R	R	5-11	198	4/26/1917	Birmingham, AL	MLB	1941-1958
	Hal Wagner	C	31	L	R	6-0	165	7/2/1915	East Riverton, NJ	MLB	1937-1949
	Dick Wakefield	OF	26	L	R	6-4	210	5/6/1921	Chicago, IL	MLB	1941-1952
	Skeeter Webb	SS-2B	37	R	R		150	11/4/1909	Meridian, MS	MLB	1932-1948
	Vic Wertz	OF-1B	22	L	R	6-0	186	2/9/1925	York, PA	MLB	1947-1963
	Hal White	P	28	R	R	5-10	170	3/18/1919	Utica, NY	MLB	1941-1954