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Major League Baseball

Record: 62-92 .403.... 7th in National League
Stadium: Forbes Field
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,283,531

Manager - Bill Burwell, Billy Herman

Team Leaders

HR: Kiner [51]
RBI: Kiner [127]
2B: Cox, Gustine [30]
SB: Russell [7]
W: Ostermueller [12]
SV: Higbe [5]
SO: Higbe [99]

Oldest Player: Art Herring [41]
Youngest Player: Roy Jarvis [21]
Longest Tenure: Rip Sewell [10]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Pete Castiglione (Sep 10) Dixie Howell (May 6) Wally Westlake (Apr 15)
Pitchers: Steve Nagy (Apr 20)

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
36	Jim Bagby	P	30	R	R	6-2	170	9/8/1916	Cleveland, OH	MLB	1938-1947
24	Ed Bahr	P	27	R	R	6-1	172	10/16/1919	Rouleau, SK	MLB	1946-1947
8	Eddie Basinski	SS-2B	24	R	R	6-1	172	11/4/1922	Buffalo, NY	MLB	1944-1947
18	Hank Behrman	P	26	R	R	5-11	174	6/27/1921	Brooklyn, NY	MLB	1946-1949
2,19	Jimmy Bloodworth	2B	29	R	R	5-11	180	7/26/1917	Tallahassee, FL	MLB	1937-1951
35	Tiny Bonham	P	33	R	R	6-2	215	8/16/1913	Ione, CA	MLB	1940-1949
9	Pete Castiglione	3B-SS	26	R	R	5-11	175	2/13/1921	Greenwich, CT	MLB	1947-1954
6	Billy Cox	3B-SS	27	R	R	5-10	150	8/29/1919	Newport, PA	MLB	1941-1955
3	Elbie Fletcher	1B	31	L	L	6-0	180	3/18/1916	Milton, MA	MLB	1934-1949
25	Ken Gables	P	28	R	R	5-11	210	1/31/1919	Walnut Grove, MO	MLB	1945-1947
18	Al Gionfriddo	OF	25	L	L	5-6	165	3/8/1922	Dysart, PA	MLB	1944-1947
5	Hank Greenberg	1B-OF	36	R	R	6-3	210	1/1/1911	New York, NY	MLB	1930-1947
16	Frankie Gustine	2B-3B	27	R	R	6-0	180	2/20/1920	Hoopeston, IL	MLB	1939-1950
20	Ken Heintzelman	P	31	R	L		185	10/14/1915	Peruque, MO	MLB	1937-1952
11	Billy Herman	2B	37	R	R	5-11	180	7/7/1909	New Albany, IN	MLB	1931-1947
27	Art Herring	P	41	R	R	5-7	168	3/10/1906	Altus, OK	MLB	1929-1947
13	Kirby Higbe	P	32	R	R	5-11	190	4/8/1915	Columbia, SC	MLB	1937-1950
-	Lee Howard	P	23	L	L	6-2	175	11/11/1923	Staten Island, NY	MLB	1946-1947
1	Dixie Howell	C	27	R	R	5-11	195	4/24/1920	Louisville, KY	MLB	1947-1956
31	Roy Jarvis	C	21	R	R	5-9	160	6/27/1926	Shawnee, OK	MLB	1944-1947
4	Ralph Kiner	OF	24	R	R	6-2	195	10/27/1922	Santa Rita, NM	MLB	1946-1955
10	Clyde Kluttz	C	29	R	R	6-0	198	12/12/1917	Rockwell, NC	MLB	1942-1952
2	Al Lyons	P	28	R	R	6-2	195	7/18/1918	St. Joseph, MO	MLB	1944-1948
19,42	Gene Mauch	2B-SS	21	R	R	5-10	165	11/18/1925	Salina, KS	MLB	1944-1957
28,40	Cal McLish	P	21	B	R	6-1	200	12/1/1925	Anadarko, OK	MLB	1944-1964
19	Hugh Mulcahy	P	33	R	R	6-2	190	9/9/1913	Brighton, MA	MLB	1935-1947
28	Steve Nagy	P	28	L	L	5-10	170	5/28/1919	Franklin, NJ	MLB	1947-1950
21	Fritz Ostermueller	P	39	L	L	5-11	175	9/15/1907	Quincy, IL	MLB	1934-1948
23	Mel Queen	P	29	R	R	6-0	204	3/4/1918	Maxwell, PA	MLB	1942-1952
12	Culley Rikard	OF	33	L	R	5-11	183	5/9/1914	Oxford, MS	MLB	1941-1947
29	Preacher Roe	P	32	R	L	6-2	170	2/26/1915	Ash Flat, AR	MLB	1938-1954
17	Jim Russell	OF	28	B	R	6-1	181	10/1/1918	Fayette City, PA	MLB	1942-1951
1,2	Bill Salkeld	C	30	L	R	5-10	190	3/8/1917	Pocatello, ID	MLB	1945-1950
30	Rip Sewell	P	40	L	R	6-1	180	5/11/1907	Decatur, AL	MLB	1932-1949
26	Elmer Singleton	P	29	R	R	6-2	174	6/26/1918	Ogden, UT	MLB	1945-1959
22	Nick Strincevich	P	32	R	R	6-1	180	3/1/1915	Gary, IN	MLB	1940-1948
14,42	Billy Sullivan	C-1B	36	L	R	6-0	170	10/23/1910	Chicago, IL	MLB	1931-1947
23	Lou Tost	P	36	L	L	6-0	175	6/1/1911	Cumberland, WA	MLB	1942-1947
15	Wally Westlake	OF	26	R	R	6-0	186	11/8/1920	Gridley, CA	MLB	1947-1956
7	Whitey Wietelmann	SS-2B	28	B	R	6-0	170	3/15/1919	Zanesville, OH	MLB	1939-1947
32	Roger Wolff	P	36	R	R	6-0	208	4/10/1911	Evansville, IL	MLB	1941-1947
14	Gene Woodling	OF	24	L	R		195	8/16/1922	Akron, OH	MLB	1943-1962