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Record: 84-70 .545.... 4th in American League
Stadium: Shibe Park
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 945,076

Manager - Connie Mack

Third Base Coach - Lena Blackburne Assistant Coach - Earle Brucker, Dave Keefe, Earle Mack, Al Simmons

Team Leaders

HR: Joost [16]
RBI: Majeski [120]
2B: Majeski [41]
SB: Valo, Fain [10]
W: Fowler [15]
SV: Savage, Harris, Brissie [5]
SO: Brissie [127]

Oldest Player: Skeeter Webb [38]
Youngest Player: Nellie Fox [20]
Longest Tenure: Sam Chapman [8]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Earle Brucker (Oct 2) Billy DeMars (May 18) Bob Wellman (Sep 23) Don White (Apr 19)
Pitchers: Bubba Harris (Apr 29) Alex Kellner (Apr 29)

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
11	George Binks	OF	31	L	L	6-0	175	7/11/1916	Chicago, IL	MLB	1944-1948
19	Lou Brissie	P	24	L	L	6-4	215	6/5/1924	Anderson, SC	MLB	1947-1953
28	Earle Brucker	C	22	L	R	6-2	210	8/29/1925	Los Angeles, CA	MLB	1948-1948
4	Sam Chapman	OF	32	R	R	6-1	190	4/11/1916	Tiburon, CA	MLB	1938-1951
20	Joe Coleman	P	25	R	R		200	7/30/1922	Medford, MA	MLB	1942-1955
11	Ray Coleman	OF	26	L	R	5-11	170	6/4/1922	Dunsmuir, CA	MLB	1947-1952
30	Billy DeMars	SS	22	R	R	5-10	160	8/26/1925	Brooklyn, NY	MLB	1948-1951
18	Bill Dietrich	P	38	R	R	6-0	185	3/29/1910	Philadelphia, PA	MLB	1933-1948
5	Ferris Fain	1B	27	L	L	5-11	186	5/29/1921	San Antonio, TX	MLB	1947-1955
25	Dick Fowler	P	27	R	R		215	3/30/1921	Toronto, ON	MLB	1941-1952
41	Nellie Fox	2B	20	L	R	5-9	150	12/25/1927	St. Thomas, PA	MLB	1947-1965
14	Herman Franks	C	34	L	R		187	1/4/1914	Price, UT	MLB	1939-1949
9	Mike Guerra	C	35	R	R	5-9	162	10/11/1912	Havana, CU	MLB	1937-1951
17	Bubba Harris	P	22	R	R	6-4	204	2/15/1926	Sulligent, AL	MLB	1948-1951
18	Wally Holborow	P	34	R	R	5-11	187	11/30/1913	New York, NY	MLB	1944-1948
1	Eddie Joost	SS	32	R	R	6-0	175	6/5/1916	San Francisco, CA	MLB	1936-1955
22	Alex Kellner	P	23	R	L	6-0	200	8/26/1924	Tucson, AZ	MLB	1948-1959
3	Hank Majeski	3B	31	R	R	5-9	180	12/13/1916	Staten Island, NY	MLB	1939-1955
21	Phil Marchildon	P	34	R	R	5-11	175	10/25/1913	Penetanguishene, ON	MLB	1940-1950
23	Bill McCahan	P	27	R	R	5-11	200	6/7/1921	Philadelphia, PA	MLB	1946-1949
7	Barney McCosky	OF	31	L	R	6-1	184	4/11/1917	Coal Run, PA	MLB	1939-1953
22	Nels Potter	P	36	L	R	5-11	180	8/23/1911	Mount Morris, IL	MLB	1936-1949
8	Buddy Rosar	C	33	R	R	5-9	190	7/3/1914	Buffalo, NY	MLB	1939-1951
16	Bob Savage	P	26	R	R	6-2	180	12/1/1921	Manchester, NH	MLB	1942-1949
24	Carl Scheib	P	21	R	R	6-1	192	1/1/1927	Gratz, PA	MLB	1943-1954
12	Pete Suder	2B-3B	32	R	R	6-0	175	4/16/1916	Aliquippa, PA	MLB	1941-1955
10	Elmer Valo	OF	27	L	R	5-11	190	3/5/1921	Ribnik, CZ	MLB	1940-1961
2	Skeeter Webb	SS-2B	38	R	R		150	11/4/1909	Meridian, MS	MLB	1932-1948
56	Bob Wellman	OF-1B	22	R	R	6-4	210	7/15/1925	Norwood, OH	MLB	1948-1950
15	Don White	OF-3B	29	R	R	6-1	195	1/8/1919	Everett, WA	MLB	1948-1949
6	Rudy York	1B	34	R	R	6-1	209	8/17/1913	Ragland, AL	MLB	1934-1948