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Record: 78-76 .506.... 5th in American League
Stadium: Briggs Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,743,035

Manager - Steve O'Neill

First Base Coach - Art Mills Assistant Coach - Doc Cramer, Bill Sweeney

Team Leaders

HR: Mullin [23]
RBI: Evers [103]
2B: Evers [33]
SB: Lipon [4]
W: Newhouser [21]
SV: Houtteman [10]
SO: Newhouser [143]

Oldest Player: Doc Cramer [42]
Youngest Player: Art Houtteman [20]
Longest Tenure: Hal Newhouser, Dizzy Trout [10]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Johnny Bero (Sep 26) Neil Berry (Apr 20) Joe Ginsberg (Sep 15) George Vico (Apr 20)

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	37	R	R	6-4	215	3/18/1911	Noble, OK	MLB	1934-1952
	Johnny Bero	SS	25	L	R	6-0	170	12/22/1922	Gardena, CA	MLB	1948-1951
	Neil Berry	SS-2B	26	R	R	5-10	170	1/11/1922	Kalamazoo, MI	MLB	1948-1954
	Paul Campbell	1B	30	L	L	5-10	185	9/1/1917	Paw Creek, NC	MLB	1941-1950
	Doc Cramer	OF	42	L	R	6-2	185	7/22/1905	Beach Haven, NJ	MLB	1929-1948
	Hoot Evers	OF	27	R	R	6-2	185	2/8/1921	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1941-1956
	Rufe Gentry	P	30	R	R	6-1	180	5/18/1918	Daisy Station, NC	MLB	1943-1948
	Joe Ginsberg	C	21	L	R	5-11	180	10/11/1926	New York, NY	MLB	1948-1962
	Ted Gray	P	23		L	5-11	175	12/31/1924	Detroit, MI	MLB	1946-1955
	Johnny Groth	OF	21	R	R	6-0	182	7/23/1926	Chicago, IL	MLB	1946-1960
	Art Houtteman	P	20	R	R	6-2	188	8/7/1927	Detroit, MI	MLB	1945-1957
	Fred Hutchinson	P	28	L	R	6-2	200	8/12/1919	Seattle, WA	MLB	1939-1953
	George Kell	3B	25	R	R	5-9	175	8/23/1922	Swifton, AR	MLB	1943-1957
	Lou Kretlow	P	27	R	R	6-2	185	6/27/1921	Apache, OK	MLB	1946-1956
	Eddie Lake	SS	32	R	R	5-7	160	3/18/1916	Antioch, CA	MLB	1939-1950
	Johnny Lipon	SS	25	R	R	6-0	175	11/10/1922	Martins Ferry, OH	MLB	1942-1954
	Eddie Mayo	2B-3B	38	L	R	5-11	178	4/15/1910	Holyoke, MA	MLB	1936-1948
	John McHale	1B	26	L	R	6-0	200	9/21/1921	Detroit, MI	MLB	1943-1948
	Ed Mierkowicz	OF	24	R	R	6-4	205	3/6/1924	Wyandotte, MI	MLB	1945-1950
	Pat Mullin	OF	30	L	R	6-2	190	11/1/1917	Trotter, PA	MLB	1940-1953
	Hal Newhouser	P	27	L	L	6-2	192	5/20/1921	Detroit, MI	MLB	1939-1955
	Jimmy Outlaw	OF-3B	35	R	R	5-8	168	1/20/1913	Orme, TN	MLB	1937-1949
	Stubby Overmire	P	29	R	L	5-7	170	5/16/1919	Moline, MI	MLB	1943-1952
	Billy Pierce	P	21	L	L	5-10	160	4/2/1927	Detroit, MI	MLB	1945-1964
	Hank Riebe	C	26	R	R		175	10/10/1921	Cleveland, OH	MLB	1942-1949
	Bob Swift	C	33	R	R		180	3/6/1915	Salina, KS	MLB	1940-1953
	Dizzy Trout	P	33	R	R		195	6/29/1915	Sandcut, IN	MLB	1939-1957
	Virgil Trucks	P	31	R	R	5-11	198	4/26/1917	Birmingham, AL	MLB	1941-1958
	George Vico	1B	24	L	R	6-4	200	8/9/1923	San Fernando, CA	MLB	1948-1949
	Hal Wagner	C	32	L	R	6-0	165	7/2/1915	East Riverton, NJ	MLB	1937-1949
	Dick Wakefield	OF	27	L	R	6-4	210	5/6/1921	Chicago, IL	MLB	1941-1952
	Vic Wertz	OF-1B	23	L	R	6-0	186	2/9/1925	York, PA	MLB	1947-1963
	Hal White	P	29	R	R	5-10	170	3/18/1919	Utica, NY	MLB	1941-1954