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Major League Baseball

Record: 71-83 .461.... 6th in National League
Stadium: Forbes Field
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,449,435

Manager - Billy Meyer

First Base Coach - Bill Posedel Assistant Coach - Johnny Riddle, Honus Wagner

Team Leaders

HR: Kiner [54]
RBI: Kiner [127]
2B: Westlake [24]
SB: Hopp [9]
W: Chambers [13]
SV: Casey [5]
SO: Werle [106]

Oldest Player: Rip Sewell [42]
Youngest Player: Ed Stevens [24]
Longest Tenure: Rip Sewell [12]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Jack Cassini (Apr 19) Dino Restelli (Jun 14) Tom Saffell (Jul 2)
Pitchers: Bill Werle (Apr 22)

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
10	Monty Basgall	2B	27	R	R		175	2/8/1922	Pfeifer, KS	MLB	1948-1951
17	Ted Beard	OF	28	L	L	5-8	165	1/7/1921	Woodsboro, MD	MLB	1948-1958
3	Eddie Bockman	3B	28	R	R	5-9	175	7/26/1920	Santa Ana, CA	MLB	1946-1949
10	Tiny Bonham	P	35	R	R	6-2	215	8/16/1913	Ione, CA	MLB	1940-1949
25	Hugh Casey	P	35	R	R	6-1	207	10/14/1913	Atlanta, GA	MLB	1935-1949
19	Jack Cassini	H	29	R	R	5-10	175	10/26/1919	Dearborn, MI	MLB	1949-1949
16	Pete Castiglione	3B-SS	28	R	R	5-11	175	2/13/1921	Greenwich, CT	MLB	1947-1954
23	Cliff Chambers	P	27	L	L	6-3	208	1/10/1922	Portland, OR	MLB	1948-1953
24	Bob Chesnes	P	28	B	R	6-0	180	5/6/1921	Oakland, CA	MLB	1948-1950
18,22	Murry Dickson	P	32	R	R		157	8/21/1916	Tracy, MO	MLB	1939-1959
9	Ed Fitz Gerald	C	25	R	R			5/21/1924		MLB	1948-1959
2	Les Fleming	1B	33	L	L	5-10	185	8/7/1915	Singleton, TX	MLB	1939-1949
37	Hal Gregg	P	27	R	R	6-3	195	7/11/1921	Anaheim, CA	MLB	1943-1952
37	Harry Gumbert	P	39	R	R	6-2	185	11/5/1909	Elizabeth, PA	MLB	1935-1950
13	Kirby Higbe	P	34	R	R	5-11	190	4/8/1915	Columbia, SC	MLB	1937-1950
12	Johnny Hopp	OF-1B	32	L	L	5-10	175	7/18/1916	Hastings, NE	MLB	1939-1952
14	Wally Judnich	OF-1B	32	L	L	6-1	205	1/24/1917	San Francisco, CA	MLB	1940-1949
4	Ralph Kiner	OF	26	R	R	6-2	195	10/27/1922	Santa Rita, NM	MLB	1946-1955
28	Vic Lombardi	P	26	L	L	5-7	158	9/20/1922	Reedley, CA	MLB	1945-1950
17	Phil Masi	C	33	R	R	5-10	180	1/6/1916	Chicago, IL	MLB	1939-1952
8	Clyde McCullough	C	32	R	R		180	3/4/1917	Nashville, TN	MLB	1940-1956
27	Bob Muncrief	P	33	R	R	6-2	190	1/28/1916	Madill, OK	MLB	1937-1951
7	Danny Murtaugh	2B	31	R	R	5-9	165	10/8/1917	Chester, PA	MLB	1941-1951
5	Jack Phillips	1B	27	R	R	6-4	193	9/6/1921	Clarence, NY	MLB	1947-1957
27,37	Ray Poat	P	31	R	R	6-2	200	12/19/1917	Chicago, IL	MLB	1942-1949
17	Marv Rackley	OF	27	L	L	5-10	170	7/25/1921	Seneca, SC	MLB	1947-1950
14	Dino Restelli	OF	24	R	R		191	9/23/1924	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1949-1951
17	Bobby Rhawn	3B-SS	30	R	R	5-8	180	2/13/1919	Catawissa, PA	MLB	1947-1949
21	Elmer Riddle	P	34	R	R		170	7/31/1914	Columbus, GA	MLB	1939-1949
6	Stan Rojek	SS	30	R	R	5-10	170	4/21/1919	North Tonawanda, NY	MLB	1942-1952
18	Tom Saffell	OF	27	L	R	5-11	170	7/26/1921	Etowah, TN	MLB	1949-1955
30	Rip Sewell	P	42	L	R	6-1	180	5/11/1907	Decatur, AL	MLB	1932-1949
5	Ed Stevens	1B	24	L	L	6-1	190	1/12/1925	Galveston, TX	MLB	1945-1950
11	Dixie Walker	OF	38	L	R	6-1	175	9/24/1910	Villa Rica, GA	MLB	1931-1949
29	Junior Walsh	P	30	R	R	5-11	185	3/7/1919	Newark, NJ	MLB	1946-1951
19,29	Bill Werle	P	28	L	L		182	12/21/1920	Oakland, CA	MLB	1949-1954
15	Wally Westlake	OF	28	R	R	6-0	186	11/8/1920	Gridley, CA	MLB	1947-1956