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Major League Baseball

Record: 70-84 .455.... 6th in American League
Stadium: Shibe Park
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 465,469

General Manager - Art Ehlers
Manager - Jimmy Dykes

Assistant Coach - Chief Bender, Bing Miller, Tom Oliver

Team Leaders

HR: Zernial [33]
RBI: Zernial [125]
2B: Zernial, Fain [30]
SB: Valo [11]
W: Shantz [18]
SV: Scheib [10]
SO: Kellner [94]

Oldest Player: Wally Moses [40]
Youngest Player: Carl Scheib [24]
Longest Tenure: Sam Chapman [11]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Lou Limmer (Apr 22) Ed Samcoff (Apr 21)

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
9	Joe Astroth	C	28	R	R	5-9	187	9/1/1922	East Alton, IL	MLB	1945-1956
19	Lou Brissie	P	27	L	L	6-4	215	6/5/1924	Anderson, SC	MLB	1947-1953
38	Moe Burtschy	P	29	R	R	6-3	208	4/18/1922	Cincinnati, OH	MLB	1950-1956
4	Sam Chapman	OF	35	R	R	6-1	190	4/11/1916	Tiburon, CA	MLB	1938-1951
7	Allie Clark	OF	28	R	R	5-11	185	6/16/1923	South Amboy, NJ	MLB	1947-1953
20	Joe Coleman	P	28	R	R		200	7/30/1922	Medford, MA	MLB	1942-1955
16	Tod Davis	SS-3B	26	R	R	6-2	190	7/24/1924	Los Angeles, CA	MLB	1949-1951
8	Ferris Fain	1B	30	L	L	5-11	186	5/29/1921	San Antonio, TX	MLB	1947-1955
25	Dick Fowler	P	30	R	R		215	3/30/1921	Toronto, ON	MLB	1941-1952
17	Bubba Harris	P	25	R	R	6-4	204	2/15/1926	Sulligent, AL	MLB	1948-1951
11	Billy Hitchcock	3B-2B	34	R	R		185	7/31/1916	Inverness, AL	MLB	1942-1953
23	Bob Hooper	P	29	R	R	5-11	195	5/30/1922	Leamington, ON	MLB	1950-1955
1	Eddie Joost	SS	35	R	R	6-0	175	6/5/1916	San Francisco, CA	MLB	1936-1955
22	Alex Kellner	P	26	R	L	6-0	200	8/26/1924	Tucson, AZ	MLB	1948-1959
6	Lou Klein	2B	32	R	R	5-11	170	10/22/1918	New Orleans, LA	MLB	1943-1951
37	Johnny Kucab	P	31	R	R	6-2	185	12/17/1919	Olyphant, PA	MLB	1950-1952
5	Paul Lehner	OF	30	L	L	5-9	165	7/1/1920	Dolomite, AL	MLB	1946-1952
3	Lou Limmer	1B	26	L	L	6-2	190	3/10/1925	New York, NY	MLB	1951-1954
5	Hank Majeski	3B	34	R	R	5-9	180	12/13/1916	Staten Island, NY	MLB	1939-1955
26,42	Morrie Martin	P	28	L	L	6-0	180	9/3/1922	Dixon, MO	MLB	1949-1959
7	Barney McCosky	OF	34	L	R	6-1	184	4/11/1917	Coal Run, PA	MLB	1939-1953
2	Wally Moses	OF	40	L	L	5-10	160	8/10/1910	Uvalda, GA	MLB	1935-1951
14	Ray Murray	C	33	R	R	6-3	204	10/12/1917	Spring Hope, NC	MLB	1948-1954
17	Dave Philley	OF	31	B	R	6-0	188	5/16/1920	Paris, TX	MLB	1941-1962
6	Ed Samcoff	2B	26	R	R	5-10	165	9/1/1924	Sacramento, CA	MLB	1951-1951
24	Carl Scheib	P	24	R	R	6-1	192	1/1/1927	Gratz, PA	MLB	1943-1954
30	Bobby Shantz	P	25	R	L	5-6	142	9/26/1925	Pottstown, PA	MLB	1949-1964
12	Pete Suder	2B-3B	35	R	R	6-0	175	4/16/1916	Aliquippa, PA	MLB	1941-1955
15	Joe Tipton	C	29	R	R	5-11	185	2/18/1922	McCaysville, GA	MLB	1948-1954
10	Elmer Valo	OF	30	L	R	5-11	190	3/5/1921	Ribnik, CZ	MLB	1940-1961
18	Kermit Wahl	3B-SS	28	R	R	5-11	170	11/18/1922	Columbia, SD	MLB	1944-1951
36	Hank Wyse	P	33	R	R		185	3/1/1918	Lunsford, AR	MLB	1942-1951
19	Gus Zernial	OF	28	R	R		210	6/27/1923	Beaumont, TX	MLB	1949-1959
21	Sam Zoldak	P	32	L	L		185	12/8/1918	Brooklyn, NY	MLB	1944-1952