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Record: 64-90 .416.... 7th in National League
Stadium: Forbes Field
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 980,590

Manager - Billy Meyer

Team Leaders

HR: Kiner [42]
RBI: Kiner [109]
2B: Kiner [31]
SB: Reiser, Garagiola, Strickland [4]
W: Dickson [20]
SV: Wilks [12]
SO: Queen [123]

Oldest Player: Ted Wilks [35]
Youngest Player: Bill Koski [19]
Longest Tenure: Ralph Kiner [6]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Dick Cole (Apr 27) Harry Fisher (Sep 16) Dale Long (Apr 21) Jack Merson (Sep 14) Dick Smith (Sep 14) Frank Thomas (Aug 17)
Pitchers: Con Dempsey (Apr 28) Bob Friend (Apr 28) Bill Koski (Apr 28) Paul LaPalme (May 28) Joe Muir (Apr 21) Paul Pettit (May 4) Len Yochim (Sep 18)

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
10,12	Monty Basgall	2B	29	R	R		175	2/8/1922	Pfeifer, KS	MLB	1948-1951
13	Ted Beard	OF	30	L	L	5-8	165	1/7/1921	Woodsboro, MD	MLB	1948-1958
18	Gus Bell	OF	22	L	R	6-2	196	11/15/1928	Louisville, KY	MLB	1950-1964
24	Don Carlsen	P	24	R	R	6-1	175	10/15/1926	Chicago, IL	MLB	1948-1952
16	Pete Castiglione	3B-SS	30	R	R	5-11	175	2/13/1921	Greenwich, CT	MLB	1947-1954
23	Cliff Chambers	P	29	L	L	6-3	208	1/10/1922	Portland, OR	MLB	1948-1953
12	Dick Cole	SS-3B	25	R	R	6-2	175	5/6/1926	Long Beach, CA	MLB	1951-1957
30	Con Dempsey	P	27	R	R	6-4	190	9/16/1923	San Francisco, CA	MLB	1951-1951
21,22	Murry Dickson	P	34	R	R		157	8/21/1916	Tracy, MO	MLB	1939-1959
3	Bob Dillinger	3B	32	R	R		170	9/17/1918	Glendale, CA	MLB	1946-1951
15	Erv Dusak	OF	30	R	R	6-2	185	7/29/1920	Chicago, IL	MLB	1941-1952
35,39	Harry Fisher	P	25	L	R	6-0	180	1/3/1926	Newbury, ON	MLB	1951-1952
9	Ed Fitz Gerald	C	27	R	R			5/21/1924		MLB	1948-1959
25	Bob Friend	P	20	R	R	6-0	190	11/24/1930	Lafayette, IN	MLB	1951-1966
2	Joe Garagiola	C	25	L	R	6-0	190	2/12/1926	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1946-1954
8	Bill Howerton	OF	29	L	R	5-11	185	12/12/1921	Lompoc, CA	MLB	1949-1952
4	Ralph Kiner	OF	28	R	R	6-2	195	10/27/1922	Santa Rita, NM	MLB	1946-1955
26	Bill Koski	P	19	R	R	6-4	185	2/6/1932	Madera, CA	MLB	1951-1951
24	Paul LaPalme	P	27	L	L	5-10	184	12/14/1923	Springfield, MA	MLB	1951-1957
20	Vern Law	P	21	R	R	6-2	195	3/12/1930	Meridian, ID	MLB	1950-1967
2	Dale Long	1B	25	L	L	6-4	210	2/6/1926	Springfield, MO	MLB	1951-1963
12	Jack Maguire	OF	26	R	R	5-11	165	2/5/1925	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1950-1951
3,8	Clyde McCullough	C	34	R	R		180	3/4/1917	Nashville, TN	MLB	1940-1956
10	Jack Merson	2B-3B	29	R	R	5-11	175	1/17/1922	Elk Ridge, MD	MLB	1951-1953
11	Catfish Metkovich	OF-1B	30	L	L	6-1	185	10/8/1920	Angels Camp, CA	MLB	1943-1954
31	Joe Muir	P	28	L	L	6-1	172	11/26/1922	Oriole, MD	MLB	1951-1952
7	Danny Murtaugh	2B	33	R	R	5-9	165	10/8/1917	Chester, PA	MLB	1941-1951
6	Rocky Nelson	1B	26	L	L	5-11	178	11/18/1924	Portsmouth, OH	MLB	1949-1961
23	Paul Pettit	P	19	L	L	6-2	195	11/29/1931	Los Angeles, CA	MLB	1951-1953
5	Jack Phillips	1B	29	R	R	6-4	193	9/6/1921	Clarence, NY	MLB	1947-1957
30	Howie Pollet	P	30	L	L		175	6/26/1921	New Orleans, LA	MLB	1941-1956
36	Mel Queen	P	33	R	R	6-0	204	3/4/1918	Maxwell, PA	MLB	1942-1952
27	Pete Reiser	OF	32	L	R		185	3/17/1919	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1940-1952
21	Dino Restelli	OF	26	R	R		191	9/23/1924	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1949-1951
6	Stan Rojek	SS	32	R	R	5-10	170	4/21/1919	North Tonawanda, NY	MLB	1942-1952
17	Tom Saffell	OF	29	L	R	5-11	170	7/26/1921	Etowah, TN	MLB	1949-1955
10	Hank Schenz	2B-3B	32	R	R		175	4/11/1919	New Richmond, OH	MLB	1946-1951
6	Dick Smith	3B-SS	23	R	R	5-8	160	7/21/1927	Blandburg, PA	MLB	1951-1955
14	George Strickland	SS-2B	25	R	R	6-1	180	1/10/1926	New Orleans, LA	MLB	1950-1960
27	Frank Thomas	OF-3B	22	R	R	6-3	205	6/11/1929	Pittsburgh, PA	MLB	1951-1966
29	Junior Walsh	P	32	R	R	5-11	185	3/7/1919	Newark, NJ	MLB	1946-1951
19	Bill Werle	P	30	L	L		182	12/21/1920	Oakland, CA	MLB	1949-1954
15	Wally Westlake	OF	30	R	R	6-0	186	11/8/1920	Gridley, CA	MLB	1947-1956
28	Ted Wilks	P	35	R	R		178	11/13/1915	Fulton, NY	MLB	1944-1953
23	Len Yochim	P	22	L	L	6-2	200	10/16/1928	New Orleans, LA	MLB	1951-1954