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Record: 64-89 .418.... 7th in National League
Stadium: Braves Field
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 281,278

Manager - Charlie Grimm, Tommy Holmes

Team Leaders

HR: Mathews, Gordon [25]
RBI: Gordon [75]
2B: Mathews, Jethroe [23]
SB: Jethroe [28]
W: Spahn [14]
SV: Burdette [7]
SO: Spahn [183]

Oldest Player: Walker Cooper [37]
Youngest Player: Eddie Mathews [20]
Longest Tenure: Sibby Sisti [11]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Buzz Clarkson (Apr 30) George Crowe (Apr 16) Jack Daniels (Apr 18) Jack Dittmer (Jun 17) Billy Klaus (Apr 16) Eddie Mathews (Apr 15) Billy Reed (Apr 15) Pete Whisenant (Apr 16)
Pitchers: Gene Conley (Apr 17) Dick Hoover (Apr 16) Virgil Jester (Jun 18) Bert Thiel (Apr 17)

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
24	Vern Bickford	P	31	R	R	6-0	185	8/17/1920	Hellier, KY	MLB	1948-1954
33	Lew Burdette	P	25	R	R	6-2	190	11/22/1926	Nitro, WV	MLB	1950-1967
14	Paul Burris	C	28	R	R	6-0	190	7/21/1923	Hickory, NC	MLB	1948-1953
16	Bob Chipman	P	33	L	L	6-2	190	10/11/1918	Brooklyn, NY	MLB	1941-1952
40,44	Buzz Clarkson	SS-3B	37	R	R	5-11	210	3/13/1915	Hopkins, SC	MLB	1952-1952
29,30	Dave Cole	P	21	R	R	6-2	175	8/29/1930	Williamsport, MD	MLB	1950-1955
56	Gene Conley	P	21	R	R	6-8	225	11/10/1930	Muskogee, OK	MLB	1952-1963
39	Walker Cooper	C	37	R	R	6-3	210	1/8/1915	Atherton, MO	MLB	1940-1957
37	George Crowe	1B	29	L	L	6-2	212	3/22/1923	Whiteland, IN	MLB	1952-1961
10	Jack Cusick	SS	24	R	R	6-0	170	6/12/1928	Weehawken, NJ	MLB	1951-1952
7	Jack Daniels	OF	24	L	L	5-10	165	12/21/1927	Chester, PA	MLB	1952-1952
6	Jack Dittmer	2B	24	L	R	6-1	175	1/10/1928	Elkader, IA	MLB	1952-1957
20	Dick Donovan	P	24	L	R	6-3	205	12/7/1927	Boston, MA	MLB	1950-1965
4	Sid Gordon	OF-3B	34	R	R	5-10	185	8/13/1917	Brooklyn, NY	MLB	1941-1955
12	Roy Hartsfield	2B	26	R	R	5-9	165	10/25/1925	Chattahoochee, GA	MLB	1950-1952
30	Dick Hoover	P	26	L	L	6-0	170	12/11/1925	Columbus, OH	MLB	1952-1952
22	Virgil Jester	P	24	R	R	5-11	188	7/23/1927	Denver, CO	MLB	1952-1953
5	Sam Jethroe	OF	34	B	R	6-1	178	1/20/1918	East St. Louis, IL	MLB	1950-1954
32	Ernie Johnson	P	28	R	R	6-4	195	6/16/1924	Brattleboro, VT	MLB	1950-1959
11	Sheldon Jones	P	30	R	R	6-0	180	2/2/1922	Tecumseh, NE	MLB	1946-1953
2	Billy Klaus	SS-3B	23	L	R	5-10	165	12/9/1928	Fox Lake, IL	MLB	1952-1963
23	Johnny Logan	SS	25	R	R	5-11	175	3/23/1927	Endicott, NY	MLB	1951-1963
27	Willard Marshall	OF	31	L	R	6-1	205	2/8/1921	Richmond, VA	MLB	1942-1955
41	Eddie Mathews	3B	20	L	R	6-1	200	10/13/1931	Texarkana, TX	MLB	1952-1968
6	Billy Reed	2B	29	L	R		175	11/12/1922	Shawano, WI	MLB	1952-1952
13	Sibby Sisti	2B-3B	31	R	R	5-11	175	7/26/1920	Buffalo, NY	MLB	1939-1954
21	Warren Spahn	P	31	L	L	6-0	175	4/23/1921	Buffalo, NY	MLB	1942-1965
42	Ebba St. Claire	C	30	B	R	6-1	219	8/5/1921	Whitehall, NY	MLB	1951-1954
36	Max Surkont	P	30	R	R	6-0	205	6/16/1922	Central Falls, RI	MLB	1949-1957
22	Bert Thiel	P	26	R	R	5-10	185	5/4/1926	Marion, WI	MLB	1952-1952
18	Bob Thorpe	OF	25	R	R		190	11/19/1926	Caryville, FL	MLB	1951-1953
9	Earl Torgeson	1B	28	L	L	6-3	180	1/1/1924	Snohomish, WA	MLB	1947-1961
8	Pete Whisenant	OF	22	R	R	6-2	200	12/14/1929	Asheville, NC	MLB	1952-1961
19	Jim Wilson	P	30	R	R		200	2/20/1922	San Diego, CA	MLB	1945-1958