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Major League Baseball

Record: 50-104 .325.... 8th in American League
Stadium: Briggs Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,026,846

General Manager - Charlie Gehringer
Manager - Fred Hutchinson, Red Rolfe

Assistant Coach - Dick Bartell, Rick Ferrell, Ted Lyons

Team Leaders

HR: Dropo [23]
RBI: Dropo [70]
2B: Priddy [23]
SB: Mullin [4]
W: Gray [12]
SV: White [5]
SO: Gray [138]

Oldest Player: Bob Swift [37]
Youngest Player: Bud Black [19]
Longest Tenure: Hal Newhouser, Dizzy Trout [14]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Alex Garbowski (Apr 16) Harvey Kuenn (Sep 6) George Lerchen (Apr 15) Carl Linhart (Aug 2) Bill Tuttle (Sep 10)
Pitchers: Bud Black (Sep 13) Billy Hoeft (Apr 18)

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
	Matt Batts	C	30	R	R	5-11	200	10/16/1921	San Antonio, TX	MLB	1947-1956
	Neil Berry	SS-2B	30	R	R	5-10	170	1/11/1922	Kalamazoo, MI	MLB	1948-1954
	Bud Black	P	19	R	R	6-3	197	7/9/1932	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1952-1956
	Jim Delsing	OF	26	L	R	5-10	175	11/13/1925	Rudolph, WI	MLB	1948-1960
	Walt Dropo	1B	29	R	R	6-5	220	1/30/1923	Moosup, CT	MLB	1949-1961
	Hoot Evers	OF	31	R	R	6-2	185	2/8/1921	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1941-1956
	Al Federoff	2B	27	R	R		165	7/11/1924	Bairdford, PA	MLB	1951-1952
	Alex Garbowski	H	27	R	R	6-1	185	6/25/1925	Yonkers, NY	MLB	1952-1952
	Ned Garver	P	26	R	R	5-10	180	12/25/1925	Ney, OH	MLB	1948-1961
	Joe Ginsberg	C	25	L	R	5-11	180	10/11/1926	New York, NY	MLB	1948-1962
	Ted Gray	P	27		L	5-11	175	12/31/1924	Detroit, MI	MLB	1946-1955
	Johnny Groth	OF	25	R	R	6-0	182	7/23/1926	Chicago, IL	MLB	1946-1960
	Fred Hatfield	3B-2B	27	L	R	6-1	171	3/18/1925	Lanett, AL	MLB	1950-1958
	Billy Hoeft	P	20	L	L	6-3	205	5/17/1932	Oshkosh, WI	MLB	1952-1966
	Johnny Hopp	OF-1B	35	L	L	5-10	175	7/18/1916	Hastings, NE	MLB	1939-1952
	Art Houtteman	P	24	R	R	6-2	188	8/7/1927	Detroit, MI	MLB	1945-1957
	Fred Hutchinson	P	32	L	R	6-2	200	8/12/1919	Seattle, WA	MLB	1939-1953
	Ken Johnson	P	29	L	L	6-1	185	1/14/1923	Topeka, KS	MLB	1947-1952
	George Kell	3B	29	R	R	5-9	175	8/23/1922	Swifton, AR	MLB	1943-1957
	Don Kolloway	2B-1B	33	R	R	6-3	200	8/4/1918	Posen, IL	MLB	1940-1953
	Harvey Kuenn	OF-SS	21	R	R	6-2	190	12/4/1930	West Allis, WI	MLB	1952-1966
	Don Lenhardt	OF-1B	29	R	R	6-3	190	10/4/1922	Alton, IL	MLB	1950-1954
	George Lerchen	OF	29	B	R	5-11	175	12/1/1922	Detroit, MI	MLB	1952-1953
	Carl Linhart	H	22	L	R	5-11	184	12/14/1929	Zborov, CZ	MLB	1952-1952
	Johnny Lipon	SS	29	R	R	6-0	175	11/10/1922	Martins Ferry, OH	MLB	1942-1954
	Dick Littlefield	P	26	L	L	6-0	180	3/18/1926	Detroit, MI	MLB	1950-1958
	Don Lund	OF	29	R	R	6-0	200	5/18/1923	Detroit, MI	MLB	1945-1954
	Dave Madison	P	31	R	R	6-3	190	2/1/1921	Brooksville, MS	MLB	1950-1953
	Cliff Mapes	OF	30	L	R	6-3	205	3/13/1922	Sutherland, NE	MLB	1948-1952
	Dick Marlowe	P	23	R	R	6-2	170	6/27/1929	Hickory, NC	MLB	1951-1956
	Wayne McLeland	P	27	R	R	6-0	180	8/29/1924	Milton, IA	MLB	1951-1952
	Pat Mullin	OF	34	L	R	6-2	190	11/1/1917	Trotter, PA	MLB	1940-1953
	Hal Newhouser	P	31	L	L	6-2	192	5/20/1921	Detroit, MI	MLB	1939-1955
	Johnny Pesky	SS-3B	32	L	R	5-9	168	9/27/1919	Portland, OR	MLB	1942-1954
	Jerry Priddy	2B	32	R	R		180	11/9/1919	Los Angeles, CA	MLB	1941-1953
	Steve Souchock	OF-1B	33	R	R		203	3/3/1919	Yatesboro, PA	MLB	1946-1955
	Marlin Stuart	P	33	L	R	6-2	185	8/8/1918	Paragould, AR	MLB	1949-1954
	Russ Sullivan	OF	29	L	R	6-0	196	2/19/1923	Fredericksburg, VA	MLB	1951-1953
	Bob Swift	C	37	R	R		180	3/6/1915	Salina, KS	MLB	1940-1953
	Ben Taylor	1B	27	L	L	6-0	185	9/30/1924	Metropolis, IL	MLB	1951-1955
	Dizzy Trout	P	37	R	R		195	6/29/1915	Sandcut, IN	MLB	1939-1957
	Virgil Trucks	P	35	R	R	5-11	198	4/26/1917	Birmingham, AL	MLB	1941-1958
	Bill Tuttle	OF	22	R	R	6-0	190	7/4/1929	Elwood, IL	MLB	1952-1963
	Vic Wertz	OF-1B	27	L	R	6-0	186	2/9/1925	York, PA	MLB	1947-1963
	Hal White	P	33	R	R	5-10	170	3/18/1919	Utica, NY	MLB	1941-1954
	Bill Wight	P	30	L	L	6-1	180	4/12/1922	Rio Vista, CA	MLB	1946-1958