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Record: 70-84 .455.... 5th in National League
Stadium: Polo Grounds
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 811,518

General Manager - Chub Feeney
Manager - Leo Durocher

Pitching Coach - Frank Shellenback Assistant Coach - Freddie Fitzsimmons

Team Leaders

HR: Thomson [26]
RBI: Thomson [106]
2B: Dark [41]
SB: Dark [7]
W: Gomez [13]
SV: Wilhelm [15]
SO: Gomez [113]

Oldest Player: Max Lanier [37]
Youngest Player: Daryl Spencer [23]
Longest Tenure: Dave Koslo [10]

Major League Debuts

Pitchers: Ruben Gomez (Apr 17) Al Worthington (Jul 6)

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
5	Sam Calderone	C	27	R	R	5-10	185	2/6/1926	Beverly, NJ	MLB	1950-1954
26	Bill Connelly	P	28	L	R	6-0	175	6/29/1925	Alberta, VA	MLB	1945-1953
27	Al Corwin	P	26	R	R	6-1	170	12/3/1926	Newburgh, NY	MLB	1951-1955
19	Alvin Dark	SS-3B	31	R	R	5-11	185	1/7/1922	Comanche, OK	MLB	1946-1960
17	Tookie Gilbert	1B	24	L	R	6-2	185	4/4/1929	New Orleans, LA	MLB	1950-1953
28	Ruben Gomez	P	25	R	R	6-0	175	7/13/1927	Arroyo, PR	MLB	1953-1967
42	Marv Grissom	P	35	R	R	6-3	195	3/31/1918	Los Molinos, CA	MLB	1946-1959
21	Jim Hearn	P	32	R	R	6-3	205	4/11/1921	Atlanta, GA	MLB	1947-1959
42	Frank Hiller	P	32	R	R	6-0	200	7/13/1920	Newark, NJ	MLB	1946-1953
14	Bobby Hofman	2B-1B	27	R	R	5-11	175	10/5/1925	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1949-1957
20	Monte Irvin	OF	34	R	R	6-1	195	2/25/1919	Columbia, AL	MLB	1949-1956
46	Larry Jansen	P	32	R	R	6-2	190	7/16/1920	Verboort, OR	MLB	1947-1956
8	Ray Katt	C	26	R	R	6-2	200	5/9/1927	New Braunfels, TX	MLB	1952-1959
32	Monte Kennedy	P	31	R	L	6-2	185	5/11/1922	Amelia, VA	MLB	1946-1953
31	Dave Koslo	P	33	L	L	5-11	180	3/31/1920	Menasha, WI	MLB	1941-1955
37	Max Lanier	P	37	R	L	5-10	187	8/18/1915	Denton, NC	MLB	1938-1953
25	Whitey Lockman	1B-OF	26	L	R	6-1	175	7/25/1926	Lowell, NC	MLB	1945-1960
35	Sal Maglie	P	36	R	R	6-2	180	4/26/1917	Niagara Falls, NY	MLB	1945-1958
22	Don Mueller	OF	26	L	R	6-0	185	4/14/1927	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1948-1959
8	Ray Noble	C	34	R	R	5-11	210	3/15/1919	Central Hatillo, CU	MLB	1951-1953
38	Dusty Rhodes	OF	26	L	R	6-0	180	5/13/1927	Mathews, AL	MLB	1952-1959
18	Bill Rigney	2B-3B	35	R	R	6-1	178	1/29/1918	Alameda, CA	MLB	1946-1953
12	Daryl Spencer	SS-2B	23	R	R	6-2	190	7/13/1929	Wichita, KS	MLB	1952-1963
30	George Spencer	P	26	R	R	6-1	215	7/7/1926	Columbus, OH	MLB	1950-1960
16	Hank Thompson	3B	27	L	R	5-9	174	12/8/1925	Oklahoma City, OK	MLB	1947-1956
23	Bobby Thomson	OF	29	R	R	6-2	185	10/25/1923	Glasgow, ST	MLB	1946-1960
9	Wes Westrum	C	30	R	R	5-11	185	11/28/1922	Clearbrook, MN	MLB	1947-1957
49	Hoyt Wilhelm	P	29	R	R	6-0	195	7/26/1923	Huntersville, NC	MLB	1952-1972
10	Davey Williams	2B	25	R	R	5-10	160	11/2/1927	Dallas, TX	MLB	1949-1955
40	George Wilson	OF	27	L	R		185	8/30/1925	Cherryville, NC	MLB	1952-1956
26	Al Worthington	P	24	R	R	6-2	205	2/5/1929	Birmingham, AL	MLB	1953-1969
7	Sal Yvars	C	29	R	R	5-10	187	2/20/1924	New York, NY	MLB	1947-1954