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Record: 60-94 .390.... 6th in American League
Stadium: Briggs Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 884,658

Manager - Fred Hutchinson

Team Leaders

HR: Boone [22]
RBI: Dropo [96]
2B: Kuenn [33]
SB: Kuenn [6]
W: Garver [11]
SV: Herbert [6]
SO: Gray [115]

Oldest Player: Bob Swift [38]
Youngest Player: Bob Miller [17]
Longest Tenure: Hal Newhouser [15]

Major League Debuts

Batters: John Baumgartner (Apr 14) Reno Bertoia (Sep 22) Frank Carswell (Apr 17) George Freese (Apr 29) Al Kaline (Jun 25)
Pitchers: Hal Erickson (Apr 14) Paul Foytack (Apr 21) Milt Jordan (Apr 16) Bob Miller (Jun 25)

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
	Al Aber	P	25	L	L	6-2	195	7/31/1927	Cleveland, OH	MLB	1950-1957
	Matt Batts	C	31	R	R	5-11	200	10/16/1921	San Antonio, TX	MLB	1947-1956
	John Baumgartner	3B	22	R	R	6-1	190	5/29/1931	Birmingham, AL	MLB	1953-1953
	Reno Bertoia	3B-2B	18	R	R		185	1/8/1935	St. Vido Utine, IT	MLB	1953-1962
	Ray Boone	3B-SS	29	R	R	6-1	188	7/27/1923	San Diego, CA	MLB	1948-1960
	Ralph Branca	P	27	R	R	6-3	220	1/6/1926	Mount Vernon, NY	MLB	1944-1956
	Johnny Bucha	C	28	R	R	5-11	190	1/22/1925	Allentown, PA	MLB	1948-1953
	Frank Carswell	OF	33	R	R	6-0	195	11/6/1919	Palestine, TX	MLB	1953-1953
	Jim Delsing	OF	27	L	R	5-10	175	11/13/1925	Rudolph, WI	MLB	1948-1960
	Walt Dropo	1B	30	R	R	6-5	220	1/30/1923	Moosup, CT	MLB	1949-1961
	Hal Erickson	P	33	R	R	6-5	230	7/17/1919	Portland, OR	MLB	1953-1953
	Paul Foytack	P	22	R	R	5-11	180	11/16/1930	Scranton, PA	MLB	1953-1964
	George Freese	3B	26	R	R	6-0	190	9/12/1926	Wheeling, WV	MLB	1953-1961
	Owen Friend	2B	26	R	R	6-1	180	3/21/1927	Granite City, IL	MLB	1949-1956
	Ned Garver	P	27	R	R	5-10	180	12/25/1925	Ney, OH	MLB	1948-1961
	Joe Ginsberg	C	26	L	R	5-11	180	10/11/1926	New York, NY	MLB	1948-1962
	Ted Gray	P	28		L	5-11	175	12/31/1924	Detroit, MI	MLB	1946-1955
	Steve Gromek	P	33	B	R	6-2	180	1/15/1920	Hamtramck, MI	MLB	1941-1957
	Earl Harrist	P	33	R	R	6-0	178	8/2/1919	Dubach, LA	MLB	1945-1953
	Fred Hatfield	3B-2B	28	L	R	6-1	171	3/18/1925	Lanett, AL	MLB	1950-1958
	Ray Herbert	P	23	R	R	5-11	185	12/15/1929	Detroit, MI	MLB	1950-1966
	Billy Hitchcock	3B-2B	36	R	R		185	7/31/1916	Inverness, AL	MLB	1942-1953
	Billy Hoeft	P	21	L	L	6-3	205	5/17/1932	Oshkosh, WI	MLB	1952-1966
	Art Houtteman	P	25	R	R	6-2	188	8/7/1927	Detroit, MI	MLB	1945-1957
	Fred Hutchinson	P	33	L	R	6-2	200	8/12/1919	Seattle, WA	MLB	1939-1953
	Milt Jordan	P	26	R	R		207	5/24/1927	Mineral Springs, PA	MLB	1953-1953
	Al Kaline	OF	18	R	R	6-2	180	12/19/1934	Baltimore, MD	MLB	1953-1974
	Harvey Kuenn	OF-SS	22	R	R	6-2	190	12/4/1930	West Allis, WI	MLB	1952-1966
	Don Lund	OF	30	R	R	6-0	200	5/18/1923	Detroit, MI	MLB	1945-1954
	Dave Madison	P	32	R	R	6-3	190	2/1/1921	Brooksville, MS	MLB	1950-1953
	Dick Marlowe	P	24	R	R	6-2	170	6/27/1929	Hickory, NC	MLB	1951-1956
	Bob Miller	P	17	R	L	6-1	185	7/15/1935	Berwyn, IL	MLB	1953-1962
	Pat Mullin	OF	35	L	R	6-2	190	11/1/1917	Trotter, PA	MLB	1940-1953
	Hal Newhouser	P	32	L	L	6-2	192	5/20/1921	Detroit, MI	MLB	1939-1955
	Bob Nieman	OF	26	R	R	5-11	195	1/26/1927	Cincinnati, OH	MLB	1951-1962
	Johnny Pesky	SS-3B	33	L	R	5-9	168	9/27/1919	Portland, OR	MLB	1942-1954
	Jerry Priddy	2B	33	R	R		180	11/9/1919	Los Angeles, CA	MLB	1941-1953
	Ray Scarborough	P	35	R	R	6-0	185	7/23/1917	Mount Gilead, NC	MLB	1942-1953
	Steve Souchock	OF-1B	34	R	R		203	3/3/1919	Yatesboro, PA	MLB	1946-1955
	Russ Sullivan	OF	30	L	R	6-0	196	2/19/1923	Fredericksburg, VA	MLB	1951-1953
	Bob Swift	C	38	R	R		180	3/6/1915	Salina, KS	MLB	1940-1953
	Dick Weik	P	25	R	R		184	11/17/1927	Waterloo, IA	MLB	1948-1954
	Bill Wight	P	31	L	L	6-1	180	4/12/1922	Rio Vista, CA	MLB	1946-1958