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Major League Baseball

Record: 92-62 .597.... 2nd in American League
Stadium: Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,069,176

General Manager - Hank Greenberg
Manager - Al Lopez

Pitching Coach - Mel Harder Assistant Coach - Tony Cuccinello, Red Kress

Team Leaders

HR: Rosen [43]
RBI: Rosen [145]
2B: Rosen [27]
SB: Avila [10]
W: Lemon [21]
SV: Hooper [7]
SO: Wynn [138]

Oldest Player: Luke Easter [37]
Youngest Player: Dick Tomanek [22]
Longest Tenure: Bob Feller [15]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Dick Aylward (May 1) Hank Foiles (Apr 21) Al Smith (Jul 10)
Pitchers: Dave Hoskins (Apr 18) Dick Tomanek (Sep 25)

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
29	Al Aber	P	25	L	L	6-2	195	7/31/1927	Cleveland, OH	MLB	1950-1957
1	Bobby Avila	2B	29	R	R	5-10	175	4/2/1924	Veracruz, MX	MLB	1949-1959
15	Dick Aylward	C	28	R	R	6-0	190	6/4/1925	Baltimore, MD	MLB	1953-1953
8	Ray Boone	3B-SS	29	R	R	6-1	188	7/27/1923	San Diego, CA	MLB	1948-1960
12	Lou Brissie	P	29	L	L	6-4	215	6/5/1924	Anderson, SC	MLB	1947-1953
20	Bob Chakales	P	25	R	R	6-1	185	8/10/1927	Asheville, NC	MLB	1951-1957
6,14	Larry Doby	OF	29	L	R	6-1	182	12/13/1923	Camden, SC	MLB	1947-1959
9	Luke Easter	1B	37	L	R		240	8/4/1915	Jonestown, MS	MLB	1949-1954
19	Bob Feller	P	34	R	R	6-0	185	11/3/1918	Van Meter, IA	MLB	1936-1956
16	Hank Foiles	C	24	R	R	6-0	195	6/10/1929	Richmond, VA	MLB	1953-1964
8	Owen Friend	2B	26	R	R	6-1	180	3/21/1927	Granite City, IL	MLB	1949-1956
25	Mike Garcia	P	29	R	R	6-1	200	11/17/1923	San Gabriel, CA	MLB	1948-1961
15	Joe Ginsberg	C	26	L	R	5-11	180	10/11/1926	New York, NY	MLB	1948-1962
6,14	Bill Glynn	1B	27	L	L	6-0	190	7/30/1925	Sussex, NJ	MLB	1949-1954
27	Steve Gromek	P	33	B	R	6-2	180	1/15/1920	Hamtramck, MI	MLB	1941-1957
4	Jim Hegan	C	32	R	R	6-2	195	8/3/1920	Lynn, MA	MLB	1941-1960
26	Bob Hooper	P	31	R	R	5-11	195	5/30/1922	Leamington, ON	MLB	1950-1955
22,51	Dave Hoskins	P	27	L	R	6-1	180	8/3/1925	Greenwood, MS	MLB	1953-1954
11,29,41	Art Houtteman	P	25	R	R	6-2	188	8/7/1927	Detroit, MI	MLB	1945-1957
33	Bob Kennedy	OF-3B	32	R	R	6-2	193	8/18/1920	Chicago, IL	MLB	1939-1957
21	Bob Lemon	P	32	L	R	6-0	185	9/22/1920	San Bernardino, CA	MLB	1941-1958
17	Jim Lemon	OF	25	R	R	6-4	200	3/23/1928	Covington, VA	MLB	1950-1963
5	Hank Majeski	3B	36	R	R	5-9	180	12/13/1916	Staten Island, NY	MLB	1939-1955
32	Barney McCosky	OF	36	L	R	6-1	184	4/11/1917	Coal Run, PA	MLB	1939-1953
3	Dale Mitchell	OF	31	L	L	6-1	195	8/23/1921	Colony, OK	MLB	1946-1956
7	Al Rosen	3B	29	R	R		180	2/29/1924	Spartanburg, SC	MLB	1947-1956
35	Harry Simpson	OF-1B	27	L	R	6-1	190	12/3/1925	Atlanta, GA	MLB	1951-1959
32	Al Smith	OF-3B	25	R	R	6-0	191	2/7/1928	Kirkwood, MO	MLB	1953-1964
2	George Strickland	SS-2B	27	R	R	6-1	180	1/10/1926	New Orleans, LA	MLB	1950-1960
18	Joe Tipton	C	31	R	R	5-11	185	2/18/1922	McCaysville, GA	MLB	1948-1954
28	Dick Tomanek	P	22	L	L	6-1	175	1/6/1931	Avon Lake, OH	MLB	1953-1959
37	Dick Weik	P	25	R	R		184	11/17/1927	Waterloo, IA	MLB	1948-1954
31	Wally Westlake	OF	32	R	R	6-0	186	11/8/1920	Gridley, CA	MLB	1947-1956
18,27	Bill Wight	P	31	L	L	6-1	180	4/12/1922	Rio Vista, CA	MLB	1946-1958
28	Ted Wilks	P	37	R	R		178	11/13/1915	Fulton, NY	MLB	1944-1953
24	Early Wynn	P	33	B	R	6-0	200	1/6/1920	Hartford, AL	MLB	1939-1963