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Record: 51-103 .331.... 8th in American League
Stadium: Connie Mack Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 304,666

Manager - Eddie Joost

Team Leaders

HR: Wilson [15]
RBI: Zernial [62]
2B: Finigan [25]
SB: Jacobs [17]
W: Portocarrero [9]
SV: Burtschy, Dixon [4]
SO: Portocarrero [132]

Oldest Player: Pete Suder [38]
Youngest Player: Bill Oster [21]
Longest Tenure: Elmer Valo [13]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Jim Finigan (Apr 25) Spook Jacobs (Apr 13) Vic Power (Apr 13) Jim Robertson (Apr 15) Billy Shantz (Apr 13) Joe Taylor (Aug 26)
Pitchers: Art Ditmar (Apr 19) Johnny Gray (Jul 18) Bill Oster (Aug 23) Arnie Portocarrero (Apr 18) Hal Raether (Jul 4) Dutch Romberger (May 31) Bill Upton (Apr 13) Ozzie Van Brabant (Apr 13) Lee Wheat (Apr 21)

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
	Joe Astroth	C	31	R	R	5-9	187	9/1/1922	East Alton, IL	MLB	1945-1956
	Charlie Bishop	P	30	R	R	6-2	195	1/1/1924	Atlanta, GA	MLB	1952-1955
	Don Bollweg	1B	33	L	L	6-1	190	2/12/1921	Wheaton, IL	MLB	1950-1955
	Moe Burtschy	P	32	R	R	6-3	208	4/18/1922	Cincinnati, OH	MLB	1950-1956
	Joe DeMaestri	SS	25	R	R	6-0	174	12/9/1928	San Francisco, CA	MLB	1951-1961
	Art Ditmar	P	25	R	R	6-2	196	4/3/1929	Winthrop, MA	MLB	1954-1962
	Sonny Dixon	P	29	B	R		205	11/5/1924	Charlotte, NC	MLB	1953-1956
	Jim Finigan	3B-2B	25	R	R	5-11	175	8/19/1928	Quincy, IL	MLB	1954-1959
	Marion Fricano	P	30	R	R	6-0	170	7/15/1923	Brant, NY	MLB	1952-1955
	Johnny Gray	P	26	R	R	6-4	226	12/11/1927	West Palm Beach, FL	MLB	1954-1958
	Spook Jacobs	2B	28	R	R		155	11/4/1925	Cheswold, DE	MLB	1954-1956
	Eddie Joost	SS	38	R	R	6-0	175	6/5/1916	San Francisco, CA	MLB	1936-1955
	Alex Kellner	P	29	R	L	6-0	200	8/26/1924	Tucson, AZ	MLB	1948-1959
	Lou Limmer	1B	29	L	L	6-2	190	3/10/1925	New York, NY	MLB	1951-1954
	Jack Littrell	SS	25	R	R	6-0	179	1/22/1929	Louisville, KY	MLB	1952-1957
	Morrie Martin	P	31	L	L	6-0	180	9/3/1922	Dixon, MO	MLB	1949-1959
	Ed McGhee	OF	29	R	R	5-11	170	9/29/1924	Perry, AR	MLB	1950-1955
	Bill Oster	P	21	L	L	6-3	198	1/2/1933	New York, NY	MLB	1954-1954
	Arnie Portocarrero	P	22	R	R	6-3	196	7/5/1931	New York, NY	MLB	1954-1960
	Vic Power	1B	26	R	R	5-11	195	11/1/1927	Arecibo, PR	MLB	1954-1965
	Hal Raether	P	21	R	R	6-1	185	10/10/1932	Lake Mills, WI	MLB	1954-1957
	Bill Renna	OF	29	R	R	6-3	218	10/14/1924	Hanford, CA	MLB	1953-1959
	Jim Robertson	C	26	R	R	5-9	183	1/29/1928	Chicago, IL	MLB	1954-1955
	Dutch Romberger	P	27	R	R	6-0	185	5/26/1927	Klingerstown, PA	MLB	1954-1954
	Dick Rozek	P	27	L	L	6-0	190	3/27/1927	Cedar Rapids, IA	MLB	1950-1954
	Carl Scheib	P	27	R	R	6-1	192	1/1/1927	Gratz, PA	MLB	1943-1954
	Billy Shantz	C	26	R	R	6-1	160	7/31/1927	Pottstown, PA	MLB	1954-1960
	Bobby Shantz	P	28	R	L	5-6	142	9/26/1925	Pottstown, PA	MLB	1949-1964
	Al Sima	P	32	R	L	6-0	187	10/7/1921	Mahwah, NJ	MLB	1950-1954
	Pete Suder	2B-3B	38	R	R	6-0	175	4/16/1916	Aliquippa, PA	MLB	1941-1955
	Joe Taylor	OF	28	R	R	6-1	185	3/2/1926	Chapman, AL	MLB	1954-1959
	Bob Trice	P	27	R	R	6-3	190	8/28/1926	Newton, GA	MLB	1953-1955
	Bill Upton	P	25	R	R	6-0	167	6/18/1929	Esther, MO	MLB	1954-1954
	Elmer Valo	OF	33	L	R	5-11	190	3/5/1921	Ribnik, CZ	MLB	1940-1961
	Ozzie Van Brabant	P	27	R	R	6-1	165	9/28/1926	Kingsville, ON	MLB	1954-1955
	Lee Wheat	P	24	R	R	6-4	200	9/15/1929	Edwardsville, IL	MLB	1954-1955
	Bill Wilson	OF	25	R	R	6-2	200	11/6/1928	Central City, NE	MLB	1950-1955
	Gus Zernial	OF	31	R	R		210	6/27/1923	Beaumont, TX	MLB	1949-1959