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Record: 53-101 .344.... 8th in National League
Stadium: Forbes Field
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 475,494

Manager - Fred Haney

Team Leaders

HR: Thomas [23]
RBI: Thomas [94]
2B: Thomas [32]
SB: Roberts [6]
W: Littlefield [10]
SV: Hetki [9]
SO: Littlefield [92]

Oldest Player: Walker Cooper [39]
Youngest Player: Nick Koback [18]
Longest Tenure: Bob Friend, Paul LaPalme, Dick Smith, Frank Thomas [4]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Gair Allie (Apr 13) Bill Hall (Apr 18) Gail Henley (Apr 13) Jerry Lynch (Apr 15) Curt Roberts (Apr 13) Bob Skinner (Apr 13)
Pitchers: Nellie King (Apr 15) George O'Donnell (Apr 18) Laurin Pepper (Jul 4) Bob Purkey (Apr 14) Jake Thies (Apr 24)

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
18	Cal Abrams	OF	30	L	L	5-11	195	3/2/1924	Philadelphia, PA	MLB	1949-1956
8	Gair Allie	SS	22	R	R	6-1	190	10/28/1931	Statesville, NC	MLB	1954-1954
11	Toby Atwell	C	30	L	R		185	3/8/1924	Leesburg, VA	MLB	1952-1956
12	Dick Cole	SS-3B	28	R	R	6-2	175	5/6/1926	Long Beach, CA	MLB	1951-1957
23,28	Walker Cooper	C	39	R	R	6-3	210	1/8/1915	Atherton, MO	MLB	1940-1957
19	Bob Friend	P	23	R	R	6-0	190	11/24/1930	Lafayette, IN	MLB	1951-1966
4	Sid Gordon	OF-3B	36	R	R	5-10	185	8/13/1917	Brooklyn, NY	MLB	1941-1955
46	Bill Hall	C	25	L	R	5-11	165	7/30/1928	Moultrie, GA	MLB	1954-1958
17	Dick Hall	P	23	R	R	6-6	200	9/27/1930	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1952-1971
26	Gail Henley	OF	25	L	R	5-9	180	10/15/1928	Wichita, KS	MLB	1954-1954
29	Johnny Hetki	P	32	R	R	6-1	205	5/12/1922	Leavenworth, KS	MLB	1945-1954
25	Cal Hogue	P	26	R	R	6-0	185	10/24/1927	Dayton, OH	MLB	1952-1954
31	Vic Janowicz	C-3B	24	R	R	5-9	185	2/26/1930	Elyria, OH	MLB	1953-1954
20	Sam Jethroe	OF	36	B	R	6-1	178	1/20/1918	East St. Louis, IL	MLB	1950-1954
30	Nellie King	P	26	R	R	6-6	185	3/15/1928	Shenandoah, PA	MLB	1954-1957
9	Nick Koback	C	18	R	R	6-0	187	7/19/1935	Hartford, CT	MLB	1953-1955
24	Paul LaPalme	P	30	L	L	5-10	184	12/14/1923	Springfield, MA	MLB	1951-1957
32	Vern Law	P	24	R	R	6-2	195	3/12/1930	Meridian, ID	MLB	1950-1967
27	Dick Littlefield	P	28	L	L	6-0	180	3/18/1926	Detroit, MI	MLB	1950-1958
14	Jerry Lynch	OF	23	L	R	6-1	189	7/17/1930	Bay City, MI	MLB	1954-1966
20	Jim Mangan	C	24	R	R	5-10	190	9/24/1929	San Francisco, CA	MLB	1952-1956
44	Luis Marquez	OF	28	R	R		174	10/28/1925	Aguadilla, PR	MLB	1951-1954
23	George O'Donnell	P	25	R	R	6-3	175	5/27/1929	Winchester, IL	MLB	1954-1954
00	Joe Page	P	36	L	L	6-2	205	10/28/1917	Cherry Valley, PA	MLB	1944-1954
13	Eddie Pellagrini	SS-2B	36	R	R	5-9	165	3/13/1918	Boston, MA	MLB	1946-1954
18	Laurin Pepper	P	23	R	R	5-11	190	1/18/1931	Vaughan, MS	MLB	1954-1957
34	Bob Purkey	P	24	R	R	6-2	195	7/14/1929	Pittsburgh, PA	MLB	1954-1966
44	Hal Rice	OF	30	L	R	6-1	195	2/11/1924	Morganette, WV	MLB	1948-1954
7	Curt Roberts	2B	24	R	R	5-8	165	8/16/1929	Pineland, TX	MLB	1954-1956
10	Jack Shepard	C	22	R	R	6-2	195	5/13/1932	Clovis, CA	MLB	1953-1956
3	Bob Skinner	OF	22	L	R	6-4	190	10/3/1931	LaJolla, CA	MLB	1954-1966
6	Dick Smith	3B-SS	26	R	R	5-8	160	7/21/1927	Blandburg, PA	MLB	1951-1955
35	Max Surkont	P	32	R	R	6-0	205	6/16/1922	Central Falls, RI	MLB	1949-1957
39	Jake Thies	P	28	R	R	5-11	170	4/1/1926	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1954-1955
15	Frank Thomas	OF-3B	25	R	R	6-3	205	6/11/1929	Pittsburgh, PA	MLB	1951-1966
5	Preston Ward	1B-OF	26	L	R	6-3	198	7/24/1927	Columbia, MO	MLB	1948-1959
38	Len Yochim	P	25	L	L	6-2	200	10/16/1928	New Orleans, LA	MLB	1951-1954