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Record: 63-91 .409.... 6th in American League
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,393,054

Manager - Lou Boudreau

Team Leaders

HR: Zernial [30]
RBI: Zernial [84]
2B: Power [34]
SB: Valo [5]
W: Ditmar [12]
SV: Gorman [18]
SO: Ditmar [79]

Oldest Player: Pete Suder [39]
Youngest Player: Alex George [16]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Clete Boyer (Jun 5) Alex George (Sep 16) Hector Lopez (May 12) Eric Mackenzie (Apr 23) Don Plarski (Jul 20) Jerry Schypinski (Aug 31) Bill Stewart (Apr 17)
Pitchers: Art Ceccarelli (May 3) Glenn Cox (Sep 20) Walt Craddock (Sep 3) Mike Kume (Aug 26) Bob Spicer (Apr 17)

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
11	Joe Astroth	C	32	R	R	5-9	187	9/1/1922	East Alton, IL	MLB	1945-1956
1	Hal Bevan	3B	24	R	R	6-2	198	11/15/1930	New Orleans, LA	MLB	1952-1961
26	Charlie Bishop	P	31	R	R	6-2	195	1/1/1924	Atlanta, GA	MLB	1952-1955
36	Ewell Blackwell	P	32	R	R	6-6	195	10/23/1922	Fresno, CA	MLB	1942-1955
3	Don Bollweg	1B	34	L	L	6-1	190	2/12/1921	Wheaton, IL	MLB	1950-1955
18	Clete Boyer	3B	18	R	R	6-0	182	2/9/1937	Cassville, MO	MLB	1955-1971
12	Cloyd Boyer	P	27	R	R	6-1	188	9/1/1927	Alba, MO	MLB	1949-1955
27	Moe Burtschy	P	33	R	R	6-3	208	4/18/1922	Cincinnati, OH	MLB	1950-1956
19	Art Ceccarelli	P	25	R	L	6-0	190	4/2/1930	New Haven, CT	MLB	1955-1960
8	Glenn Cox	P	24	R	R	6-2	210	2/3/1931	Montebello, CA	MLB	1955-1958
15	Walt Craddock	P	23	R	L		176	3/25/1932	Pax, WV	MLB	1955-1958
2	Joe DeMaestri	SS	26	R	R	6-0	174	12/9/1928	San Francisco, CA	MLB	1951-1961
28	Art Ditmar	P	26	R	R	6-2	196	4/3/1929	Winthrop, MA	MLB	1954-1962
24	Sonny Dixon	P	30	B	R		205	11/5/1924	Charlotte, NC	MLB	1953-1956
4	Jim Finigan	3B-2B	26	R	R	5-11	175	8/19/1928	Quincy, IL	MLB	1954-1959
17,29	Marion Fricano	P	31	R	R	6-0	170	7/15/1923	Brant, NY	MLB	1952-1955
46	Alex George	SS	16	L	R	5-11	170	9/27/1938	Kansas City, MO	MLB	1955-1955
37	Tom Gorman	P	30	R	R	6-1	190	1/4/1925	New York, NY	MLB	1952-1959
14	Johnny Gray	P	27	R	R	6-4	226	12/11/1927	West Palm Beach, FL	MLB	1954-1958
26	Bill Harrington	P	27	R	R	5-11	160	10/3/1927	Sanford, NC	MLB	1953-1956
17	Ray Herbert	P	25	R	R	5-11	185	12/15/1929	Detroit, MI	MLB	1950-1966
6	Spook Jacobs	2B	29	R	R		155	11/4/1925	Cheswold, DE	MLB	1954-1956
20	Alex Kellner	P	30	R	L	6-0	200	8/26/1924	Tucson, AZ	MLB	1948-1959
27	Gus Keriazakos	P	23	R	R	6-3	187	7/28/1931	West Orange, NJ	MLB	1950-1955
8	Dick Kryhoski	1B	30	L	L	6-2	200	3/24/1925	Leonia, NJ	MLB	1949-1955
29	Mike Kume	P	29	R	R	6-1	195	5/19/1926	Premier, WV	MLB	1955-1955
9	Jack Littrell	SS	26	R	R	6-0	179	1/22/1929	Louisville, KY	MLB	1952-1957
1,10	Hector Lopez	OF-3B	25	R	R	5-11	182	7/9/1929	Colon, PN	MLB	1955-1966
10	Eric Mackenzie	C	22	L	R	6-0	185	8/29/1932	Glendon, AB	MLB	1955-1955
6	Don Plarski	OF	25	R	R	5-6	160	11/9/1929	Chicago, IL	MLB	1955-1955
25	Arnie Portocarrero	P	23	R	R	6-3	196	7/5/1931	New York, NY	MLB	1954-1960
7	Vic Power	1B	27	R	R	5-11	195	11/1/1927	Arecibo, PR	MLB	1954-1965
16	Vic Raschi	P	36	R	R	6-1	205	3/28/1919	West Springfield, MA	MLB	1946-1955
34	Bill Renna	OF	30	R	R	6-3	218	10/14/1924	Hanford, CA	MLB	1953-1959
33	Jim Robertson	C	27	R	R	5-9	183	1/29/1928	Chicago, IL	MLB	1954-1955
3	Tom Saffell	OF	33	L	R	5-11	170	7/26/1921	Etowah, TN	MLB	1949-1955
14	Johnny Sain	P	37	R	R	6-2	200	9/25/1917	Havana, AR	MLB	1942-1955
6	Jerry Schypinski	SS	23	L	R	5-10	170	9/16/1931	Detroit, MI	MLB	1955-1955
22	Billy Shantz	C	27	R	R	6-1	160	7/31/1927	Pottstown, PA	MLB	1954-1960
21	Bobby Shantz	P	29	R	L	5-6	142	9/26/1925	Pottstown, PA	MLB	1949-1964
36,38	Harry Simpson	OF-1B	29	L	R	6-1	190	12/3/1925	Atlanta, GA	MLB	1951-1959
33	Enos Slaughter	OF	39	L	R	5-9	192	4/27/1916	Roxboro, NC	MLB	1938-1959
31	Lou Sleater	P	28	L	L	5-10	185	9/8/1926	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1950-1958
29	Bob Spicer	P	30	L	R	5-10	173	4/11/1925	Richmond, VA	MLB	1955-1956
31	Bill Stewart	OF	27	R	R	5-11	200	4/15/1928	Bay City, MI	MLB	1955-1955
12	Pete Suder	2B-3B	39	R	R	6-0	175	4/16/1916	Aliquippa, PA	MLB	1941-1955
23	Bob Trice	P	28	R	R	6-3	190	8/28/1926	Newton, GA	MLB	1953-1955
35	Elmer Valo	OF	34	L	R	5-11	190	3/5/1921	Ribnik, CZ	MLB	1940-1961
15	Ozzie Van Brabant	P	28	R	R	6-1	165	9/28/1926	Kingsville, ON	MLB	1954-1955
16	Lee Wheat	P	25	R	R	6-4	200	9/15/1929	Edwardsville, IL	MLB	1954-1955
32	Bill Wilson	OF	26	R	R	6-2	200	11/6/1928	Central City, NE	MLB	1950-1955
30	Gus Zernial	OF	32	R	R		210	6/27/1923	Beaumont, TX	MLB	1949-1959