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Major League Baseball

Record: 79-75 .513.... 5th in American League
Stadium: Briggs Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,181,838

General Manager - Muddy Ruel
Manager - Bucky Harris

First Base Coach - Schoolboy Rowe Third Base Coach - Billy Hitchcock Assistant Coach - Jack Tighe

Team Leaders

HR: Kaline [27]
RBI: Boone [116]
2B: Kuenn [38]
SB: Torgeson [9]
W: Hoeft [16]
SV: Birrer, Coleman, Aber [3]
SO: Hoeft [133]

Oldest Player: Steve Souchock [36]
Youngest Player: Jim Small [18]
Longest Tenure: Dick Marlowe, Steve Souchock [5]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Harry Malmberg (Apr 12) Bubba Phillips (Apr 30) Jim Small (Jun 22)
Pitchers: Babe Birrer (Jun 5) Jim Bunning (Jul 20) Van Fletcher (Apr 12) Bill Froats (Apr 22) Duke Maas (Apr 21)

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
	Al Aber	P	27	L	L	6-2	195	7/31/1927	Cleveland, OH	MLB	1950-1957
	Wayne Belardi	1B	24	L	L	6-1	185	9/5/1930	St. Helena, CA	MLB	1950-1956
	Reno Bertoia	3B-2B	20	R	R		185	1/8/1935	St. Vido Utine, IT	MLB	1953-1962
	Babe Birrer	P	26	R	R	6-0	195	7/4/1928	Buffalo, NY	MLB	1955-1958
	Bud Black	P	22	R	R	6-3	197	7/9/1932	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1952-1956
	Ray Boone	3B-SS	31	R	R	6-1	188	7/27/1923	San Diego, CA	MLB	1948-1960
15	Jim Bunning	P	23	R	R	6-3	195	10/23/1931	Southgate, KY	MLB	1955-1971
	Joe Coleman	P	32	R	R		200	7/30/1922	Medford, MA	MLB	1942-1955
	Leo Cristante	P	28	R	R	6-1	195	12/10/1926	Detroit, MI	MLB	1951-1955
	Jim Delsing	OF	29	L	R	5-10	175	11/13/1925	Rudolph, WI	MLB	1948-1960
	Ferris Fain	1B	34	L	L	5-11	186	5/29/1921	San Antonio, TX	MLB	1947-1955
	Van Fletcher	P	30	R	R	6-2	185	8/6/1924	East Bend, NC	MLB	1955-1955
	Ben Flowers	P	28	R	R	6-4	195	6/15/1927	Wilson, NC	MLB	1951-1956
	Paul Foytack	P	24	R	R	5-11	180	11/16/1930	Scranton, PA	MLB	1953-1964
	Bill Froats	P	24	L	L	6-0	180	10/20/1930	New York, NY	MLB	1955-1955
	Ned Garver	P	29	R	R	5-10	180	12/25/1925	Ney, OH	MLB	1948-1961
	Steve Gromek	P	35	B	R	6-2	180	1/15/1920	Hamtramck, MI	MLB	1941-1957
	Fred Hatfield	3B-2B	30	L	R	6-1	171	3/18/1925	Lanett, AL	MLB	1950-1958
	Billy Hoeft	P	23	L	L	6-3	205	5/17/1932	Oshkosh, WI	MLB	1952-1966
	Frank House	C	25	L	R	6-2	190	2/18/1930	Bessemer, AL	MLB	1950-1961
	Al Kaline	OF	20	R	R	6-2	180	12/19/1934	Baltimore, MD	MLB	1953-1974
	Chick King	OF	24	R	R	6-2	190	11/10/1930	Paris, TN	MLB	1954-1959
	Harvey Kuenn	OF-SS	24	R	R	6-2	190	12/4/1930	West Allis, WI	MLB	1952-1966
	Frank Lary	P	25	R	R	5-11	180	4/10/1930	Northport, AL	MLB	1954-1965
	Duke Maas	P	26	R	R	5-10	170	1/31/1929	Utica, MI	MLB	1955-1961
	Harry Malmberg	2B	29	R	R	6-1	170	7/31/1925	Fairfield, AL	MLB	1955-1955
	Dick Marlowe	P	26	R	R	6-2	170	6/27/1929	Hickory, NC	MLB	1951-1956
	Charlie Maxwell	OF	28	L	L	5-11	185	4/8/1927	Lawton, MI	MLB	1950-1964
	Bob Miller	P	19	R	L	6-1	185	7/15/1935	Berwyn, IL	MLB	1953-1962
	Bubba Phillips	3B-OF	27	R	R	5-9	180	2/24/1928	West Point, MS	MLB	1955-1964
	Jack Phillips	1B	33	R	R	6-4	193	9/6/1921	Clarence, NY	MLB	1947-1957
	J.W. Porter	C-OF	22	R	R	6-2	180	1/17/1933	Shawnee, OK	MLB	1952-1959
	Ron Samford	SS-2B	25	R	R	5-11	156	2/28/1930	Dallas, TX	MLB	1954-1959
	Bob Schultz	P	31	R	L	6-3	200	11/27/1923	Louisville, KY	MLB	1951-1955
	Jim Small	OF	18	L	L		180	3/8/1937	Portland, OR	MLB	1955-1958
	Steve Souchock	OF-1B	36	R	R		203	3/3/1919	Yatesboro, PA	MLB	1946-1955
	Walt Streuli	C	19	R	R	6-2	195	9/26/1935	Memphis, TN	MLB	1954-1956
	Earl Torgeson	1B	31	L	L	6-3	180	1/1/1924	Snohomish, WA	MLB	1947-1961
	Bill Tuttle	OF	25	R	R	6-0	190	7/4/1929	Elwood, IL	MLB	1952-1963
	Red Wilson	C	26	R	R	6-0	200	3/7/1929	Milwaukee, WI	MLB	1951-1960
	George Zuverink	P	30	R	R	6-4	200	8/20/1924	Holland, MI	MLB	1951-1959