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Record: 60-94 .390.... 8th in National League
Stadium: Forbes Field
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 469,397

Manager - Fred Haney

Team Leaders

HR: Thomas [25]
RBI: Long [79]
2B: Groat [28]
SB: Freese [5]
W: Friend [14]
SV: Face [5]
SO: Friend [98]

Oldest Player: Sid Gordon [37]
Youngest Player: Red Swanson [18]
Longest Tenure: Bob Friend, Dick Smith, Frank Thomas [5]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Roberto Clemente (Apr 17) Gene Freese (Apr 13) Roman Mejias (Apr 13) Hardy Peterson (May 5) John Powers (Sep 24) Earl Smith (Apr 14)
Pitchers: Lino Donoso (Jun 18) Al Grunwald (Apr 18) Paul Martin (Jul 2) Red Swanson (Sep 10) Fred Waters (Sep 20)

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
	Toby Atwell	C	31	L	R		185	3/8/1924	Leesburg, VA	MLB	1952-1956
	Bill Bell	P	21	R	R	6-3	200	10/24/1933	Goldsboro, NC	MLB	1952-1955
	Roger Bowman	P	27	R	L	6-0	175	8/18/1927	Amsterdam, NY	MLB	1949-1955
13,21	Roberto Clemente	OF	20	R	R	5-11	175	8/18/1934	Carolina, PR	MLB	1955-1972
	Dick Cole	SS-3B	29	R	R	6-2	175	5/6/1926	Long Beach, CA	MLB	1951-1957
	Lino Donoso	P	32	L	L	5-11	160	9/23/1922	Havana, CU	MLB	1955-1956
	Roy Face	P	27	R	R	5-8	155	2/20/1928	Stephentown, NY	MLB	1953-1969
	Gene Freese	3B	21	R	R	5-11	175	1/8/1934	Wheeling, WV	MLB	1955-1966
	George Freese	3B	28	R	R	6-0	190	9/12/1926	Wheeling, WV	MLB	1953-1961
	Bob Friend	P	24	R	R	6-0	190	11/24/1930	Lafayette, IN	MLB	1951-1966
	Sid Gordon	OF-3B	37	R	R	5-10	185	8/13/1917	Brooklyn, NY	MLB	1941-1955
	Dick Groat	SS	24	R	R		180	11/4/1930	Wilkinsburg, PA	MLB	1952-1967
	Al Grunwald	P	25	L	L	6-4	210	2/13/1930	Los Angeles, CA	MLB	1955-1959
	Dick Hall	P	24	R	R	6-6	200	9/27/1930	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1952-1971
	Nellie King	P	27	R	R	6-6	185	3/15/1928	Shenandoah, PA	MLB	1954-1957
	Ron Kline	P	23	R	R	6-3	205	3/9/1932	Callery, PA	MLB	1952-1970
	Nick Koback	C	19	R	R	6-0	187	7/19/1935	Hartford, CT	MLB	1953-1955
	Vern Law	P	25	R	R	6-2	195	3/12/1930	Meridian, ID	MLB	1950-1967
	Dick Littlefield	P	29	L	L	6-0	180	3/18/1926	Detroit, MI	MLB	1950-1958
	Dale Long	1B	29	L	L	6-4	210	2/6/1926	Springfield, MO	MLB	1951-1963
	Jerry Lynch	OF	24	L	R	6-1	189	7/17/1930	Bay City, MI	MLB	1954-1966
	Paul Martin	P	23	R	R	6-6	235	3/10/1932	Brownstown, PA	MLB	1955-1955
	Roman Mejias	OF	24	R	R	6-0	175	8/9/1930	Abreus, CU	MLB	1955-1964
	Felipe Montemayor	OF	25	L	L	6-2	185	2/7/1930	Monterrey, MX	MLB	1953-1955
	Eddie O'Brien	SS-OF	24	R	R	5-9	165	12/11/1930	South Amboy, NJ	MLB	1953-1958
	Johnny O'Brien	2B	24	R	R	5-9	170	12/11/1930	South Amboy, NJ	MLB	1953-1959
	Laurin Pepper	P	24	R	R	5-11	190	1/18/1931	Vaughan, MS	MLB	1954-1957
	Hardy Peterson	C	25	R	R	6-0	205	10/17/1929	Perth Amboy, NJ	MLB	1955-1959
	John Powers	OF	25	L	R	6-0	190	7/8/1929	Birmingham, AL	MLB	1955-1960
	Bob Purkey	P	25	R	R	6-2	195	7/14/1929	Pittsburgh, PA	MLB	1954-1966
	Curt Roberts	2B	25	R	R	5-8	165	8/16/1929	Pineland, TX	MLB	1954-1956
	Tom Saffell	OF	33	L	R	5-11	170	7/26/1921	Etowah, TN	MLB	1949-1955
	Jack Shepard	C	23	R	R	6-2	195	5/13/1932	Clovis, CA	MLB	1953-1956
	Dick Smith	3B-SS	27	R	R	5-8	160	7/21/1927	Blandburg, PA	MLB	1951-1955
	Earl Smith	OF	27	R	R	6-0	185	3/14/1928	Sunnyside, WA	MLB	1955-1955
	Max Surkont	P	33	R	R	6-0	205	6/16/1922	Central Falls, RI	MLB	1949-1957
	Red Swanson	P	18	R	R		175	10/15/1936	Baton Rouge, LA	MLB	1955-1957
	Jake Thies	P	29	R	R	5-11	170	4/1/1926	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1954-1955
	Frank Thomas	OF-3B	26	R	R	6-3	205	6/11/1929	Pittsburgh, PA	MLB	1951-1966
	Ben Wade	P	32	R	R	6-3	205	11/26/1922	Morehead City, NC	MLB	1948-1955
	Preston Ward	1B-OF	27	L	R	6-3	198	7/24/1927	Columbia, MO	MLB	1948-1959
	Fred Waters	P	28	L	L	5-11	185	2/2/1927	Benton, MS	MLB	1955-1956