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Major League Baseball

Record: 93-61 .604.... 1st in National League
Stadium: Ebbets Field
Playoffs: Lost World Series (Yankees)
Attendance: 1,213,562

General Manager - Buzzie Bavasi
Manager - Walter Alston

Pitching Coach - Joe Becker Assistant Coach - Billy Herman, Jake Pitler Scout - Lefty Phillips

Team Leaders

HR: Snider [43]
RBI: Snider [101]
2B: Snider [33]
SB: Gilliam [21]
W: Newcombe [27]
SV: Labine [19]
SO: Newcombe [139]

Oldest Player: Sal Maglie [39]
Youngest Player: Bob Aspromonte [18]
Longest Tenure: Pee Wee Reese [14]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Bob Aspromonte (Sep 19) Gino Cimoli (Apr 19) Don Demeter (Sep 18) Chico Fernandez (Jul 14) Charlie Neal (Apr 17)
Pitchers: Don Drysdale (Apr 17)

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
15	Sandy Amoros	OF	26	L	L	5-7	170	1/30/1930	Havana, CU	MLB	1952-1960
34	Bob Aspromonte	3B	18	R	R	6-2	185	6/19/1938	Brooklyn, NY	MLB	1956-1971
46	Don Bessent	P	25	R	R	6-0	175	3/13/1931	Jacksonville, FL	MLB	1955-1958
28	Ralph Branca	P	30	R	R	6-3	220	1/6/1926	Mount Vernon, NY	MLB	1944-1956
39	Roy Campanella	C	34	R	R	5-8	200	11/19/1921	Philadelphia, PA	MLB	1948-1957
9	Gino Cimoli	OF	26	R	R	6-2	200	12/18/1929	San Francisco, CA	MLB	1956-1965
40	Roger Craig	P	26	R	R	6-4	191	2/17/1930	Durham, NC	MLB	1955-1966
34	Bob Darnell	P	25	R	R	5-10	175	11/6/1930	Wewoka, OK	MLB	1954-1956
27	Don Demeter	OF	21	R	R	6-4	190	6/25/1935	Oklahoma City, OK	MLB	1956-1967
53	Don Drysdale	P	19	R	R	6-6	216	7/23/1936	Van Nuys, CA	MLB	1956-1969
17	Carl Erskine	P	29	R	R	5-10	165	12/13/1926	Anderson, IN	MLB	1948-1959
3	Chico Fernandez	SS	24	R	R	6-0	170	3/2/1932	Havana, CU	MLB	1956-1963
6	Carl Furillo	OF	34	R	R	6-0	190	3/8/1922	Stoney Creek Mill, PA	MLB	1946-1960
19	Jim Gilliam	2B-3B	27	B	R	5-10	175	10/17/1928	Nashville, TN	MLB	1953-1966
14	Gil Hodges	1B	32	R	R	6-1	200	4/4/1924	Princeton, IN	MLB	1943-1963
54	Dixie Howell	C	36	R	R	5-11	195	4/24/1920	Louisville, KY	MLB	1947-1956
18	Jim Hughes	P	33	R	R	6-1	200	3/21/1923	Chicago, IL	MLB	1952-1957
2	Randy Jackson	3B	30	R	R		180	2/10/1926	Little Rock, AR	MLB	1950-1959
32	Sandy Koufax	P	20	R	L	6-2	210	12/30/1935	Brooklyn, NY	MLB	1955-1966
41	Clem Labine	P	29	R	R	6-0	180	8/6/1926	Lincoln, RI	MLB	1950-1962
16	Ken Lehman	P	28	L	L	6-0	186	6/10/1928	Seattle, WA	MLB	1952-1961
30	Billy Loes	P	26	R	R	6-1	170	12/13/1929	Long Island City, NY	MLB	1950-1961
35	Sal Maglie	P	39	R	R	6-2	180	4/26/1917	Niagara Falls, NY	MLB	1945-1958
8	Dale Mitchell	OF	34	L	L	6-1	195	8/23/1921	Colony, OK	MLB	1946-1956
43	Charlie Neal	2B-SS	25	R	R	5-10	165	1/30/1931	Longview, TX	MLB	1956-1963
8,21	Rocky Nelson	1B	31	L	L	5-11	178	11/18/1924	Portsmouth, OH	MLB	1949-1961
36	Don Newcombe	P	30	L	R	6-4	225	6/14/1926	Madison, NJ	MLB	1949-1960
42	Pee Wee Reese	SS	37	R	R	5-9	175	7/23/1918	Ekron, KY	MLB	1940-1958
37	Jackie Robinson	2B-3B	37	R	R	5-11	204	1/31/1919	Cairo, GA	MLB	1947-1956
4	Ed Roebuck	P	24	R	R	6-2	185	7/3/1931	East Millsboro, PA	MLB	1955-1966
28,49	Duke Snider	OF	29	L	R	6-0	190	9/19/1926	Los Angeles, CA	MLB	1947-1964
10	Chuck Templeton	P	24	R	L	6-3	210	6/1/1932	Detroit, MI	MLB	1955-1956
1	Rube Walker	C	30	L	R	6-1	185	5/16/1926	Lenoir, NC	MLB	1948-1958
38	Dick Williams	OF-3B	27	R	R	6-0	190	5/7/1929	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1951-1964
23	Don Zimmer	3B-2B	25	R	R	5-7	175	1/17/1931	Cincinnati, OH	MLB	1954-1965