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Record: 52-102 .338.... 8th in American League
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,015,154

Manager - Lou Boudreau

Team Leaders

HR: Simpson [21]
RBI: Simpson [105]
2B: Lopez [27]
SB: Pilarcik [9]
W: Ditmar [12]
SV: Shantz [9]
SO: Ditmar [126]

Oldest Player: Enos Slaughter [40]
Youngest Player: Clete Boyer [19]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Mike Baxes (Apr 17) Dave Melton (Apr 17) Al Pilarcik (Jul 13) Rance Pless (Apr 21) Lou Skizas (Apr 19)
Pitchers: Bill Bradford (Apr 24) George Brunet (Sep 14) Wally Burnette (Jul 15) Carl Duser (Sep 15) Troy Herriage (Apr 25) Jack McMahan (Apr 18)

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
	Joe Astroth	C	33	R	R	5-9	187	9/1/1922	East Alton, IL	MLB	1945-1956
	Mike Baxes	SS-2B	25	R	R	5-10	175	12/18/1930	San Francisco, CA	MLB	1956-1958
	Clete Boyer	3B	19	R	R	6-0	182	2/9/1937	Cassville, MO	MLB	1955-1971
	Bill Bradford	P	34	R	R	6-2	180	8/28/1921	Choctaw, AR	MLB	1956-1956
	George Brunet	P	21	R	L	6-1	210	6/8/1935	Houghton, MI	MLB	1956-1971
	Wally Burnette	P	27	R	R	6-0	178	6/20/1929	Blairs, VA	MLB	1956-1958
	Moe Burtschy	P	34	R	R	6-3	208	4/18/1922	Cincinnati, OH	MLB	1950-1956
	Art Ceccarelli	P	26	R	L	6-0	190	4/2/1930	New Haven, CT	MLB	1955-1960
	Glenn Cox	P	25	R	R	6-2	210	2/3/1931	Montebello, CA	MLB	1955-1958
	Walt Craddock	P	24	R	L		176	3/25/1932	Pax, WV	MLB	1955-1958
	Jack Crimian	P	30	R	R	5-10	180	2/17/1926	Philadelphia, PA	MLB	1951-1957
	Joe DeMaestri	SS	27	R	R	6-0	174	12/9/1928	San Francisco, CA	MLB	1951-1961
	Art Ditmar	P	27	R	R	6-2	196	4/3/1929	Winthrop, MA	MLB	1954-1962
	Carl Duser	P	23	L	L	6-1	175	7/22/1932	Hazleton, PA	MLB	1956-1958
	Jim Finigan	3B-2B	27	R	R	5-11	175	8/19/1928	Quincy, IL	MLB	1954-1959
	Joe Ginsberg	C	29	L	R	5-11	180	10/11/1926	New York, NY	MLB	1948-1962
	Tom Gorman	P	31	R	R	6-1	190	1/4/1925	New York, NY	MLB	1952-1959
	Johnny Groth	OF	29	R	R	6-0	182	7/23/1926	Chicago, IL	MLB	1946-1960
	Bill Harrington	P	28	R	R	5-11	160	10/3/1927	Sanford, NC	MLB	1953-1956
	Troy Herriage	P	25	R	R	6-1	170	12/20/1930	Tipton, OK	MLB	1956-1956
	Spook Jacobs	2B	30	R	R		155	11/4/1925	Cheswold, DE	MLB	1954-1956
	Alex Kellner	P	31	R	L	6-0	200	8/26/1924	Tucson, AZ	MLB	1948-1959
	Lou Kretlow	P	35	R	R	6-2	185	6/27/1921	Apache, OK	MLB	1946-1956
	Tom Lasorda	P	28	L	L	5-10	175	9/22/1927	Norristown, PA	MLB	1954-1956
	Hector Lopez	OF-3B	26	R	R	5-11	182	7/9/1929	Colon, PN	MLB	1955-1966
	Jack McMahan	P	23	R	L	6-0	175	7/22/1932	Hot Springs, AR	MLB	1956-1956
	Dave Melton	OF	27	R	R	6-0	185	10/3/1928	Pampa, TX	MLB	1956-1958
	Al Pilarcik	OF	25	L	L	5-10	180	7/3/1930	Whiting, IN	MLB	1956-1961
	Jim Pisoni	OF	26	R	R	5-10	169	8/14/1929	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1953-1960
	Rance Pless	1B-3B	30	R	R	6-0	145	12/6/1925	Greeneville, TN	MLB	1956-1956
	Arnie Portocarrero	P	24	R	R	6-3	196	7/5/1931	New York, NY	MLB	1954-1960
	Vic Power	1B	28	R	R	5-11	195	11/1/1927	Arecibo, PR	MLB	1954-1965
	Bill Renna	OF	31	R	R	6-3	218	10/14/1924	Hanford, CA	MLB	1953-1959
	Eddie Robinson	1B	35	L	R		210	12/15/1920	Paris, TX	MLB	1942-1957
	Jose Santiago	P	27	R	R	5-10	175	9/4/1928	Coamo, PR	MLB	1954-1956
	Bobby Shantz	P	30	R	L	5-6	142	9/26/1925	Pottstown, PA	MLB	1949-1964
	Harry Simpson	OF-1B	30	L	R	6-1	190	12/3/1925	Atlanta, GA	MLB	1951-1959
	Lou Skizas	OF-3B	24	R	R	5-11	175	6/2/1932	Chicago, IL	MLB	1956-1959
	Enos Slaughter	OF	40	L	R	5-9	192	4/27/1916	Roxboro, NC	MLB	1938-1959
	Hal Smith	C	25	R	R	6-0	195	12/7/1930	West Frankfort, IL	MLB	1955-1964
	Bob Spicer	P	31	L	R	5-10	173	4/11/1925	Richmond, VA	MLB	1955-1956
	Tim Thompson	C	32	L	R	5-11	190	3/1/1924	Coalport, PA	MLB	1954-1958
	Elmer Valo	OF	35	L	R	5-11	190	3/5/1921	Ribnik, CZ	MLB	1940-1961
	Gus Zernial	OF	33	R	R		210	6/27/1923	Beaumont, TX	MLB	1949-1959