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Record: 82-72 .532.... 5th in American League
Stadium: Briggs Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,051,182

Manager - Bucky Harris

Team Leaders

HR: Maxwell [28]
RBI: Kaline [128]
2B: Kaline, Kuenn [32]
SB: Kuenn [9]
W: Lary [21]
SV: Aber [7]
SO: Foytack [184]

Oldest Player: Virgil Trucks [39]
Youngest Player: Jim Small [19]
Longest Tenure: Dick Marlowe [6]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Buddy Hicks (Apr 17) Charlie Lau (Sep 12)
Pitchers: Jim Brady (May 12) Gene Host (Sep 16) Hal Woodeshick (Sep 14)

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
22	Al Aber	P	28	L	L	6-2	195	7/31/1927	Cleveland, OH	MLB	1950-1957
27	Wayne Belardi	1B	25	L	L	6-1	185	9/5/1930	St. Helena, CA	MLB	1950-1956
16	Reno Bertoia	3B-2B	21	R	R		185	1/8/1935	St. Vido Utine, IT	MLB	1953-1962
14	Bud Black	P	23	R	R	6-3	197	7/9/1932	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1952-1956
24	Frank Bolling	2B	24	R	R	6-1	175	11/16/1931	Mobile, AL	MLB	1954-1966
8	Ray Boone	3B-SS	32	R	R	6-1	188	7/27/1923	San Diego, CA	MLB	1948-1960
26	Jim Brady	P	20	L	L	6-2	185	3/2/1936	Jersey City, NJ	MLB	1956-1956
1	Jim Brideweser	SS-2B	29	R	R	6-0	165	2/13/1927	Lancaster, OH	MLB	1951-1957
14	Jim Bunning	P	24	R	R	6-3	195	10/23/1931	Southgate, KY	MLB	1955-1971
24	Jim Delsing	OF	30	L	R	5-10	175	11/13/1925	Rudolph, WI	MLB	1948-1960
21	Paul Foytack	P	25	R	R	5-11	180	11/16/1930	Scranton, PA	MLB	1953-1964
31	Ned Garver	P	30	R	R	5-10	180	12/25/1925	Ney, OH	MLB	1948-1961
18	Steve Gromek	P	36	B	R	6-2	180	1/15/1920	Hamtramck, MI	MLB	1941-1957
1	Fred Hatfield	3B-2B	31	L	R	6-1	171	3/18/1925	Lanett, AL	MLB	1950-1958
12	Buddy Hicks	SS-2B	29	B	R	5-10	170	2/15/1927	Belvedere, CA	MLB	1956-1956
44	Billy Hoeft	P	24	L	L	6-3	205	5/17/1932	Oshkosh, WI	MLB	1952-1966
19	Gene Host	P	23	B	L	5-11	190	1/1/1933	Leeper, PA	MLB	1956-1957
2	Frank House	C	26	L	R	6-2	190	2/18/1930	Bessemer, AL	MLB	1950-1961
6	Al Kaline	OF	21	R	R	6-2	180	12/19/1934	Baltimore, MD	MLB	1953-1974
3	Bob Kennedy	OF-3B	35	R	R	6-2	193	8/18/1920	Chicago, IL	MLB	1939-1957
3	Chick King	OF	25	R	R	6-2	190	11/10/1930	Paris, TN	MLB	1954-1959
7	Harvey Kuenn	OF-SS	25	R	R	6-2	190	12/4/1930	West Allis, WI	MLB	1952-1966
17	Frank Lary	P	26	R	R	5-11	180	4/10/1930	Northport, AL	MLB	1954-1965
12	Charlie Lau	C	23	L	L	6-0	190	4/12/1933	Romulus, MI	MLB	1956-1967
47	Duke Maas	P	27	R	R	5-10	170	1/31/1929	Utica, MI	MLB	1955-1961
37	Dick Marlowe	P	27	R	R	6-2	170	6/27/1929	Hickory, NC	MLB	1951-1956
29	Walt Masterson	P	36	R	R	6-2	189	6/22/1920	Philadelphia, PA	MLB	1939-1956
4	Charlie Maxwell	OF	29	L	L	5-11	185	4/8/1927	Lawton, MI	MLB	1950-1964
28	Bob Miller	P	20	R	L	6-1	185	7/15/1935	Berwyn, IL	MLB	1953-1962
30	Jack Phillips	1B	34	R	R	6-4	193	9/6/1921	Clarence, NY	MLB	1947-1957
15	J.W. Porter	C-OF	23	R	R	6-2	180	1/17/1933	Shawnee, OK	MLB	1952-1959
20	Jim Small	OF	19	L	L		180	3/8/1937	Portland, OR	MLB	1955-1958
25	Walt Streuli	C	20	R	R	6-2	195	9/26/1935	Memphis, TN	MLB	1954-1956
9	Earl Torgeson	1B	32	L	L	6-3	180	1/1/1924	Snohomish, WA	MLB	1947-1961
23	Virgil Trucks	P	39	R	R	5-11	198	4/26/1917	Birmingham, AL	MLB	1941-1958
5,13	Bill Tuttle	OF	26	R	R	6-0	190	7/4/1929	Elwood, IL	MLB	1952-1963
10	Red Wilson	C	27	R	R	6-0	200	3/7/1929	Milwaukee, WI	MLB	1951-1960
29	Pete Wojey	P	36	R	R	5-11	185	12/1/1919	Stowe, PA	MLB	1954-1957
25	Hal Woodeshick	P	23	R	L	6-3	200	8/24/1932	Wilkes-Barre, PA	MLB	1956-1967