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Major League Baseball

Record: 76-78 .494.... 4th in National League
Stadium: Sportsman's Park
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,029,773

Manager - Fred Hutchinson

Team Leaders

HR: Musial [27]
RBI: Musial [109]
2B: Musial [33]
SB: Moon [12]
W: Mizell [14]
SV: Jackson [9]
SO: Mizell [153]

Oldest Player: Ellis Kinder [41]
Youngest Player: Lindy McDaniel [20]
Longest Tenure: Stan Musial [15]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Jackie Brandt (Apr 21) Charlie Peete (Jul 17) Hal Smith (May 2)
Pitchers: Bob Blaylock (Jul 22)

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
	Tom Alston	1B	30	L	R	6-5	210	1/31/1926	Greensboro, NC	MLB	1954-1957
	Don Blasingame	2B	24	L	R	5-10	165	3/16/1932	Corinth, MS	MLB	1955-1966
	Bob Blaylock	P	21	R	R	6-1	185	6/28/1935	Chattanooga, OK	MLB	1956-1959
	Ken Boyer	3B-1B	25	R	R	6-2	200	5/20/1931	Liberty, MO	MLB	1955-1969
	Jackie Brandt	OF	22	R	R	5-11	170	4/28/1934	Omaha, NE	MLB	1956-1967
	Jackie Collum	P	29	L	L	5-7	163	6/21/1927	Victor, IA	MLB	1951-1962
	Walker Cooper	C	41	R	R	6-3	210	1/8/1915	Atherton, MO	MLB	1940-1957
	Joe Cunningham	1B	24	L	L	6-1	190	8/27/1931	Paterson, NJ	MLB	1954-1966
	Alvin Dark	SS-3B	34	R	R	5-11	185	1/7/1922	Comanche, OK	MLB	1946-1960
	Bobby Del Greco	OF	23	R	R	5-11	190	4/7/1933	Pittsburgh, PA	MLB	1952-1965
	Murry Dickson	P	39	R	R		157	8/21/1916	Tracy, MO	MLB	1939-1959
	Ben Flowers	P	29	R	R	6-4	195	6/15/1927	Wilson, NC	MLB	1951-1956
	Joe Frazier	OF	33	L	R	6-0	180	10/6/1922	Liberty, NC	MLB	1947-1956
	Alex Grammas	SS-3B	30	R	R	6-0	178	4/3/1926	Birmingham, AL	MLB	1954-1963
	Harvey Haddix	P	30	L	L	5-9	170	9/18/1925	Medway, OH	MLB	1952-1965
	Chuck Harmon	3B-OF	32	R	R	6-2	175	4/23/1924	Washington, IN	MLB	1954-1957
	Grady Hatton	3B	33	L	R	5-9	175	10/7/1922	Beaumont, TX	MLB	1946-1960
	Solly Hemus	2B	33	L	R	5-9	175	4/17/1923	Phoenix, AZ	MLB	1949-1959
	Larry Jackson	P	25	R	R	6-2	190	6/2/1931	Nampa, ID	MLB	1955-1968
	Gordon Jones	P	26	R	R	6-0	190	4/2/1930	Portland, OR	MLB	1954-1965
	Ray Katt	C	29	R	R	6-2	200	5/9/1927	New Braunfels, TX	MLB	1952-1959
	Ellis Kinder	P	41	R	R	6-0	195	7/26/1914	Atkins, AR	MLB	1946-1957
	Jim Konstanty	P	39	R	R	6-1	202	3/2/1917	Strykersville, NY	MLB	1944-1956
	Paul LaPalme	P	32	L	L	5-10	184	12/14/1923	Springfield, MA	MLB	1951-1957
	Don Liddle	P	31	L	L	5-10	165	5/25/1925	Mount Carmel, IL	MLB	1953-1956
	Dick Littlefield	P	30	L	L	6-0	180	3/18/1926	Detroit, MI	MLB	1950-1958
	Whitey Lockman	1B-OF	29	L	R	6-1	175	7/25/1926	Lowell, NC	MLB	1945-1960
	Lindy McDaniel	P	20	R	R	6-3	195	12/13/1935	Hollis, OK	MLB	1955-1975
	Stu Miller	P	28	R	R		165	12/26/1927	Northampton, MA	MLB	1952-1968
	Vinegar Bend Mizell	P	25	R	L		205	8/13/1930	Vinegar Bend, AL	MLB	1952-1962
	Wally Moon	OF	26	L	R	6-0	175	4/3/1930	Bay, AR	MLB	1954-1965
	Bobby Morgan	2B-SS	30	R	R	5-9	175	6/29/1926	Oklahoma City, OK	MLB	1950-1958
	Stan Musial	OF-1B	35	L	L	6-0	175	11/21/1920	Donora, PA	MLB	1941-1963
	Rocky Nelson	1B	31	L	L	5-11	178	11/18/1924	Portsmouth, OH	MLB	1949-1961
	Charlie Peete	OF	27	L	R		190	2/22/1929	Franklin, VA	MLB	1956-1956
	Tom Poholsky	P	26	R	R	6-3	205	8/26/1929	Detroit, MI	MLB	1950-1957
	Rip Repulski	OF	28	R	R	6-0	195	10/4/1927	Sauk Rapids, MN	MLB	1953-1961
	Bill Sarni	C	28	R	R	5-11	187	9/19/1927	Los Angeles, CA	MLB	1951-1956
	Hank Sauer	OF	39	R	R	6-4	199	3/17/1917	Pittsburgh, PA	MLB	1941-1959
	Willard Schmidt	P	28	R	R	6-1	187	5/29/1928	Hays, KS	MLB	1952-1959
	Red Schoendienst	2B	33	B	R	6-0	170	2/2/1923	Germantown, IL	MLB	1945-1963
	Dick Schofield	SS-2B	21	B	R	5-9	165	1/7/1935	Springfield, IL	MLB	1953-1971
	Hal Smith	C	25	R	R	5-11	189	6/1/1931	Barling, AR	MLB	1956-1965
	Max Surkont	P	34	R	R	6-0	205	6/16/1922	Central Falls, RI	MLB	1949-1957
	Bill Virdon	OF	25	L	R	6-0	175	6/9/1931	Hazel Park, MI	MLB	1955-1968
	Herm Wehmeier	P	29	R	R	6-2	200	2/18/1927	Cincinnati, OH	MLB	1945-1958