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Major League Baseball

Record: 84-70 .545.... 4th in American League
Stadium: Fenway Park
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,137,158

General Manager - Joe Cronin
Manager - Pinky Higgins

Hitting Coach - Paul Schreiber Pitching Coach - Dave Ferriss First Base Coach - Del Baker Third Base Coach - Jack Burns Bullpen Coach - George Susce

Team Leaders

HR: Williams [24]
RBI: Jensen [97]
2B: Piersall [40]
SB: Jensen [11]
W: Brewer [19]
SV: Delock [9]
SO: Brewer [127]

Oldest Player: Mickey Vernon [38]
Youngest Player: Marty Keough [21]
Longest Tenure: Ted Williams [15]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Don Buddin (Apr 17) Marty Keough (Apr 21)
Pitchers: Dave Sisler (Apr 21)

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
40	Frank Baumann	P	22	L	L	6-1	210	7/1/1933	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1955-1965
	Milt Bolling	SS	25	R	R	6-1	180	8/9/1930	Mississippi City, MS	MLB	1952-1958
23	Tom Brewer	P	24	R	R	6-1	175	9/3/1931	Wadesboro, SC	MLB	1954-1961
24	Don Buddin	SS	22	R	R	5-11	178	5/5/1934	Turbeville, SC	MLB	1956-1962
7	Billy Consolo	SS-2B	21	R	R	5-11	180	8/18/1934	Cleveland, OH	MLB	1953-1962
	Pete Daley	C	26	R	R	6-0	195	1/14/1930	Grass Valley, CA	MLB	1955-1961
	Ike Delock	P	26	R	R	5-11	175	11/11/1929	Highland Park, MI	MLB	1952-1963
	Harry Dorish	P	34	R	R	5-11	206	7/13/1921	Swoyersville, PA	MLB	1947-1956
	Dick Gernert	1B	27	R	R	6-3	210	9/28/1928	Reading, PA	MLB	1952-1962
10	Billy Goodman	2B-1B	30	L	R	5-11	165	3/22/1926	Concord, NC	MLB	1947-1962
1	Grady Hatton	3B	33	L	R	5-9	175	10/7/1922	Beaumont, TX	MLB	1946-1960
	Tom Hurd	P	32	R	R	5-9	155	5/27/1924	Danville, VA	MLB	1954-1956
	Jackie Jensen	OF	29	R	R	5-11	190	3/9/1927	San Francisco, CA	MLB	1950-1961
	Marty Keough	OF-1B	21	L	L	6-0	180	4/14/1935	Oakland, CA	MLB	1956-1966
	Leo Kiely	P	26	L	L	6-2	180	11/30/1929	Hoboken, NJ	MLB	1951-1960
35	Billy Klaus	SS-3B	27	L	R	5-10	165	12/9/1928	Fox Lake, IL	MLB	1952-1963
	Ted Lepcio	2B-3B	25	R	R	5-10	177	7/28/1930	Utica, NY	MLB	1952-1961
11	Frank Malzone	3B	26	R	R	5-10	180	2/28/1930	Bronx, NY	MLB	1955-1966
24	Gene Mauch	2B-SS	30	R	R	5-10	165	11/18/1925	Salina, KS	MLB	1944-1957
	Rudy Minarcin	P	26	R	R	6-0	195	3/25/1930	North Vandergrift, PA	MLB	1955-1957
	Willard Nixon	P	28	L	R	6-2	195	6/17/1928	Taylorsville, GA	MLB	1950-1958
	Mel Parnell	P	34	L	L	6-0	180	6/13/1922	New Orleans, LA	MLB	1947-1956
	Jim Piersall	OF	26	R	R	6-0	175	11/14/1929	Waterbury, CT	MLB	1950-1967
16,20	Bob Porterfield	P	32	R	R	6-0	190	8/10/1923	Newport, VA	MLB	1948-1959
21	Johnny Schmitz	P	35	R	L	6-0	170	11/27/1920	Wausau, WI	MLB	1941-1956
39	Dave Sisler	P	24	R	R	6-4	200	10/16/1931	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1956-1962
38	Gene Stephens	OF	23	L	R		175	1/20/1933	Gravette, AR	MLB	1952-1964
18	Frank Sullivan	P	26	R	R	6-6	215	1/23/1930	Hollywood, CA	MLB	1953-1963
27	George Susce	P	24	R	R	6-1	180	9/13/1931	Pittsburgh, PA	MLB	1955-1959
26	Faye Throneberry	OF	25	L	R	6-0	190	6/22/1931	Fisherville, TN	MLB	1952-1961
	Mickey Vernon	1B	38	L	L	6-2	180	4/22/1918	Marcus Hook, PA	MLB	1939-1960
	Sammy White	C	27	R	R	6-3	195	7/7/1928	Wenatchee, WA	MLB	1951-1962
	Ted Williams	OF	37	L	R	6-3	205	8/30/1918	San Diego, CA	MLB	1939-1960
	Norm Zauchin	1B	26	R	R		220	11/17/1929	Royal Oak, MI	MLB	1951-1959