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Major League Baseball

Record: 88-66 .571.... 2nd in American League
Stadium: Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 865,467

General Manager - Hank Greenberg
Manager - Al Lopez, Al Lopez

Pitching Coach - Mel Harder Assistant Coach - Tony Cuccinello, Red Kress, Bill Lobe

Team Leaders

HR: Wertz [32]
RBI: Wertz [106]
2B: Smith [26]
SB: Avila [17]
W: Wynn, Score, Lemon [20]
SV: Mossi [11]
SO: Score [263]

Oldest Player: Sal Maglie [39]
Youngest Player: Kenny Kuhn [19]
Longest Tenure: Bob Feller [18]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Earl Averill (Apr 19) Joe Caffie (Sep 13)

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
	Hank Aguirre	P	25	B	L	6-4	205	1/31/1931	Azusa, CA	MLB	1955-1970
	Earl Averill	C-OF	24	R	R	5-10	190	9/9/1931	Cleveland, OH	MLB	1956-1963
	Bobby Avila	2B	32	R	R	5-10	175	4/2/1924	Veracruz, MX	MLB	1949-1959
	Jim Busby	OF	29	R	R	6-1	175	1/8/1927	Kenedy, TX	MLB	1950-1962
	Joe Caffie	OF	25	L	R	5-10	180	2/14/1931	Ramer, AL	MLB	1956-1957
	Chico Carrasquel	SS	28	R	R	6-0	170	1/23/1928	Caracas, VZ	MLB	1950-1959
	Rocky Colavito	OF	22	R	R	6-3	190	8/10/1933	New York, NY	MLB	1955-1968
	Bud Daley	P	23	L	L	6-1	185	10/7/1932	Orange, CA	MLB	1955-1964
	Hoot Evers	OF	35	R	R	6-2	185	2/8/1921	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1941-1956
	Bob Feller	P	37	R	R	6-0	185	11/3/1918	Van Meter, IA	MLB	1936-1956
	Hank Foiles	C	27	R	R	6-0	195	6/10/1929	Richmond, VA	MLB	1953-1964
	Mike Garcia	P	32	R	R	6-1	200	11/17/1923	San Gabriel, CA	MLB	1948-1961
	Jim Hegan	C	35	R	R	6-2	195	8/3/1920	Lynn, MA	MLB	1941-1960
	Art Houtteman	P	28	R	R	6-2	188	8/7/1927	Detroit, MI	MLB	1945-1957
	Kenny Kuhn	SS-2B	19	L	R	5-10	175	3/20/1937	Louisville, KY	MLB	1955-1957
	Bob Lemon	P	35	L	R	6-0	185	9/22/1920	San Bernardino, CA	MLB	1941-1958
	Stu Locklin	OF	27	L	L		190	7/22/1928	Appleton, WI	MLB	1955-1956
	Sal Maglie	P	39	R	R	6-2	180	4/26/1917	Niagara Falls, NY	MLB	1945-1958
	Cal McLish	P	30	B	R	6-1	200	12/1/1925	Anadarko, OK	MLB	1944-1964
	Sam Mele	OF	33	R	R	6-1	187	1/21/1923	Astoria, NY	MLB	1947-1956
	Dale Mitchell	OF	34	L	L	6-1	195	8/23/1921	Colony, OK	MLB	1946-1956
	Don Mossi	P	27	L	L	6-1	195	1/11/1929	St. Helena, CA	MLB	1954-1965
	Hal Naragon	C	27	L	R	6-0	175	10/1/1928	Zanesville, OH	MLB	1951-1962
	Ray Narleski	P	27	R	R	6-1	175	11/25/1928	Camden, NJ	MLB	1954-1959
	Dave Pope	OF	35	L	R		170	6/17/1921	Talladega, AL	MLB	1952-1956
	Rudy Regalado	3B	26	R	R	6-1	185	5/21/1930	Los Angeles, CA	MLB	1954-1956
	Al Rosen	3B	32	R	R		180	2/29/1924	Spartanburg, SC	MLB	1947-1956
	Herb Score	P	23	L	L	6-2	185	6/7/1933	Rosedale, NY	MLB	1955-1962
	Al Smith	OF-3B	28	R	R	6-0	191	2/7/1928	Kirkwood, MO	MLB	1953-1964
	George Strickland	SS-2B	30	R	R	6-1	180	1/10/1926	New Orleans, LA	MLB	1950-1960
	Preston Ward	1B-OF	28	L	R	6-3	198	7/24/1927	Columbia, MO	MLB	1948-1959
	Vic Wertz	OF-1B	31	L	R	6-0	186	2/9/1925	York, PA	MLB	1947-1963
	Gene Woodling	OF	33	L	R		195	8/16/1922	Akron, OH	MLB	1943-1962
	Early Wynn	P	36	B	R	6-0	200	1/6/1920	Hartford, AL	MLB	1939-1963
	Bobby Young	2B	31	L	R	6-1	175	1/22/1925	Granite, MD	MLB	1948-1958