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Record: 66-88 .429.... 7th in American League
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 963,683

Manager - Harry Craft

Team Leaders

HR: Cerv [20]
RBI: Cerv [87]
2B: Williams [33]
SB: Tuttle [10]
W: Daley [16]
SV: Sturdivant [5]
SO: Daley [125]

Oldest Player: Murry Dickson [42]
Youngest Player: Lou Klimchock [19]
Longest Tenure: Joe DeMaestri, Tom Gorman, Hector Lopez [5]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Joe Morgan (Apr 14) Russ Snyder (Apr 18)
Pitchers: Mark Freeman (Apr 18) Evans Killeen (Sep 7) Marty Kutyna (Sep 19)

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
	Zeke Bella	OF	28	R	L	5-11	185	8/23/1930	Greenwich, CT	MLB	1957-1959
	Ray Boone	3B-SS	35	R	R	6-1	188	7/27/1923	San Diego, CA	MLB	1948-1960
	George Brunet	P	24	R	L	6-1	210	6/8/1935	Houghton, MI	MLB	1956-1971
	Tom Carroll	SS-3B	22	R	R	6-3	186	9/17/1936	Jamaica, NY	MLB	1955-1959
	Bob Cerv	OF	33	R	R	6-0	200	5/5/1926	Lincoln, NE	MLB	1951-1962
	Harry Chiti	C	26	R	R	6-3	225	11/16/1932	Kincaid, IL	MLB	1950-1962
	Rip Coleman	P	27	L	L	6-2	185	7/31/1931	Troy, NY	MLB	1955-1960
	Bud Daley	P	26	L	L	6-1	185	10/7/1932	Orange, CA	MLB	1955-1964
	Joe DeMaestri	SS	30	R	R	6-0	174	12/9/1928	San Francisco, CA	MLB	1951-1961
	Murry Dickson	P	42	R	R		157	8/21/1916	Tracy, MO	MLB	1939-1959
	Mark Freeman	P	28	R	R	6-4	220	12/7/1930	Memphis, TN	MLB	1959-1960
	Ned Garver	P	33	R	R	5-10	180	12/25/1925	Ney, OH	MLB	1948-1961
	Tom Gorman	P	34	R	R	6-1	190	1/4/1925	New York, NY	MLB	1952-1959
	Bob Grim	P	29	R	R	6-1	185	3/8/1930	New York, NY	MLB	1954-1962
	Al Grunwald	P	29	L	L	6-4	210	2/13/1930	Los Angeles, CA	MLB	1955-1959
	Kent Hadley	1B	24	L	L	6-3	190	12/17/1934	Pocatello, ID	MLB	1958-1960
	Ray Herbert	P	29	R	R	5-11	185	12/15/1929	Detroit, MI	MLB	1950-1966
	Whitey Herzog	OF	27	L	L	5-11	182	11/9/1931	New Athens, IL	MLB	1956-1963
	Frank House	C	29	L	R	6-2	190	2/18/1930	Bessemer, AL	MLB	1950-1961
	Ray Jablonski	3B	32	R	R	5-10	183	12/17/1926	Chicago, IL	MLB	1953-1960
	Ken Johnson	P	26	R	R	6-4	210	6/16/1933	West Palm Beach, FL	MLB	1958-1970
	Evans Killeen	P	23	R	R	6-0	190	2/27/1936	Brooklyn, NY	MLB	1959-1959
	Lou Klimchock	3B-2B	19	L	R	5-11	180	10/15/1939	Hostetler, PA	MLB	1958-1970
	Johnny Kucks	P	25	R	R	6-3	184	7/27/1933	Hoboken, NJ	MLB	1955-1960
	Marty Kutyna	P	26	R	R	6-0	190	11/14/1932	Philadelphia, PA	MLB	1959-1962
	Hector Lopez	OF-3B	29	R	R	5-11	182	7/9/1929	Colon, PN	MLB	1955-1966
	Jerry Lumpe	2B	26	L	R	6-2	185	6/2/1933	Lincoln, MO	MLB	1956-1967
	Roger Maris	OF	24	L	R	6-0	204	9/10/1934	Hibbing, MN	MLB	1957-1968
	Bob Martyn	OF	28	L	R	6-0	176	8/15/1930	Weiser, ID	MLB	1957-1959
	Russ Meyer	P	35	B	R	6-1	185	10/25/1923	Peru, IL	MLB	1946-1959
	Joe Morgan	3B	28	L	R	5-10	170	11/19/1930	Walpole, MA	MLB	1959-1964
	Howie Reed	P	22	R	R	6-1	210	12/21/1936	Dallas, TX	MLB	1958-1971
	Harry Simpson	OF-1B	33	L	R	6-1	190	12/3/1925	Atlanta, GA	MLB	1951-1959
	Hal Smith	C	28	R	R	6-0	195	12/7/1930	West Frankfort, IL	MLB	1955-1964
	Russ Snyder	OF	25	L	R	6-1	190	6/22/1934	Oak, NE	MLB	1959-1970
	Tom Sturdivant	P	29	L	R	6-1	186	4/28/1930	Gordon, KS	MLB	1955-1964
	Ralph Terry	P	23	R	R	6-3	195	1/9/1936	Big Cabin, OK	MLB	1956-1967
	Wayne Terwilliger	2B	34	R	R	5-11	170	6/27/1925	Clare, MI	MLB	1949-1960
	Dick Tomanek	P	28	L	L	6-1	175	1/6/1931	Avon Lake, OH	MLB	1953-1959
	John Tsitouris	P	23	R	R	6-0	175	5/4/1936	Monroe, NC	MLB	1957-1968
	Bill Tuttle	OF	29	R	R	6-0	190	7/4/1929	Elwood, IL	MLB	1952-1963
	Preston Ward	1B-OF	31	L	R	6-3	198	7/24/1927	Columbia, MO	MLB	1948-1959
	Dick Williams	OF-3B	30	R	R	6-0	190	5/7/1929	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1951-1964