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Major League Baseball

Record: 86-70 .551.... 2nd in National League
Stadium: County Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,749,112

General Manager - John McHale
Manager - Fred Haney

Pitching Coach - Whit Wyatt

Team Leaders

HR: Mathews [46]
RBI: Aaron [123]
2B: Aaron [46]
SB: Bruton [13]
W: Spahn, Burdette [21]
SV: McMahon [15]
SO: Spahn [143]

Oldest Player: Enos Slaughter [43]
Youngest Player: Bob Hartman [21]
Longest Tenure: Joe Adcock, Bill Bruton, Bob Buhl, Lew Burdette, Del Crandall, Johnny Logan, Eddie Mathews, Andy Pafko, Warren Spahn [7]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Chuck Cottier (Apr 17) Lee Maye (Jul 17) Joe Morgan (Apr 14) Al Spangler (Sep 16)
Pitchers: Bob Giggie (Apr 18) Bob Hartman (Apr 26)

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
44	Hank Aaron	OF	25	R	R	6-0	180	2/5/1934	Mobile, AL	MLB	1954-1976
9	Joe Adcock	1B-OF	31	R	R	6-4	220	10/30/1927	Coushatta, LA	MLB	1950-1966
11	Bobby Avila	2B	35	R	R	5-10	175	4/2/1924	Veracruz, MX	MLB	1949-1959
19	Ray Boone	3B-SS	35	R	R	6-1	188	7/27/1923	San Diego, CA	MLB	1948-1960
38	Bill Bruton	OF	33	L	R	6-0	169	11/9/1925	Panola, AL	MLB	1953-1964
10	Bob Buhl	P	30	R	R	6-2	190	8/12/1928	Saginaw, MI	MLB	1953-1967
33	Lew Burdette	P	32	R	R	6-2	190	11/22/1926	Nitro, WV	MLB	1950-1967
13	Chuck Cottier	2B	23	R	R		175	1/8/1936	Delta, CO	MLB	1959-1969
43	Wes Covington	OF	27	L	R	6-1	205	3/27/1932	Laurinburg, NC	MLB	1956-1966
1	Del Crandall	C	29	R	R	6-1	195	3/5/1930	Ontario, CA	MLB	1949-1966
29	John DeMerit	OF	23	R	R	6-1	195	1/8/1936	West Bend, WI	MLB	1957-1962
32	Bob Giggie	P	25	R	R	6-1	200	8/13/1933	Dorchester, MA	MLB	1959-1962
31	Bob Hartman	P	21	R	L	5-11	185	8/28/1937	Kenosha, WI	MLB	1959-1962
47	Joey Jay	P	23	B	R	6-4	228	8/15/1935	Middletown, CT	MLB	1953-1966
23	Johnny Logan	SS	32	R	R	5-11	175	3/23/1927	Endicott, NY	MLB	1951-1963
6	Stan Lopata	C	33	R	R	6-2	210	9/12/1925	Delray, MI	MLB	1948-1960
18	Felix Mantilla	2B-SS	24	R	R	6-0	160	7/29/1934	Isabela, PR	MLB	1956-1966
41	Eddie Mathews	3B	27	L	R	6-1	200	10/13/1931	Texarkana, TX	MLB	1952-1968
24	Lee Maye	OF	24	L	R	6-2	190	12/11/1934	Tuscaloosa, AL	MLB	1959-1971
20	Don McMahon	P	29	R	R	6-2	222	1/4/1930	Brooklyn, NY	MLB	1957-1974
19	Joe Morgan	3B	28	L	R	5-10	170	11/19/1930	Walpole, MA	MLB	1959-1964
11	Johnny O'Brien	2B	28	R	R	5-9	170	12/11/1930	South Amboy, NJ	MLB	1953-1959
48	Andy Pafko	OF	38	R	R	6-0	190	2/25/1921	Boyceville, WI	MLB	1943-1959
24	Jim Pisoni	OF	29	R	R	5-10	169	8/14/1929	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1953-1960
34	Juan Pizarro	P	22	L	L	5-11	190	2/7/1937	Santurce, PR	MLB	1957-1974
7	Del Rice	C	36	R	R	6-2	190	10/27/1922	Portsmouth, OH	MLB	1945-1961
12	Mel Roach	2B-OF	26	R	R	6-1	190	1/25/1933	Richmond, VA	MLB	1953-1962
17	Bob Rush	P	33	R	R	6-4	205	12/21/1925	Battle Creek, MI	MLB	1948-1960
4	Red Schoendienst	2B	36	B	R	6-0	170	2/2/1923	Germantown, IL	MLB	1945-1963
25	Enos Slaughter	OF	43	L	R	5-9	192	4/27/1916	Roxboro, NC	MLB	1938-1959
21	Warren Spahn	P	38	L	L	6-0	175	4/23/1921	Buffalo, NY	MLB	1942-1965
25	Al Spangler	OF	25	L	L	6-0	175	7/8/1933	Philadelphia, PA	MLB	1959-1971
14	Frank Torre	1B	27	L	L	6-3	205	12/30/1931	Brooklyn, NY	MLB	1956-1963
30	Bob Trowbridge	P	29	R	R	6-1	190	6/27/1930	Hudson, NY	MLB	1956-1960
15	Mickey Vernon	1B	41	L	L	6-2	180	4/22/1918	Marcus Hook, PA	MLB	1939-1960
16	Carl Willey	P	28	R	R	6-0	175	6/6/1931	Cherryfield, ME	MLB	1958-1965
19	Casey Wise	2B-SS	26	B	R	6-0	170	9/8/1932	Lafayette, IN	MLB	1957-1960