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Record: 76-78 .494.... 4th in American League
Stadium: Briggs Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,221,221

Manager - Jimmy Dykes, Bill Norman

Team Leaders

HR: Maxwell [31]
RBI: Maxwell [95]
2B: Kuenn [42]
SB: Kaline [10]
W: Mossi, Bunning, Lary [17]
SV: Morgan [9]
SO: Bunning [201]

Oldest Player: Gus Zernial [36]
Youngest Player: Bobo Osborne [23]
Longest Tenure: Billy Hoeft, Harvey Kuenn [8]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Steve Demeter (Jul 29) Ron Shoop (Aug 22)
Pitchers: Bob Bruce (Sep 14) Jerry Davie (Apr 14) Jim Proctor (Sep 14)

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
	Hank Aguirre	P	28	B	L	6-4	205	1/31/1931	Azusa, CA	MLB	1955-1970
	Ossie Alvarez	SS-2B	25	R	R	5-10	165	10/19/1933	Bolondron, CU	MLB	1958-1959
	Lou Berberet	C	29	L	R	5-11	212	11/20/1929	Long Beach, CA	MLB	1954-1960
	Frank Bolling	2B	27	R	R	6-1	175	11/16/1931	Mobile, AL	MLB	1954-1966
	Rocky Bridges	SS-2B	31	R	R	5-8	175	8/7/1927	Refugio, TX	MLB	1951-1961
	Bob Bruce	P	26	R	R	6-3	210	5/18/1933	Detroit, MI	MLB	1959-1967
14	Jim Bunning	P	27	R	R	6-3	195	10/23/1931	Southgate, KY	MLB	1955-1971
	Pete Burnside	P	28	R	L	6-2	190	7/2/1930	Evanston, IL	MLB	1955-1963
	Neil Chrisley	OF	27	L	R	6-3	187	12/16/1931	Calhoun Falls, SC	MLB	1957-1961
	Jerry Davie	P	26	R	R	6-0	180	2/10/1933	Detroit, MI	MLB	1959-1959
	Steve Demeter	3B	24	R	R	5-9	185	1/27/1935	Homer City, PA	MLB	1959-1960
	Larry Doby	OF	35	L	R	6-1	182	12/13/1923	Camden, SC	MLB	1947-1959
	Paul Foytack	P	28	R	R	5-11	180	11/16/1930	Scranton, PA	MLB	1953-1964
	Johnny Groth	OF	32	R	R	6-0	182	7/23/1926	Chicago, IL	MLB	1946-1960
	Gail Harris	1B	27	L	L	6-0	195	10/15/1931	Abingdon, VA	MLB	1955-1960
	Billy Hoeft	P	27	L	L	6-3	205	5/17/1932	Oshkosh, WI	MLB	1952-1966
	Al Kaline	OF	24	R	R	6-2	180	12/19/1934	Baltimore, MD	MLB	1953-1974
	Harvey Kuenn	OF-SS	28	R	R	6-2	190	12/4/1930	West Allis, WI	MLB	1952-1966
	Frank Lary	P	29	R	R	5-11	180	4/10/1930	Northport, AL	MLB	1954-1965
	Charlie Lau	C	26	L	L	6-0	190	4/12/1933	Romulus, MI	MLB	1956-1967
	Ted Lepcio	2B-3B	28	R	R	5-10	177	7/28/1930	Utica, NY	MLB	1952-1961
	Charlie Maxwell	OF	32	L	L	5-11	185	4/8/1927	Lawton, MI	MLB	1950-1964
	Tom Morgan	P	29	R	R	6-2	195	5/20/1930	ElMonte, CA	MLB	1951-1963
	Don Mossi	P	30	L	L	6-1	195	1/11/1929	St. Helena, CA	MLB	1954-1965
	Ray Narleski	P	30	R	R	6-1	175	11/25/1928	Camden, NJ	MLB	1954-1959
	Bobo Osborne	1B-3B	23	L	R	6-1	205	10/12/1935	Chattahoochee, GA	MLB	1957-1963
	Jim Proctor	P	23	R	R	6-0	165	9/9/1935	Brandywine, MD	MLB	1959-1959
	Barney Schultz	P	32	R	R	6-2	200	8/15/1926	Beverly, NJ	MLB	1955-1965
	Ron Shoop	C	27	R	R	5-11	180	9/19/1931	Rural Valley, PA	MLB	1959-1959
	Dave Sisler	P	27	R	R	6-4	200	10/16/1931	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1956-1962
	Bob Smith	P	28	R	L		190	2/1/1931	Woodsville, NH	MLB	1955-1959
	Jim Stump	P	27	R	R	6-0	188	2/10/1932	Lansing, MI	MLB	1957-1959
	George Susce	P	27	R	R	6-1	180	9/13/1931	Pittsburgh, PA	MLB	1955-1959
	Coot Veal	SS	26	R	R	6-1	165	7/9/1932	Sandersville, GA	MLB	1958-1963
	Red Wilson	C	30	R	R	6-0	200	3/7/1929	Milwaukee, WI	MLB	1951-1960
	Eddie Yost	3B	32	R	R	5-10	170	10/13/1926	Brooklyn, NY	MLB	1944-1962
	Gus Zernial	OF	36	R	R		210	6/27/1923	Beaumont, TX	MLB	1949-1959