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Major League Baseball

Record: 74-80 .481.... 6th in American League
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 891,926

General Manager - Lee MacPhail
Manager - Paul Richards

Pitching Coach - Harry Breechen First Base Coach - Al Vincent Third Base Coach - Lum Harris Assistant Coach - Jimmy Adair, Eddie Robinson

Team Leaders

HR: Triandos [25]
RBI: Woodling [77]
2B: Woodling [22]
SB: Pilarcik [9]
W: Wilhelm, Pappas [15]
SV: Loes [14]
SO: Wilhelm [139]

Oldest Player: Gene Woodling [36]
Youngest Player: Bob Saverine [18]
Longest Tenure: Hal Brown, Bob Hale, Willy Miranda, Billy O'Dell, Brooks Robinson, Gus Triandos, George Zuverink [5]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Bob Saverine (Sep 12) Barry Shetrone (Jul 27) Fred Valentine (Sep 7)
Pitchers: Jack Fisher (Apr 14) Wes Stock (Apr 19)

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
	Jerry Adair	2B-SS	22	R	R	6-0	175	12/17/1936	Sand Springs, OK	MLB	1958-1970
	Bobby Avila	2B	35	R	R	5-10	175	4/2/1924	Veracruz, MX	MLB	1949-1959
	George Bamberger	P	33	R	R	6-0	175	8/1/1925	Staten Island, NY	MLB	1951-1959
	Bob Boyd	1B	33	L	L	5-10	170	10/1/1925	Potts Camp, MS	MLB	1951-1961
	Hal Brown	P	34	R	R	6-2	182	12/11/1924	Greensboro, NC	MLB	1951-1964
	Leo Burke	OF-2B	25	R	R	5-10	190	5/6/1934	Hagerstown, MD	MLB	1958-1965
	Chico Carrasquel	SS	31	R	R	6-0	170	1/23/1928	Caracas, VZ	MLB	1950-1959
	Rip Coleman	P	27	L	L	6-2	185	7/31/1931	Troy, NY	MLB	1955-1960
	Walt Dropo	1B	36	R	R	6-5	220	1/30/1923	Moosup, CT	MLB	1949-1961
	Jim Finigan	3B-2B	30	R	R	5-11	175	8/19/1928	Quincy, IL	MLB	1954-1959
	Jack Fisher	P	20	R	R	6-2	215	3/4/1939	Frostburg, MD	MLB	1959-1969
	Billy Gardner	2B	31	R	R	6-0	180	7/19/1927	Waterford, CT	MLB	1954-1963
	Joe Ginsberg	C	32	L	R	5-11	180	10/11/1926	New York, NY	MLB	1948-1962
	Lenny Green	OF	26	L	L	5-11	170	1/6/1933	Detroit, MI	MLB	1957-1968
	Bob Hale	1B	25	L	L	5-10	195	11/7/1933	Sarasota, FL	MLB	1955-1961
	Ron Hansen	SS	21	R	R	6-3	200	4/5/1938	Oxford, NE	MLB	1958-1972
	Jack Harshman	P	31	L	L	6-2	185	7/12/1927	San Diego, CA	MLB	1948-1960
	Billy Hoeft	P	27	L	L	6-3	205	5/17/1932	Oshkosh, WI	MLB	1952-1966
	Ernie Johnson	P	35	R	R	6-4	195	6/16/1924	Brattleboro, VT	MLB	1950-1959
	Billy Klaus	SS-3B	30	L	R	5-10	165	12/9/1928	Fox Lake, IL	MLB	1952-1963
	Whitey Lockman	1B-OF	32	L	R	6-1	175	7/25/1926	Lowell, NC	MLB	1945-1960
	Billy Loes	P	29	R	R	6-1	170	12/13/1929	Long Island City, NY	MLB	1950-1961
	Willy Miranda	SS	33	B	R		150	5/24/1926	Velasco, CU	MLB	1951-1959
	Bob Nieman	OF	32	R	R	5-11	195	1/26/1927	Cincinnati, OH	MLB	1951-1962
	Billy O'Dell	P	27	B	L	5-11	170	2/10/1932	Whitmire, SC	MLB	1954-1967
	Milt Pappas	P	20	R	R	6-3	190	5/11/1939	Detroit, MI	MLB	1957-1973
	Albie Pearson	OF	24	L	L	5-5	141	9/12/1934	Alhambra, CA	MLB	1958-1966
	Al Pilarcik	OF	28	L	L	5-10	180	7/3/1930	Whiting, IN	MLB	1956-1961
	Arnie Portocarrero	P	27	R	R	6-3	196	7/5/1931	New York, NY	MLB	1954-1960
	Brooks Robinson	3B	22	R	R	6-1	190	5/18/1937	Little Rock, AR	MLB	1955-1977
	Bob Saverine	2B-OF	18	B	R	5-9	165	6/2/1941	Norwalk, CT	MLB	1959-1967
	Barry Shetrone	OF	20	L	R	6-2	190	7/6/1938	Baltimore, MD	MLB	1959-1963
	Wes Stock	P	25	R	R	6-2	188	4/10/1934	Longview, WA	MLB	1959-1967
	Willie Tasby	OF	26	R	R	5-11	175	1/8/1933	Shreveport, LA	MLB	1958-1963
	Joe Taylor	OF	33	R	R	6-1	185	3/2/1926	Chapman, AL	MLB	1954-1959
	Gus Triandos	C	28	R	R	6-3	215	7/30/1930	San Francisco, CA	MLB	1953-1965
	Fred Valentine	OF	24	B	R	6-1	190	1/19/1935	Clarksdale, MS	MLB	1959-1968
	Jerry Walker	P	20	B	R	6-1	195	2/12/1939	Ada, OK	MLB	1957-1964
	Hoyt Wilhelm	P	35	R	R	6-0	195	7/26/1923	Huntersville, NC	MLB	1952-1972
	Gene Woodling	OF	36	L	R		195	8/16/1922	Akron, OH	MLB	1943-1962
	George Zuverink	P	34	R	R	6-4	200	8/20/1924	Holland, MI	MLB	1951-1959