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Record: 74-80 .481.... 5th in National League
Stadium: Crosley Field
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 801,298

Manager - Fred Hutchinson, Mayo Smith

Team Leaders

HR: Robinson [36]
RBI: Robinson [125]
2B: Pinson [47]
SB: Pinson [21]
W: Newcombe, Purkey [13]
SV: Lawrence [10]
SO: Newcombe [100]

Oldest Player: Bob Thurman [42]
Youngest Player: Claude Osteen [19]
Longest Tenure: Roy McMillan, Joe Nuxhall [9]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Cliff Cook (Sep 9) Buddy Gilbert (Sep 9)
Pitchers: Jim Bailey (Sep 10) Mike Cuellar (Apr 18)

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
	Tom Acker	P	29	R	R	6-4	215	3/7/1930	Paterson, NJ	MLB	1956-1959
	Luis Arroyo	P	32	L	L	5-8	190	2/18/1927	Penuelas, PR	MLB	1955-1963
	Ed Bailey	C	28	L	R	6-2	205	4/15/1931	Strawberry Plains, TN	MLB	1953-1966
	Jim Bailey	P	24	B	L	6-2	210	12/16/1934	Strawberry Plains, TN	MLB	1959-1959
	Gus Bell	OF	30	L	R	6-2	196	11/15/1928	Louisville, KY	MLB	1950-1964
	Jim Brosnan	P	29	R	R	6-4	210	10/24/1929	Cincinnati, OH	MLB	1954-1963
	Cliff Cook	3B-OF	22	R	R	6-0	188	8/20/1936	Dallas, TX	MLB	1959-1963
	Mike Cuellar	P	22	L	L	5-11	175	5/8/1937	Santa Clara, CU	MLB	1959-1977
	Dutch Dotterer	C	27	R	R	6-0	209	11/11/1931	Syracuse, NY	MLB	1957-1961
	Walt Dropo	1B	36	R	R	6-5	220	1/30/1923	Moosup, CT	MLB	1949-1961
	Del Ennis	OF	34	R	R	6-0	195	6/8/1925	Philadelphia, PA	MLB	1946-1959
	Buddy Gilbert	OF	23	L	R	6-3	195	7/26/1935	Knoxville, TN	MLB	1959-1959
	Bobby Henrich	SS-OF	20	R	R	6-1	185	12/24/1938	Lawrence, KS	MLB	1957-1959
	Jay Hook	P	22	L	R	6-2	182	11/18/1936	Waukegan, IL	MLB	1957-1964
	Hal Jeffcoat	OF-P	34	R	R		185	9/6/1924	West Columbia, SC	MLB	1948-1959
	Willie Jones	3B	33	R	R	6-1	192	8/16/1925	Dillon, SC	MLB	1947-1961
	Eddie Kasko	SS-3B	27	R	R	6-0	180	6/27/1932	Linden, NJ	MLB	1957-1966
	Brooks Lawrence	P	34	R	R	6-0	205	1/30/1925	Springfield, OH	MLB	1954-1960
	Whitey Lockman	1B-OF	32	L	R	6-1	175	7/25/1926	Lowell, NC	MLB	1945-1960
	Jerry Lynch	OF	28	L	R	6-1	189	7/17/1930	Bay City, MI	MLB	1954-1966
	Bob Mabe	P	29	R	R	5-11	165	10/8/1929	Danville, VA	MLB	1958-1960
	Roy McMillan	SS	29	R	R	5-11	170	7/17/1929	Bonham, TX	MLB	1951-1966
	Don Newcombe	P	33	L	R	6-4	225	6/14/1926	Madison, NJ	MLB	1949-1960
	Joe Nuxhall	P	30	L	L	6-3	219	7/30/1928	Hamilton, OH	MLB	1944-1966
	Claude Osteen	P	19	L	L	5-11	173	8/9/1939	Caney Spring, TN	MLB	1957-1975
	Jim O'Toole	P	22	B	L	6-0	198	1/10/1937	Chicago, IL	MLB	1958-1967
	Don Pavletich	C-1B	20	R	R	5-11	209	7/13/1938	Milwaukee, WI	MLB	1957-1971
	Orlando Pena	P	25	R	R	5-11	154	11/17/1933	Victoria De Las Tunas, CU	MLB	1958-1975
	Jim Pendleton	OF	35	R	R	6-0	185	1/7/1924	St. Charles, MO	MLB	1953-1962
	Vada Pinson	OF	20	L	L	5-11	181	8/11/1938	Memphis, TN	MLB	1958-1975
	John Powers	OF	29	L	R	6-0	190	7/8/1929	Birmingham, AL	MLB	1955-1960
	Bob Purkey	P	29	R	R	6-2	195	7/14/1929	Pittsburgh, PA	MLB	1954-1966
	Frank Robinson	OF	23	R	R	6-1	195	8/31/1935	Beaumont, TX	MLB	1956-1976
	Don Rudolph	P	27	L	L	5-11	195	8/16/1931	Baltimore, MD	MLB	1957-1964
	Willard Schmidt	P	31	R	R	6-1	187	5/29/1928	Hays, KS	MLB	1952-1959
	Johnny Temple	2B	31	R	R	5-11	175	8/8/1927	Lexington, NC	MLB	1952-1964
	Frank Thomas	OF-3B	30	R	R	6-3	205	6/11/1929	Pittsburgh, PA	MLB	1951-1966
	Bob Thurman	OF	42	L	L	6-1	205	5/14/1917	Wichita, KS	MLB	1955-1959
	Pete Whisenant	OF	29	R	R	6-2	200	12/14/1929	Asheville, NC	MLB	1952-1961