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Record: 59-95 .383.... 7th in American League
Stadium: Connie Mack Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 362,113

Manager - Jimmy Dykes

Team Leaders

HR: Zernial [42]
RBI: Zernial [108]
2B: Philley [30]
SB: Philley [13]
W: Kellner, Byrd [11]
SV: Martin [7]
SO: Byrd [122]

Oldest Player: Bobo Newsom [45]
Youngest Player: Spider Wilhelm [24]
Longest Tenure: Elmer Valo [12]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Tommy Giordano (Sep 11) Neal Watlington (Jul 10) Spider Wilhelm (Sep 6)
Pitchers: Bill Harrington (Apr 16) John Mackinson (Apr 16) Rinty Monahan (Aug 9) Bob Trice (Sep 13)

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Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
C	Joe Astroth	30	82	260	28	77	15	2	3	24	1	0	27	12	2		0		11	.296		.404	---
1B	Eddie Robinson	32	156	615	64	152	28	4	22	102	1	2	63	56	5		2		13	.247		.413	---
2B	Cass Michaels	27	117	411	53	103	10	0	12	42	7	0	51	56	1		6		6	.251		.363	---
3B	Loren Babe	25	103	343	34	77	16	2	0	20	0	1	35	20	2		3		9	.224		.283	---
SS	Joe DeMaestri	24	111	420	53	107	17	3	6	35	0	1	24	39	1		7		15	.255		.352	---
OF	Dave Philley	33	157	620	80	188	30	9	9	59	13	5	51	35	2		4		22	.303		.424	---
OF	Gus Zernial	30	147	556	85	158	21	3	42	108	4	0	57	79	4		0		12	.284		.559	---
OF	Ed McGhee	28	104	358	36	94	11	4	1	29	4	3	32	43	3		6		12	.263		.324	---

3B-2B	Pete Suder	37	115	454	44	130	11	3	4	35	3	3	17	35	0		3		10	.286		.350	---
P	Harry Byrd	28	40	81	9	18	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	13	0		3		3	.222		.222	---
C	Ray Murray	35	84	268	25	76	14	3	6	41	0	0	18	25	1		2		6	.284		.425	---
P	Marion Fricano	29	46	69	6	10	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	30	0		3		0	.145		.159	---
SS	Eddie Joost	37	51	177	39	44	6	0	6	15	3	2	45	24	0		2		1	.249		.384	---
P	Alex Kellner	28	25	69	4	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	2		5		3	.217		.246	---
OF	Carmen Mauro	26	64	165	14	44	4	4	0	17	3	4	19	21	0		0		6	.267		.339	---
P	Charlie Bishop	29	40	56	2	5	2	0	0	6	0	0	2	27	0		0		0	.089		.125	---
OF	Elmer Valo	32	50	85	15	19	3	0	0	9	0	1	22	7	0		0		2	.224		.259	---
P	Morrie Martin	30	58	42	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	0		2		1	.095		.095	---
OF	Allie Clark	30	20	74	6	15	4	0	3	13	0	0	3	5	0		1		2	.203		.378	---
P	Carl Scheib	26	35	41	4	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	0		0		1	.195		.195	---
1B	Tom Hamilton	27	58	56	8	11	2	0	0	5	0	0	7	11	0		0		2	.196		.232	---
P	Bobby Shantz	27	21	38	6	9	1	1	0	4	1	0	2	3	0		1		0	.237		.316	---
OF	Kite Thomas	30	24	49	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	0		0		2	.122		.122	---
P	Bobo Newsom	45	17	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1		0	.167		.167	---
C	Neal Watlington	30	21	44	4	7	1	0	0	3	0	1	3	8	0		0		1	.159		.182	---
P	Walt Kellner	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
2B	Tommy Giordano	27	11	40	6	7	2	0	2	5	0	1	5	6	0		0		0	.175		.375	---
P	Joe Coleman	30	21	28	1	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	0		0		0	.286		.357	---
P	Frank Fanovich	31	26	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0		1	.182		.182	---
P	Bob Trice	26	3	7	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0		0	.143		.286	---
SS	Spider Wilhelm	24	7	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		0		0	.286		.429	---
P	Rinty Monahan	25	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.000		.000	---
P	Dick Rozek	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	.000		.000	---
3B	Don Kolloway	34	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000		.000	---
P	Bill Harrington	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	John Mackinson	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			154																	---		---	---