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Major League Baseball

Record: 59-95 .383.... 7th in American League
Stadium: Griffith Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 431,647

Manager - Chuck Dressen

Team Leaders

HR: Sievers [29]
RBI: Lemon [96]
2B: Runnels [29]
SB: Herzog, Yost [8]
W: Stobbs [15]
SV: Chakales, Byerly [4]
SO: Pascual [162]

Oldest Player: Bud Byerly [35]
Youngest Player: Harmon Killebrew [20]
Longest Tenure: Eddie Yost [12]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Whitey Herzog (Apr 17) Lyle Luttrell (May 15) Herb Plews (Apr 18)
Pitchers: Hal Griggs (Apr 18) Connie Grob (Apr 22) Evelio Hernandez (Sep 12)

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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	Clint Courtney	29	101	283	31	85	20	3	5	44	0	5	20	10	9	4	1	3	9	.300	.362	.445	807
1B	Pete Runnels	28	147	578	72	179	29	9	8	76	5	5	58	64	2	2	4	4	18	.310	.372	.433	805
2B	Herb Plews	28	91	256	24	69	10	7	1	25	1	2	26	40	1	3	0	2	6	.270	.337	.375	712
3B	Eddie Yost	29	152	515	94	119	17	2	11	53	8	5	151	82	8	9	9	1	8	.231	.412	.336	748
SS	Jose Valdivielso	22	90	246	18	58	8	2	4	29	3	1	29	36	1	1	2	1	8	.236	.318	.333	651
OF	Jim Lemon	28	146	538	77	146	21	11	27	96	2	4	65	138	2	2	2	6	12	.271	.349	.502	851
OF	Whitey Herzog	24	117	421	49	103	13	7	4	35	8	5	35	74	0	0	8	1	5	.245	.302	.337	639
OF	Karl Olson	25	106	313	34	77	10	2	4	22	1	1	28	41	1	1	6	5	13	.246	.305	.329	634

OF-1B	Roy Sievers	29	152	550	92	139	27	2	29	95	0	0	100	88	5	10	0	4	12	.253	.370	.467	837
P	Chuck Stobbs	26	38	84	3	15	3	0	0	9	0	1	2	15	1	0	4	1	3	.179	.205	.214	419
C	Lou Berberet	26	95	207	25	54	6	3	4	27	0	0	46	33	3	9	0	0	7	.261	.402	.377	779
P	Camilo Pascual	22	43	58	3	8	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	6	1	0	6	0	3	.138	.180	.207	387
C	Ed Fitz Gerald	32	64	148	15	45	8	0	2	12	0	0	20	16	0	1	1	0	4	.304	.387	.399	786
P	Pedro Ramos	21	56	44	9	9	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	16	0	0	4	0	1	.205	.239	.295	534
SS	Jerry Snyder	26	43	148	14	40	3	1	2	14	1	0	10	9	1	0	2	0	6	.270	.321	.345	666
P	Dean Stone	25	42	34	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	22	2	0	2	0	0	.088	.225	.118	343
OF	Ernie Oravetz	24	88	137	20	34	3	2	0	11	1	0	27	20	0	0	2	1	1	.248	.370	.299	669
P	Bunky Stewart	25	34	28	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	4	0	2	.250	.250	.250	500
SS	Lyle Luttrell	26	38	122	17	23	5	3	2	9	5	1	8	19	3	0	4	1	7	.189	.254	.328	582
P	Bob Chakales	28	43	20	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	.150	.150	.150	300
2B-SS	Tony Roig	28	44	119	11	25	5	2	0	7	2	0	20	29	0	0	1	1	6	.210	.321	.286	607
P	Ted Abernathy	23	5	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	364
3B	Harmon Killebrew	20	44	99	10	22	2	0	5	13	0	0	10	39	0	0	0	1	2	.222	.291	.394	685
OF	Carlos Paula	28	33	82	8	15	2	1	3	13	0	2	8	15	0	0	0	2	5	.183	.250	.341	591
OF	Dick Tettelbach	27	18	64	10	10	1	2	1	9	0	1	14	15	0	0	3	1	0	.156	.304	.281	585
P	Bob Wiesler	25	38	33	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	4	0	2	.091	.091	.121	212
P	Connie Grob	23	37	18	3	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.368	.389	757
P	Hal Griggs	27	36	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	1	0	2	0	0	.000	.200	.000	200
P	Bud Byerly	35	25	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	.091	.091	.091	182
P	Evelio Hernandez	24	4	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	364
P	Dick Brodowski	23	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Tex Clevenger	23	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	333
	Tom Wright	32	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
Batting Totals			154	5202	652	1302	198	62	112	612	37	34	690	877	41	42	75	35	142	.250	.341	.377	718