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Record: 61-100 .379.... 10th in American League
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 683,817

Manager - Hank Bauer, Joe Gordon

Team Leaders

HR: Siebern [18]
RBI: Siebern [98]
2B: Siebern [36]
SB: Howser [37]
W: Bass [11]
SV: Archer [5]
SO: Archer [110]

Oldest Player: Gerry Staley [40]
Youngest Player: Lew Krausse [18]
Longest Tenure: Ray Herbert [5]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Billy Bryan (Sep 12) Frank Cipriani (Sep 8) Jay Hankins (Apr 15) Dick Howser (Apr 11) Gordon Mackenzie (Aug 13) Bobby Prescott (Jun 17) Charlie Shoemaker (Sep 9)
Pitchers: Jim Archer (Apr 30) Norm Bass (Apr 23) Bill Kirk (Sep 23) Lew Krausse (Jun 16) Bill Kunkel (Apr 15) Dan Pfister (Sep 9) John Wyatt (Sep 8)

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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	Haywood Sullivan	30	117	331	42	80	16	2	6	40	1	0	46	45	0	0	1	1	9	.242	.333	.356	689
1B	Norm Siebern	27	153	560	68	166	36	5	18	98	2	4	82	91	1	3	0	6	4	.296	.384	.475	859
2B	Jerry Lumpe	28	148	569	81	167	29	9	3	54	1	0	48	39	2	0	4	4	10	.293	.348	.392	740
3B	Wayne Causey	24	104	312	37	86	14	1	8	49	0	0	37	28	0	0	8	4	5	.276	.348	.404	752
SS	Dick Howser	25	158	611	108	171	29	6	3	45	37	9	92	38	5	0	8	3	8	.280	.377	.362	739
OF	Leo Posada	25	116	344	37	87	10	4	7	53	0	0	36	84	4	1	4	12	8	.253	.321	.366	687
OF	Bobby Del Greco	28	74	239	34	55	14	1	5	21	1	0	30	31	1	2	5	1	4	.230	.317	.360	677
OF	Jay Hankins	25	76	173	23	32	0	3	3	6	2	0	8	17	1	0	8	0	3	.185	.225	.272	497

OF	Deron Johnson	22	83	283	31	61	11	3	8	42	0	1	14	44	1	1	1	4	9	.216	.252	.360	612
P	Ray Herbert	31	13	28	1	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	0	0	.107	.138	.143	281
C	Joe Pignatano	31	92	243	31	59	10	3	4	22	2	2	36	42	4	2	7	2	0	.243	.347	.358	705
P	Don Larsen	31	18	20	2	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	.300	.333	.450	783
OF	Gene Stephens	28	62	183	22	38	6	1	4	26	3	2	16	27	2	0	2	0	2	.208	.279	.317	596
P	Bud Daley	28	16	18	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	.111	.200	.111	311
OF	Jim Rivera	38	64	141	20	34	8	0	2	10	6	2	24	14	0	0	0	0	3	.241	.352	.340	692
P	Dave Wickersham	25	17	3	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1667
1B	Marv Throneberry	27	40	130	17	31	2	1	6	24	0	0	19	30	0	1	1	0	4	.238	.336	.408	744
P	Ken Johnson	28	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
3B	Andy Carey	29	39	123	20	30	6	2	3	11	0	0	15	23	2	0	2	0	3	.244	.336	.398	734
1B	Lou Klimchock	21	57	121	8	26	4	1	1	16	0	0	5	13	0	0	1	1	1	.215	.244	.289	533
3B	Reno Bertoia	26	39	120	12	29	2	0	0	13	1	0	9	15	0	0	4	4	6	.242	.286	.258	544
OF	Hank Bauer	38	43	106	11	28	3	1	3	18	1	0	9	8	0	0	2	1	1	.264	.319	.396	715
OF	Bill Tuttle	31	25	84	15	22	2	2	0	8	0	0	9	9	0	0	2	0	2	.262	.333	.333	666
P	Joe Nuxhall	32	56	65	5	19	2	1	2	13	0	0	6	18	0	0	5	0	2	.292	.352	.446	798
P	Jerry Walker	22	45	64	6	16	2	0	0	7	0	0	3	9	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.284	.281	565
P	Jim Archer	29	39	63	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	19	0	0	6	1	0	.063	.091	.079	170
OF	Al Pilarcik	30	35	60	9	12	1	1	0	9	1	0	6	7	0	0	2	1	3	.200	.269	.250	519
P	Norm Bass	22	41	59	4	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	34	0	0	3	0	0	.119	.133	.169	302
P	Bob Shaw	28	28	55	5	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	2	.200	.200	.200	400
1B	Bob Boyd	35	26	48	7	11	2	0	0	9	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	.229	.240	.271	511
OF	Wes Covington	29	17	44	3	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	4	7	2	0	0	0	2	.159	.260	.227	487
OF	Frank Cipriani	20	13	36	2	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.289	.250	539
P	Ed Rakow	25	45	29	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	0	0	3	1	1	.103	.129	.103	232
2B	Charlie Shoemaker	21	7	26	5	10	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.385	.429	.462	891
C	Gordon Mackenzie	23	11	24	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.160	.125	285
3B-C	Ozzie Virgil	28	11	21	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.143	286
C	Billy Bryan	22	9	19	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	1	.158	.238	.316	554
P	Lew Krausse	18	13	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	1	0	0	.118	.167	.118	285
P	Art Ditmar	32	20	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.231	.167	398
OF	Bobby Prescott	30	10	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	1	.083	.214	.083	297
P	Bill Kunkel	24	58	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.222	.125	347
OF	Chuck Essegian	29	4	6	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.500	929
P	Mickey McDermott	32	7	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.400	733
OF	Stan Johnson	24	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.400	.000	400
P	Bill Fischer	30	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
	Clint Courtney	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Gerry Staley	40	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	500
P	Paul Giel	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Ed Keegan	21	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Bill Kirk	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Dan Pfister	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	John Wyatt	26	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			161	5423	683	1342	216	47	90	631	58	22	580	770	25	10	89	47	107	.247	.320	.354	674