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Major League Baseball

Record: 70-90 .438.... 7th in American League
Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,256,723

Team Leaders

HR: Killebrew [46]
RBI: Killebrew [122]
2B: Green [28]
SB: Green [17]
W: Pascual [15]
SV: Moore [14]
SO: Pascual [221]

Oldest Player: Elmer Valo [40]
Youngest Player: Gary Dotter [18]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Ron Henry (Apr 15) Rich Rollins (Jun 16) Jim Snyder (Sep 15)
Pitchers: Gerry Arrigo (Jun 12) Fred Bruckbauer (Apr 25) Bert Cueto (Jun 18) Gary Dotter (Sep 10) Bill Pleis (Apr 16) Lee Stange (Apr 15)

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
4	Bob Allison	OF	26	R	R	6-4	220	7/11/1934	Raytown, MO	MLB	1958-1970
35	Joe Altobelli	1B-OF	29	L	L	6-0	185	5/26/1932	Detroit, MI	MLB	1955-1961
42	Gerry Arrigo	P	20	L	L	6-1	195	6/12/1941	Chicago, IL	MLB	1961-1970
10	Earl Battey	C	26	R	R	6-1	205	1/5/1935	Los Angeles, CA	MLB	1955-1967
29	Julio Becquer	1B	29	L	L	5-11	178	12/20/1931	Havana, CU	MLB	1955-1963
1	Reno Bertoia	3B-2B	26	R	R		185	1/8/1935	St. Vido Utine, IT	MLB	1953-1962
38	Fred Bruckbauer	P	23	R	R	6-1	185	5/27/1938	New Ulm, MN	MLB	1961-1961
6	Billy Consolo	SS-2B	26	R	R	5-11	180	8/18/1934	Cleveland, OH	MLB	1953-1962
16	Bert Cueto	P	23	R	R	6-4	170	8/14/1937	San Luis, CU	MLB	1961-1961
22	Dan Dobbek	OF	26	L	R	6-0	195	12/6/1934	Ontonagon, MI	MLB	1959-1961
41	Gary Dotter	P	18	L	L	6-1	180	8/7/1942	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1961-1964
9	Billy Gardner	2B	33	R	R	6-0	180	7/19/1927	Waterford, CT	MLB	1954-1963
18	Paul Giel	P	29	R	R	5-11	185	2/29/1932	Winona, MN	MLB	1954-1961
7	Lenny Green	OF	28	L	L	5-11	170	1/6/1933	Detroit, MI	MLB	1957-1968
11	Ron Henry	C	24	R	R	6-1	180	8/7/1936	Chester, PA	MLB	1961-1964
	Jake Jacobs	OF	24	R	R	6-0	175	6/9/1937	Youngstown, OH	MLB	1960-1961
36	Jim Kaat	P	22	L	L	6-4	217	11/7/1938	Zeeland, MI	MLB	1959-1983
3	Harmon Killebrew	1B-3B	25	R	R	5-11	214	6/29/1936	Payette, ID	MLB	1954-1975
15	Jack Kralick	P	26	L	L	6-2	180	6/1/1935	Youngstown, OH	MLB	1959-1967
20	Don Lee	P	27	R	R	6-4	210	2/26/1934	Globe, AZ	MLB	1957-1966
23	Jim Lemon	OF	33	R	R	6-4	200	3/23/1928	Covington, VA	MLB	1950-1963
6	Ted Lepcio	2B-3B	30	R	R	5-10	177	7/28/1930	Utica, NY	MLB	1952-1961
1	Billy Martin	2B	33	R	R		165	5/16/1928	Berkeley, CA	MLB	1950-1961
18	Danny McDevitt	P	28	L	L	5-10	175	11/18/1932	New York, NY	MLB	1957-1962
28	Don Mincher	1B	23	L	R	6-3	213	6/24/1938	Huntsville, AL	MLB	1960-1972
21	Ray Moore	P	35	R	R	6-1	205	6/1/1926	Meadows, MD	MLB	1952-1963
8	Hal Naragon	C	32	L	R	6-0	175	10/1/1928	Zanesville, OH	MLB	1951-1962
24,40	Ed Palmquist	P	28	R	R	6-3	195	6/10/1933	Los Angeles, CA	MLB	1960-1961
17	Camilo Pascual	P	27	R	R	5-11	185	1/20/1934	Havana, CU	MLB	1954-1971
40	Bill Pleis	P	23	L	L	5-10	175	8/5/1937	St. Louis, MO	MLB	1961-1966
14,28	Pedro Ramos	P	26	B	R	6-0	185	4/28/1935	Pinar del Rio, CU	MLB	1955-1970
9	Rich Rollins	3B	23	R	R	5-10	185	4/16/1938	Mount Pleasant, PA	MLB	1961-1970
35	Ted Sadowski	P	25	R	R		190	4/1/1936	Pittsburgh, PA	MLB	1960-1962
43	Al Schroll	P	29	R	R	6-2	210	3/22/1932	New Orleans, LA	MLB	1958-1961
6	Jim Snyder	2B	28	R	R	6-1	185	8/15/1932	Dearborn, MI	MLB	1961-1964
39	Lee Stange	P	24	R	R	5-10	170	10/27/1936	Chicago, IL	MLB	1961-1970
27	Chuck Stobbs	P	31	L	L	6-1	185	7/2/1929	Wheeling, WV	MLB	1947-1961
13	Bill Tuttle	OF	31	R	R	6-0	190	7/4/1929	Elwood, IL	MLB	1952-1963
5	Jose Valdivielso	SS	27	R	R	6-1	175	5/22/1934	Matanzas, CU	MLB	1955-1961
32	Elmer Valo	OF	40	L	R	5-11	190	3/5/1921	Ribnik, CZ	MLB	1940-1961
2	Zoilo Versalles	SS	21	R	R	5-10	150	12/18/1939	Veldado, CU	MLB	1959-1971
24	Pete Whisenant	OF	31	R	R	6-2	200	12/14/1929	Asheville, NC	MLB	1952-1961