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Major League Baseball

Record: 54-100 .351.... 8th in American League
Stadium: Shibe Park
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 432,145

Team Leaders

HR: Johnson [31]
RBI: Johnson [103]
2B: Moses [41]
SB: Hayes [9]
W: Babich [14]
SV: Heusser [5]
SO: Babich [94]

Oldest Player: Earle Brucker [39]
Youngest Player: Elmer Valo [19]
Longest Tenure: Bob Johnson [8]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Crash Davis (Jun 15) Buddy Hancken (May 14) Al Rubeling (Apr 16) Elmer Valo (Sep 22) Jack Wallaesa (Sep 22)
Pitchers: Herman Besse (Apr 19) Phil Marchildon (Sep 22) Carl Miles (Jun 8) Porter Vaughan (Jun 16)

2009 Independent League Statistics have been updated.

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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	Frankie Hayes	25	136	465	73	143	23	4	16	70	9	3	61	59	1		2		13	.308		.477	---
1B	Dick Siebert	28	154	595	69	170	31	6	5	77	8	6	33	34	2		7		12	.286		.383	---
2B	Benny McCoy	24	134	490	56	126	26	5	7	62	2	2	65	44	1		4		14	.257		.373	---
3B	Al Rubeling	27	108	376	49	92	16	6	4	38	4	5	48	58	0		5		7	.245		.351	---
SS	Al Brancato	21	107	298	42	57	11	2	1	23	3	1	28	36	2		2		10	.191		.252	---
OF	Bob Johnson	34	138	512	93	137	25	4	31	103	8	2	83	64	4		1		20	.268		.514	---
OF	Wally Moses	29	142	537	91	166	41	9	9	50	6	4	75	44	2		5		4	.309		.469	---
OF	Sam Chapman	24	134	508	88	140	26	3	23	75	2	6	46	96	1		7		14	.276		.474	---

OF	Dee Miles	31	88	236	26	71	9	6	1	23	1	1	8	18	1		1		2	.301		.403	---
P	Chubby Dean	23	67	90	6	26	2	0	0	6	0	0	16	9	0		2		1	.289		.311	---
SS	Bill Lillard	22	73	206	26	49	8	2	1	21	0	1	28	28	1		6		3	.238		.311	---
P	Nels Potter	28	31	71	4	18	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	7	0		6		2	.254		.282	---
3B	Joe Gantenbein	23	75	197	21	47	6	2	4	23	1	0	11	21	1		1		2	.239		.350	---
P	George Caster	32	36	62	3	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	24	0		2		2	.129		.145	---
P	Johnny Babich	27	31	86	4	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	24	1		2		3	.116		.128	---
P	Buck Ross	25	24	53	2	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	14	0		2		1	.132		.189	---
OF	Al Simmons	38	37	81	7	25	4	0	1	19	0	0	4	8	0		0		4	.309		.395	---
P	Bill Beckmann	32	34	39	4	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	8	0		3		1	.205		.205	---
C	Hal Wagner	24	34	75	9	19	5	1	0	10	0	0	11	6	1		2		2	.253		.347	---
P	Les McCrabb	25	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		0		0	.250		.250	---
SS	Fred Chapman	23	26	69	6	11	1	0	0	4	1	1	6	10	0		4		2	.159		.174	---
2B	Crash Davis	20	23	67	4	18	1	1	0	9	1	0	3	10	1		2		2	.269		.313	---
C	Earle Brucker	39	23	46	3	9	1	1	0	2	0	0	6	3	0		0		4	.196		.261	---
P	Porter Vaughan	21	18	34	3	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	0		1		2	.235		.235	---
P	Ed Heusser	31	41	30	4	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	5	12	0		1		0	.167		.267	---
OF	Elmer Valo	19	6	23	6	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0		0		0	.348		.348	---
SS	Jack Wallaesa	20	6	20	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		0		0	.150		.150	---
P	Herman Besse	28	17	19	1	5	1	0	0	7	0	0	4	6	0		0		0	.263		.316	---
OF	Eric Tipton	25	2	8	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	.125		.375	---
P	Carl Miles	22	2	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.750		1.000	---
P	Phil Marchildon	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1		0	.000		.000	---
	Dario Lodigiani	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.000		.000	---
C	Buddy Hancken	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	---	---	---	---
P	Pat McLaughlin	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			154																	---		---	---