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Major League Baseball

Record: 71-83 .461.... 7th in National League
Stadium: Sportsman's Park
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 929,953

General Manager - Bing Devine
Manager - Solly Hemus

Pitching Coach - Howie Pollet Assistant Coach - Ray Katt, Johnny Keane, Harry Walker

Team Leaders

HR: Boyer [28]
RBI: Boyer [94]
2B: Cimoli [40]
SB: Blasingame, White [15]
W: Jackson, McDaniel [14]
SV: McDaniel [15]
SO: Jackson [145]

Oldest Player: Marv Grissom [41]
Youngest Player: Tim McCarver [17]
Longest Tenure: Stan Musial [18]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Duke Carmel (Sep 10) Tim McCarver (Sep 10) Gene Oliver (Jun 6) Charlie O'Rourke (Jun 16) Wally Shannon (Jul 9)
Pitchers: Gary Blaylock (Apr 10) Marshall Bridges (Jun 17) Ernie Broglio (Apr 11) Bob Duliba (Aug 11) Bob Gibson (Apr 15) Tom Hughes (Sep 13) Howie Nunn (Apr 11) Dick Ricketts (Jun 14)

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	Hal Smith	28	142	452	35	122	15	3	13	50	2	6	15	28	1	6	5	0	13	.270	.295	.403	698
1B	Stan Musial	38	115	341	37	87	13	2	14	44	0	2	60	25	0	11	0	3	12	.255	.364	.428	792
2B	Don Blasingame	27	150	615	90	178	26	7	1	24	15	15	67	42	2	2	7	0	3	.289	.361	.359	720
3B	Ken Boyer	28	149	563	86	174	18	5	28	94	12	6	67	77	2	7	0	1	7	.309	.384	.508	892
SS	Alex Grammas	33	131	368	43	99	14	2	3	30	3	3	38	26	1	6	5	3	9	.269	.337	.342	679
OF	Gino Cimoli	29	143	519	61	145	40	7	8	72	7	0	37	83	2	2	7	4	19	.279	.327	.430	757
OF	Joe Cunningham	27	144	458	65	158	28	6	7	60	2	6	88	47	5	9	2	3	9	.345	.453	.478	931
OF	Curt Flood	21	121	208	24	53	7	3	7	26	2	1	16	35	0	0	0	2	6	.255	.305	.418	723

OF-1B	Bill White	25	138	517	77	156	33	9	12	72	15	10	34	61	2	1	3	5	5	.302	.344	.470	814
P	Larry Jackson	28	54	80	9	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	25	0	0	7	0	0	.113	.134	.125	259
OF	Gene Oliver	24	68	172	14	42	9	0	6	28	3	2	7	41	0	0	0	2	4	.244	.271	.401	672
P	Vinegar Bend Mizell	28	31	75	7	14	1	1	0	7	0	1	3	29	0	0	5	0	0	.187	.218	.227	445
1B	George Crowe	36	77	103	14	31	6	0	8	29	0	0	5	12	0	2	0	1	4	.301	.330	.592	922
P	Lindy McDaniel	23	62	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	16	0	0	3	0	0	.034	.125	.034	159
SS	Wally Shannon	26	47	95	5	27	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	.284	.292	.337	629
P	Jim Brosnan	29	20	7	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.571	857
3B	Ray Jablonski	32	60	87	11	22	4	0	3	14	1	0	8	19	0	0	0	1	3	.253	.313	.402	715
P	Bill Smith	25	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
OF-C	Gene Green	26	30	74	8	14	6	0	1	3	0	0	5	18	0	1	0	0	1	.189	.241	.311	552
P	Phil Clark	26	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Ernie Broglio	23	35	61	3	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	18	0	0	3	0	2	.098	.141	.098	239
OF	Bobby Gene Smith	25	43	60	11	13	1	1	1	7	0	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	2	.217	.230	.317	547
SS	Dick Gray	27	36	51	9	16	1	0	1	6	3	0	6	8	0	1	2	0	1	.314	.386	.392	778
SS	Lee Tate	27	41	50	5	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	5	7	1	1	2	0	2	.140	.232	.260	492
OF	Chuck Essegian	27	17	39	2	7	2	1	0	5	0	0	1	13	0	0	0	0	3	.179	.200	.282	482
P	Gary Blaylock	27	31	34	4	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	17	0	0	1	0	0	.118	.118	.294	412
C	J.W. Porter	26	23	33	5	7	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	.212	.257	.394	651
P	Bob Gibson	23	21	26	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	.115	.115	.192	307
C	Ray Katt	32	15	24	0	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	2	.292	.292	.375	667
C	Tim McCarver	17	8	24	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.208	439
P	Bob Miller	20	11	24	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	13	0	0	1	0	0	.208	.240	.208	448
P	Marshall Bridges	28	27	23	3	5	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	2	0	0	.217	.250	.391	641
OF	Duke Carmel	22	10	23	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.167	.174	341
P	Dick Ricketts	25	12	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	2	0	0	.056	.056	.056	112
3B	Solly Hemus	36	24	17	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	.235	.500	.353	853
P	Alex Kellner	34	12	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	444
OF	Irv Noren	34	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.250	375
OF	Chick King	28	5	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	.429	.375	.429	804
OF	Joe Durham	27	6	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Bob Duliba	24	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Dean Stone	28	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Hal Jeffcoat	34	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
	Charlie O'Rourke	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Bob Blaylock	24	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Tom Hughes	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Howie Nunn	23	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Jack Urban	30	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Tom Cheney	24	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Marv Grissom	41	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			154	5317	641	1432	244	49	118	605	65	53	485	747	19	49	60	26	108	.269	.331	.400	731