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Major League Baseball

Record: 69-90 .434.... 6th in American League East
Stadium: Cleveland Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 800,584

Top Draft Pick: Phil Lansford (#10) A+

Affiliates - AAA Portland Beavers AA Chattanooga Lookouts A Waterloo Indians A- Batavia Trojans

Team Leaders

HR: Thornton [33]
RBI: Thornton [105]
2B: Manning, Bell [27]
SB: Manning, Dade, Norris [12]
W: Waits [13]
SV: Kern [13]
SO: Wise [106]

Oldest Player: Willie Horton [35]
Youngest Player: Alfredo Griffin [20]
Longest Tenure: Buddy Bell [7]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Wayne Cage (Apr 22) Ron Hassey (Apr 23)
Pitchers: Dennis Kinney (Apr 9)

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	Gary Alexander	25	90	324	39	76	14	3	17	62	0	2	35	100	1	3	0	4	2	.235	.308	.454	762
1B	Andre Thornton	28	145	508	97	133	22	4	33	105	4	7	93	72	6	4	2	8	17	.262	.377	.516	893
2B	Duane Kuiper	28	149	547	52	155	18	6	0	43	4	9	19	35	4	1	16	3	11	.283	.311	.338	649
3B	Buddy Bell	26	142	556	71	157	27	8	6	62	1	3	39	43	0	1	9	2	24	.282	.328	.392	720
SS	Tom Veryzer	25	130	421	48	114	18	4	1	32	1	2	13	36	5	0	15	4	7	.271	.298	.340	638
OF	Rick Manning	23	148	566	65	149	27	3	3	50	12	12	38	62	1	1	8	3	10	.263	.309	.337	646
OF	Johnny Grubb	29	113	378	54	100	16	6	14	61	5	1	59	60	2	5	8	2	5	.265	.365	.450	815
OF	Paul Dade	26	93	307	37	78	12	1	3	20	12	9	34	45	2	1	5	1	3	.254	.331	.329	660
DH	Bernie Carbo	30	60	174	21	50	8	0	4	16	1	0	20	31	1	1	1	1	6	.287	.362	.402	764

OF	Jim Norris	29	113	315	41	89	14	5	2	27	12	7	42	20	0	4	5	3	6	.283	.364	.378	742
P	Jim Kern	29	58	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
OF-3B	Ted Cox	23	82	227	14	53	7	0	1	19	0	1	16	30	1	1	8	1	4	.233	.286	.278	564
P	Al Fitzmorris	32	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
SS-2B	Larvell Blanks	28	70	193	19	49	10	0	2	20	0	0	10	16	0	0	5	4	7	.254	.285	.337	622
P	Wayne Garland	27	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
C-OF	Ron Pruitt	26	71	187	17	44	6	1	6	17	2	1	16	20	0	3	2	0	3	.235	.296	.374	670
P	Don Hood	28	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
DH	Willie Horton	35	50	169	15	42	7	0	5	22	3	0	15	25	1	4	1	0	7	.249	.314	.379	693
P	Sid Monge	27	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Jason Novak	-	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
C	Bo Diaz	25	44	127	12	30	4	0	2	11	0	0	4	17	0	0	2	0	2	.236	.260	.315	575
P	Rick Waits	26	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF	Horace Speed	26	70	106	13	24	4	1	0	4	2	4	14	31	1	1	2	1	5	.226	.320	.283	603
DH-1B	Wayne Cage	26	36	98	11	24	6	1	4	13	1	2	9	28	0	0	1	0	2	.245	.308	.449	757
C	Ron Hassey	25	25	74	5	15	0	0	2	9	2	0	5	7	1	0	1	2	1	.203	.256	.284	540
OF	Dan Briggs	25	15	49	4	8	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	9	0	0	0	0	2	.163	.226	.265	491
OF	Mike Vail	26	14	34	2	8	2	1	0	2	1	1	1	9	0	1	1	1	0	.235	.250	.353	603
SS	Alfredo Griffin	20	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.750	1417
P	David Clyde	23	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Dave Freisleben	26	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Dennis Kinney	26	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Rick Kreuger	29	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
	Larry Lintz	28	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Mike Paxton	24	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Paul Reuschel	31	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Dan Spillner	26	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Rick Wise	32	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			159	5365	638	1400	223	45	106	596	63	61	488	698	26	31	92	40	124	.261	.323	.379	702