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89-65, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Paul Richards (89-65)
Scored 682 runs, Allowed 606 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-69
Ballparks: Memorial Stadium · Attendance: 1,187,849 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100
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| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Adair | 23 | R | R | 6' 0" | 175 | Dec 17, 1936 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| John Anderson | 30 | R | R | 6' 1" | 190 | Nov 23, 1929 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Steve Barber | 22 | L | L | 6' 0" | 195 | Feb 22, 1938 | 1st | 36 | 27 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | $ | |
| Ray Barker | 24 | L | R | 6' 0" | 192 | Mar 12, 1936 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Bob Boyd | 40 | L | L | 5' 10" | 170 | Oct 1, 1919 | 8 | 71 | 3 | 71 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3 | 0.6 | $ | |
| Jackie Brandt | 26 | R | R | 5' 11" | 165 | Apr 28, 1934 | 4 | 145 | 127 | 145 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 101 | 54 | 142 | 4 | 2 | 1.1 | $ | |
| Marv Breeding | 26 | R | R | 6' 0" | 175 | Mar 8, 1934 | 1st | 152 | 151 | 152 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.2 | $ | |
| Hal Brown | 35 | R | R | 6' 2" | 180 | Dec 11, 1924 | 10 | 30 | 20 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | $ | |
| Jim Busby | 33 | R | R | 6' 1" | 175 | Jan 8, 1927 | 11 | 79 | 45 | 79 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 70 | 4 | 16 | 1.0 | $ | |
| Rip Coleman | 28 | L | L | 6' 2" | 185 | Jul 31, 1931 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | $10,000 | |
| Clint Courtney | 33 | L | R | 5' 8" | 180 | Mar 16, 1927 | 10 | 83 | 43 | 83 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0.4 | $ | |
| Walt Dropo | 37 | R | R | 6' 5" | 220 | Jan 30, 1923 | 12 | 79 | 56 | 79 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Chuck Estrada | 22 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Feb 15, 1938 | 1st | 36 | 25 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | $ | All-Star |
| Jack Fisher | 21 | R | R | 6' 2" | 215 | Mar 4, 1939 | 2 | 40 | 20 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | $ | |
| Jim Gentile | 26 | L | L | 6' 3" | 210 | Jun 3, 1934 | 3 | 138 | 95 | 138 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 3.4 | $8,000 | All-Star |
| Joe Ginsberg | 33 | L | R | 5' 11" | 180 | Oct 11, 1926 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Gene Green | 27 | R | R | 6' 2" | 200 | Jun 26, 1933 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Ron Hansen | 22 | R | R | 6' 3" | 190 | Apr 5, 1938 | 3 | 153 | 149 | 153 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.1 | $ | All-Star |
| Billy Hoeft | 28 | L | L | 6' 3" | 180 | May 17, 1932 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Gordon Jones | 30 | R | R | 6' 0" | 185 | Apr 2, 1930 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Billy Klaus | 31 | L | R | 5' 9" | 160 | Dec 9, 1928 | 8 | 46 | 10 | 46 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Bob Mabe | 30 | R | R | 5' 11" | 165 | Oct 8, 1929 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Dave Nicholson | 20 | R | R | 6' 2" | 215 | Aug 29, 1939 | 1st | 54 | 34 | 54 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 11 | 44 | 13 | 3 | -0.9 | $ | |
| Milt Pappas | 21 | R | R | 6' 3" | 190 | May 11, 1939 | 4 | 30 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | $15,000 | |
| Albie Pearson | 25 | L | L | 5' 5" | 140 | Sep 12, 1934 | 3 | 48 | 17 | 48 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 32 | 17 | 7 | 0.1 | $11,000 | |
| Dave Philley | 40 | B | R | 6' 0" | 188 | May 16, 1920 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0.4 | $ | |
| Al Pilarcik | 29 | L | L | 5' 10" | 180 | Jul 3, 1930 | 5 | 104 | 40 | 104 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 75 | 26 | 17 | -0.6 | $ | |
| Arnie Portocarrero | 28 | R | R | 6' 3" | 196 | Jul 5, 1931 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.4 | $ | |
| John Powers | 30 | L | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Jul 8, 1929 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Del Rice | 37 | R | R | 6' 2" | 190 | Oct 27, 1922 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Brooks Robinson HOF | 23 | R | R | 6' 1" | 180 | May 18, 1937 | 6 | 152 | 152 | 152 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | $ | All-Star |
| Barry Shetrone | 21 | L | R | 6' 2" | 190 | Jul 6, 1938 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $ | ||
| Gene Stephens | 27 | L | R | 6' 3" | 175 | Jan 20, 1933 | 8 | 84 | 47 | 84 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 19 | 42 | 77 | 8 | 15 | 1.4 | $ | |
| Wes Stock | 26 | R | R | 6' 2" | 188 | Apr 10, 1934 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | $ | |
| Willie Tasby | 27 | R | R | 5' 11" | 170 | Jan 8, 1933 | 3 | 39 | 22 | 39 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 36 | 3 | 4 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Valmy Thomas | 34 | R | R | 5' 9" | 165 | Oct 21, 1925 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Bobby Thomson | 36 | R | R | 6' 2" | 180 | Oct 25, 1923 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Gus Triandos | 29 | R | R | 6' 3" | 205 | Jul 30, 1930 | 8 | 109 | 96 | 109 | 105 | 0 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.5 | $ | |
| Jerry Walker | 21 | B | R | 6' 1" | 195 | Feb 12, 1939 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 35 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.5 | $13,500 | |
| Hoyt Wilhelm HOF | 37 | R | R | 6' 0" | 190 | Jul 26, 1922 | 9 | 41 | 11 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Gene Woodling | 37 | L | R | 5' 9" | 195 | Aug 16, 1922 | 15 | 140 | 117 | 140 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 0 | 1 | 124 | 23 | 0 | 3.3 | $ | |
| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR |