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73-81, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Cookie Lavagetto (73-81)
Scored 672 runs, Allowed 696 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-79
Ballparks: Griffith Stadium · Attendance: 743,404 (8th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103
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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 | |||
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| Ted Abernathy | 27 | R | R | 6' 4" | 215 | Mar 6, 1933 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Bob Allison | 25 | R | R | 6' 3" | 205 | Jul 11, 1934 | 3 | 145 | 135 | 145 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 136 | 141 | 5 | 2 | 2.2 | $ | |
| Ken Aspromonte | 28 | R | R | 6' 0" | 180 | Sep 22, 1931 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Earl Battey | 25 | R | R | 6' 1" | 205 | Jan 5, 1935 | 6 | 137 | 131 | 137 | 136 | 0 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.0 | $ | |
| Julio Becquer | 28 | L | L | 5' 11" | 178 | Dec 20, 1931 | 5 | 110 | 61 | 110 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | -0.9 | $ | |
| Reno Bertoia | 25 | R | R | 5' 11" | 185 | Jan 8, 1935 | 8 | 121 | 112 | 121 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Tex Clevenger | 27 | R | R | 6' 1" | 180 | Jul 9, 1932 | 6 | 53 | 11 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.7 | $ | |
| Billy Consolo | 25 | R | R | 5' 11" | 180 | Aug 18, 1934 | 8 | 101 | 51 | 101 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0.5 | $ | |
| Dan Dobbek | 25 | L | R | 6' 0" | 195 | Dec 6, 1934 | 2 | 110 | 55 | 110 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 58 | 17 | 78 | 35 | 5 | -0.5 | $ | |
| Bill Fischer | 29 | R | R | 6' 0" | 190 | Oct 11, 1930 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Billy Gardner | 32 | R | R | 6' 0" | 170 | Jul 19, 1927 | 7 | 145 | 145 | 145 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | $ | |
| Lenny Green | 27 | L | L | 5' 11" | 170 | Jan 6, 1933 | 4 | 127 | 73 | 127 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 93 | 0 | 101 | 33 | 8 | 1.9 | $ | |
| Rudy Hernandez | 28 | R | R | 6' 3" | 185 | Dec 10, 1931 | 1st | 24 | 0 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Dick Hyde | 31 | R | R | 5' 11" | 170 | Aug 3, 1928 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Jake Jacobs | 23 | R | R | 6' 0" | 175 | Jun 9, 1937 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Jim Kaat | 21 | L | L | 6' 4" | 205 | Nov 7, 1938 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.9 | $ | |
| Russ Kemmerer | 28 | R | R | 6' 2" | 198 | Nov 1, 1931 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Harmon Killebrew HOF | 24 | R | R | 6' 0" | 195 | Jun 29, 1936 | 7 | 124 | 116 | 124 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.9 | $20,000 | |
| Jack Kralick | 25 | L | L | 6' 2" | 180 | Jun 1, 1935 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | $ | |
| Don Lee | 26 | R | R | 6' 4" | 205 | Feb 26, 1934 | 3 | 44 | 20 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | $ | |
| Jim Lemon | 32 | R | R | 6' 4" | 200 | Mar 23, 1928 | 9 | 148 | 141 | 148 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 7 | 0 | 1.9 | $ | All-Star |
| Hector Maestri | 25 | R | R | 5' 10" | 170 | Apr 19, 1935 | 1st | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Don Mincher | 22 | L | R | 6' 3" | 205 | Jun 24, 1938 | 1st | 27 | 20 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | -0.5 | $ | |
| Ray Moore | 34 | R | R | 6' 0" | 195 | Jun 1, 1926 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | $ | |
| Tom Morgan | 30 | R | R | 6' 1" | 180 | May 20, 1930 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Hal Naragon | 31 | L | R | 6' 0" | 160 | Oct 1, 1928 | 8 | 33 | 23 | 33 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | -0.7 | $ | |
| Camilo Pascual | 26 | R | R | 5' 11" | 170 | Jan 20, 1934 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | $ | All-Star |
| Pedro Ramos | 25 | B | R | 6' 0" | 175 | Apr 28, 1935 | 6 | 53 | 36 | 53 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.9 | $ | |
| Ted Sadowski | 24 | R | R | 6' 1" | 190 | Apr 1, 1936 | 1st | 9 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Johnny Schaive | 26 | R | R | 5' 8" | 175 | Feb 25, 1934 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Chuck Stobbs | 30 | L | L | 6' 1" | 185 | Jul 2, 1929 | 14 | 40 | 13 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | $ | |
| Faye Throneberry | 29 | L | R | 5' 11" | 185 | Jun 22, 1931 | 7 | 85 | 30 | 85 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 54 | 0 | -0.6 | $ | |
| Jose Valdivielso | 26 | R | R | 6' 1" | 175 | May 22, 1934 | 4 | 117 | 92 | 117 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1.5 | $ | |
| Elmer Valo | 39 | L | R | 5' 11" | 190 | Mar 5, 1921 | 19 | 76 | 1 | 76 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 75 | 0 | 0.5 | $ | |
| Zoilo Versalles | 20 | R | R | 5' 10" | 146 | Dec 18, 1939 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Pete Whisenant | 30 | R | R | 6' 2" | 190 | Dec 14, 1929 | 7 | 58 | 29 | 58 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 31 | 1 | 47 | 12 | 5 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Hal Woodeshick | 27 | R | L | 6' 3" | 200 | Aug 24, 1932 | 4 | 41 | 14 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.4 | $ | |
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