Player

Pos.

Class

Seasons

Comments

Andy Anderson

LHP

college

50

played all season

Bill Anderson

RHP

local

50

early season fill in player

Jack Bruton

RHP

NL

50,51

joined early July

Willie Cathey

LHP

NL

50,51

joined early July

Bob Cope

RHP

college

50

resigned 6/19

Bob Danielson

RHP

Pro

50,53

played all season

Gervis Fagan

Infield

NL

50

joined late July

Ev Faunce

CF,2B

local

50

early Mgr; resign 7/20

Norm Felde

1b,Outfield

Local

50,51

played all season

Ted Fowler

1b,Outfield

college

50

released 7/1

Leo Henry

RHP

NL

50

joined mid-July

Roy Hughes

RHP

NL

50

joined early June

Cliff Kemp

Catcher

local

50,51

played all season

Harvey Lapides

outfield

college

50

joined 6/16

Wilfrid“Lefty”LeFebvre

1B,P,MGR

MLB

50

started 6/19

Zoonie McLean

SS

local

50-57

played all season

Satchel Paige

RHP

MLB

50

Pitched 3 innings/3 games

Jimmy Peet  (Peete)

LHP

NL

50

resigned 7/8

Frank Pickens

RHP

NL

50

joined mid-July

Fred Shepard

Outfield

NL

50,51

mid-season replacement

Henry Smith

2B

NL

50

mid-season replacement

Artis Stewart

RHP

NL

50

traded on 7/15

Marly Strong

Catcher

local

50

played all season

Ted Strong

3B,Outfield

NL

50

jumped team 7/10

Brad Tolson

RHP

college

50,51

played all season

Del Triplett

Outfield

local

50

played all season

Paul Wasseth

3B

college

50

joined 7/16

Leonard Williams

2B

NL

50

jumped team 7/10

Lester Witherspoon

RHP

NL

50

resigned 7/8

Steve Wylie

RHP

NL

50

jumped team 7/2

Harold Dark

P

Tryout-released 5/28

Cranston Shaw

P

Tryout-released 5/28

“Beanie” Anderson

P

tryout/exhibition

Joe Hafele

P

no show

Elwood McBride

P

no show

Bill Kathey

P

exhibition

Sonny Andrews

inf

post season exhibitions

Eddie Burke

local

exhibition

Flash Maddox

local

exhibition

Player

Pos.

Class

Seasons

Comments

Harvey Beaster

Leftfield

Pro

51

played all season

Don Berg

Outfield

Pro

51

played early & late season

Joe Bestudick

Outfield

Pro

51

tryout

Willie Blackshire

Infield

NL

51

tryout 7/17-7/23

Jack Bruton

Utility

NL

50,51

played early and late season

Nip Bruton

RHP

NL

51

joined late June

Sugar Cain

RHP

NL

51-57

played all season

Willie Cathey

LHP

NL

50, 51

played all season

Joe DeGrazia

2B

Pro

51

joined mid-July; released

Vallie Eaves

RHP

MLB

51

released 6/5

Norm Felde

Outfield

College

50, 51

released 6/7

Jonas Gaines

LHP

NL

51,52

played all season

Jimmy Grant

3B

MLB

51

played all season

Otto Huber

MGR, 2B

MLB

51

resigned 7/15

Wally Jako

Centerfield

Pro

51,52

played all season

Leonard Johnson

RHP

NL

51

joined  July; released 8/15

Connie Juelke

Rightfield

local

51,53,54

jumped 7/1

Jim Kamis

RHP

Pro

51

broke leg 6/ 9; played late

Cliff Kemp

Catcher

local

50

filled in when Wiles jumped

Joe Mack

Outfield

MLB

51

joined 7/4

Gerry MacKay

Outfield

Pro

51

joined 7/4

Henry McHenry

RHP

NL

51

released 6/25

Zoonie McLean

SS

local

50-57

played all season

Roland Miles

Utility

local

51

joined 7/29

Othello Renfroe

C, Utility

NL

51,53,54

resigned late July

Harold Schacker

RHP

MLB

51

joined 7/4

Fred Shepard

Outfield

NL

50, 51

early season

Ed Sudol

1B

Pro

51

played all season

Brad Tolson

RHP

College

50, 51

joined early June

Bob Turner

Catcher

NL

51

joined 7/29

Frank Watkins

RHP

local

51

joined late July

Bob Wiles

LHP

Pro

51

released 6/7

Charles Wiles

Catcher

Pro

51

jumped 7/1

Frank Duncan

RHP

no show

Bill Anderson

RHP

exhibition game

Elmer Kish

no show

Hal Price

pitcher

did not appear

Player

Pos.

Class

Seasons

Comments

Eddie Allen

RHP

college

52

released mid-June

Ed Albosta

RHP

MLB

52,53

joined late July

Quincey Barbee

1B

Pro

52

played all season

Duke Bowman

3B

Pro

52-57

played all season

Al Bryant

LHP

NL

52

tryout 2 2/3 innings June

Sugar Cain

RHP

NL

51-57

played all season

Don Corcoran

Centerfield

Pro

52-56

played all season

Jonas Gaines

LHP

NL

51,52

played all season

Yogi Giammarco

Rightfield

Pro

52,54

played all season

Whit Graves

RHP

NL

52

released by 7/14

Willie Greene

Utility

local

52,54

played all season

Wally Jako

Leftfield

Pro

51,52

played all season

John Kelly

LHP

Pro

52,53

played all season

John Kennedy

2B

MLB

52

played all season

Bob Landers

LHP

NL

52

Released 7/4

Warren Martin

RHP

Pro

52-55

6/25 debut; released late

Joe Massaro

Catcher

Pro

52-55

played all season

Zoonie McLean

SS

local

50-57

played all season

Mal Murray

RHP

NL

52,53

joined 6/21

Roland Summers

LHP

NL

52

joined 6/21; released 6/27

Bob Tiller

C, Utility

local

52

joined late season

John Garten

C

no show

Willie Cathey

LHP

signed but joined Winnipeg

Player

Pos.

Class

Seasons

Comments

Ed Albosta

RHP,MGR

MLB

52,53

played all season

Duke Bowman

3B

Pro

52-57

played all season

Ed Bowman

2B

Pro

53-55

played all season

Sugar Cain

RHP

NL

51-57

played all season

Chuck Carroll

Rightfield

Pro

53

played all season

Roy Chapman

LHP

NL

53

joined 7/16

Jack Cooper

Rightfield

Pro

53

released 6/22

Don Corcoran

Centerfield

Pro

52-56

played all season

Bob Danielson

RHP

Pro

50,53

joined 8/1

Larry Dempsey

RHP

Pro

53

joined 6/22

Connie Juelke

Leftfield

local

51,53,54

played all season

John Kelly

LHP

Pro

52,53

sore arm 6/10-8/16

Roy Klaudt

LHP

Pro

53

pitched 5/20; released

Whitey Landsen

RHP

local

53

tryout 5/26-6/22

Niel Lettau

LHP

Pro

53,54,55

joined 8/1

Lou Lombardo

LHP

MLB

53

6/22-7/16

Tom Lowe

RHP

Pro

53

6/22-7/16

Warren Martin

RHP

Pro

52-55

joined 7/16

Joe Massaro

Catcher

Pro

52-55

joined 6/1

Zoonie McLean

SS

local

50-57

played all season

Mal Murray

RHP

NL

52,53

played all season

Othello Renfroe

C, Utility

NL

51,53,54

played all season

Mickey Rocco

1B

MLB

53

released 6/22

Dean Scarborough

1B

Pro

53-56

joined 6/22

Phil Tomkinson

Catcher

Pro

53

jumped 5/23

Bill Washburn

LHP

Pro

53-55

released 6/22

Bob Whitcher

LHP

MLB

53

6/15-8/3

Mike Williams

RHP

local

53

joined 8/1

Oscar Khederian

inf

injury prior to joining

John Kennedy

2B

went Pro

Ed Massaro

P

no show

Player

Pos.

Class

Seasons

Comments

Duke Bowman

3B

Pro

52-57

played all season

Ed Bowman

2B

Pro

53-55

played all season

Walt Bowman

Infielder

Pro

54

joined 7/28

Sugar Cain

RHP

NL

51-57

played all season

Ernie Canada

RHP

Pro

54

6/1 - 6/19  left for military

Don Corcoran

Centerfield

Pro

52-56

played all season

Yogi Giammarco

Rightfield

Pro

52,54

jumped 7/18

Willie Greene

Utility

local

52,54

8/3 debut

Connie Juelke

Leftfield

Pro

51,53,54

played all season

Cliff Lemme

RHP

local

54

weekends only

Neil Lettau

LHP

Pro

53,54,55

played all season

Joe Massaro

Catcher

Pro

52-55

played all season

Warren Martin

RHP

Pro

52-55

joined 6/3

Zoonie McLean

SS

local

50-57

played all season

Rollie Merrill

RHP

ManDak

54

7/7 – 7/13

Fred Parker

RHP

Pro

54

joined 6/23 to 8/22

Othello Renfroe

Utility

NL

51,53,54

played all season

Murray Richardson

LHP

Pro

54,55

played all season

Dean Scarborough

1B

Pro

53-56

played all season

Bill Washburn

LHP

Pro

53-55

joined 7/5

Larry Dempsey

RHP

no show

Kent Geisler

P

Allstar game

Steve Dean

P

tryout6/21

Larry Armstrong

OF

tryout (Glenburn, ND)

Carl Long

P

tryout (Leeds, ND)

Ron Bowen

1B

post season exhibition

Player

Pos.

Class

Seasons

Comments

Don Ahtipis

RHP

Pro

55

7/3 to 7/29

Duke Bowman

3B

Pro

52-57

played all season

Ed Bowman

2B

Pro

53-55

played all season

Jack Bishop

Catcher

local

55

played one game 6/22

Barney Brown

LHP

NL

55

released 6/30

Bernard Busse

MGR

local

55

took over 7/31

Sugar Cain

RHP

NL

51-57

played all season

Rabbit Cartledge

RHP

NL

55

joined 8/1

Lou Ciola

RHP

Pro

55

pitched final champ. game

Don Corcoran

Centerfield

Pro

52-56

played all season

Butch Davis

Leftfield

NL

55

injured for playoffs

Mel Duncan

RHP, OF

NL

55,56

joined 8/1

Bob Ebkor

RHP

Pro

55

played in 1 game 6/20

Ted Edmunds

RHP

Pro

55

joined 7/3

Charlie Frey

Outfield

Pro

55

joined 8/25

Tom Gatts

Utility

Pro

55

6/22 to 7/6

Dirk Gibbons

RHP

NL

55,56,57

played all season

Tom Horton

RHP

Pro

55

joined 6/25

Neil Lettau

LHP

Pro

53,54,55

released 7/25

Warren Martin

RHP

Pro

52-55

released 7/1

Joe Massaro

Catcher

Pro

52-55

jumped 7/31

Zoonie McLean

SS

local

50-57

played all season

Stan Milankovich

RHP

Pro

55

joined 7/6; injured late

Joe Montiero

Leftfield

Pro

55

jumped 7/31

Willie Patterson

Utility

NL

55

joined 8/1

Don Petschow

1B

Pro

55

injured 6/14-7/4; rel 7/23

Bill Pinckard

Rightfield

Pro

55

7/20 – 8/9

Murray Richardson

LHP

Pro

54,55

released 6/30

Dean Scarborough

1B,OF

Pro

53-56

played all season

Bill Washburn

LHP

Pro

53-55

released 7/6

Dewey Williams

Catcher

MLB

55,56,57

joined 8/1

George Wopinek

Outfield

Pro

55

joined 8/17

Pedro Naranjo

LHP

no show

Virgil Miller

C

dressed for 1 game

Othello Renfroe

utility

would not sign

Player

Pos.

Class

Seasons

Comments

Andy Anderson

Utility

NL

56,57

joined 7/4

Ed Barr

Rightfield

Pro

56

played all season

Duke Bowman

3B

Pro

52-57

played all season

Carl Bush

1B

Pro

56,57

played all season

Sugar Cain

RHP

NL

51-57

played all season

Wyman Carey

LHP

college

56

8/4 – 8/19

Don Corcoran

Centerfield

Pro

52-56

played all season

Hal Daugherty

2B, MGR

MLB

56

played all season

Mel Duncan

RHP/outfield

NL

55,56

released 6/1

Dirk Gibbons

RHP

NL

55,56,57

played all season

Charlie Griffith

RHP

Pro

56

released 6/18; 7/9-7/28

Tom Guderian

RHP

Pro

56

joined 7/23

Bruce Haroldson

RHP

56

joined 8/4

Dick Kelly

LHP

Pro

56

joined 6/28

Cread McKinnes

LHP

56

released 6/9

Zoonie McLean

SS

local

50-57

played all season

Don Miller

Catcher

local

56

played early season

Chuck Orner

Catcher

Pro

56,57

joined 7/ 9

Bill Oster

LHP

MLB

56,57

joined 7/ 19

Jie Piercey

MGR,P

Pro

56

resigned 7/21

Dean Scarborough

1B

Pro

53-56

joined 8/3

Mike Schultz

RHP

Pro

56

released 6/28

Don Smith

Utility

local

56,57

released 7/7

Pete Taylor

RHP

MLB

56

joined 6/21

Bob van Eman

LF

Pro

56

resigned 8/2

Dewey Williams

Catcher

MLB

55,56,57

released 7/19

Gabby Horeman

C/Outfield

Injured pre-season

Joe Lutz

1B/MGR

illness pre-season

“Woody” Johnson

LHP/MGR

no show

George Wopinek

outfield

no show

Gay Rasmuson

pre-season exhibition

Player

Pos.

Class

Seasons

Comments

Andy Anderson

Utility

NL

56,57

played all season

John Andre

RHP

MLB

57

played all season

Duke Bowman

3B

Pro

52-57

preseason +1^st week; 7/21

Willard Brown

outfield

MLB

57

joined 7/9

Norman Budz

LHP

semipro

57

tryout 5/31

Carl Bush

1B

Pro

56,57

played all season

Jerry Cabana

infield

Pro

57

7/9 to 7/13

Sugar Cain

RHP

NL

51-57

played all season

Dirk Gibbons

RHP

NL

55,56,57

played all season

Gideon Jarvis

Left field

Pro

57

6/21 – 7/23; 8/5 - end

Jack Hale

LHP

Pro

57

played all season

Jerry Hendricks

2B

local

57

fill in for 1^st 3 games

Rudy Mayling

outfield

Pro

57

 released 6/12

Frank McCollum

RHP

NL

57

 released 6/13

Zoonie McLean

SS, MGR

local

50-57

played all season

Buddy Messina

2B

Pro

57

played all season

Howard Morganstern

outfield

57

tryout 6/20 released 7/4

Chuck Orner

Catcher

Pro

56,57

played all season

Bill Oster

LHP

MLB

56,57

played all season

Jesse Rogers

CF

Pro

57

played all season

Don Smith

Utility

local

56,57

played all season

Bill Upton

RHP

MLB

57

played all season

Dewey Williams

Catcher

MLB

55,56,57

fill-in for 1 game

Nelville Cooper

3B

no show

Bob Bodine

college

exhibition

Mark Bodine

college

exhibition

Whitey Aus

college

exhibition

Gary Leslie

college

exhibition

Lewis Saum

college

exhibition