| Position | 1st Backup  | 2nd Backup | 3rd Backup | Fill Order |
| C | Pat Lowery | Jim Griffey | None | 1 |
| 1B | Dick Brucker | None | Dave Kelly | 2 |
| 2B | Greg Shirley | Greg Shirley | Dick Brucker | 3 |
| 3B | Wilbur Sullivan | Ed Constable | Dave Kelly | 4 |
| SS | Tod King | Ed Constable | Greg Shirley | 5 |
| LF | Tod King | Dave Kelly | Tod King | 6 |
| CF | Dixie Peterson | None | Dixie Peterson | 7 |
| RF | Jack Kingman | Dixie Peterson | None | 8 |
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