| Position | 1st Backup  | 2nd Backup | 3rd Backup | Fill Order |
| C | Cotton Meeks | Jimmy Dyer | None | 1 |
| 1B | Rich Claire | Tony Ritz | Harry Johnson | 2 |
| 2B | Tony Ritz | Harry Johnson | Rich Claire | 3 |
| 3B | Tony Ritz | Harry Johnson | Rich Claire | 4 |
| SS | Harry Johnson | Tony Ritz | Rich Claire | 5 |
| LF | Bill Russell | Ernie Wakamatsu | Red Archer | 7 |
| CF | Bill Russell | Ernie Wakamatsu | Red Archer | 6 |
| RF | Bill Russell | Ernie Wakamatsu | Red Archer | 8 |
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