| Position | 1st Backup  | 2nd Backup | 3rd Backup | Fill Order |
| C | Johnny Cedeno | None | Fred Drescher | 1 |
| 1B | Hal McGee | Satoru Fukumoto | Harry McConnell | 8 |
| 2B | Felipe Birmingham | Carlos Santana | Wally DeVogt | 4 |
| 3B | Carlos Santana | Pete Larkin | Harry McConnell | 5 |
| SS | Harry McConnell | Pete Larkin | Jack Shannon | 2 |
| LF | Satoru Fukumoto | None | Chick Daringer | 7 |
| CF | Masanori Kobayashi | Chick Daringer | None | 3 |
| RF | Satoru Fukumoto | None | Chick Daringer | 6 |
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