1963 Tulsa Oilers Roster
Team Record: 74-66
Finished 3rd in the TL
Manager: Grover Resinger (74-66)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 200,557, Avg. 2,865
Playoffs - Tulsa Oilers 3 games, Austin Senators 0
Finals - Tulsa Oilers 3 games, San Antonio Bullets 1
The Tulsa Oilers of the Texas League ended the 1963 season with a record of 74 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the TL.
The Oilers plated 656 runs and yielded 635 runs. Jim Beauchamp walloped 31 home runs for Tulsa, while Harry Watts swatted 15 or more, too. Jim Beauchamp drove in 105 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .337 average. Gordie Richardson led the squad with 12 wins, and Tom Hilgendorf registered a 3.25 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Ray Washburn, Cal Neeman, Dick Hughes, Chris Krug, Bud Bloomfield, Coco Laboy, Ed Spiezio, Jim Beauchamp, Chuck Taylor, Larry Jaster, Gordie Richardson, Bill Wakefield, Don Dennis, Tom Hilgendorf, Bill Bethea, George Kernek, Dennis Aust and Gary Kolb were all players from the 1963 Tulsa Oilers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Grover Resinger served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Aust | R | R | November 25, 1940 | 5'11" | 180 | Tecumseh, NE US |
| Jim Beauchamp | R | R | August 21, 1939 | 6'2" | 190 | Vinita, OK US |
| Marty Beltran | L | L | May 26, 1942 | 6'0" | 170 | Rio Piedras, PR |
| Bill Bethea | R | R | January 1, 1942 | 6'0" | 175 | Houston, TX US |
| Bud Bloomfield | R | R | January 5, 1936 | 5'11" | 175 | Oklahoma City, OK US |
| Harold Deitz | L | R | March 24, 1937 | 6'1" | 185 | Long Branch, NJ US |
| Felix DeLeon | R | R | January 1, 1941 | 5'9" | 180 | San Juan, PR |
| Don Dennis | R | R | March 3, 1942 | 6'2" | 190 | Uniontown, KS US |
| Lamar Drummonds | R | R | January 31, 1937 | 5'11" | 190 | |
| Leroy Harris | L | L | October 19, 1941 | 6'0" | 175 | Fresno, CA US |
| Tom Hilgendorf | S | L | March 10, 1942 | 6'1" | 187 | Clinton, IA US |
| Dick Hughes | R | R | February 13, 1938 | 6'3" | 195 | Stephens, AR US |
| Larry Jaster | L | L | January 13, 1944 | 6'3" | 190 | Midland, MI US |
| George Kernek | L | L | January 12, 1940 | 6'3" | 170 | Holdenville, OK US |
| Gary Kolb | L | R | March 13, 1940 | 6'0" | 194 | Rock Falls, IL US |
| Chris Krug | R | R | December 25, 1939 | 6'4" | 200 | Los Angeles, CA US |
| Coco Laboy | R | R | July 3, 1940 | 5'10" | 165 | Ponce, PR |
| Bill LeFebvre | S | R | December 28, 1941 | 6'0" | 165 | Providence, RI US |
| Elmer Lindsey | R | R | February 22, 1940 | 6'0" | 185 | |
| Roy Majtyka | R | R | June 1, 1939 | 6'0" | 170 | Buffalo, NY US |
| Jerry Marx | R | R | January 15, 1942 | 6'0" | 175 | |
| Richard Mauldin | R | R | 6'3" | 180 | ||
| Jim McNamee | S | L | October 14, 1940 | 5'11" | 155 | Salem, MA US |
| Otto Meischner | R | R | August 1, 1941 | 5'11" | 170 | |
| Cal Neeman | R | R | February 18, 1929 | 6'1" | 192 | Valmeyer, IL US |
| Joe Patterson | S | R | April 24, 1935 | 5'10" | 175 | |
| Gordie Richardson | R | L | July 19, 1938 | 6'0" | 185 | Colquitt, GA US |
| Dennis Smith | R | R | March 11, 1944 | 5'10" | 168 | |
| Ed Spiezio | R | R | October 31, 1941 | 5'11" | 180 | Joliet, IL US |
| Clint Stark | R | L | February 22, 1942 | 6'4" | 175 | |
| Chuck Taylor | R | R | April 18, 1942 | 6'2" | 195 | Shelbyville, TN US |
| Lou Vickery | L | L | August 24, 1941 | 6'1" | 190 | |
| Bill Wakefield | R | R | May 24, 1941 | 6'0" | 175 | Kansas City, MO US |
| Ray Washburn | R | R | May 31, 1938 | 6'1" | 205 | Pasco, WA US |
| Harry Watts | R | R | February 26, 1937 | 6'0" | 172 | |
| Jerry Wild | R | R | July 31, 1941 | 6'0" | 175 | Franklin, NC US |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
