1951 Odessa Oilers Statistics

Longhorn League (LL) - Class: C
Team Record: 76-63
Finished 4th in the LL
Manager: Jackie Sullivan (0-0), Robert Martin (0-0)
Location: Odessa, Texas
Ballpark: Oiler Park
Attendance: 58,825, Avg. 846

1951 Odessa Oilers Roster

Playoffs - Odessa Oilers 4 games, San Angelo Colts 1
Finals - Odessa Oilers 4 games, Roswell Rockets 2

The Odessa Oilers of the Longhorn League ended the 1951 season with a record of 76 wins and 63 losses, finishing fourth in the LL.

The Oilers tallied 979 runs and yielded 955 runs. Leo Eastham led hitters with significant playing time with a .374 average. Evelio Ortega topped Odessa with 20 wins, while Juan Guerrero added 15 or more wins, too Eddie Johnson recorded a 4.21 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Jackie Sullivan played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Odessa Oilers to do so.

Jackie Sullivan and Robert Martin served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Evelio Ortega	20	8	.714	4.95	34						200.0	230	134	110		107
Juan Guerrero	16	13	.552	4.74	41						209.0	274	134	110		46
Eddie Johnson	14	11	.560	4.21	35						214.0	239	135	100		117
Ray Sims	11	1	.917	3.82	21						99.0	117	68	42		56
Wenceslao Ortiz	5	4	.556	4.71	13						63.0	72	46	33		25
Charles Willis	1	2	.333	6.96	17						53.0	78	53	41		44
Rocco Rotunno	1	3	.250	6.91	13						56.0	68	53	43		56
Jackie Sullivan	0	0		6.75	2						4.0	7	3	3		0
Mike Lopez	0	0		8.00	3						9.0	15	9	8		6
Robert Martin	0	0		11.57	3						7.0	11	9	9		6
William Byrd	0	0		12.38	3						8.0	14	10	11		12
Arky Holder	0	0		13.50	7						10.0	14	16	15		17
Richard Glockzin	0	2	.000	8.10	7						30.0	34	38	27		35
Frank Reaves	0	2	.000	10.64	13						22.0	24	30	26		28
Frank Dugger	0	3	.000	6.63	8						19.0	32	20	14		17
Totals	68	49	.581	5.31	220	0	0	0	0	0	1003.0	1229	758	592	0	572	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Wayne Batson	137	584	584		187	34	8	9						.320	.320	.452	.772	264
Leo Eastham	137	481	481		180	32	12	17						.374	.374	.597	.971	287
Feliciano Castro	130	520	520		171	27	10	13						.329	.329	.494	.823	257
Robert Martin	124	471	471		163	38	2	26						.346	.346	.601	.947	283
Arthur Martin	122	491	491		130	22	8	6						.265	.265	.379	.644	186
Kenneth Peacock	126	445	445		115	29	3	15						.258	.258	.438	.697	195
Eloy Barrera	116	424	424		98	7	3	0						.231	.231	.262	.493	111
Les Palmer	76	286	286		96	10	6	9						.336	.336	.507	.843	145
Charles Willis	87	253	253		61	12	3	4						.241	.241	.360	.601	91
Evelio Ortega	79	162	162		47	3	3	0						.290	.290	.346	.636	56
Dick Murphy	30	77	77		32	4	5	0						.416	.416	.597	1.013	46
Eddie Johnson	52	109	109		30	5	0	1						.275	.275	.349	.624	38
Jackie Sullivan	15	48	48		19	1	1	2						.396	.396	.583	.979	28
Tony DiPrimio	12	43	43		16	6	0	3						.372	.372	.721	1.093	31
Wenceslao Ortiz	18	32	32		14	1	1	0						.438	.438	.531	.969	17
Ray Sims	24	41	41		14	1	1	1						.341	.341	.488	.829	20
Lewis Flores	27	53	53		14	3	1	0						.264	.264	.358	.623	19
Mike Lopez	6	6	6		2	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Frank Dugger	9	9	9		1	1	0	0						.111	.111	.222	.333	2
Frank Reaves	15	9	9		1	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Richard Glockzin	10	10	10		1	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	1
William Byrd	3	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Rocco Rotunno	13	18	18		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Arky Holder	7	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
James Hansen	8	21	21		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ray Worsham	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1384	4599	4599	0	1392	236	67	106	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.303	.452	.755	2080	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Eddie Johnson	P	35					.000
Ray Sims	P	21					.000
Rocco Rotunno	P	13					.000
Frank Reaves	P	13					.000
Wenceslao Ortiz	P	13					.000
Frank Dugger	P	8					.000
Arky Holder	P	7					.000
William Byrd	P	3					.000
Totals		113	0	0	0	0	.000

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.

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