1956 Pampa Oilers Statistics

Southwestern League (SL) - Class: B
Team Record: 80-60
Finished 3rd in the SL
Manager: Grover Seitz (0-0), Allan Cross (0-0)
Location: Pampa, Texas
Ballpark: Oiler Park
Attendance: 42,150, Avg. 602

1956 Pampa Oilers Roster

Playoffs - El Paso Texans 4 games, Pampa Oilers 0

The Pampa Oilers of the Southwestern League ended the 1956 season with a record of 80 wins and 60 losses, finishing third in the SL.

The Oilers scored 1074 runs and conceded 878 runs. Len Tucker crushed 51 homers for Pampa, while John Bruzga, Allan Cross, James Robinette and James Martin each walloped 15 or more as well. Len Tucker drove in 181 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .404 average. Ernest Bartolomei led the team with 16 wins, and Hoyt Benedict, too added 15 or more wins, too Hoyt Benedict recorded a 3.61 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Sam Woods played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Pampa Oilers to do so.

Grover Seitz and Allan Cross 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
Ernest Bartolomei	16	6	.727	4.82	31	22		15	1		194.0	224	125	104	27	85		121	11	0	6
Hoyt Benedict	15	8	.652	3.61	28	23		17	2		182.0	192	94	73	19	59		104	7	0	8
Sam Woods	14	10	.583	5.16	42	27		12	2		199.0	251	143	114	22	59		119	3	1	7
Charles Bogan	10	5	.667	3.84	19	13		9	0		122.0	144	63	52	12	32		69	2	0	2
Arthur Perina	9	5	.643	5.88	20	14		5	1		104.0	128	80	68	13	63		65	9	0	9
Carroll Dial	5	6	.455	4.99	12	10		8	0		83.0	113	61	46	9	23		63	2	1	3
Bob Shipman	4	5	.444	7.44	19	10		4	0		75.0	85	69	62	8	53		63	9	0	7
Jerry Tucker	2	7	.222	7.57	14	6		1	0		63.0	100	63	53	18	29		26	0	0	2
Len Tucker	1	0	1.000		2						0.0
Dick Green	1	1	.500		3						0.0
Fred Zirella	1	2	.333	7.88	9	2		1	0		32.0	49	32	28	9	14		17	0	0	0
John Laliberte	1	3	.250		9						0.0
Frank Kempa	0	0			1						0.0
John Bruzga	0	0			1						0.0
Allan Cross	0	0			1						0.0
Bob Flores	0	0			1						0.0
Newt Secrest	0	0			1						0.0
Marvin Schwein					9						0.0
James Robinette	0	0			1						0.0
Joe Fortin	0	0			2						0.0
Buddy Padgett	0	0			2						0.0
Audie Malone					2						0.0
Felix Guzman	0	0			1						0.0
Robert Diehl	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Bill Hair	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Totals	79	60	.568	5.12	236	127	0	72	6	0	1054.0	1286	730	600	137	417	0	647	43	2	44	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
Len Tucker	140	639	565	181	228	40	13	51	181	47		64	83	.404	.469	.791	1.261	447		8	0	2
Allan Cross	135	613	554	114	186	50	4	17	101	9		51	42	.336	.391	.532	.924	295		1	5	2
James Robinette	115	532	471	137	170	37	6	26	106	5		49	59	.361	.420	.631	1.050	297		3	3	6
James Martin	132	561	481	87	158	33	3	31	118	1		73	69	.328	.421	.603	1.024	290		5	0	2
John Bruzga	106	462	389	88	140	23	4	25	126	0		60	60	.360	.447	.632	1.079	246		6	1	6
Bob Flores	133	532	446	87	133	33	4	13	75	3		74	78	.298	.403	.478	.881	213		5	6	1
Frank Kempa	136	627	514	128	128	20	2	11	50	9		102	95	.249	.375	.360	.735	185		5	1	5
Felix Guzman	88	340	315	70	108	24	7	6	49	6		23	35	.343	.388	.521	.909	164		1	0	1
Joe Kretschmar	69	267	219	34	59	9	2	2	31	1		40	35	.269	.386	.356	.743	78		3	3	2
Joe Fortin	46	205	172	37	58	10	0	14	44	2		30	26	.337	.434	.640	1.074	110		1	0	2
Ernest Bartolomei	48	118	105	15	29	6	0	7	19	0		8	32	.276	.325	.533	.858	56		0	4	1
John Yanchura	25	106	97	22	26	3	1	1	8	0		7	18	.268	.321	.351	.671	34		1	0	1
Lamar Cagle	19	97	79	14	25	4	1	2	17	1		18	16	.316	.443	.468	.912	37		0	0	0
Carroll Dial	26	85	82	13	20	2	0	1	5	0		2	7	.244	.271	.305	.575	25		1	0	0
Hoyt Benedict	28	79	75	6	16	5	0	0	11	0		1	14	.213	.224	.280	.504	21		0	3	0
Sam Woods	43	82	68	9	13	1	0	1	5	0		13	33	.191	.321	.250	.571	17		0	1	0
Charles Bogan	19	60	53	7	9	3	0	0	7	0		6	11	.170	.254	.226	.481	12		0	1	0
Newt Secrest	9	28	28		8									.286	.286	.286	.571	8
Jerry Tucker	16	28	24	2	7	0	0	0	3	0		3	5	.292	.370	.292	.662	7		0	1	0
Arthur Perina	20	49	43	5	7	0	0	1	4	0		5	20	.163	.250	.233	.483	10		0	1	0
Bob Shipman	20	33	29	7	6	1	0	2	2	0		3	15	.207	.281	.448	.730	13		0	1	0
Fred Zirella	9	13	13		2									.154	.154	.154	.308	2
Bill Hair	2	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Dick Green	3	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Richard Hairston	3	12	12		1									.083	.083	.083	.167	1
John Laliberte	13	17	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	5	.062	.118	.125	.243	2		0	0	0
Darrell Seitz	3	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Carl Pickett	3	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Robert Diehl	4	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1413	5601	4866	1063	1540	305	47	211	962	84	0	633	758	.316	.397	.529	.926	2572	0	40	31	31	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bob Flores	1B	90	630	43	6	71	.991	7.478
Joe Fortin	1B	45	364	21	5	82	.987	8.556
Allan Cross	1B	11	89	7	4	9	.960	8.727
Frank Kempa	2B	136	361	367	29	101	.962	5.353
John Bruzga	3B	106	83	189	23	19	.922	2.566
Allan Cross	3B	34	33	68	7	5	.935	2.971
James Martin	C	129	713	60	10	9	.987	5.992
Bob Flores	C	13	46	2	1	0	.980	3.692
Len Tucker	OF	137	327	10	16	0	.955	2.460
James Robinette	OF	114	181	18	9	2	.957	1.746
Felix Guzman	OF	80	130	9	11	1	.927	1.738
Allan Cross	OF	42	67	1	2	0	.971	1.619
Bob Flores	OF	31	40	2	5	0	.894	1.355
Lamar Cagle	OF	19	39	3	3	0	.933	2.211
Carroll Dial	OF	12	17	0	2	0	.895	1.417
Sam Woods	P	42	10	21	3	1	.912	.738
Ernest Bartolomei	P	31	7	28	3	2	.921	1.129
Hoyt Benedict	P	28	12	37	3	4	.942	1.750
Arthur Perina	P	20	1	14	0	3	1.000	.750
Bob Shipman	P	19	5	15	3	0	.870	1.053
Charles Bogan	P	19	8	18	1	2	.963	1.368
Jerry Tucker	P	14	1	10	3	0	.786	.786
Carroll Dial	P	12						.000
Fred Zirella	P	9						.000
Marvin Schwein	P	9						.000
John Laliberte	P	9						.000
Robert Diehl	P	4						.000
Dick Green	P	3						.000
Len Tucker	P	2						.000
Buddy Padgett	P	2						.000
Audie Malone	P	2						.000
Bill Hair	P	2						.000
Joe Fortin	P	2						.000
Newt Secrest	P	1						.000
James Robinette	P	1						.000
Frank Kempa	P	1						.000
Felix Guzman	P	1						.000
Bob Flores	P	1						.000
Allan Cross	P	1						.000
John Bruzga	P	1						.000
Joe Kretschmar	SS	69	113	202	29	48	.916	4.565
Allan Cross	SS	53	103	118	21	20	.913	4.170
John Yanchura	SS	24	33	74	8	10	.930	4.458
Totals		1381	3413	1337	207	389	.958	3.440

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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