1955 Pampa Oilers Statistics
Team Record: 75-64
Finished 3rd in the WTNML
Manager: Grover Seitz (75-64)
Location: Pampa, Texas
Ballpark: Oiler Park
Attendance: 65,931, Avg. 949
Playoffs - Pampa Oilers 4 games, Albuquerque Dukes 2
Finals - Pampa Oilers 4 games, Amarillo Gold Sox 1
The Pampa Oilers of the West Texas-New Mexico League ended the 1955 season with a record of 75 wins and 64 losses, finishing third in the WTNML.
The Oilers scored 983 runs and allowed 862 runs. Joe Fortin led batters with significant playing time with a .367 average. Tommy Pollet topped Pampa with 21 wins, while Jack Venable and Carroll Dial as well added 15 or more victories as well Carroll Dial recorded a 3.56 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Sam Woods played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Pampa Oilers to do so.
Grover Seitz served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Pollet | 21 | 6 | .778 | 4.15 | 40 | 30 | 225.3 | 239 | 135 | 104 | 23 | 115 | ||||||||||
| Carroll Dial | 20 | 15 | .571 | 3.56 | 50 | 34 | 296.0 | 301 | 177 | 117 | 28 | 114 | ||||||||||
| Jack Venable | 16 | 11 | .593 | 4.33 | 34 | 28 | 233.0 | 266 | 147 | 112 | 19 | 129 | ||||||||||
| Sam Woods | 10 | 11 | .476 | 5.89 | 33 | 21 | 165.0 | 219 | 132 | 108 | 22 | 89 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Harrison | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.83 | 14 | 6 | 46.3 | 66 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Russell Agne | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paul Halter | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fred Jackson | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.71 | 14 | 7 | 59.0 | 73 | 62 | 44 | 11 | 40 | ||||||||||
| John Coddington | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.79 | 18 | 6 | 59.7 | 61 | 59 | 45 | 8 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Pete Carmona | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Newt Secrest | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Virgil Frazier | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dub Graves | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Curtis Hardaway | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Votaw | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 73 | 57 | .562 | 4.65 | 219 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1084.3 | 1225 | 746 | 560 | 113 | 557 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Fortin | 137 | 540 | 540 | 198 | 31 | 3 | 41 | .367 | .367 | .663 | 1.030 | 358 | |||||||||||
| Paul Halter | 138 | 549 | 549 | 192 | 36 | 1 | 37 | .350 | .350 | .621 | .971 | 341 | |||||||||||
| Rac Slider | 136 | 600 | 600 | 192 | 24 | 6 | 2 | .320 | .320 | .390 | .710 | 234 | |||||||||||
| Curtis Hardaway | 138 | 560 | 560 | 175 | 24 | 1 | 43 | .312 | .312 | .589 | .902 | 330 | |||||||||||
| Richard Hairston | 129 | 429 | 429 | 137 | 23 | 0 | 25 | .319 | .319 | .548 | .867 | 235 | |||||||||||
| Pete Carmona | 121 | 453 | 453 | 119 | 19 | 2 | 9 | .263 | .263 | .373 | .636 | 169 | |||||||||||
| James Martin | 98 | 364 | 364 | 112 | 22 | 0 | 18 | .308 | .308 | .516 | .824 | 188 | |||||||||||
| Sonny Tims | 122 | 425 | 425 | 112 | 23 | 0 | 22 | .264 | .264 | .473 | .736 | 201 | |||||||||||
| Carroll Dial | 101 | 273 | 273 | 79 | 14 | 1 | 7 | .289 | .289 | .425 | .714 | 116 | |||||||||||
| Dub Graves | 39 | 165 | 165 | 52 | 10 | 4 | 5 | .315 | .315 | .515 | .830 | 85 | |||||||||||
| Jack Venable | 39 | 108 | 108 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .278 | .278 | .380 | .657 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Jack Hall | 25 | 95 | 95 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 8 | .295 | .295 | .621 | .916 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Pollet | 46 | 96 | 96 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .219 | .385 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Newt Secrest | 11 | 38 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .211 | .211 | .316 | .526 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Sam Woods | 34 | 57 | 57 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .123 | .123 | .228 | .351 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Harrison | 17 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .222 | .389 | 4 | |||||||||||
| John Coddington | 18 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .087 | .087 | .130 | .217 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Fred Jackson | 14 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .056 | .111 | .167 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Virgil Frazier | 1 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Kelsey Moore | 1 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Bruzga | 2 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Russell Agne | 1 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Votaw | 3 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Deck Woldt | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Harold Adams | 2 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1374 | 4845 | 4845 | 0 | 1463 | 243 | 20 | 222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .302 | .302 | .498 | .800 | 2412 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Pollet | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Venable | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Sam Woods | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| John Coddington | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Jackson | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Tommy Harrison | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Votaw | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Virgil Frazier | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Russell Agne | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 158 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
