1954 Seminole Oilers Statistics
Sooner State League (SSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 61-79
Finished 7th in the SSL
Manager: Tommy Warren (0-0), Ray Taylor (0-0)
Location: Seminole, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Oiler Park
Attendance: 16,840, Avg. 241
1954 Seminole Oilers RosterTeam Record: 61-79
Finished 7th in the SSL
Manager: Tommy Warren (0-0), Ray Taylor (0-0)
Location: Seminole, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Oiler Park
Attendance: 16,840, Avg. 241
The Seminole Oilers of the Sooner State League ended the 1954 season with a record of 61 wins and 79 losses, finishing seventh in the SSL.
The Oilers plated 836 runs and allowed 972 runs. Herman Charles paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .326. Stanley Papciak topped Seminole with 12 wins and a team-best 4.38 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Tommy Warren and George Brunet both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Tommy Warren and Ray Taylor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Papciak | 12 | 12 | .500 | 4.38 | 38 | 22 | 185.0 | 198 | 144 | 90 | 10 | 133 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Warren | 10 | 1 | .909 | 3.13 | 21 | 9 | 95.0 | 95 | 43 | 33 | 5 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Robert York | 10 | 15 | .400 | 4.70 | 44 | 26 | 201.0 | 205 | 148 | 105 | 17 | 102 | ||||||||||
| George Cockrell | 7 | 8 | .467 | 5.03 | 35 | 10 | 143.0 | 170 | 109 | 80 | 16 | 37 | ||||||||||
| George Brunet | 6 | 12 | .333 | 6.37 | 33 | 25 | 171.0 | 198 | 152 | 121 | 12 | 132 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Tucker | 4 | 7 | .364 | 7.04 | 17 | 13 | 78.0 | 114 | 72 | 61 | 11 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Dan Bumgardner | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6.83 | 20 | 12 | 108.0 | 135 | 95 | 82 | 9 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Ray Taylor | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Kistler | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Birzonski | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hubert Brooks | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack VanPool | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Starns | 1 | 2 | .333 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Roberts | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Bafus | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bert Brosig | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Hayes | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Don Terlip | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Thornhill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Peter Welsh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Herman Charles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Barich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Connelly | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Art Brown | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harold Clark | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 59 | 76 | .437 | 5.25 | 269 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 981.0 | 1115 | 763 | 572 | 80 | 523 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herman Charles | 126 | 503 | 503 | 164 | 33 | 7 | 15 | .326 | .326 | .509 | .835 | 256 | |||||||||||
| Hugh Charles | 137 | 482 | 482 | 139 | 18 | 3 | 3 | .288 | .288 | .357 | .645 | 172 | |||||||||||
| Donald Goeken | 115 | 411 | 411 | 130 | 22 | 11 | 4 | .316 | .316 | .453 | .769 | 186 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Post | 98 | 385 | 385 | 106 | 18 | 4 | 10 | .275 | .275 | .421 | .696 | 162 | |||||||||||
| Dennis Elsasser | 90 | 341 | 341 | 82 | 11 | 0 | 1 | .240 | .240 | .282 | .522 | 96 | |||||||||||
| Ray Taylor | 68 | 230 | 230 | 75 | 9 | 0 | 1 | .326 | .326 | .378 | .704 | 87 | |||||||||||
| Jack VanPool | 79 | 261 | 261 | 66 | 15 | 1 | 5 | .253 | .253 | .375 | .628 | 98 | |||||||||||
| Clay Wulff | 93 | 320 | 320 | 55 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .172 | .172 | .241 | .412 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Irving Kimberg | 50 | 185 | 185 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .249 | .249 | .330 | .578 | 61 | |||||||||||
| Kenton Tester | 44 | 168 | 168 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .238 | .238 | .357 | .595 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Warren | 44 | 121 | 121 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .298 | .298 | .364 | .661 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Stanley Papciak | 72 | 140 | 140 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .279 | .521 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Glenn Gongorek | 32 | 113 | 113 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .274 | .274 | .381 | .655 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Donald Bafus | 34 | 77 | 77 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .273 | .273 | .377 | .649 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Paul Finch | 24 | 71 | 71 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .254 | .254 | .380 | .634 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Virgil Petty | 15 | 50 | 50 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .420 | .720 | 21 | |||||||||||
| William Forsyth | 16 | 56 | 56 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .268 | .268 | .357 | .625 | 20 | |||||||||||
| George Brunet | 34 | 67 | 67 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .328 | .552 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Gordon Morgan | 16 | 49 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .306 | .571 | 15 | |||||||||||
| James Robinson | 14 | 57 | 57 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .228 | .228 | .228 | .456 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Edward Wolfe | 26 | 71 | 71 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .183 | .183 | .211 | .394 | 15 | |||||||||||
| George Cockrell | 36 | 55 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .218 | .218 | .236 | .455 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Robert York | 44 | 73 | 73 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .110 | .110 | .137 | .247 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Dan Bumgardner | 20 | 48 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .167 | .292 | 8 | |||||||||||
| William Starns | 13 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .250 | .417 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Tucker | 17 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .034 | .034 | .034 | .069 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Nick Bailey | 1 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Birzonski | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Don Terlip | 5 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Philip Belmonte | 3 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Thornhill | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Cedric Wood | 1 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Henry Vandemeer | 5 | 17 | 17 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Peter Welsh | 1 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Fred Barich | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bobby Roberts | 5 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Hubert Brooks | 4 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Harold Clark | 3 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| George Connelly | 8 | 20 | 20 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Coyle | 1 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Crabb | 1 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Al Del Santro | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Connie Burdick | 6 | 19 | 19 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Don Gustafson | 6 | 15 | 15 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Art Brown | 3 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Gerald Kistler | 5 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Lawrence Koppe | 2 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Kyler | 2 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Hayes | 3 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Don Phillips | 6 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bert Brosig | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1435 | 4529 | 4529 | 0 | 1156 | 186 | 40 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .348 | .604 | 1578 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert York | P | 44 | .000 | |||||
| Stanley Papciak | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| George Cockrell | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| George Brunet | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Dan Bumgardner | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Tucker | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| William Starns | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Bobby Roberts | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Gerald Kistler | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Hubert Brooks | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Hayes | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Harold Clark | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Art Brown | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Peter Welsh | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Bert Brosig | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| John Birzonski | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Barich | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 226 | 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.
