1950 Tulsa Oilers Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 83-69
Finished 3rd in the TL
Manager: Al Vincent (83-69)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 184,677, Avg. 2,430

1950 Tulsa Oilers Roster

Playoffs - Tulsa Oilers 4 games, Fort Worth Cats 0 (one tie
Finals - San Antonio Missions 4 games, Tulsa Oilers 2

The Tulsa Oilers of the Texas League ended the 1950 season with a record of 83 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the TL.

The Oilers scored 704 runs and yielded 605 runs. Eddie Knoblauch paced hitters with significant playing time with a .298 average. Jim Blackburn topped Tulsa with 21 wins, while Walker Cress, too added 15 or more wins, too Jim Blackburn recorded a 2.73 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1950 Tulsa Oilers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Dewey Williams, Roy McMillan, Moe Savransky, Jim Blackburn, Buddy Lively, Jay Avrea, Ken Polivka, Walker Cress, Wally Post, Bob Nieman, Mickey Rutner, Dick West, Hobie Landrith and Rudy Minarcin.

Al Vincent 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
Jim Blackburn	21	7	.750	2.73	38	30					234.0	194	84	71		101
Walker Cress	18	11	.621	3.48	41	32					243.0	197	104	94		155
Rudy Minarcin	13	7	.650	2.86	40	17					173.0	136	64	55		78
Bob Curley	9	14	.391	4.11	34	23					175.0	158	94	80		101
Jay Avrea	6	3	.667	3.00	13	11					87.0	80	34	29		28
Alfred Boresh	5	4	.556	3.98	30	2					61.0	59	37	27		26
Dewey Jacobs	5	4	.556	4.02	23	9					85.0	81	40	38		44
Moe Savransky	2	2	.500	0.00	7	3					29.0	30				19
Ken Polivka	2	7	.222	2.97	34	10					103.0	103	43	34		35
Stanley Clifford	1	0	1.000	0.00	2						3.0
Ivan Johannes	1	2	.333	0.00	9	3					27.0	35				16
Buddy Lively	0	0		0.00	6	1					16.0	13				6
Robert Christophel	0	3	.000	0.00	11	1					19.0	16				10
John Bebber	0	5	.000	3.74	18	10					65.0	67	37	27		46
Totals	83	69	.546	3.10	306	152	0	0	0	0	1320.0	1169	537	455	0	665	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
Eddie Knoblauch	146	534	534		159	22	15	2						.298	.298	.406	.704	217
Roy McMillan	142	562	562		154	31	2	3						.274	.274	.352	.626	198
Wally Post	136	514	514		151	36	4	12						.294	.294	.449	.743	231
Earl York	151	537	537		140	29	2	11						.261	.261	.384	.644	206
Harry Donabedian	138	457	457		121	14	2	0						.265	.265	.304	.569	139
Jack Baumer	143	473	473		121	24	3	22						.256	.256	.459	.715	217
Dewey Williams	103	313	313		89	10	2	3						.284	.284	.358	.642	112
Fletcher Robbe	78	259	259		84	17	4	3						.324	.324	.456	.780	118
Walter Wrona	82	218	218		60	12	0	4						.275	.275	.385	.661	84
Rusty Burns	59	218	218		51	9	1	2						.234	.234	.312	.546	68
Gino Marionetti	71	149	149		39	4	2	1						.262	.262	.336	.597	50
Bob Nieman	32	108	108		33	10	1	2						.306	.306	.472	.778	51
Walker Cress	42	95	95		23	5	0	0						.242	.242	.295	.537	28
Jim Blackburn	38	85	85		16	2	0	0						.188	.188	.212	.400	18
Mickey Rutner	13	38	38		11	1	1	1						.289	.289	.447	.737	17
Rudy Minarcin	40	58	58		11	0	1	0						.190	.190	.224	.414	13
Dewey Jacobs	23	28	28		6	2	0	1						.214	.214	.393	.607	11
Ken Polivka	34	30	30		6	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	6
Moe Savransky	7	8	8		5	1	0	0						.625	.625	.750	1.375	6
Ivan Johannes	9	13	13		4	2	0	0						.308	.308	.462	.769	6
Carl Kolosna	11	22	22		3	0	0	1						.136	.136	.273	.409	6
Jay Avrea	13	30	30		3	1	0	0						.100	.100	.133	.233	4
Bob Curley	34	50	50		3	0	0	0						.060	.060	.060	.120	3
Buddy Lively	6	5	5		2	2	0	0						.400	.400	.800	1.200	4
Alfred Boresh	30	17	17		2	1	0	0						.118	.118	.176	.294	3
John Bebber	18	18	18		2	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	2
Hobie Landrith	1	2	2		1	1	0	0						.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2
Robert Christophel	11	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Al Vincent	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1612	4845	4845	0	1300	236	40	68	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.268	.376	.644	1820	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Walker Cress	P	41					.000
Rudy Minarcin	P	40					.000
Jim Blackburn	P	38					.000
Ken Polivka	P	34					.000
Bob Curley	P	34					.000
Alfred Boresh	P	30					.000
Dewey Jacobs	P	23					.000
John Bebber	P	18					.000
Jay Avrea	P	13					.000
Robert Christophel	P	11					.000
Totals		282	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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