1952 Tulsa Oilers Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 78-83
Finished 6th in the TL
Manager: Joe Schultz (78-83)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 155,064, Avg. 1,926

1952 Tulsa Oilers Roster

The Tulsa Oilers of the Texas League ended the 1952 season with a record of 78 wins and 83 losses, finishing sixth in the TL.

The Oilers scored 614 runs and conceded 618 runs. Earl York topped hitters with significant playing time with a .307 average. Tommy Reis led Tulsa with 15 wins, while Johnny Vander Meer earned a 2.31 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Mickey Rutner, Don Gross, Dino Restelli, Hobie Landrith, Ed Sanicki, Tommy Reis, Bob Wellman, Leo Cristante, Rudy Rufer, Jim Kirby, Gail Henley, Johnny Temple, Niles Jordan, Kent Peterson, Johnny Vander Meer, Roy Jarvis, Hal Bamberger and Alex Grammas were all players from the 1952 Tulsa Oilers who played in the Majors during their careers.

Joe Schultz 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
Tommy Reis	15	6	.714	3.08	28	26					184.0	171	78	63		77
Johnny Vander Meer	11	10	.524	2.31	24	24					195.0	157	66	50		79
Bob Curley	11	14	.440	3.09	43	25					201.0	190	92	69		98
Niles Jordan	10	12	.455	2.71	32	24					199.0	168	70	60		71
Jack Walters	8	8	.500	3.70	40	15					124.0	116	62	51		63
Leo Cristante	7	11	.389	3.20	41	13					180.0	158	79	64		68
Norman Bell	5	5	.500	3.62	53	4					82.0	73	44	33		53
Leon Foulk	3	4	.429	2.79	16	10					84.0	81	31	26		30
Clarence Zieser	3	5	.375	5.12	12	10					65.0	64	39	37		22
Chuck Eisenmann	2	1	.667	0.00	11						22.0	16				17
George McPhail	2	2	.500	0.00	7						24.0	25				11
Kent Peterson	1	5	.167	0.00	8						36.0	38				16
Don Gross	0	0		0.00	2						2.0	1	0	0		1
John Brechin	0	0		0.00	5						11.0	7				7
Ed Williams	0	0		0.00	1						2.0	3				4
Totals	78	83	.484	2.89	323	151	0	0	0	0	1411.0	1268	561	453	0	617	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
Earl York	157	579	579		178	36	6	15						.307	.307	.468	.775	271
Alex Grammas	158	602	602		146	28	9	2						.243	.243	.329	.571	198
Gail Henley	137	511	511		140	32	6	5						.274	.274	.389	.663	199
Johnny Temple	103	435	435		133	32	2	2						.306	.306	.402	.708	175
Hobie Landrith	118	380	380		114	13	3	1						.300	.300	.358	.658	136
Jack Weisenburger	141	460	460		106	22	6	6						.230	.230	.343	.574	158
Fletcher Robbe	116	375	375		93	25	6	4						.248	.248	.379	.627	142
Roy Jarvis	98	263	263		71	7	0	8						.270	.270	.388	.658	102
Mickey Rutner	55	215	215		59	11	1	0						.274	.274	.335	.609	72
Jim Kirby	44	146	146		34	4	0	1						.233	.233	.281	.514	41
Jack Cerin	31	101	101		19	4	0	1						.188	.188	.257	.446	26
Leo Cristante	51	77	77		17	3	1	1						.221	.221	.325	.545	25
Tommy Reis	29	71	71		14	5	0	1						.197	.197	.310	.507	22
Bob Wellman	17	48	48		11	0	1	1						.229	.229	.333	.562	16
Johnny Vander Meer	27	66	66		11	2	1	0						.167	.167	.227	.394	15
Jack Walters	40	36	36		10	0	0	0						.278	.278	.278	.556	10
Hal Treinen	17	49	49		10	4	0	0						.204	.204	.286	.490	14
Leon Foulk	18	29	29		9	0	0	0						.310	.310	.310	.621	9
Bob Curley	43	60	60		7	0	0	0						.117	.117	.117	.233	7
Niles Jordan	33	60	60		7	0	0	0						.117	.117	.117	.233	7
James Petersen	7	11	11		5	1	0	0						.455	.455	.545	1.000	6
Charlie Fontana	10	27	27		5	1	0	0						.185	.185	.222	.407	6
Norman Bell	54	12	12		3	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	3
Chuck Eisenmann	11	4	4		2	0	0	0						.500	.500	.500	1.000	2
Clarence Zieser	12	21	21		2	1	0	0						.095	.095	.143	.238	3
Kenneth Mapes	7	11	11		1	0	0	0						.091	.091	.091	.182	1
Everett Johnson	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Hal Bamberger	2	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1537	4652	4652	0	1207	231	42	48	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.259	.358	.618	1666	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Norman Bell	P	53					.000
Bob Curley	P	43					.000
Leo Cristante	P	41					.000
Jack Walters	P	40					.000
Niles Jordan	P	32					.000
Tommy Reis	P	28					.000
Johnny Vander Meer	P	24					.000
Leon Foulk	P	16					.000
Clarence Zieser	P	12					.000
Chuck Eisenmann	P	11					.000
Totals		300	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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