1953 Tulsa Oilers Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 83-71
Finished 2nd in the TL
Manager: Joe Schultz (83-71)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 154,683, Avg. 2,009

1953 Tulsa Oilers Roster

Playoffs - Tulsa Oilers 4 games, Fort Worth Cats 2
Finals - Dallas Eagles 4 games, Tulsa Oilers 1

The Tulsa Oilers of the Texas League ended the 1953 season with a record of 83 wins and 71 losses, finishing second in the TL.

The Oilers led the circuit with 747 runs. Tulsa yielded 715 runs. Bob Prentice paced the squad with 24 home runs, while Ed Bailey walloped 15 or more as well. Ed Bailey recorded 88 runs batted in. Chuck Harmon topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .311 average. Don Mossi paced the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.91 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1953 Tulsa Oilers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Lee Wheat, George Lerchen, Chuck Harmon, Tommy Reis, Jim Bolger, Cliff Ross, Bob Hazle, Ed Bailey, Howie Judson, Don Mossi, Nino Escalera and Niles Jordan.

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
Don Mossi	12	12	.500	2.91	39	25		10	3		201.0	179	79	65	15	90		145	4	0	3
Howie Judson	11	0	1.000	1.80	14	10		8	2		90.0	67	23	18	5	40		86	1	1	2
Al McNeilance	11	9	.550	3.41	32	16		8	2		140.0	135	67	53	12	47		64	1	2	1
Howard Rodemoyer	10	5	.667	3.59	33	13		5	1		123.0	111	61	49	7	50		45	3	0	2
Ed Grenkoski	7	5	.583	3.84	22	13		5	2		96.0	97	50	41	11	32		41	2	0	2
Cliff Ross	7	8	.467	3.98	34	19		4	0		122.0	109	75	54	7	84		56	6	0	11
Edward Varhely	6	4	.600	3.76	32	12		4	1		103.0	89	55	43	2	54		40	5	0	1
Ray Petrzelka	6	9	.400	3.55	42	13		6	0		157.0	141	78	62	5	81		90	3	0	5
Meredith Murray	5	4	.556	4.86	20	7		2	0		74.0	88	49	40	8	36		28	0	1	1
Niles Jordan	4	5	.444	4.62	15	10		5	1		74.0	79	42	38	9	30		27	2	0	0
Leon Foulk	1	3	.250		20						0.0
Tommy Reis	1	4	.200	5.24	17	9		1	0		55.0	74	48	32	7	25		14	4	0	0
Lee Wheat	0	1	.000		12				0		0.0
Totals	81	69	.540	3.61	332	147	0	58	12	0	1235.0	1169	627	495	88	569	0	636	31	4	28	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
Chuck Harmon	143	615	566	86	176	24	11	14	83	25	5	36	41	.311	.353	.466	.820	264		1	12
Nino Escalera	133	617	532	95	162	22	19	6	47	17	6	72	35	.305	.389	.451	.841	240		2	11
Bob Prentice	147	627	546	92	154	23	5	24	78	7	2	73	71	.282	.367	.474	.841	259		0	8
Ed Bailey	147	572	485	62	118	26	4	21	88	0	3	77	104	.243	.352	.443	.795	215		4	6
Bud Hutson	119	443	373	65	111	19	4	13	69	4	2	59	70	.298	.403	.475	.878	177		7	4
Ed Barr	134	502	411	72	108	22	5	12	75	16	5	73	87	.263	.387	.428	.815	176		10	8
Joseph Torpey	132	509	445	38	101	15	0	0	43	1	4	60	33	.227	.319	.261	.579	116		0	4
George Lerchen	80	325	275	50	85	25	6	3	39	3	2	47	37	.309	.414	.476	.890	131		2	1
Michael Lutz	89	343	293	49	79	17	0	11	68	3	2	44	49	.270	.372	.440	.813	129		4	2
Ziggy Jasinski	62	234	216	21	61	11	1	0	19	1	1	13	24	.282	.323	.343	.666	74		0	5
Bob Hazle	57	217	191	26	52	15	3	3	24	1	0	20	25	.272	.347	.429	.777	82		2	4
Bill Jankowski	29	101	93	11	21	2	1	1	11	0	0	8	9	.226	.287	.301	.588	28		0	0
James Turner	40	78	72	6	19	3	1	1	9	0	0	5	12	.264	.312	.375	.687	27		0	1
Don Mossi	40	71	62	7	16	2	0	0	5	0	0	6	20	.258	.324	.290	.614	18		0	3
Ray Petrzelka	54	66	60	6	15	2	0	0	7	0	0	5	10	.250	.308	.283	.591	17		0	1
John Berdella	22	74	65	7	12	3	0	0	3	0	0	8	9	.185	.284	.231	.515	15		1	0
Al McNeilance	32	53	48	3	10	3	0	0	3	0	0	4	15	.208	.269	.271	.540	13		0	1
Jack Tanner	13	28	26	2	9	3	0	1	7	0	0	2	5	.346	.393	.577	.970	15		0	0
John Liptak	15	58	46	9	9	0	0	1	4	0	0	12	8	.196	.362	.261	.623	12		0	0
Dick Zwainz	16	53	50	1	8	0	1	1	2	0	1	3	10	.160	.208	.260	.468	13		0	0
Niles Jordan	17	30	24	3	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	4	.292	.393	.375	.768	9		0	2
Meredith Murray	20	31	25	2	7	1	1	0	2	0	0	4	11	.280	.379	.400	.779	10		0	2
Howie Judson	14	38	34	3	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	19	.176	.200	.294	.494	10		0	3
Cliff Ross	45	43	36	9	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.167	.211	.222	.433	8		1	5
Tommy Reis	17	19	17	1	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	3	.235	.278	.294	.572	5		0	1
Ed Grenkoski	22	33	29	0	4	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	9	.138	.167	.207	.374	6		0	3
Howard Rodemoyer	33	43	31	5	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	.129	.229	.161	.390	5		0	8
Leon Foulk	20	12	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.300	.417	.300	.717	3		0	0
Lee Wheat	12	9	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.250	.333	.250	.583	2		0	0
Edward Varhely	32	30	27	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	.074	.138	.074	.212	2		0	1
Totals	1748	5909	5129	740	1381	249	62	113	704	78	33	650	749	.269	.355	.408	.763	2093	0	34	96	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Nino Escalera	1B	115	968	65	18	95	.983	8.983
Dick Zwainz	1B	14	108	9	4	12	.967	8.357
Bob Prentice	1B	14	125	5	2	18	.985	9.286
Bill Jankowski	1B	10	82	7	2	7	.978	8.900
Joseph Torpey	2B	114	336	285	24	79	.963	5.447
Bob Prentice	2B	43	84	118	6	22	.971	4.698
Chuck Harmon	3B	110	115	304	28	30	.937	3.809
Bob Prentice	3B	28	18	63	9	3	.900	2.893
Bill Jankowski	3B	15	11	27	7	3	.844	2.533
Ed Bailey	C	141	671	71	12	15	.984	5.262	6
James Turner	C	18	80	8	1	3	.989	4.889	1
Ed Barr	CF	107	268	9	8	4	.972	2.589
Nino Escalera	CF	18	51	0	1	0	.981	2.833
Michael Lutz	CF	17	46	2	2	0	.960	2.824
George Lerchen	CF	13	38	0	2	0	.950	2.923
Bud Hutson	LF	80	174	5	3	1	.984	2.238
George Lerchen	LF	62	129	5	7	2	.950	2.161
John Liptak	LF	11	15	3	0	1	1.000	1.636
Ray Petrzelka	P	42	14	25	1	2	.975	.929
Don Mossi	P	39	7	26	3	2	.917	.846
Cliff Ross	P	34	3	14	3	1	.850	.500
Howard Rodemoyer	P	33	8	21	2	0	.935	.879
Edward Varhely	P	32	5	19	0	2	1.000	.750
Al McNeilance	P	32	5	21	2	2	.929	.812
Ed Grenkoski	P	22	6	13	1	1	.950	.864
Meredith Murray	P	20	1	13	1	0	.933	.700
Leon Foulk	P	20	3	4	2	0	.778	.350
Tommy Reis	P	17	4	8	1	0	.923	.706
Niles Jordan	P	15	3	12	0	1	1.000	1.000
Howie Judson	P	14	4	13	2	0	.895	1.214
Lee Wheat	P	12	2	0	0	0	1.000	.167
Michael Lutz	RF	62	87	4	2	0	.978	1.468
Bob Hazle	RF	48	71	4	3	2	.962	1.562
Chuck Harmon	RF	19	27	1	2	0	.933	1.474
Bud Hutson	RF	18	18	1	0	0	1.000	1.056
Ed Barr	RF	12	10	0	1	0	.909	.833
Bob Prentice	SS	65	100	200	15	28	.952	4.615
Ziggy Jasinski	SS	60	107	207	19	31	.943	5.233
John Berdella	SS	21	36	69	6	15	.946	5.000
Joseph Torpey	SS	18	36	43	4	12	.952	4.389
Totals		1585	3876	1704	206	394	.964	3.521	7	0	0

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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