1955 Tulsa Oilers Statistics
Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 86-75
Finished 5th in the TL
Manager: Dutch Meyer (0-0), Joe Macko (0-0), Hank Schenz (0-0)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 143,692, Avg. 1,785
1955 Tulsa Oilers RosterTeam Record: 86-75
Finished 5th in the TL
Manager: Dutch Meyer (0-0), Joe Macko (0-0), Hank Schenz (0-0)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 143,692, Avg. 1,785
Playoffs - Houston Buffalos 1 game, Tulsa Oilers 0 - One-game playoff for fourth place.
The Tulsa Oilers of the Texas League ended the 1955 season with a record of 86 wins and 75 losses, finishing fifth in the TL.
The Oilers scored 741 runs and conceded 737 runs.
Players from the 1955 Tulsa Oilers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Chuck Essegian, Al Widmar, Rod Graber, Dan Osinski, Rocky Krsnich, Bobby Locke, Stan Pitula, Roger Maris, Jay Heard, Hank Schenz, George Schmees, Grant Dunlap, Dolan Nichols and Jerry Fahr.
Dutch Meyer, Joe Macko and Hank Schenz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Widmar | 18 | 8 | .692 | 3.14 | 53 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 152.0 | 141 | 55 | 53 | 10 | 31 | 5 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Dolan Nichols | 17 | 15 | .531 | 3.55 | 38 | 31 | 18 | 0 | 251.0 | 248 | 113 | 99 | 14 | 89 | 7 | 104 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Stan Pitula | 14 | 7 | .667 | 4.55 | 40 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 168.0 | 183 | 94 | 85 | 22 | 76 | 3 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Norm Camp | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.30 | 35 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 178.0 | 147 | 94 | 85 | 16 | 103 | 6 | 85 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Jay Heard | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 72.0 | 62 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Julie Hudson | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.45 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 128.0 | 103 | 50 | 49 | 8 | 80 | 6 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Lonnie Myers | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.34 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 64.0 | 74 | 48 | 38 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Eddie Gasque | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.13 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 122.0 | 127 | 70 | 56 | 9 | 54 | 4 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Glen Harshbarger | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.09 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 69.0 | 71 | 43 | 39 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eugene Law | 2 | 1 | .667 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Al McNeilance | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.35 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 31.0 | 34 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jack Bowes | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vern Kindsfather | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Atchley | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Don Mallott | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Pilgram | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hank Schenz | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Schmees | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dan Osinski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Fahr | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Billy Ray Meyer | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Locke | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 86 | 73 | .541 | 3.91 | 344 | 150 | 0 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 1235.0 | 1190 | 607 | 536 | 94 | 528 | 32 | 600 | 35 | 3 | 24 | 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 Macko | 154 | 626 | 566 | 89 | 160 | 38 | 1 | 28 | 102 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 99 | .283 | .335 | .502 | .837 | 284 | 1 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Rod Graber | 136 | 590 | 479 | 86 | 139 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 39 | 12 | 9 | 103 | 47 | .290 | .416 | .411 | .828 | 197 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Michael Lutz | 147 | 583 | 475 | 91 | 130 | 13 | 4 | 25 | 90 | 6 | 6 | 84 | 79 | .274 | .393 | .476 | .869 | 226 | 13 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Bob Prentice | 132 | 544 | 469 | 71 | 129 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 63 | 3 | 4 | 61 | 74 | .275 | .356 | .422 | .778 | 198 | 1 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Rocky Krsnich | 120 | 486 | 438 | 58 | 115 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 70 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 23 | .263 | .325 | .377 | .702 | 165 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Pablo Bernard | 108 | 457 | 395 | 51 | 111 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 2 | 9 | 51 | 30 | .281 | .361 | .372 | .734 | 147 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Allen Jones | 129 | 468 | 385 | 38 | 90 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 94 | .234 | .349 | .345 | .695 | 133 | 2 | 7 | 5 | ||
| George Schmees | 54 | 227 | 200 | 36 | 58 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 19 | .290 | .363 | .420 | .783 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Lloyd Jenney | 62 | 161 | 141 | 24 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 22 | .340 | .419 | .489 | .908 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al Stringer | 40 | 180 | 154 | 24 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 24 | .253 | .335 | .351 | .686 | 54 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Jimmy Cleverly | 27 | 125 | 99 | 12 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 8 | .313 | .439 | .374 | .813 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Chuck Essegian | 36 | 134 | 116 | 22 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 41 | .241 | .328 | .466 | .794 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Hank Schenz | 51 | 143 | 123 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 15 | .203 | .295 | .220 | .514 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Roger Maris | 25 | 108 | 90 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 18 | .233 | .343 | .278 | .620 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Kropf | 61 | 144 | 109 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 17 | .165 | .345 | .229 | .574 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Steve Jankowski | 16 | 75 | 63 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | .254 | .347 | .365 | .712 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Norm Camp | 37 | 78 | 68 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .235 | .260 | .294 | .554 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Grant Dunlap | 22 | 81 | 70 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .229 | .316 | .343 | .659 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dolan Nichols | 38 | 101 | 89 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | .180 | .240 | .213 | .453 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Don Mallott | 19 | 68 | 58 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 15 | .259 | .358 | .379 | .738 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stan Pitula | 43 | 68 | 55 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 18 | .255 | .373 | .327 | .700 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Al Widmar | 53 | 51 | 44 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .136 | .208 | .136 | .345 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lonnie Myers | 15 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .227 | .261 | .273 | .534 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Frank Biskup | 12 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .143 | .167 | .143 | .310 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Locke | 7 | 11 | 11 | 4 | .364 | .364 | .364 | .727 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Glen Harshbarger | 16 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .174 | .208 | .304 | .513 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt Pocekay | 9 | 13 | 13 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Eddie Gasque | 28 | 40 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .086 | .158 | .086 | .244 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Billy Ray Meyer | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Red Robbins | 5 | 20 | 20 | 2 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Julie Hudson | 33 | 44 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .053 | .098 | .053 | .150 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Al McNeilance | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .125 | .125 | .250 | .375 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Barr | 8 | 17 | 17 | 1 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dan Osinski | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Alfred Facchini | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerry Fahr | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jay Heard | 9 | 21 | 21 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Eugene Law | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Vern Kindsfather | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1693 | 5784 | 4954 | 695 | 1273 | 211 | 34 | 114 | 641 | 57 | 47 | 669 | 771 | .257 | .346 | .382 | .729 | 1894 | 0 | 35 | 75 | 51 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Macko | 1B | 154 | 1418 | 84 | 9 | 156 | .994 | 9.753 | ||||
| Bob Prentice | 2B | 117 | 344 | 302 | 16 | 101 | .976 | 5.521 | ||||
| Hank Schenz | 2B | 25 | 46 | 47 | 3 | 11 | .969 | 3.720 | ||||
| Steve Jankowski | 2B | 16 | 50 | 35 | 8 | 12 | .914 | 5.312 | ||||
| Don Mallott | 2B | 11 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 5 | .956 | 3.909 | ||||
| Rocky Krsnich | 3B | 120 | 126 | 150 | 46 | 32 | .857 | 2.300 | ||||
| Jimmy Cleverly | 3B | 27 | 30 | 74 | 12 | 5 | .897 | 3.852 | ||||
| Hank Schenz | 3B | 11 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 2 | .944 | 3.091 | ||||
| Allen Jones | C | 125 | 454 | 78 | 8 | 12 | .985 | 4.256 | 5 | |||
| Lloyd Jenney | C | 40 | 154 | 23 | 4 | 3 | .978 | 4.425 | 3 | |||
| Frank Biskup | C | 12 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.333 | 1 | |||
| Rod Graber | CF | 82 | 163 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .966 | 2.073 | ||||
| George Schmees | CF | 49 | 135 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .965 | 2.796 | ||||
| John Kropf | CF | 23 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 2.522 | ||||
| Roger Maris | CF | 10 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .893 | 2.500 | ||||
| Rod Graber | LF | 54 | 130 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .985 | 2.426 | ||||
| Chuck Essegian | LF | 30 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .939 | 1.533 | ||||
| Michael Lutz | LF | 22 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.500 | ||||
| John Kropf | LF | 19 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .842 | ||||
| Al Widmar | P | 53 | 12 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Stan Pitula | P | 40 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .944 | .850 | ||||
| Dolan Nichols | P | 38 | 8 | 41 | 2 | 0 | .961 | 1.289 | ||||
| Norm Camp | P | 35 | 7 | 44 | 5 | 2 | .911 | 1.457 | ||||
| Julie Hudson | P | 33 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .758 | ||||
| Eddie Gasque | P | 28 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .875 | .750 | ||||
| Lonnie Myers | P | 15 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 1.067 | ||||
| Glen Harshbarger | P | 15 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.000 | ||||
| Eugene Law | P | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Jim Atchley | P | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Pilgram | P | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al McNeilance | P | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Jay Heard | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Locke | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hank Schenz | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dan Osinski | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Billy Ray Meyer | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Schmees | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vern Kindsfather | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Fahr | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Bowes | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Mallott | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Lutz | RF | 118 | 154 | 17 | 7 | 6 | .961 | 1.449 | ||||
| Grant Dunlap | RF | 19 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.211 | ||||
| Roger Maris | RF | 14 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| Pablo Bernard | SS | 102 | 190 | 340 | 31 | 64 | .945 | 5.196 | ||||
| Al Stringer | SS | 40 | 55 | 136 | 7 | 33 | .965 | 4.775 | ||||
| Bob Prentice | SS | 15 | 30 | 44 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 4.933 | ||||
| Totals | 1599 | 3801 | 1627 | 195 | 464 | .965 | 3.395 | 9 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
