1956 Tulsa Oilers Statistics
Team Record: 77-77
Finished 4th in the TL
Manager: Al Widmar (77-77)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 153,612, Avg. 1,995
Playoffs - Houston Buffalos 4 games, Tulsa Oilers 1
The Tulsa Oilers of the Texas League ended the 1956 season with a record of 77 wins and 77 losses, finishing fourth in the TL.
The Oilers tallied 729 runs and surrendered 773 runs. Marvin Williams paced Tulsa with 26 home runs, and Frank Ernaga walloped 15 or more, too. Marvin Williams accounted for 111 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time with a .322 average. Bill Tremel and Al Widmar led the squad with 11 wins each, while Dale Matthewson registered a 2.85 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Al Lary, Don Robertson, George Piktuzis, Willard Brown, Rocky Krsnich, Gabe Gabler, Bob Will, Bill Tremel, Frank Carswell, Ernest Groth, Al Widmar, Harry Perkowski, Vicente Amor, Hy Cohen, Jim Fanning, Dale Matthewson, Marvin Williams, Johnny Goryl, Bill Currie, Marlin Stuart, Gordon Goldsberry, Frank Ernaga, Buzz Clarkson, Frank Verdi, Marv Rotblatt, John André and Jay Heard were all players from the 1956 Tulsa Oilers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Al Widmar 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Tremel | 11 | 6 | .647 | 4.23 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 134.0 | 154 | 76 | 63 | 11 | 39 | 6 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
Al Widmar | 11 | 11 | .500 | 4.07 | 36 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 177.0 | 196 | 90 | 80 | 17 | 59 | 4 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
Dale Matthewson | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2.85 | 35 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 136.0 | 132 | 51 | 43 | 6 | 38 | 2 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
Al Lary | 8 | 14 | .364 | 3.59 | 38 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 213.0 | 210 | 121 | 85 | 15 | 116 | 4 | 130 | 4 | 0 | 11 | |||
Vicente Amor | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.03 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 95.0 | 104 | 43 | 32 | 6 | 35 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
Jay Heard | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.84 | 31 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 119.0 | 139 | 75 | 64 | 9 | 46 | 5 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
Bill Currie | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.70 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 67.0 | 73 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
Marlin Stuart | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.02 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 39 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
Harry Perkowski | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.38 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 48.0 | 50 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Bud McClure | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.70 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 46.0 | 57 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Tom LeGros | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.37 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 74 | 38 | 34 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Paul Menking | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Gene Tanselli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ernest Groth | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Don Swanson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Don Lauters | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hy Cohen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Julie Hudson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Jim Speer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Lonnie Myers | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Marv Rotblatt | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
George Piktuzis | 0 | 4 | .000 | 3.20 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 45 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
John André | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.43 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 88 | 51 | 41 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Totals | 73 | 76 | .490 | 3.93 | 370 | 139 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 1245.0 | 1361 | 671 | 544 | 101 | 502 | 33 | 622 | 17 | 3 | 43 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Will | 154 | 744 | 645 | 104 | 196 | 45 | 5 | 10 | 73 | 3 | 5 | 91 | 80 | .304 | .394 | .436 | .830 | 281 | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||
Marvin Williams | 144 | 617 | 534 | 102 | 172 | 36 | 7 | 26 | 111 | 1 | 5 | 68 | 59 | .322 | .394 | .562 | .956 | 300 | 2 | 3 | 10 | ||
Frank Ernaga | 150 | 632 | 549 | 62 | 150 | 27 | 3 | 18 | 97 | 3 | 2 | 65 | 92 | .273 | .355 | .432 | .786 | 237 | 7 | 6 | 5 | ||
Lloyd Jenney | 122 | 420 | 328 | 61 | 94 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 56 | 3 | 4 | 82 | 48 | .287 | .429 | .442 | .871 | 145 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||
Gene Tanselli | 92 | 366 | 331 | 32 | 88 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 24 | .266 | .330 | .323 | .653 | 107 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Jim Fanning | 95 | 342 | 311 | 38 | 87 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 14 | .280 | .335 | .389 | .724 | 121 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
Johnny Goryl | 69 | 306 | 267 | 36 | 75 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 23 | .281 | .346 | .408 | .754 | 109 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
Ray Bellino | 85 | 319 | 275 | 35 | 63 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 56 | .229 | .333 | .320 | .653 | 88 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Frank Carswell | 62 | 246 | 207 | 23 | 59 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 20 | .285 | .378 | .459 | .837 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
Don Lauters | 75 | 228 | 185 | 29 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 34 | .216 | .341 | .346 | .687 | 64 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
Buzz Clarkson | 48 | 179 | 137 | 24 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 14 | .255 | .430 | .394 | .824 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Verdi | 39 | 168 | 152 | 18 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 16 | .224 | .285 | .322 | .607 | 49 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Gabe Gabler | 35 | 153 | 135 | 22 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 19 | .244 | .305 | .363 | .668 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
Vic Marasco | 59 | 163 | 151 | 22 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 29 | .219 | .272 | .318 | .589 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Hal Meek | 36 | 130 | 122 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 19 | .213 | .262 | .238 | .499 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Robertson | 31 | 107 | 84 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 21 | .238 | .402 | .452 | .854 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al Lary | 57 | 81 | 76 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | .224 | .262 | .263 | .526 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bob McKee | 21 | 93 | 87 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .195 | .220 | .230 | .450 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Harry Perkowski | 19 | 32 | 30 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .333 | .375 | .533 | .908 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Vicente Amor | 15 | 43 | 39 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .231 | .268 | .256 | .525 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Al Widmar | 36 | 66 | 58 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .138 | .206 | .155 | .362 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Dave Cunningham | 13 | 29 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .250 | .276 | .429 | .704 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gordon Goldsberry | 15 | 37 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .226 | .314 | .226 | .540 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Bill Currie | 14 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .280 | .250 | .530 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
John André | 19 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .217 | .217 | .304 | .522 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Bobby Winkles | 6 | 24 | 24 | 5 | .208 | .208 | .208 | .417 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Jay Heard | 31 | 46 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .135 | .220 | .135 | .355 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Dale Matthewson | 39 | 46 | 39 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .128 | .209 | .128 | .338 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Bill Tremel | 63 | 36 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .129 | .182 | .129 | .311 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
George Piktuzis | 11 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Marlin Stuart | 22 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .111 | .429 | .222 | .651 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Tom LeGros | 23 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Al Stringer | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Bud McClure | 19 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Kropf | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Julie Hudson | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Paul Menking | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Hy Cohen | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Don Swanson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Marv Rotblatt | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Lonnie Myers | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
Totals | 1762 | 5791 | 5013 | 684 | 1314 | 228 | 26 | 117 | 633 | 28 | 35 | 643 | 696 | .262 | .347 | .388 | .735 | 1945 | 0 | 26 | 75 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marvin Williams | 1B | 52 | 453 | 37 | 3 | 45 | .994 | 9.423 | ||||
Lloyd Jenney | 1B | 49 | 411 | 18 | 3 | 42 | .993 | 8.755 | ||||
Gabe Gabler | 1B | 34 | 303 | 17 | 5 | 28 | .985 | 9.412 | ||||
Don Robertson | 1B | 20 | 176 | 15 | 4 | 18 | .979 | 9.550 | ||||
Gordon Goldsberry | 1B | 10 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
Marvin Williams | 2B | 53 | 152 | 128 | 10 | 39 | .966 | 5.283 | ||||
Johnny Goryl | 2B | 41 | 132 | 109 | 5 | 32 | .980 | 5.878 | ||||
Bob McKee | 2B | 21 | 63 | 53 | 8 | 21 | .935 | 5.524 | ||||
Don Lauters | 2B | 20 | 52 | 48 | 6 | 11 | .943 | 5.000 | ||||
Vic Marasco | 2B | 15 | 37 | 30 | 2 | 7 | .971 | 4.467 | ||||
Buzz Clarkson | 3B | 43 | 28 | 104 | 7 | 11 | .950 | 3.070 | ||||
Marvin Williams | 3B | 37 | 30 | 65 | 11 | 2 | .896 | 2.568 | ||||
Gene Tanselli | 3B | 34 | 41 | 92 | 8 | 13 | .943 | 3.912 | ||||
Johnny Goryl | 3B | 17 | 22 | 44 | 6 | 11 | .917 | 3.882 | ||||
Don Lauters | 3B | 15 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 0 | .921 | 2.333 | ||||
Frank Verdi | 3B | 14 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 2 | .925 | 2.643 | ||||
Jim Fanning | C | 92 | 442 | 42 | 10 | 6 | .980 | 5.261 | 4 | |||
Lloyd Jenney | C | 55 | 195 | 31 | 2 | 3 | .991 | 4.109 | 1 | |||
Hal Meek | C | 34 | 135 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .981 | 4.588 | 6 | |||
Bob Will | CF | 154 | 385 | 16 | 5 | 3 | .988 | 2.604 | ||||
Frank Ernaga | LF | 57 | 118 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .969 | 2.193 | ||||
Frank Carswell | LF | 56 | 91 | 5 | 4 | 3 | .960 | 1.714 | ||||
Gene Tanselli | LF | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
Bill Tremel | P | 63 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .931 | .429 | ||||
Al Lary | P | 38 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .950 | 1.000 | ||||
Al Widmar | P | 36 | 7 | 34 | 2 | 3 | .953 | 1.139 | ||||
Dale Matthewson | P | 35 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .886 | ||||
Jay Heard | P | 31 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .833 | .484 | ||||
Tom LeGros | P | 23 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .435 | ||||
Marlin Stuart | P | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .238 | ||||
Bud McClure | P | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .316 | ||||
John André | P | 15 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 1.133 | ||||
Vicente Amor | P | 15 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 1.533 | ||||
Bill Currie | P | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
George Piktuzis | P | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .545 | ||||
Lonnie Myers | P | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .273 | ||||
Harry Perkowski | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Ernest Groth | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Julie Hudson | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Hy Cohen | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Marv Rotblatt | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Don Swanson | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Jim Speer | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Paul Menking | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Gene Tanselli | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Don Lauters | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Frank Ernaga | RF | 94 | 162 | 12 | 3 | 8 | .983 | 1.851 | ||||
Vic Marasco | RF | 33 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .938 | .909 | ||||
Marvin Williams | RF | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.273 | ||||
Ray Bellino | SS | 84 | 152 | 322 | 26 | 55 | .948 | 5.643 | ||||
Gene Tanselli | SS | 37 | 54 | 101 | 11 | 17 | .934 | 4.189 | ||||
Frank Verdi | SS | 17 | 27 | 50 | 6 | 5 | .928 | 4.529 | ||||
Don Lauters | SS | 17 | 18 | 34 | 4 | 4 | .929 | 3.059 | ||||
Johnny Goryl | SS | 11 | 15 | 39 | 3 | 7 | .947 | 4.909 | ||||
Totals | 1607 | 3898 | 1668 | 182 | 417 | .968 | 3.464 | 11 | 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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