1956 Tulsa Oilers Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
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
1956 Tulsa Oilers Roster

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.


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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
Bill Tremel116.6474.2363200134.015476631139645302
Al Widmar1111.5004.07362492177.019690801759479103
Dale Matthewson104.7142.85351410136.01325143638253202
Al Lary814.3643.59383090213.0210121851511641304011
Vicente Amor76.5383.0315125295.01044332635248114
Jay Heard710.4124.84311950119.01397564946568005
Bill Currie63.6674.7014121067.0734135627031313
Marlin Stuart52.7142.022100040.039149210323102
Harry Perkowski42.6673.38864148.0502318219134002
Bud McClure33.5004.701941146.0573024526315003
Tom LeGros12.3335.372310057.0743834914121002
Paul Menking0020.0
Gene Tanselli0010.0
Ernest Groth80.0
Don Swanson0020.0
Don Lauters0010.0
Hy Cohen01.00050.0
Julie Hudson01.00050.0
Jim Speer01.00020.0
Lonnie Myers01.000110.0
Marv Rotblatt01.00040.0
George Piktuzis04.0003.201150045.0451816541042211
John André04.0005.4315100068.0885141832233003
Totals7376.4903.93370139035601245.0136167154410150233622173430

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 Will1547446451041964551073359180.304.394.436.830281530
Marvin Williams14461753410217236726111156859.322.394.562.9563002310
Frank Ernaga150632549621502731897326592.273.355.432.786237765
Lloyd Jenney12242032861942101056348248.287.429.442.871145172
Gene Tanselli923663313288130227003224.266.330.323.653107021
Jim Fanning953423113887141635022614.280.335.389.724121122
Johnny Goryl69306267367592727012923.281.346.408.754109055
Ray Bellino85319275356381526104256.229.333.320.65388110
Frank Carswell622462072359101838133320.285.378.459.83795105
Don Lauters752281852940112314333434.216.341.346.68764180
Buzz Clarkson48179137243540519103814.255.430.394.82454400
Frank Verdi3916815218344138211316.224.285.322.60749030
Gabe Gabler35153135223321420431319.244.305.363.66849023
Vic Marasco5916315122333041600929.219.272.318.58948210
Hal Meek3613012211263001403819.213.262.238.49929000
Don Robertson3110784172041416212321.238.402.452.85438000
Al Lary5781761017300511415.224.262.263.52620010
Bob McKee2193871217110610322.195.220.230.45020021
Harry Perkowski19323031030150029.333.375.533.90816000
Vicente Amor1543395910021024.231.268.256.52510020
Al Widmar36665828100600516.138.206.155.3629030
Dave Cunningham1329285720140016.250.276.429.70412000
Gordon Goldsberry1537310700001144.226.314.226.5407020
Bill Currie1428243600040015.250.280.250.5306030
John André1927231520000004.217.217.304.5227040
Bobby Winkles624245.208.208.208.4175
Jay Heard31463735000000414.135.220.135.3555050
Dale Matthewson3946391500010044.128.209.128.3385030
Bill Tremel63363114000000212.129.182.129.3114030
George Piktuzis1115140200010006.143.200.143.3432100
Marlin Stuart221590110020052.111.429.222.6512010
Tom LeGros2314131100000002.077.077.077.1541010
Al Stringer5330000.000.000.000.0000
Bud McClure1915151000000003.000.000.000.0000000
John Kropf9440000.000.000.000.0000
Julie Hudson5660000.000.000.000.0000
Paul Menking2110000.000.000.000.0000
Hy Cohen5550000.000.000.000.0000
Don Swanson2110000.000.000.000.0000
Marv Rotblatt4220000.000.000.000.0000
Lonnie Myers112000000000000020
Totals1762579150136841314228261176332835643696.262.347.388.735194502675340


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Marvin Williams1B5245337345.9949.423
Lloyd Jenney1B4941118342.9938.755
Gabe Gabler1B3430317528.9859.412
Don Robertson1B2017615418.9799.550
Gordon Goldsberry1B10764081.0008.000
Marvin Williams2B531521281039.9665.283
Johnny Goryl2B41132109532.9805.878
Bob McKee2B216353821.9355.524
Don Lauters2B205248611.9435.000
Vic Marasco2B15373027.9714.467
Buzz Clarkson3B4328104711.9503.070
Marvin Williams3B373065112.8962.568
Gene Tanselli3B344192813.9433.912
Johnny Goryl3B172244611.9173.882
Don Lauters3B15112430.9212.333
Frank Verdi3B14132432.9252.643
Jim FanningC9244242106.9805.2614
Lloyd JenneyC551953123.9914.1091
Hal MeekC341352132.9814.5886
Bob WillCF1543851653.9882.604
Frank ErnagaLF57118741.9692.193
Frank CarswellLF5691543.9601.714
Gene TanselliLF1052001.000.700
Bill TremelP6332421.931.429
Al LaryP38142422.9501.000
Al WidmarP3673423.9531.139
Dale MatthewsonP351021011.000.886
Jay HeardP3141132.833.484
Tom LeGrosP2337001.000.435
Marlin StuartP212310.833.238
Bud McClureP1915011.000.316
John AndréP1531421.8951.133
Vicente AmorP1551811.9581.533
Bill CurrieP1434011.000.500
George PiktuzisP111510.857.545
Lonnie MyersP110310.750.273
Harry PerkowskiP8.000
Ernest GrothP8.000
Julie HudsonP5.000
Hy CohenP5.000
Marv RotblattP4.000
Don SwansonP2.000
Jim SpeerP2.000
Paul MenkingP2.000
Gene TanselliP1.000
Don LautersP1.000
Frank ErnagaRF941621238.9831.851
Vic MarascoRF3329120.938.909
Marvin WilliamsRF11140001.0001.273
Ray BellinoSS841523222655.9485.643
Gene TanselliSS37541011117.9344.189
Frank VerdiSS17275065.9284.529
Don LautersSS17183444.9293.059
Johnny GorylSS11153937.9474.909
Totals160738981668182417.9683.4641100

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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