1959 Tulsa Oilers Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 77-67
Finished 3rd in the TL
Manager: Vern Benson (77-67)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 118,409, Avg. 1,645

1959 Tulsa Oilers Roster

Playoffs - Austin Senators 2 games, Tulsa Oilers 1

The Tulsa Oilers of the Texas League ended the 1959 season with a record of 77 wins and 67 losses, finishing third in the TL.

The Oilers tallied 729 runs and surrendered 654 runs. Duke Carmel paced Tulsa with 23 home runs, while Harry Keister, Jim Hickman and Julio Gotay each walloped 15 or more, too. Jim Hickman drove in 81 runs. Jim McKnight led batters with significant playing time with a .332 average. Ted Thiem topped the squad with 13 wins, and Mel Nelson recorded a 3.02 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Players from the 1959 Tulsa Oilers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ed Olivares, Duke Carmel, Jim O'Rourke, Vern Benson, Bob Blaylock, Jimmie Schaffer, Jim Hickman, Jim Beauchamp, Jim McKnight, Julio Gotay, Fred Whitfield, Mel Nelson, Tom Baker and Bob Sadowski.

Vern Benson 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
Ted Thiem	13	9	.591	4.36	34	18		4	0		157.0	204	98	76	8	54	2	85	6	0	6
Billy Tolar	11	6	.647	3.61	25	23		7	1		157.0	121	83	63	8	99	2	105	8	0	6
Tom Baker	11	9	.550	3.56	38	22		6	0		182.0	172	88	72	9	88	4	124	3	0	16
Bob Blaylock	10	1	.909	2.56	14	11		7	1		95.0	75	32	27	4	23	1	72	2	0	5
Mel Nelson	9	9	.500	3.02	23	19		10	3		140.0	138	60	47	3	44	1	92	3	2	6
William Garcia	8	6	.571	3.61	33	12		5	1		132.0	124	70	53	6	85	1	78	3	0	4
James Hemric	5	6	.455	2.94	44	3		0	0		104.0	82	39	34	6	41	2	72	4	0	4
Roland Passaro	3	3	.500	6.66	9	8		2	0		50.0	54	44	37	5	28	0	27	0	0	2
Florencio Rivera	3	4	.429	3.47	18	5		1	0		57.0	53	32	22	1	28	2	24	1	0	3
Thomas Fassler	2	3	.400	3.49	15	7		2	0		49.0	42	27	19	2	35	0	19	4	1	8
Roger Sawyer	1	2	.333	6.10	9	6		0	0		31.0	46	30	21	4	14	0	12	0	1	0
Hoyt Benedict					3						0.0
William Cooke	0	0			1						0.0
Richard Maibauer					3						0.0
Bob Sadowski	0	2	.000		4						0.0
Jerry Lock	0	2	.000		9						0.0
George Doyle	0	4	.000		6						0.0
Totals	76	66	.535	3.67	288	134	0	44	6	0	1154.0	1111	603	471	56	539	15	710	34	4	60	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
Arthur Burnett	141	619	511	87	140	24	4	8	57	16	3	88	67	.274	.384	.384	.767	196		5	12	3
Julio Gotay	124	532	476	88	135	11	4	17	64	12	5	39	48	.284	.342	.431	.772	205		6	5	6
Jim McKnight	103	428	394	57	131	20	2	6	69	18	10	29	18	.332	.383	.439	.822	173		4	0	1
Jim Beauchamp	119	481	440	63	118	20	3	10	50	20	4	30	80	.268	.317	.395	.712	174		3	4	4
Jim Hickman	133	506	444	77	112	16	4	22	81	12	1	53	107	.252	.329	.455	.784	202		0	5	4
Harry Keister	122	473	384	78	110	20	6	16	71	6	2	82	53	.286	.412	.495	.906	190		1	4	2
Duke Carmel	104	429	361	80	105	21	8	23	70	10	3	64	49	.291	.397	.584	.982	211		1	1	2
Jimmie Schaffer	87	314	282	35	72	14	2	8	46	1	0	28	42	.255	.323	.404	.727	114		1	1	2
Ron Kabbes	55	229	206	29	55	9	1	0	22	1	0	20	37	.267	.333	.320	.654	66		1	1	1
Jim O'Rourke	44	165	146	24	40	4	2	5	21	1	0	18	28	.274	.354	.432	.785	63		0	1	0
Edward Czerniakowski	38	142	123	21	30	5	0	6	19	0	0	17	23	.244	.336	.431	.767	53		0	2	0
Fred Whitfield	31	126	106	10	27	10	0	3	15	1	0	13	11	.255	.333	.434	.767	46		2	0	5
Wally Lammers	32	120	103	16	25	3	1	0	9	0	0	10	7	.243	.331	.291	.622	30		4	2	1
Mel Nelson	24	57	50	6	16	1	1	0	6	0	0	4	12	.320	.375	.380	.755	19		1	1	1
Ted Thiem	37	63	59	5	16	4	1	0	4	0	0	0	12	.271	.267	.373	.640	22		0	3	1
Fred Koenig	19	71	66	5	16	1	0	1	5	0	0	4	16	.242	.296	.303	.599	20		1	0	0
Fred McAlister	35	51	49	2	15	3	1	1	7	0	1	0	11	.306	.306	.469	.776	23		0	2	0
James Brown	16	51	47	3	14	5	1	0	8	0	0	3	7	.298	.333	.447	.780	21		0	0	1
William Garcia	35	54	50	6	11	3	0	2	7	0	0	3	9	.220	.264	.400	.664	20		0	1	0
Tom Baker	38	67	56	4	11	0	0	0	3	0	0	9	19	.196	.308	.196	.504	11		0	2	0
Billy Tolar	25	66	50	9	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	8	11	.200	.305	.200	.505	10		0	7	1
Bob Blaylock	14	44	43	3	9	1	0	1	9	0	0	0	22	.209	.209	.302	.512	13		0	1	0
Charles Green	20	50	46	3	9	1	0	0	3	1	0	2	8	.196	.245	.217	.462	10		1	1	0
Ed Olivares	15	49	44	6	8	2	0	1	9	0	0	5	7	.182	.265	.295	.561	13		0	0	0
Florencio Rivera	18	23	18	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.333	.400	.333	.733	6		0	3	0
Jim Saul	9	23	23		5									.217	.217	.217	.435	5
Charlie Jennings	12	22	20	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.200	.227	.250	.477	5		0	0	1
Thomas Fassler	15	16	16	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.188	.188	.188	.375	3		0	0	0
Roland Passaro	9	17	17		3									.176	.176	.176	.353	3
James Hemric	44	28	26	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.115	.115	.115	.231	3		0	2	0
Jerry Lock	9	9	9		2									.222	.222	.222	.444	2
George Doyle	6	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Bill Morton	5	11	11		1									.091	.091	.091	.182	1
Roger Sawyer	9	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Vern Benson	2	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bob Sadowski	4	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
William Cooke	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1554	5356	4696	721	1263	199	41	130	665	99	29	532	723	.269	.345	.412	.757	1934	0	31	61	36	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Duke Carmel	1B	104	980	54	13	98	.988	9.942
Fred Whitfield	1B	31	272	10	5	34	.983	9.097
Jim McKnight	2B	72	173	200	15	43	.961	5.181
Ron Kabbes	2B	48	113	140	3	36	.988	5.271
Wally Lammers	2B	15	45	25	3	14	.959	4.667
Fred McAlister	2B	10	33	20	1	8	.981	5.300
Arthur Burnett	3B	131	141	284	37	30	.920	3.244
Ed Olivares	3B	10	15	22	2	3	.949	3.700
Jimmie Schaffer	C	83	374	44	8	11	.981	5.036	9
Edward Czerniakowski	C	37	185	16	8	1	.962	5.432	5
Charles Green	C	15	61	5	3	0	.957	4.400	1
Jim Hickman	CF	100	225	13	6	2	.975	2.380
Jim Beauchamp	CF	48	116	4	3	1	.976	2.500
Jim Beauchamp	LF	48	71	3	6	0	.925	1.542
Jim O'Rourke	LF	43	52	4	5	1	.918	1.302
Jim McKnight	LF	30	52	3	1	0	.982	1.833
Jim Hickman	LF	22	46	3	2	1	.961	2.227
James Hemric	P	44	1	8	0	0	1.000	.205
Tom Baker	P	38	6	43	5	1	.907	1.289
Ted Thiem	P	34	6	34	4	3	.909	1.176
William Garcia	P	33	2	20	2	2	.917	.667
Billy Tolar	P	25	6	22	5	2	.848	1.120
Mel Nelson	P	23	5	17	0	1	1.000	.957
Florencio Rivera	P	18	4	6	1	0	.909	.556
Thomas Fassler	P	15	4	15	2	1	.905	1.267
Bob Blaylock	P	14	5	17	0	1	1.000	1.571
Roger Sawyer	P	9						.000
Roland Passaro	P	9						.000
Jerry Lock	P	9						.000
George Doyle	P	6						.000
Bob Sadowski	P	4						.000
Richard Maibauer	P	3						.000
William Cooke	P	1						.000
Harry Keister	RF	105	111	5	4	0	.967	1.105
Jim Beauchamp	RF	28	34	1	1	0	.972	1.250
Julio Gotay	SS	122	206	380	50	84	.921	4.803
Totals		1387	3344	1418	195	378	.961	3.433	15	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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