1960 Tulsa Oilers Statistics
Team Record: 76-68
Finished 3rd in the TL
Manager: Vern Benson (76-68)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 111,835, Avg. 1,553
Playoffs - Tulsa Oilers 3 games, San Antonio Missions 1
Finals - Tulsa Oilers 3 games, Victoria Rosebuds 0
The Tulsa Oilers of the Texas League ended the 1960 season with a record of 76 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the TL.
The Oilers scored 823 runs, best in the league. Tulsa gave up 729 runs. Harry Watts led the team with 26 home runs, while Harry Keister, Fred Whitfield, Jim Hickman and Jimmie Schaffer each walloped 15 or more, too. Harry Watts drove in 99 runs. Jim Hickman paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .323 average. Ted Thiem and Clint Stark topped the squad with 12 wins each, and Dick Hughes recorded a 3.71 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1960 Tulsa Oilers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Tom Hughes, Harry Fanok, Jim Hickman, Von McDaniel, Jim Beauchamp, Fred Whitfield, Ray Katt, Julio Gotay, Dick Hughes, Jimmie Schaffer, Gordie Richardson, Bob Blaylock, Craig Anderson, Jim O'Rourke and Jerry Buchek.
Vern Benson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Thiem | 12 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.77 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 86.0 | 86 | 39 | 36 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Clint Stark | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3.77 | 30 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 186.0 | 176 | 95 | 78 | 6 | 106 | 2 | 132 | 5 | 0 | 16 | |||
| Dick Hughes | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.71 | 32 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 189.0 | 146 | 94 | 78 | 18 | 131 | 3 | 166 | 10 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Bob Blaylock | 10 | 12 | .455 | 4.78 | 38 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 145.0 | 169 | 91 | 77 | 10 | 54 | 3 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Gordie Richardson | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.50 | 32 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 140.0 | 141 | 88 | 70 | 8 | 89 | 3 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Craig Anderson | 6 | 4 | .600 | 1.68 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 91.0 | 82 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Lynn Rube | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.60 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 90.0 | 84 | 56 | 46 | 4 | 60 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |||
| William Carpenter | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.97 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 38.0 | 39 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Fred Walker | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.89 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 46 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| James Hemric | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.76 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 61 | 38 | 32 | 4 | 33 | 5 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ernest Lewis | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Von McDaniel | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.59 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 39 | 29 | 27 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Tom Hughes | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Billy Tolar | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.48 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Charles Harris | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.89 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 38 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Pedro Carrillo | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Harry Fanok | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fred Koenig | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Turk | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 75 | 65 | .536 | 4.15 | 329 | 136 | 0 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 1161.0 | 1131 | 653 | 535 | 70 | 657 | 25 | 725 | 40 | 1 | 76 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Whitfield | 138 | 559 | 520 | 74 | 161 | 25 | 7 | 22 | 89 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 75 | .310 | .342 | .512 | .854 | 266 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Harry Keister | 139 | 602 | 512 | 90 | 140 | 29 | 8 | 16 | 93 | 3 | 3 | 81 | 82 | .273 | .371 | .455 | .826 | 233 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Harry Watts | 141 | 589 | 533 | 76 | 140 | 29 | 2 | 26 | 99 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 113 | .263 | .321 | .471 | .792 | 251 | 2 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Arthur Burnett | 137 | 620 | 501 | 111 | 129 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 68 | 15 | 6 | 106 | 91 | .257 | .387 | .421 | .808 | 211 | 4 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Jim Hickman | 111 | 486 | 393 | 91 | 127 | 23 | 10 | 15 | 61 | 12 | 0 | 84 | 75 | .323 | .444 | .547 | .991 | 215 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Jim Beauchamp | 126 | 527 | 454 | 72 | 117 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 55 | 29 | 6 | 54 | 95 | .258 | .344 | .414 | .758 | 188 | 7 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Jimmie Schaffer | 120 | 457 | 378 | 66 | 94 | 22 | 1 | 21 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 73 | .249 | .366 | .479 | .845 | 181 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Fred Koenig | 101 | 307 | 271 | 53 | 80 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 59 | .295 | .363 | .472 | .835 | 128 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Julio Gotay | 61 | 270 | 232 | 49 | 70 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 28 | .302 | .393 | .534 | .928 | 124 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Buchek | 36 | 153 | 129 | 25 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 29 | .333 | .421 | .457 | .878 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ron Kabbes | 46 | 186 | 158 | 26 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 35 | .247 | .348 | .348 | .696 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bob Boyer | 28 | 122 | 106 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 22 | .255 | .339 | .415 | .754 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dick Hughes | 42 | 86 | 81 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 24 | .235 | .262 | .333 | .595 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Richard Rogers | 29 | 81 | 70 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 | .257 | .346 | .457 | .803 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ray Katt | 34 | 101 | 84 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | .202 | .303 | .298 | .601 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jim O'Rourke | 14 | 58 | 52 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .269 | .345 | .462 | .806 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Richardson | 32 | 52 | 42 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .262 | .311 | .310 | .621 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Ted Thiem | 26 | 36 | 33 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .303 | .294 | .697 | .991 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Carlos Dore | 11 | 28 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .346 | .393 | .500 | .893 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Blaylock | 38 | 62 | 57 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | .158 | .213 | .298 | .511 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Clint Stark | 31 | 72 | 64 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | .109 | .174 | .109 | .283 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Craig Anderson | 30 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .231 | .259 | .231 | .490 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lynn Rube | 18 | 35 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .194 | .219 | .194 | .412 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Von McDaniel | 12 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .231 | .286 | .308 | .593 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Salvador Betancourt | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Billy Tolar | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fred Walker | 9 | 16 | 16 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Charlie Garris | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| William Carpenter | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Harris | 12 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .091 | .100 | .191 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tom Hughes | 7 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| James Hemric | 30 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ernest Lewis | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James Turk | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1605 | 5617 | 4848 | 810 | 1307 | 246 | 59 | 164 | 746 | 81 | 33 | 630 | 938 | .270 | .355 | .446 | .801 | 2163 | 0 | 33 | 66 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Whitfield | 1B | 127 | 1071 | 85 | 16 | 127 | .986 | 9.102 | ||||
| Fred Koenig | 1B | 19 | 136 | 11 | 3 | 20 | .980 | 7.737 | ||||
| Harry Watts | 2B | 140 | 352 | 393 | 32 | 117 | .959 | 5.321 | ||||
| Arthur Burnett | 3B | 134 | 107 | 283 | 35 | 30 | .918 | 2.910 | ||||
| Fred Koenig | 3B | 15 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 2 | .889 | 2.133 | ||||
| Jimmie Schaffer | C | 114 | 604 | 66 | 9 | 11 | .987 | 5.877 | 14 | |||
| Ray Katt | C | 24 | 150 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .976 | 6.750 | 2 | |||
| Richard Rogers | C | 16 | 60 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .956 | 4.062 | 1 | |||
| Jim Beauchamp | CF | 114 | 302 | 10 | 9 | 3 | .972 | 2.737 | ||||
| Jim Hickman | CF | 29 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 2.172 | ||||
| Jim Hickman | LF | 85 | 160 | 6 | 9 | 0 | .949 | 1.953 | ||||
| Fred Koenig | LF | 22 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 1.591 | ||||
| Bob Boyer | LF | 21 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .886 | 1.857 | ||||
| Jim O'Rourke | LF | 13 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
| Bob Blaylock | P | 38 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .935 | .763 | ||||
| Gordie Richardson | P | 32 | 10 | 28 | 1 | 3 | .974 | 1.188 | ||||
| Dick Hughes | P | 32 | 5 | 35 | 5 | 1 | .889 | 1.250 | ||||
| Clint Stark | P | 30 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 1 | .949 | 1.233 | ||||
| James Hemric | P | 30 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .778 | .233 | ||||
| Craig Anderson | P | 30 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .500 | ||||
| Ted Thiem | P | 25 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Lynn Rube | P | 18 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 3 | .972 | 1.944 | ||||
| William Carpenter | P | 14 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .929 | ||||
| Billy Tolar | P | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .462 | ||||
| Von McDaniel | P | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Charles Harris | P | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
| Fred Walker | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fred Koenig | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ernest Lewis | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Hughes | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Turk | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pedro Carrillo | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Fanok | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Keister | RF | 138 | 224 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .967 | 1.681 | ||||
| Julio Gotay | SS | 60 | 115 | 180 | 30 | 52 | .908 | 4.917 | ||||
| Ron Kabbes | SS | 46 | 66 | 134 | 14 | 20 | .935 | 4.348 | ||||
| Jerry Buchek | SS | 36 | 77 | 93 | 10 | 32 | .944 | 4.722 | ||||
| Totals | 1482 | 3643 | 1524 | 211 | 434 | .961 | 3.487 | 17 | 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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