1962 Tulsa Oilers Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 77-63
Finished 2nd in the TL
Manager: Whitey Kurowski (77-63)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 182,895, Avg. 2,613

1962 Tulsa Oilers Roster

Playoffs - Tulsa Oilers 3 games, Albuquerque Dukes 0
Finals - Tulsa Oilers 3 games, Austin Senators 1

The Tulsa Oilers of the Texas League ended the 1962 season with a record of 77 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the TL.

The Oilers conceded 697 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Tulsa tallied 749 runs. Jeoff Long walloped 30 home runs for the team, while Johnny Lewis swatted 15 or more, too. Jeoff Long drove in 80 runs. Joe Patterson led hitters with significant playing time with a .325 average. Gordie Richardson topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.18 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1962 Tulsa Oilers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Daryl Robertson, Dick Hughes, Chris Krug, Bud Bloomfield, Johnny Lewis, Jim O'Rourke, Bill Wakefield, Johnnie Seale, Bob Blaylock, Gordie Richardson, Joe Shipley, Jeoff Long, Gary Kolb, Dal Maxvill and Jerry Buchek.

Whitey Kurowski 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
Gordie Richardson	13	6	.684	3.18	36	23		9	2		198.0	194	86	70	13	57	5	153	1	1	6
Richard Mauldin	11	7	.611	3.67	36	18		5	2		152.0	143	85	62	16	55	6	93	4	2	4
Bill Wakefield	10	12	.455	4.42	32	25		9	1		167.0	167	94	82	20	78	4	135	2	0	9
Joe Shipley	9	4	.692	4.26	31	6		1	0		93.0	89	51	44	6	51	3	54	3	0	4
Jim McNamee	9	8	.529	3.95	35	21		6	0		155.0	172	80	68	18	60	3	100	5	0	6
Clint Stark	9	8	.529	4.44	37	20		3	1		142.0	132	94	70	14	105	2	103	2	0	5
Dick Hughes	6	5	.545	3.45	18	13		4	2		99.0	94	52	38	8	51	2	57	3	2	3
Bob Blaylock	3	2	.600	5.24	30	2		1	0		67.0	77	48	39	4	25	6	29	1	0	4
Lou Vickery	2	3	.400	3.30	12	1		0	0		30.0	25	16	11	4	12	1	21	0	0	1
Johnnie Seale	2	3	.400	6.55	12	3		2	0		33.0	48	28	24	3	10	1	19	1	0	0
Marv Mecklenburg	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1		1	0		9.0	10	2	2	0	1	0	6	0	0	1
Fred Herrmann	1	1	.500	7.62	8	0		0	0		13.0	18	12	11	1	7	0	4	0	0	0
Elwood Hahn	1	2	.333	4.50	6	0		0	0		16.0	20	10	8	2	7	1	12	0	0	0
Gary Kolb	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		2.0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
Bob Funge	0	0		1.80	4	0		0	0		5.0	7	4	1	1	4	0	2	0	0	0
Arthur Mehuron	0	2	.000	5.73	13	2		0	0		33.0	42	34	21	1	21	0	24	5	0	1
Totals	77	63	.550	4.08	312	135	0	41	8	0	1214.0	1238	697	551	111	547	34	815	27	5	44	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
Gary Kolb	129	561	494	88	146	31	4	10	61	7		58	77	.296	.374	.435	.810	215		6	0	3	5
Joe Patterson	118	470	418	84	136	25	9	8	36	31		47	67	.325	.397	.486	.883	203		3	2	0	1
Jeoff Long	127	524	426	88	121	20	2	30	80	0		91	122	.284	.410	.552	.962	235		3	0	4	5
Elmer Lindsey	106	434	397	60	105	16	5	6	34	7		30	61	.264	.312	.375	.688	149		0	2	5	1
Jerry Marx	119	481	442	56	105	22	1	8	48	1		30	53	.238	.289	.346	.635	153		3	3	3	4
Bud Bloomfield	117	375	338	55	97	10	2	4	36	1		29	57	.287	.345	.364	.709	123		2	4	2	4
Chris Krug	93	364	334	43	87	10	0	14	58	2		24	56	.260	.309	.416	.726	139		1	2	3	3
Johnny Lewis	85	355	294	63	86	20	3	18	62	4		57	85	.293	.408	.565	.973	166		1	2	1	4
Dal Maxvill	47	197	178	33	62	11	2	5	35	5		17	31	.348	.403	.517	.920	92		0	1	1	1
Tom Schwaner	72	248	224	20	44	9	1	6	38	1		19	64	.196	.256	.326	.582	73		0	2	3	0
Harry Watts	35	139	133	25	41	12	1	11	34	1		6	24	.308	.338	.662	1.000	88		0	0	0	0
Jim Saul	31	113	93	14	37	9	1	2	19	0		18	19	.398	.487	.581	1.067	54		0	0	2	0
Jim O'Rourke	47	201	169	22	37	9	2	5	33	1		27	35	.219	.328	.385	.713	65		2	0	3	1
Ray Bond	34	121	108	16	23	5	1	2	12	1		12	27	.213	.292	.333	.625	36		0	1	0	2
Lou Vickery	22	41	39	4	19	5	3	0	8	0		2	9	.487	.512	.769	1.281	30		0	0	0	0
Jerry Buchek	36	128	115	14	19	7	0	2	4	0		12	35	.165	.244	.278	.522	32		0	1	0	0
Clint Stark	38	59	48	4	17	2	1	0	7	0		7	11	.354	.436	.438	.874	21		0	4	0	0
Richard Mauldin	37	59	54	2	15	3	0	0	6	0		1	21	.278	.291	.333	.624	18		0	4	0	0
Gordie Richardson	37	85	76	8	15	3	0	1	5	0		6	31	.197	.256	.276	.532	21		0	3	0	0
Lamar Drummonds	18	32	26	4	13	5	0	3	19	0		6	5	.500	.594	1.038	1.632	27		0	0	0	0
Dick Hughes	29	36	33	12	12	5	1	2	9	0		3	7	.364	.417	.758	1.174	25		0	0	0	0
Bill Wakefield	32	63	58	3	10	1	0	0	3	0		1	16	.172	.186	.190	.376	11		0	4	0	0
Hank Kuhlmann	13	42	34	4	6	1	0	0	2	0		7	13	.176	.333	.206	.539	7		1	0	0	0
Jim McNamee	36	60	53	5	6	2	0	0	2	0		1	19	.113	.130	.151	.281	8		0	6	0	0
Arthur Mehuron	13	9	8	4	4	1	0	1	2	0		1	1	.500	.556	1.000	1.556	8		0	0	0	0
Joe Shipley	31	36	32	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	11	.094	.121	.094	.215	3		0	3	0	0
Bill Morton	4	13	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	.182	.308	.182	.490	2		0	0	0	0
Elwood Hahn	7	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	1	0	0
Bob Blaylock	30	21	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	11	.053	.100	.053	.153	1		0	1	0	0
Johnnie Seale	12	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.000	.111	.000	.111	0		0	0	0	0
Fred Herrmann	8	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	.000	.600	.000	.600	0		0	0	0	0
Marv Mecklenburg	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Roy Majtyka	4	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	0	0	0
Bob Funge	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0		1.000			0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1572	5300	4680	737	1270	244	39	138	654	62	0	522	979	.271	.345	.429	.774	2006	0	22	46	30	31

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jeoff Long	1B	122	963	50	21	120	.980	8.303
Chris Krug	1B	15	79	9	6	11	.936	5.867
Jerry Marx	2B	115	290	295	27	97	.956	5.087
Harry Watts	2B	23	48	69	7	16	.944	5.087
Bud Bloomfield	2B	12	8	12	0	1	1.000	1.667
Bud Bloomfield	3B	68	41	96	6	12	.958	2.015
Tom Schwaner	3B	60	42	105	13	11	.919	2.450
Gary Kolb	3B	30	15	36	14	0	.785	1.700
Harry Watts	3B	13	9	19	3	4	.903	2.154
Chris Krug	C	75	456	31	5	4	.990	6.493	5
Ray Bond	C	29	165	14	0	1	1.000	6.172	8
Jim Saul	C	28	158	11	1	3	.994	6.036	3
Hank Kuhlmann	C	13	70	7	2	0	.975	5.923	2
Joe Patterson	OF	108	192	8	10	0	.952	1.852
Gary Kolb	OF	101	222	11	6	4	.975	2.307
Elmer Lindsey	OF	99	251	10	8	0	.970	2.636
Johnny Lewis	OF	85	151	15	6	2	.965	1.953
Jim O'Rourke	OF	43	91	5	2	1	.980	2.233
Clint Stark	P	37	11	19	4	1	.882	.811
Gordie Richardson	P	36	11	25	2	3	.947	1.000
Richard Mauldin	P	36	7	21	0	1	1.000	.778
Jim McNamee	P	35	6	23	1	3	.967	.829
Bill Wakefield	P	32	3	18	0	1	1.000	.656
Joe Shipley	P	31	2	16	6	0	.750	.581
Bob Blaylock	P	30	5	13	1	0	.947	.600
Dick Hughes	P	18	8	13	2	1	.913	1.167
Arthur Mehuron	P	13	1	5	0	0	1.000	.462
Lou Vickery	P	12	3	3	0	0	1.000	.500
Johnnie Seale	P	12	2	6	1	1	.889	.667
Fred Herrmann	P	8						.000
Elwood Hahn	P	6						.000
Bob Funge	P	4						.000
Marv Mecklenburg	P	1						.000
Gary Kolb	P	1						.000
Dal Maxvill	SS	45	77	137	9	30	.960	4.756
Bud Bloomfield	SS	38	40	77	8	13	.936	3.079
Jerry Buchek	SS	36	57	109	9	29	.949	4.611
Totals		1470	3484	1288	180	370	.964	3.246	18	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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