1970 Tulsa Oilers Statistics
Team Record: 70-70
Finished 2nd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Warren Spahn (70-70)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 151,258, Avg. 2,161
The Tulsa Oilers of the American Association ended the 1970 season with a record of 70 wins and 70 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Oilers scored 571 runs and yielded 605 runs. Luis Meléndez led Tulsa with 13 home runs and accounted for 71 RBI, while leading all regular batters with a .306 average. Reggie Cleveland topped the squad with 12 wins, and Harry Parker recorded a 3.59 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1970 Tulsa Oilers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bill Murphy, Bob Chlupsa, Steve Bailey, Bill Dillman, Chip Coulter, Ted Simmons, Jerry Johnson, Dave Bakenhaster, Don Shaw, Santiago Guzmán, Fred Rico, Harry Parker, Bobby Etheridge, Steve Demeter, Bobby Guindon, Luis Meléndez, Sal Campisi, Chris Zachary, Randy Bobb, Lee Thomas, Jim Ellis, Jim Kennedy, Jerry DaVanon, Joe Nossek, Carroll Sembera, Billy McCool, Reggie Cleveland, Jim Campbell, Jack Fisher, Leon McFadden, Gaylen Pitts, Jerry Reuss, Dan Schneider, Tom Hilgendorf, Jerry Adair and Sammy Ellis.
Warren Spahn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Cleveland | 12 | 8 | .600 | 4.01 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 155.0 | 165 | 78 | 69 | 15 | 49 | 0 | 106 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Harry Parker | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.59 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 148.0 | 153 | 72 | 59 | 11 | 48 | 2 | 117 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jerry Reuss | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.12 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 | 69 | 26 | 20 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Jim Ellis | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.58 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 59.0 | 63 | 37 | 30 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Santiago Guzmán | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.19 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 96.0 | 89 | 44 | 34 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 84 | 4 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Bob Chlupsa | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.25 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36.0 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Hilgendorf | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.46 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 91.0 | 79 | 39 | 35 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jack Fisher | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.24 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25.0 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Carroll Sembera | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.40 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55.0 | 63 | 40 | 33 | 6 | 29 | 4 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dan Schneider | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.22 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 81.0 | 107 | 55 | 47 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Billy McCool | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.25 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 28 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Dave Bakenhaster | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.24 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 68.0 | 79 | 41 | 32 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Don Shaw | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Jaster | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.75 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Seminoff | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steve Bailey | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Zachary | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Guindon | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Dillman | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sal Campisi | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.43 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Sammy Ellis | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6.55 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 42 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 62 | 57 | .521 | 3.92 | 335 | 115 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 21 | 1015.0 | 1054 | 530 | 442 | 86 | 358 | 23 | 775 | 32 | 5 | 55 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Meléndez | 140 | 567 | 507 | 77 | 155 | 34 | 8 | 13 | 71 | 14 | 5 | 51 | 64 | .306 | .368 | .481 | .849 | 244 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Lee Thomas | 135 | 544 | 477 | 67 | 128 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 48 | .268 | .347 | .367 | .714 | 175 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Gaylen Pitts | 115 | 420 | 364 | 51 | 86 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 71 | .236 | .328 | .365 | .693 | 133 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Joe Nossek | 116 | 396 | 356 | 35 | 81 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 10 | 33 | 54 | .228 | .296 | .281 | .577 | 100 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| John Olerud | 103 | 350 | 311 | 34 | 80 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 58 | .257 | .334 | .299 | .633 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bobby Guindon | 94 | 294 | 254 | 31 | 70 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 48 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 57 | .276 | .361 | .465 | .825 | 118 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jim Kennedy | 73 | 259 | 229 | 31 | 63 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 22 | .275 | .353 | .349 | .702 | 80 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jerry DaVanon | 76 | 292 | 254 | 33 | 59 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 39 | .232 | .332 | .327 | .659 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Campbell | 80 | 259 | 229 | 38 | 58 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 41 | .253 | .332 | .454 | .786 | 104 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Randy Bobb | 50 | 174 | 170 | 19 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 30 | .300 | .316 | .512 | .828 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Etheridge | 42 | 124 | 106 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 25 | .226 | .317 | .311 | .628 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jerry Adair | 33 | 90 | 77 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .299 | .378 | .364 | .741 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ted Simmons | 15 | 63 | 51 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | .373 | .476 | .549 | 1.025 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Chip Coulter | 21 | 80 | 72 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | .250 | .291 | .292 | .583 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bill Murphy | 35 | 83 | 74 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 18 | .189 | .253 | .243 | .496 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steve Demeter | 26 | 54 | 50 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .220 | .241 | .300 | .541 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Reggie Cleveland | 24 | 60 | 54 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | .204 | .218 | .241 | .459 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Tom Hilgendorf | 28 | 33 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .241 | .312 | .276 | .588 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Billy Wolff | 16 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .250 | .357 | .375 | .732 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harry Parker | 26 | 48 | 39 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .154 | .250 | .154 | .404 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Don Engbers | 18 | 35 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | .192 | .400 | .269 | .669 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sammy Ellis | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .375 | .375 | .500 | .875 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Ellis | 22 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .188 | .188 | .312 | .500 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dan Schneider | 34 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .158 | .273 | .211 | .483 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Santiago Guzmán | 22 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .120 | .214 | .160 | .374 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Reuss | 11 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .100 | .156 | .133 | .290 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Johnson | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Chlupsa | 21 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Bakenhaster | 44 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .182 | .308 | .273 | .580 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carroll Sembera | 34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Fisher | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alfonso Mairena | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy McCool | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Shaw | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Danny Jaster | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1503 | 4428 | 3903 | 495 | 999 | 179 | 28 | 67 | 443 | 53 | 40 | 425 | 678 | .256 | .332 | .368 | .699 | 1435 | 0 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Thomas | 1B | 98 | 739 | 61 | 8 | 79 | .990 | 8.163 | ||||
| Bobby Guindon | 1B | 23 | 178 | 15 | 3 | 12 | .985 | 8.391 | ||||
| Jim Campbell | 1B | 21 | 146 | 11 | 6 | 14 | .963 | 7.476 | ||||
| Randy Bobb | 1B | 6 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.667 | ||||
| Don Engbers | 1B | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Joe Nossek | 1B | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Steve Demeter | 1B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jerry Adair | 1B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jerry DaVanon | 2B | 52 | 115 | 161 | 8 | 37 | .972 | 5.308 | ||||
| Gaylen Pitts | 2B | 41 | 64 | 106 | 4 | 20 | .977 | 4.146 | ||||
| Jerry Adair | 2B | 23 | 43 | 52 | 3 | 13 | .969 | 4.130 | ||||
| Chip Coulter | 2B | 20 | 50 | 57 | 4 | 11 | .964 | 5.350 | ||||
| Jim Kennedy | 2B | 15 | 20 | 28 | 3 | 6 | .941 | 3.200 | ||||
| Alfonso Mairena | 2B | 5 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.800 | ||||
| Joe Nossek | 2B | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Leon McFadden | 2B | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Hank Marion | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gaylen Pitts | 3B | 72 | 60 | 120 | 7 | 8 | .963 | 2.500 | ||||
| Bobby Etheridge | 3B | 35 | 18 | 37 | 2 | 3 | .965 | 1.571 | ||||
| Joe Nossek | 3B | 26 | 24 | 31 | 2 | 5 | .965 | 2.115 | ||||
| Steve Demeter | 3B | 11 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 2.091 | ||||
| Alfonso Mairena | 3B | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| John Olerud | C | 98 | 634 | 45 | 11 | 5 | .984 | 6.929 | 18 | |||
| Randy Bobb | C | 29 | 167 | 17 | 1 | 3 | .995 | 6.345 | 4 | |||
| Ted Simmons | C | 15 | 99 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.067 | 4 | |||
| Bill Murphy | C | 8 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.375 | 1 | |||
| Luis Meléndez | OF | 137 | 268 | 8 | 11 | 1 | .962 | 2.015 | ||||
| Joe Nossek | OF | 96 | 129 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .978 | 1.396 | ||||
| Bobby Guindon | OF | 53 | 70 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .923 | 1.358 | ||||
| Jim Campbell | OF | 48 | 66 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .932 | 1.438 | ||||
| Lee Thomas | OF | 38 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .929 | 1.368 | ||||
| Bill Murphy | OF | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .955 | ||||
| Randy Bobb | OF | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Billy Wolff | OF | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.833 | ||||
| Don Engbers | OF | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gaylen Pitts | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jim Kennedy | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Bakenhaster | P | 44 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .227 | ||||
| Carroll Sembera | P | 34 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .382 | ||||
| Dan Schneider | P | 31 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .645 | ||||
| Harry Parker | P | 25 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Reggie Cleveland | P | 24 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.458 | ||||
| Tom Hilgendorf | P | 23 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .870 | ||||
| Jim Ellis | P | 22 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .955 | ||||
| Bob Chlupsa | P | 21 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .524 | ||||
| Santiago Guzmán | P | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .667 | ||||
| Steve Bailey | P | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Zachary | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Reuss | P | 11 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.455 | ||||
| Billy McCool | P | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jack Fisher | P | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .778 | ||||
| Danny Jaster | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Sammy Ellis | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .429 | ||||
| Rich Seminoff | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .200 | ||||
| Bobby Guindon | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bill Dillman | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Sal Campisi | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .500 | ||||
| Don Shaw | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jerry Johnson | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Kennedy | SS | 47 | 73 | 129 | 14 | 22 | .935 | 4.298 | ||||
| Jerry DaVanon | SS | 26 | 54 | 77 | 11 | 14 | .923 | 5.038 | ||||
| Gaylen Pitts | SS | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .706 | 2.400 | ||||
| Fred Rico | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1451 | 3324 | 1190 | 136 | 275 | .971 | 3.111 | 27 | 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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