1971 Tulsa Oilers Statistics
Team Record: 64-76
Finished 4th in the AA's West Division
Manager: Warren Spahn (0-0), Gary Geiger (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 186,414, Avg. 2,663
The Tulsa Oilers of the American Association ended the 1971 season with a record of 64 wins and 76 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Oilers plated 678 runs and surrendered 733 runs, most in the league. Fred Rico paced Tulsa with 19 home runs, and José Cruz walloped 15 or more, too. Fred Rico recorded 101 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .296 average. Harry Parker led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.7 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Frank Bertaina, Ray Bare, Chris Zachary, George Lauzerique, Bobby Etheridge, Fred Rico, Harry Parker, Gary Kroll, Chip Coulter, José Cruz, Tim Plodinec, Don Shaw, Gary Geiger, Bill Landis, Julio Gotay, Rudy Arroyo, Bob Chlupsa, Ed Crosby, Fred Norman, Bill Stein, Tommy Cruz, Randy Brown, Al Hrabosky, Gaylen Pitts, Bob Stinson, Carroll Sembera, Dick Schofield, Dennis Higgins and Turk Farrell were all players from the 1971 Tulsa Oilers who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Warren Spahn and Gary Geiger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Parker | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.70 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 180.0 | 184 | 87 | 74 | 13 | 62 | 4 | 104 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bob Chlupsa | 8 | 4 | .667 | 4.77 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 83.0 | 94 | 54 | 44 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 60 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Danny Jaster | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.50 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 136.0 | 144 | 80 | 68 | 19 | 62 | 1 | 91 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Fred Norman | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.18 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 62.0 | 44 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Rudy Arroyo | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.57 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 76.0 | 91 | 52 | 47 | 6 | 37 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Ray Bare | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.62 | 33 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 156.0 | 176 | 102 | 80 | 14 | 46 | 4 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Philip Knuckles | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.03 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 87.0 | 74 | 43 | 39 | 7 | 52 | 2 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| George Lauzerique | 4 | 8 | .333 | 5.70 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 90.0 | 95 | 64 | 57 | 13 | 40 | 1 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Carroll Sembera | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.97 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 68.0 | 71 | 38 | 30 | 3 | 34 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jessie Huggins | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.40 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 64 | 48 | 36 | 9 | 45 | 2 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Chris Zachary | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.08 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Kroll | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.91 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ron Ebner | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.18 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 52 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Al Hrabosky | 1 | 1 | .500 | 12.86 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Higgins | 17 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Don Shaw | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Stein | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Turk Farrell | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Geiger | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Landis | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Tim Plodinec | 0 | 1 | .000 | 40.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Frank Bertaina | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.77 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 50 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 64 | 72 | .471 | 4.66 | 349 | 139 | 0 | 36 | 9 | 18 | 1168.0 | 1257 | 714 | 605 | 106 | 512 | 30 | 796 | 33 | 4 | 64 | 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 Rico | 139 | 594 | 506 | 87 | 150 | 31 | 6 | 19 | 101 | 10 | 5 | 78 | 91 | .296 | .387 | .494 | .881 | 250 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Ed Crosby | 135 | 549 | 495 | 49 | 142 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 40 | .287 | .332 | .392 | .724 | 194 | 4 | 7 | 9 | ||
| Bill Stein | 103 | 417 | 389 | 50 | 106 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 63 | .272 | .317 | .411 | .729 | 160 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Etheridge | 114 | 450 | 372 | 72 | 103 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 71 | .277 | .391 | .430 | .821 | 160 | 7 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Bob Stinson | 87 | 367 | 299 | 54 | 97 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 58 | .324 | .438 | .485 | .923 | 145 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| José Cruz | 67 | 301 | 254 | 56 | 83 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 49 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 31 | .327 | .430 | .618 | 1.048 | 157 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Randy Brown | 81 | 318 | 274 | 49 | 81 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 44 | .296 | .383 | .438 | .821 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Chip Coulter | 101 | 373 | 328 | 36 | 78 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 64 | .238 | .318 | .341 | .660 | 112 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Julio Gotay | 90 | 274 | 235 | 38 | 71 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 33 | .302 | .384 | .374 | .758 | 88 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Gary Geiger | 100 | 304 | 248 | 43 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 51 | 47 | .222 | .351 | .347 | .698 | 86 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Phil Trombino | 46 | 180 | 164 | 19 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 26 | .311 | .372 | .433 | .805 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Nitschke | 71 | 229 | 208 | 29 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 35 | .240 | .298 | .356 | .654 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bob Wissler | 43 | 151 | 134 | 15 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 33 | .239 | .325 | .410 | .735 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Dees | 33 | 118 | 108 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 20 | .194 | .248 | .259 | .507 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| George Greer | 12 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .316 | .381 | .500 | .881 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Bare | 36 | 63 | 52 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .192 | .263 | .231 | .494 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Cruz | 15 | 65 | 55 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | .164 | .292 | .255 | .547 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Parker | 27 | 71 | 60 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .150 | .224 | .167 | .391 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Dick Schofield | 18 | 49 | 43 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .186 | .271 | .233 | .503 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Parks | 13 | 36 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .176 | .222 | .176 | .399 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carroll Sembera | 35 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .417 | .462 | .417 | .878 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Arroyo | 18 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .192 | .250 | .231 | .481 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Philip Knuckles | 16 | 35 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .185 | .233 | .222 | .456 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Danny Jaster | 26 | 49 | 44 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .114 | .133 | .136 | .270 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Gary Kroll | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .444 | .444 | .444 | .889 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Norman | 11 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .167 | .231 | .208 | .439 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Lauzerique | 33 | 43 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .111 | .214 | .194 | .409 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Frank Bertaina | 10 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .273 | .385 | .273 | .657 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Zachary | 3 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Chlupsa | 46 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jessie Huggins | 34 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Turk Farrell | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Hrabosky | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Ebner | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Landis | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1610 | 5224 | 4525 | 666 | 1218 | 218 | 45 | 99 | 611 | 54 | 39 | 570 | 822 | .269 | .352 | .403 | .755 | 1823 | 0 | 28 | 60 | 41 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Trombino | 1B | 46 | 433 | 28 | 7 | 49 | .985 | 1.022 | ||||
| Wayne Dees | 1B | 30 | 252 | 18 | 4 | 30 | .985 | 9.000 | ||||
| Julio Gotay | 1B | 27 | 180 | 12 | 2 | 18 | .990 | 7.111 | ||||
| Randy Brown | 1B | 14 | 97 | 13 | 4 | 8 | .965 | 7.857 | ||||
| George Greer | 1B | 9 | 77 | 6 | 3 | 8 | .965 | 9.222 | ||||
| Bob Stinson | 1B | 6 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 5 | .976 | 6.667 | ||||
| Gary Geiger | 1B | 6 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Bill Stein | 1B | 5 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 5.200 | ||||
| David Nitschke | 1B | 4 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Bobby Etheridge | 1B | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.333 | ||||
| Ed Crosby | 1B | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.500 | ||||
| Gaylen Pitts | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Chip Coulter | 2B | 98 | 224 | 300 | 21 | 68 | .961 | 5.347 | ||||
| Julio Gotay | 2B | 34 | 65 | 79 | 4 | 24 | .973 | 4.235 | ||||
| Gaylen Pitts | 2B | 10 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 3 | .927 | 3.800 | ||||
| Bill Stein | 2B | 8 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Dick Schofield | 2B | 8 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 4.375 | ||||
| Randy Brown | 2B | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .714 | 1.667 | ||||
| Ed Crosby | 2B | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 4.500 | ||||
| Bobby Etheridge | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bobby Etheridge | 3B | 108 | 84 | 190 | 12 | 19 | .958 | 2.537 | ||||
| Bill Stein | 3B | 23 | 13 | 32 | 5 | 5 | .900 | 1.957 | ||||
| Julio Gotay | 3B | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Bob Stinson | 3B | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
| Dick Schofield | 3B | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Ed Crosby | 3B | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 2.333 | ||||
| David Nitschke | C | 59 | 338 | 32 | 6 | 4 | .984 | 6.271 | 6 | |||
| Randy Brown | C | 44 | 236 | 25 | 2 | 3 | .992 | 5.932 | 2 | |||
| Bob Stinson | C | 42 | 274 | 28 | 9 | 6 | .971 | 7.190 | 4 | |||
| Fred Rico | C | 8 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.750 | 0 | |||
| Fred Rico | OF | 131 | 246 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .973 | 1.924 | ||||
| Gary Geiger | OF | 70 | 81 | 6 | 4 | 3 | .956 | 1.243 | ||||
| José Cruz | OF | 67 | 146 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .955 | 2.194 | ||||
| Bill Stein | OF | 64 | 92 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .980 | 1.516 | ||||
| Bob Wissler | OF | 41 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .963 | 1.268 | ||||
| Bob Stinson | OF | 28 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
| Randy Brown | OF | 19 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.684 | ||||
| Tommy Cruz | OF | 15 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.467 | ||||
| Dennis Parks | OF | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| George Greer | OF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| David Nitschke | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Julio Gotay | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bob Chlupsa | P | 46 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .966 | .609 | ||||
| Carroll Sembera | P | 35 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jessie Huggins | P | 34 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .176 | ||||
| Ray Bare | P | 33 | 16 | 26 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.273 | ||||
| Harry Parker | P | 26 | 19 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.192 | ||||
| Danny Jaster | P | 26 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .842 | .615 | ||||
| George Lauzerique | P | 24 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .917 | ||||
| Dennis Higgins | P | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Philip Knuckles | P | 16 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 1.062 | ||||
| Ron Ebner | P | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .400 | ||||
| Rudy Arroyo | P | 15 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .800 | ||||
| Frank Bertaina | P | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Fred Norman | P | 9 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.778 | ||||
| Al Hrabosky | P | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Landis | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gary Kroll | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Turk Farrell | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Tim Plodinec | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chris Zachary | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Don Shaw | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Gary Geiger | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Bill Stein | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ed Crosby | SS | 126 | 212 | 363 | 29 | 99 | .952 | 4.563 | ||||
| Bill Stein | SS | 11 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 6 | .867 | 3.545 | ||||
| Dick Schofield | SS | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .857 | 4.000 | ||||
| Julio Gotay | SS | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1564 | 3516 | 1472 | 163 | 396 | .968 | 3.189 | 12 | 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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