1972 Tulsa Oilers Statistics
Team Record: 78-62
Finished 2nd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Jack Krol (78-62)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 190,080, Avg. 2,715
The Tulsa Oilers of the American Association ended the 1972 season with a record of 78 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Oilers plated 547 runs and conceded 497 runs. Ron Allen paced Tulsa with 16 home runs, and Ken Reitz walloped 15 or more as well. Ken Reitz recorded 66 runs batted in. Skip Jutze led all regular batters with a .324 average. Jim Bibby topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.09 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Ken Reitz, Ray Bare, Mick Kelleher, Keith Hernandez, Ron Allen, Ike Brookens, Randy Brown, Bake McBride, Danny Godby, Dennis Higgins, Bill Stein, Lowell Palmer, Skip Jutze, Jorge Roque, Keith Lampard, Bob Chlupsa, Lance Clemons, Rudy Arroyo, Don Durham, Mike Tyson, Tim Plodinec, Jim Bibby, Rich Folkers, Rafael Robles, Greg Terlecky, Charlie Hudson, Mike Fiore and Santiago Guzmán were all players from the 1972 Tulsa Oilers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Jack Krol 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bibby | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.09 | 27 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 195.0 | 155 | 76 | 67 | 10 | 76 | 3 | 208 | 12 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Lance Clemons | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.63 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 129.0 | 115 | 57 | 52 | 9 | 66 | 1 | 104 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dennis Higgins | 7 | 2 | .778 | 1.89 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 81.0 | 55 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 74 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Hudson | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.75 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 59.0 | 55 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ike Brookens | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.45 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 77.0 | 69 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Don Durham | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.27 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 121.0 | 89 | 52 | 44 | 13 | 42 | 2 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ray Bare | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.52 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 82.0 | 78 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 26 | 6 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Tim Plodinec | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.72 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 76.0 | 58 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 29 | 11 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Greg Terlecky | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.80 | 27 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 152.0 | 162 | 88 | 81 | 16 | 62 | 4 | 124 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Danny Jaster | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.40 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 82.0 | 74 | 33 | 31 | 6 | 36 | 4 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Broege | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.36 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 44 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Santiago Guzmán | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.77 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lowell Palmer | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.50 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Arroyo | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.90 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bob Chlupsa | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.81 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 32.0 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Ebner | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rich Folkers | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.86 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 78 | 62 | .557 | 3.25 | 333 | 140 | 0 | 38 | 12 | 25 | 1217.0 | 1049 | 497 | 439 | 86 | 499 | 55 | 1020 | 35 | 4 | 38 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skip Jutze | 119 | 473 | 426 | 63 | 138 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 49 | .324 | .383 | .455 | .839 | 194 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ken Reitz | 118 | 490 | 462 | 52 | 129 | 26 | 1 | 15 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 64 | .279 | .311 | .437 | .748 | 202 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Ron Allen | 103 | 433 | 393 | 56 | 105 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 82 | .267 | .333 | .443 | .776 | 174 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Tyson | 132 | 498 | 444 | 39 | 103 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 98 | .232 | .299 | .297 | .597 | 132 | 6 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Bill Stein | 103 | 396 | 360 | 49 | 100 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 61 | .278 | .330 | .414 | .744 | 149 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Mick Kelleher | 113 | 428 | 375 | 30 | 91 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 60 | .243 | .313 | .277 | .591 | 104 | 1 | 10 | 3 | ||
| Danny Godby | 97 | 334 | 302 | 38 | 87 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 51 | .288 | .344 | .377 | .722 | 114 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Bob Wissler | 108 | 398 | 334 | 42 | 74 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 67 | .222 | .329 | .350 | .679 | 117 | 2 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Bake McBride | 60 | 262 | 232 | 41 | 73 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 26 | 54 | .315 | .387 | .483 | .870 | 112 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jorge Roque | 64 | 255 | 232 | 22 | 54 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 62 | .233 | .299 | .392 | .691 | 91 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Fiore | 49 | 210 | 160 | 28 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 29 | .250 | .419 | .375 | .794 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rafael Robles | 44 | 125 | 122 | 9 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .270 | .276 | .328 | .604 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Randy Brown | 36 | 89 | 79 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .316 | .382 | .354 | .736 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Phil Trombino | 40 | 109 | 96 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 14 | .250 | .321 | .396 | .717 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dave Kent | 22 | 48 | 45 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .200 | .250 | .244 | .494 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Kirkland | 19 | 64 | 55 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .145 | .266 | .218 | .484 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Bibby | 27 | 77 | 66 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 33 | .121 | .216 | .227 | .443 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Keith Hernandez | 11 | 29 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .241 | .241 | .276 | .517 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Higgins | 11 | 34 | 34 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .206 | .206 | .206 | .412 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Durham | 24 | 42 | 41 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .146 | .146 | .268 | .415 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Greg Terlecky | 27 | 58 | 49 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .122 | .173 | .143 | .316 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Tony Auferio | 13 | 35 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .179 | .324 | .321 | .645 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Dees | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .667 | .778 | .667 | 1.444 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Broege | 8 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .267 | .353 | .267 | .620 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lance Clemons | 24 | 54 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | .089 | .176 | .111 | .288 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ray Bare | 31 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .143 | .182 | .190 | .372 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rich Folkers | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Chlupsa | 21 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Arroyo | 6 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Benny Looper | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Santiago Guzmán | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Plodinec | 54 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .100 | .250 | .400 | .650 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Jaster | 27 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .056 | .105 | .056 | .161 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lowell Palmer | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Ebner | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ike Brookens | 38 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Hudson | 36 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1605 | 5088 | 4538 | 535 | 1157 | 210 | 23 | 84 | 484 | 39 | 24 | 438 | 912 | .255 | .322 | .367 | .689 | 1665 | 0 | 25 | 60 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Allen | 1B | 101 | 861 | 38 | 13 | 88 | .986 | 8.901 | ||||
| Mike Fiore | 1B | 17 | 111 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 7.059 | ||||
| Phil Trombino | 1B | 10 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | 9.100 | ||||
| Keith Hernandez | 1B | 10 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.600 | ||||
| Bob Wissler | 1B | 5 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .968 | 6.000 | ||||
| Bill Stein | 1B | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 6.333 | ||||
| Wayne Dees | 1B | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Mike Tyson | 2B | 122 | 307 | 315 | 11 | 97 | .983 | 5.098 | ||||
| Bill Stein | 2B | 11 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 3.364 | ||||
| Don Kirkland | 2B | 9 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.222 | ||||
| Mick Kelleher | 2B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rafael Robles | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ken Reitz | 3B | 117 | 106 | 259 | 25 | 35 | .936 | 3.120 | ||||
| Rafael Robles | 3B | 14 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 5 | .968 | 2.143 | ||||
| Bill Stein | 3B | 9 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 2 | .913 | 2.333 | ||||
| Dave Kent | 3B | 5 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .905 | 3.800 | ||||
| Bob Wissler | 3B | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Skip Jutze | C | 115 | 887 | 49 | 9 | 6 | .990 | 8.139 | 11 | |||
| Randy Brown | C | 17 | 89 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 1 | |||
| Tony Auferio | C | 11 | 81 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .989 | 8.091 | 1 | |||
| Benny Looper | C | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 1 | |||
| Bob Wissler | OF | 87 | 115 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .977 | 1.448 | ||||
| Danny Godby | OF | 81 | 127 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.630 | ||||
| Bill Stein | OF | 75 | 116 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .984 | 1.613 | ||||
| Jorge Roque | OF | 63 | 139 | 4 | 9 | 0 | .941 | 2.270 | ||||
| Bake McBride | OF | 58 | 108 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .991 | 1.948 | ||||
| Mike Fiore | OF | 33 | 61 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .969 | 1.879 | ||||
| Phil Trombino | OF | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.154 | ||||
| Dave Kent | OF | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Randy Brown | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Tim Plodinec | P | 54 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .315 | ||||
| Ike Brookens | P | 38 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .211 | ||||
| Charlie Hudson | P | 35 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Ray Bare | P | 29 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 4 | .970 | 1.103 | ||||
| Greg Terlecky | P | 27 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .444 | ||||
| Danny Jaster | P | 27 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .185 | ||||
| Jim Bibby | P | 27 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .933 | 1.037 | ||||
| Lance Clemons | P | 21 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Bob Chlupsa | P | 21 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Don Durham | P | 17 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 1.588 | ||||
| Dennis Higgins | P | 11 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
| Stephen Broege | P | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .625 | ||||
| Rich Folkers | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Rudy Arroyo | P | 5 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 2.600 | ||||
| Santiago Guzmán | P | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Lowell Palmer | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ron Ebner | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mick Kelleher | SS | 109 | 164 | 338 | 11 | 58 | .979 | 4.606 | ||||
| Rafael Robles | SS | 17 | 18 | 45 | 4 | 6 | .940 | 3.706 | ||||
| Mike Tyson | SS | 9 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 7 | .941 | 3.556 | ||||
| Don Kirkland | SS | 9 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 3 | .906 | 3.222 | ||||
| Totals | 1478 | 3619 | 1440 | 119 | 363 | .977 | 3.423 | 14 | 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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