1965 Tulsa Oilers Statistics
Team Record: 81-60
Finished 1st in the TL's East Division
Manager: Vern Rapp (81-60)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 215,423, Avg. 3,056
Playoffs - Tulsa Oilers 1 game, Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs 0 - One-game playoff for East Division title.
Finals - Albuquerque Dodgers 3 games, Tulsa Oilers 1
The Tulsa Oilers of the Texas League ended the 1965 season with a record of 81 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Oilers plated 656 runs and surrendered 553 runs. John Kindl paced Tulsa with 21 home runs Bobby Pfeil drove in 89 runs. David Pavlesic topped hitters with significant playing time with a .344 average. Donald Hagen led the squad with 13 wins, while Hal Gilson recorded a 1.75 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1965 Tulsa Oilers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tom Hilgendorf, Billy Muffett, Larry Jaster, Walt Williams, Harry Fanok, Bobby Pfeil, Hal Gilson, Wayne Granger, Ron Willis, Jim Cosman, Danny Breeden and Dennis Aust.
Vern Rapp 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Hagen | 13 | 6 | .684 | 2.57 | 32 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 196.0 | 190 | 68 | 56 | 12 | 38 | 3 | 122 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Hal Gilson | 11 | 4 | .733 | 1.75 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 139.0 | 112 | 40 | 27 | 5 | 53 | 13 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Larry Jaster | 11 | 13 | .458 | 3.09 | 31 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 210.0 | 189 | 85 | 72 | 17 | 51 | 5 | 219 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Tom Hilgendorf | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.07 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 43 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ron Willis | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.61 | 39 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 157.0 | 144 | 80 | 63 | 11 | 96 | 5 | 108 | 2 | 1 | 14 | |||
| Clint Stark | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.58 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 120.0 | 111 | 72 | 61 | 11 | 84 | 3 | 114 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Frank Montgomery | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.91 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 99.0 | 83 | 38 | 32 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Jim Cosman | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.55 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 74.0 | 57 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Harry Fanok | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.35 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Dennis Aust | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.19 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 50 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Hamende | 2 | 1 | .667 | 11.57 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Granger | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.74 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 38.0 | 34 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Leroy Harris | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Frederick Wall | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Billy Muffett | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe DiFabio | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.88 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 78 | 59 | .569 | 3.21 | 329 | 139 | 0 | 38 | 13 | 0 | 1239.0 | 1110 | 537 | 442 | 86 | 495 | 36 | 962 | 28 | 4 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Williams | 141 | 632 | 573 | 106 | 189 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 64 | 36 | 7 | 41 | 42 | .330 | .376 | .454 | .830 | 260 | 6 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Ike Futch | 138 | 594 | 569 | 58 | 165 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 5 | .290 | .311 | .339 | .650 | 193 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Bobby Pfeil | 134 | 566 | 527 | 59 | 144 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 89 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 38 | .273 | .300 | .395 | .695 | 208 | 4 | 3 | 11 | ||
| John Kindl | 136 | 544 | 497 | 61 | 137 | 24 | 4 | 21 | 74 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 108 | .276 | .329 | .467 | .796 | 232 | 8 | 3 | 3 | ||
| David Pavlesic | 112 | 442 | 389 | 70 | 134 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 30 | .344 | .415 | .473 | .888 | 184 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Joe Patterson | 114 | 423 | 352 | 78 | 107 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 21 | 5 | 57 | 55 | .304 | .411 | .438 | .848 | 154 | 8 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Jimmy Harris | 112 | 418 | 363 | 49 | 83 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 8 | 5 | 41 | 70 | .229 | .311 | .320 | .630 | 116 | 3 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Wayne Pietri | 129 | 390 | 354 | 37 | 76 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 66 | .215 | .268 | .336 | .604 | 119 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Billy Wolff | 65 | 264 | 232 | 46 | 72 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 49 | .310 | .389 | .431 | .820 | 100 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ernest Foli | 82 | 296 | 275 | 27 | 64 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 38 | .233 | .276 | .371 | .646 | 102 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Danny Breeden | 69 | 206 | 189 | 21 | 53 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 36 | .280 | .335 | .434 | .769 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Larry Jaster | 36 | 90 | 84 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | .250 | .276 | .298 | .573 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Ball | 37 | 101 | 90 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 27 | .222 | .287 | .311 | .598 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Edwin Chasteen | 19 | 70 | 66 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .197 | .243 | .364 | .606 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Hagen | 34 | 72 | 55 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .218 | .271 | .236 | .508 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Clint Stark | 21 | 43 | 40 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .250 | .286 | .400 | .686 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Willis | 41 | 55 | 51 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | .157 | .189 | .176 | .365 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Frank Montgomery | 14 | 38 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .194 | .265 | .194 | .458 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hal Gilson | 39 | 43 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .132 | .175 | .158 | .333 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Granger | 7 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .250 | .308 | .250 | .558 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Hilgendorf | 22 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harry Fanok | 10 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .143 | .214 | .357 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frederick Wall | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Cosman | 44 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .083 | .083 | .167 | .250 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Aust | 33 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .059 | .158 | .059 | .217 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Billy Muffett | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Hamende | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe DiFabio | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1617 | 5377 | 4854 | 655 | 1329 | 233 | 54 | 73 | 581 | 108 | 64 | 368 | 680 | .274 | .328 | .389 | .718 | 1889 | 0 | 46 | 70 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Pietri | 1B | 116 | 815 | 63 | 6 | 87 | .993 | 7.569 | ||||
| Joe Patterson | 1B | 42 | 246 | 14 | 7 | 24 | .974 | 6.190 | ||||
| Ernest Foli | 1B | 10 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1.000 | 8.200 | ||||
| Ike Futch | 2B | 137 | 310 | 311 | 11 | 105 | .983 | 4.533 | ||||
| Bobby Pfeil | 3B | 134 | 117 | 306 | 30 | 37 | .934 | 3.157 | ||||
| Ernest Foli | 3B | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .895 | 1.308 | ||||
| David Pavlesic | C | 92 | 597 | 50 | 12 | 8 | .982 | 7.033 | 15 | |||
| Danny Breeden | C | 58 | 336 | 32 | 7 | 5 | .981 | 6.345 | 9 | |||
| Walt Williams | OF | 140 | 236 | 17 | 6 | 1 | .977 | 1.807 | ||||
| John Kindl | OF | 132 | 329 | 12 | 8 | 2 | .977 | 2.583 | ||||
| Billy Wolff | OF | 60 | 110 | 10 | 5 | 4 | .960 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joe Patterson | OF | 59 | 102 | 5 | 7 | 0 | .939 | 1.814 | ||||
| Bobby Ball | OF | 23 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 1.957 | ||||
| Edwin Chasteen | OF | 14 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 1.929 | ||||
| Jim Cosman | P | 44 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 2 | .875 | .477 | ||||
| Ron Willis | P | 39 | 16 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.513 | ||||
| Hal Gilson | P | 39 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .931 | .692 | ||||
| Dennis Aust | P | 33 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .394 | ||||
| Donald Hagen | P | 32 | 25 | 31 | 5 | 1 | .918 | 1.750 | ||||
| Larry Jaster | P | 31 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 1 | .875 | .903 | ||||
| Tom Hilgendorf | P | 22 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .591 | ||||
| Clint Stark | P | 21 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 2 | .933 | 1.333 | ||||
| Frank Montgomery | P | 14 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Harry Fanok | P | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Jimmy Harris | SS | 101 | 156 | 264 | 43 | 54 | .907 | 4.158 | ||||
| Ernest Foli | SS | 48 | 58 | 124 | 12 | 25 | .938 | 3.792 | ||||
| Totals | 1464 | 3638 | 1411 | 178 | 379 | .966 | 3.449 | 24 | 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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