1965 Tulsa Oilers Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
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

1965 Tulsa Oilers Roster

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 Larry Jaster, Billy Muffett, Tom Hilgendorf, Walt Williams, Harry Fanok, Bobby Pfeil, Hal Gilson, Wayne Granger, Ron Willis, Jim Cosman, Dennis Aust and Danny Breeden.

Vern Rapp 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
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
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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