1958 Olean Oilers Roster
Team Record: 67-57
Finished 3rd in the NYPL
Manager: Benny Zientara (67-57)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Olean, New York
Ballpark: Bradner Stadium
Attendance: 22,973, Avg. 371
Playoffs - Geneva Redlegs 2 games, Olean Oilers 0
The Olean Oilers of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1958 season with a record of 67 wins and 57 losses, finishing third in the NYPL.
The Oilers plated 686 runs and yielded 656 runs. Nathan Dickerson paced Olean with 19 home runs, and Paul Price walloped 15 or more, too. Nathan Dickerson accounted for 89 RBI and topped all regular batters with a .338 average. Edwin Radzevich led the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.82 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers. Benny Zientara served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Aleshire | R | R | May 29, 1939 | 6'1" | 185 | |
| Charles Antak | R | January 28, 1933 | 6'0" | 185 | ||
| Victor Baron | R | R | March 12, 1939 | 6'0" | 195 | |
| Andre Bessette | R | L | April 22, 1939 | 5'9" | 191 | Verdun, QC CA |
| Don Bush | R | R | October 18, 1938 | 6'0" | 180 | |
| Frank Capitani | R | R | December 16, 1935 | 5'10" | 180 | Hershey, PA US |
| Fern Carson | S | L | October 13, 1938 | 5'10" | 145 | |
| Irving Clark | R | R | 5'9" | 179 | ||
| Richard Colgan | R | R | June 8, 1935 | 6'4" | 190 | |
| Ernest DeBruler | R | L | December 11, 1937 | 6'0" | 160 | |
| Nathan Dickerson | L | L | May 1, 1936 | 6'4" | 215 | |
| Raymond Doyle | R | R | January 27, 1939 | 6'1" | 180 | |
| Frank Dudley | R | R | 6'0" | 185 | ||
| Richard Duerr | L | L | 6'0" | 180 | ||
| Lennis Dykstra | R | R | 6'2" | 190 | ||
| Richard Foreman | R | 6'1" | 185 | |||
| Robert George | L | L | 5'11" | 155 | ||
| James Guinn | R | R | September 14, 1937 | 6'0" | 175 | Jefferson, TX US |
| Owen Johnson | R | R | May 29, 1938 | 5'11" | 190 | |
| Thomas Lawrence | R | R | 6'1" | 182 | ||
| Donald Lightner | L | R | 6'0" | 170 | ||
| Lazaro Ponce | ||||||
| Paul Price | L | R | February 21, 1937 | 6'0" | 180 | Reading, PA US |
| Edwin Radzevich | R | R | 6'0" | 170 | ||
| Melvin Robinson | R | 6'3" | 170 | |||
| James Rouleau | R | R | 6'1" | 176 | ||
| John Rouleau | R | R | 6'2" | 180 | ||
| Richard Shepler | ||||||
| James Smith | R | R | March 15, 1936 | 6'3" | 205 | |
| Bill Soder | S | February 5, 1939 | 6'0" | 175 | ||
| John Ullmann | ||||||
| Ronald Weidenhammer | R | R | April 9, 1933 | 6'1" | 180 | Kutztown, PA US |
| David Wenrich | R | 5'9" | 176 | |||
| Robert Whelan | R | R | 6'4" | 160 |
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.
