1956 Olean Oilers Statistics

Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League (PONYL) - Class: D
Team Record: 65-58
Finished 3rd in the PONYL
Manager: Paul Owens (65-58)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Olean, New York
Ballpark: Bradner Stadium
Attendance: 27,281, Avg. 444

1956 Olean Oilers Roster

Playoffs - Olean Oilers 2 games, Corning Red Sox 1
Finals - Wellsville Braves 3 games, Olean Oilers 2

The Olean Oilers of the Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League ended the 1956 season with a record of 65 wins and 58 losses, finishing third in the PONYL.

The Oilers plated 676 runs and surrendered 664 runs.

Tim Harkness played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Olean Oilers to do so.

Paul Owens 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
Bob Milo	20	9	.690	3.46	31	29		22	4		226.0	227	104	87	12	92		190	1	0	4
John Poholsky	10	5	.667	4.38	32	6		2	0		109.0	109	76	53	8	78		58	4	0	0
William Hill	8	11	.421	4.06	30	25		14	1		173.0	155	105	78	13	112		102	7	3	7
D. D. Vaughn	7	5	.583	3.09	30	13		3	0		137.0	138	71	47	5	39		101	4	4	8
Harry Oliver	7	11	.389	5.03	31	20		6	1		152.0	154	97	85	12	81		103	4	1	5
Ed Hottell	4	2	.667	3.00	8	6		3	0		57.0	52	25	19	1	42		43	2	0	1
William Bostwick	3	5	.375	5.60	28	7		2	0		90.0	107	75	56	7	52		49	6	0	3
Tom Matecki	2	1	.667		4						0.0
Eugene Edgar	2	1	.667		3						0.0
Harold Cooley	1	2	.333		9						0.0
John Getner	1	3	.250		13						0.0
Ralph Fortson	0	0			2						0.0
Victor Collier	0	0			1						0.0
Fred Brancato	0	0			1						0.0
Charles Kulp	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Brook Jacoby	0	2	.000		7						0.0
Totals	65	58	.528	4.05	234	106	0	52	6	0	944.0	942	553	425	58	496	0	646	28	8	28	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
Glenn Owens	1234	554	452	84	155	28	1	20	95	15		93	71	.343	.453	.542	.995	245		1	4	4
Paul Owens	114	493	399	87	147	34	3	9	76	6		80	40	.368	.480	.536	1.017	214		7	6	1
Paul Price	123	453	421	100	147	24	4	6	69	10		13	97	.349	.371	.468	.839	197		3	14	2
Lou Vassie	121	600	478	116	144	28	1	7	41	15		101	74	.301	.431	.408	.839	195		10	8	3
John Wisniewski	123	530	469	64	142	38	0	11	84	2		47	82	.303	.368	.454	.822	213		4	6	4
Don Jones	113	453	399	60	104	22	1	8	55	6		46	96	.261	.337	.381	.718	152		1	5	2
Bernard Gemme	73	342	298	48	69	16	2	3	26	3		33	92	.232	.318	.329	.646	98		5	5	1
Reggie Heavener	71	313	271	37	68	9	2	3	26	4		34	69	.251	.338	.332	.670	90		2	5	1
Tim Harkness	56	229	211	26	53	12	1	5	39	0		10	53	.251	.287	.389	.676	82		1	6	1
Jackie Ferrell	45	187	141	15	27	5	0	1	20	6		37	40	.191	.374	.248	.622	35		4	5	0
Victor Collier	48	143	125	23	25	6	1	2	10	1		11	44	.200	.270	.312	.582	39		1	6	0
D. D. Vaughn	35	69	63	7	18	2	0	1	4	0		4	20	.286	.328	.365	.693	23		0	2	0
Bob Milo	32	102	85	8	18	3	0	1	8	0		14	23	.212	.323	.282	.606	24		0	3	0
William Hill	33	72	64	4	14	2	0	0	3	0		2	23	.219	.254	.250	.504	16		1	5	0
William Bostwick	45	79	70	6	12	3	1	0	11	0		6	29	.171	.231	.243	.474	17		0	1	2
Robert O'Connor	23	41	38	2	8	1	0	0	6	0		1	13	.211	.220	.237	.456	9		0	0	2
John Poholsky	32	51	41	4	7	1	0	0	3	0		4	17	.171	.244	.195	.440	8		0	6	0
Jack Deaner	6	18	18		6									.333	.333	.333	.667	6
Ralph Fortson	12	19	19	2	3	0	0	0	4	0		0	1	.158	.158	.158	.316	3		0	0	0
Ed Hottell	8	19	19		2									.105	.105	.105	.211	2
John Johnson	2	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Walter Suttlemyre	4	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Harold Cooley	10	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	1		0	0	0
Harry Oliver	32	64	51	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		6	37	.020	.123	.020	.142	1		0	7	0
John Getner	13	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	7	.000	.083	.000	.083	0		0	0	0
Fred Brancato	1	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Charles Kulp	4	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ronald Leeman	3	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Eugene Edgar	3	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Tom Matecki	4	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Brook Jacoby	7	7	7		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	2430	4879	4179	694	1173	234	17	77	582	68	0	543	932	.281	.367	.400	.767	1672	0	40	94	23	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Paul Owens	1B	68	549	45	8	39	.987	8.735
Tim Harkness	1B	56	460	33	5	39	.990	8.804
Lou Vassie	2B	121	319	283	29	83	.954	4.975
Paul Price	3B	123	153	289	52	33	.895	3.593
Don Jones	C	109	655	54	13	6	.982	6.505	17
Robert O'Connor	C	13	46	3	3	4	.942	3.769	1
Victor Collier	C	10	58	4	0	0	1.000	6.200	4
Glenn Owens	OF	123	276	13	8	2	.973	2.350
Bernard Gemme	OF	73	92	11	1	4	.990	1.411
Reggie Heavener	OF	71	99	8	13	1	.892	1.507
Jackie Ferrell	OF	44	72	4	1	0	.987	1.727
Paul Owens	OF	43	52	5	1	3	.983	1.326
Victor Collier	OF	31	35	2	4	0	.902	1.194
William Bostwick	OF	10	5	0	0	0	1.000	.500
John Poholsky	P	32	2	10	3	1	.800	.375
Harry Oliver	P	31	13	21	3	0	.919	1.097
Bob Milo	P	31	11	42	3	0	.946	1.710
D. D. Vaughn	P	30	12	24	5	1	.878	1.200
William Hill	P	30	9	14	0	1	1.000	.767
William Bostwick	P	28	8	8	1	0	.941	.571
John Getner	P	13	4	5	1	0	.900	.692
Harold Cooley	P	9						.000
Ed Hottell	P	8						.000
Brook Jacoby	P	7						.000
Tom Matecki	P	4						.000
Charles Kulp	P	4						.000
Eugene Edgar	P	3						.000
Ralph Fortson	P	2						.000
Victor Collier	P	1						.000
Fred Brancato	P	1						.000
John Wisniewski	SS	123	187	334	55	64	.905	4.236
Totals		1252	3117	1212	209	281	.954	3.458	22	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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