1937 Owensboro Oilers Statistics

Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League (KITL) - Class: D
Team Record: 56-65
Finished 7th in the KITL
Manager: Hughie Wise (56-65)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Owensboro, Kentucky
Ballpark: Weir Recreational Field

1937 Owensboro Oilers Roster

The Owensboro Oilers of the Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League ended the 1937 season with a record of 56 wins and 65 losses, finishing seventh in the KITL.

Hughie Wise 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
Robert Helvey	15	8	.652	3.94	36						208.0	230	112	91		59
John Vahilla	13	12	.520	3.24	32						197.0	172	107	71		127
Glenn LeVan	9	10	.474	3.96	31						168.0	168	109	74		82
Herbert Allen	8	10	.444	4.53	27						145.0	141	96	73		97
Rush Sumner	6	10	.375	3.34	22						143.0	155	73	53		41
Totals	51	50	.505	3.78	148	0	0	0	0	0	861.0	866	497	362	0	406	0	0	0	0	0	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
Dick Grimes	115	458	458		140	21	8	4						.306	.306	.413	.718	189
Mel Riebe	114	477	477		120	8	8	1						.252	.252	.308	.560	147
Herbert Wilson	100	373	373		104	18	5	2						.279	.279	.370	.649	138
George Binks	83	341	341		99	20	4	6						.290	.290	.425	.716	145
Orville Dantic	100	370	370		91	19	3	5						.246	.246	.354	.600	131
Harry Johnson	61	254	254		81	16	2	4						.319	.319	.445	.764	113
Hughie Wise	94	311	311		79	11	1	2						.254	.254	.315	.569	98
Tom Posenal	65	246	246		59	7	2	1						.240	.240	.297	.537	73
Adolph Jalen	57	181	181		36	3	5	2						.199	.199	.304	.503	55
William Hodgins	28	108	108		30	4	2	1						.278	.278	.380	.657	41
Garland Garrison	27	118	118		25	4	0	0						.212	.212	.246	.458	29
Clarence Taylor	23	80	80		22	1	0	0						.275	.275	.288	.562	23
William Lowe	21	76	76		20	5	0	0						.263	.263	.329	.592	25
Glenn LeVan	41	95	95		20	1	0	4						.211	.211	.347	.558	33
Robert Helvey	37	82	82		18	0	0	1						.220	.220	.256	.476	21
Herbert Allen	31	60	60		16	2	0	2						.267	.267	.400	.667	24
John Vahilla	35	75	75		15	2	2	0						.200	.200	.280	.480	21
Robert Hill	12	44	44		14	1	0	0						.318	.318	.341	.659	15
Rush Sumner	24	54	54		12	1	0	0						.222	.222	.241	.463	13
Edwin Schreiber	15	43	43		11	0	0	0						.256	.256	.256	.512	11
Harry Jenkins	11	15	15		4	0	0	0						.267	.267	.267	.533	4
Totals	1115	3943	3943	0	1041	150	44	35	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.264	.351	.615	1384	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Adolph Jalen	1B	54	454	16	14		.971	8.704
Mel Riebe	2B	59	152	206	24		.937	6.068
Harry Johnson	2B	59	153	183	22		.939	5.695
Tom Posenal	3B	65	71	120	19		.910	2.938
William Hodgins	3B	23	21	33	11		.831	2.348
William Lowe	3B	19	23	38	12		.836	3.211
Hughie Wise	C	68	428	65	14		.972	7.250
Orville Dantic	C	60	290	37	13		.962	5.450
Dick Grimes	OF	115	145	3	11		.931	1.287
Herbert Wilson	OF	99	187	18	17		.923	2.071
George Binks	OF	53	106	4	9		.924	2.075
Robert Helvey	P	36						.000
John Vahilla	P	32						.000
Glenn LeVan	P	31						.000
Herbert Allen	P	27						.000
Rush Sumner	P	22						.000
Garland Garrison	SS	20	45	81	24		.840	6.300
Clarence Taylor	SS	19	40	39	11		.878	4.158
Robert Hill	SS	12	20	38	7		.892	4.833
Totals		891	2293	889	215	0	.937	3.571

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