1951 Tulsa Oilers Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 67-94
Finished 7th in the TL
Manager: Al Vincent (67-94)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 147,907, Avg. 1,837

1951 Tulsa Oilers Roster

The Tulsa Oilers of the Texas League ended the 1951 season with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses, finishing seventh in the TL.

The Oilers scored 643 runs and gave up 699 runs. Fletcher Robbe paced hitters with significant playing time with a .297 average. Joe Nuxhall topped Tulsa with 13 wins, while Bob Curley recorded a 3.1 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1951 Tulsa Oilers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Alex Grammas, Joe Nuxhall, Dave Jolly, Jay Avrea, Ken Polivka, Buddy Lively, Tommy Reis, Jim Kirby, Dewey Williams, Roy Zimmerman, Johnny Temple, Jim Blackburn, Bob Hazle, Ralph LaPointe, Ted Tappe and Bob Nieman.

Al Vincent 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
Joe Nuxhall	13	22	.371	3.43	43	33					257.0	241	114	98		102
John Stewart	11	14	.440	3.29	38	26					224.0	220	103	82		118
Jim Blackburn	10	12	.455	3.60	26	24					180.0	176	85	72		79
Dave Jolly	9	13	.409	4.17	37	28					220.0	224	126	102		107
Tommy Reis	8	2	.800	2.86	33	5					104.0	98	42	33		40
Bob Curley	6	12	.333	3.10	28	20					148.0	126	63	51		74
Ralph Erwin	3	2	.600	3.44	28	3					55.0	45	27	21		25
Clarence Zieser	3	4	.429	5.40	14	7					60.0	58	40	36		32
Jack Walters	2	1	.667	0.00	4						25.0
Robert Sanders	1	1	.500	0.00	8	3					31.0	35				13
Jay Avrea	1	9	.100	4.55	22	10					87.0	104	56	44		32
Buddy Lively	0	0		0.00	2						2.0
John Brechin	0	0		0.00	1						3.0
Ken Polivka	0	0		0.00	1						1.0
Alfred Boresh	0	0		0.00	1						1.0
Dewey Jacobs	0	1	.000	0.00	3						7.0
Gerald Blackburn	0	1	.000	0.00	1						3.0
Totals	67	94	.416	3.45	290	159	0	0	0	0	1408.0	1327	656	539	0	622	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
Johnny Temple	154	612	612		180	24	5	0						.294	.294	.350	.644	214
Fletcher Robbe	147	465	465		138	28	7	3						.297	.297	.406	.703	189
Rusty Burns	118	437	437		126	28	3	10						.288	.288	.435	.723	190
Eddie Knoblauch	114	395	395		110	22	2	1						.278	.278	.352	.630	139
Harry Donabedian	145	470	470		106	20	3	0						.226	.226	.281	.506	132
Bob Hazle	89	329	329		92	20	6	2						.280	.280	.395	.675	130
Alex Grammas	88	302	302		83	10	3	2						.275	.275	.348	.623	105
Dewey Williams	137	375	375		83	4	1	0						.221	.221	.237	.459	89
Walter Wrona	89	211	211		60	10	1	2						.284	.284	.370	.654	78
Ralph LaPointe	68	204	204		55	8	0	0						.270	.270	.309	.578	63
Jim Kirby	44	187	187		49	9	0	0						.262	.262	.310	.572	58
Don Eggert	49	159	159		48	12	2	5						.302	.302	.497	.799	79
Roy Zimmerman	61	218	218		46	4	2	1						.211	.211	.261	.472	57
Elbie Flint	44	140	140		39	10	0	0						.279	.279	.350	.629	49
Kenneth Mapes	35	132	132		28	5	0	1						.212	.212	.273	.485	36
Bob Nieman	35	88	88		27	5	1	4						.307	.307	.523	.830	46
Vernon Petty	32	110	110		23	1	0	0						.209	.209	.218	.427	24
Dave Jolly	41	81	81		22	3	1	0						.272	.272	.333	.605	27
Joe Nuxhall	50	91	91		20	4	1	0						.220	.220	.286	.505	26
Jim Blackburn	26	66	66		12	3	0	0						.182	.182	.227	.409	15
Ted Tappe	19	56	56		10	3	0	0						.179	.179	.232	.411	13
Jay Avrea	27	38	38		7	5	0	0						.184	.184	.316	.500	12
Everett Johnson	12	30	30		6	2	0	0						.200	.200	.267	.467	8
Bob Curley	28	46	46		5	0	0	0						.109	.109	.109	.217	5
Tommy Reis	35	38	38		4	1	1	0						.105	.105	.184	.289	7
Clarence Zieser	14	17	17		2	0	0	0						.118	.118	.118	.235	2
John Stewart	38	75	75		2	0	0	0						.027	.027	.027	.053	2
Bobby Wilson	4	10	10		1									.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Robert Sanders	8	11	11		1									.091	.091	.091	.182	1
Ralph Erwin	28	12	12		1	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167	1
Gerald Blackburn	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dewey Jacobs	3	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jack Walters	4	11	11		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1787	5418	5418	0	1386	241	39	31	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.256	.332	.588	1798	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Joe Nuxhall	P	43					.000
John Stewart	P	38					.000
Dave Jolly	P	37					.000
Tommy Reis	P	33					.000
Ralph Erwin	P	28					.000
Bob Curley	P	28					.000
Jim Blackburn	P	26					.000
Jay Avrea	P	22					.000
Clarence Zieser	P	14					.000
Totals		269	0	0	0	0	.000

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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