1954 Tulsa Oilers Statistics
Team Record: 78-83
Finished 6th in the TL
Manager: Joe Schultz (78-83)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 104,378, Avg. 1,297
The Tulsa Oilers of the Texas League ended the 1954 season with a record of 78 wins and 83 losses, finishing sixth in the TL.
The Oilers plated 676 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 714 runs. Joe Macko paced Tulsa with 29 home runs, while Ted Tappe and Joe Szekely walloped 15 or more also. Joe Macko recorded 92 runs batted in. Jim Bolger led batters with significant playing time with a .311 average. Norm Camp topped the team with 16 wins, and Marion Murszewski earned a 3.14 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Clyde King, Bill Upton, Maurice Fisher, Danny Lynch, Cliff Mapes, Al Kozar, Frank Robinson, Joe Szekely, Grant Dunlap, Leroy Williams, Cliff Ross, Jim Bolger, Earle Brucker, Dick Bokelmann, Tom Acker, Don Gross, Virgil Stallcup and Ted Tappe were all players from the 1954 Tulsa Oilers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Joe Schultz served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Camp | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3.22 | 38 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 215.0 | 215 | 98 | 77 | 16 | 96 | 91 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Al McNeilance | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.52 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 189.0 | 191 | 81 | 74 | 11 | 72 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Dick Bokelmann | 10 | 4 | .714 | 1.80 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 105.0 | 101 | 38 | 21 | 3 | 38 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Marion Murszewski | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.14 | 30 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 192.0 | 164 | 76 | 67 | 10 | 81 | 146 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Don Fracchia | 8 | 12 | .400 | 4.66 | 31 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 143.0 | 184 | 88 | 74 | 13 | 53 | 47 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Tom Acker | 7 | 8 | .467 | 5.08 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 101.0 | 85 | 65 | 57 | 7 | 70 | 102 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Clyde King | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.86 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 70.0 | 68 | 33 | 30 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Maurice Fisher | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.97 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 127.0 | 128 | 63 | 56 | 13 | 42 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| John Stewart | 4 | 10 | .286 | 4.60 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 90.0 | 88 | 58 | 46 | 3 | 53 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Bill Upton | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ray Petrzelka | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.30 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 46.0 | 49 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Natalio Irizarry | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.90 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 79.0 | 83 | 47 | 43 | 6 | 34 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Don Gross | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cliff Ross | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mickey Crossin | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 78 | 83 | .484 | 3.76 | 351 | 158 | 0 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 1357.0 | 1356 | 673 | 567 | 97 | 587 | 0 | 685 | 28 | 4 | 42 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bolger | 153 | 656 | 592 | 83 | 184 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 62 | 11 | 5 | 39 | 57 | .311 | .359 | .432 | .791 | 256 | 8 | 12 | 5 | ||
| Joe Szekely | 146 | 604 | 491 | 70 | 128 | 24 | 5 | 16 | 72 | 3 | 3 | 87 | 51 | .261 | .376 | .428 | .803 | 210 | 7 | 13 | 6 | ||
| Joe Macko | 155 | 611 | 519 | 74 | 120 | 23 | 3 | 29 | 92 | 6 | 7 | 68 | 122 | .231 | .332 | .455 | .787 | 236 | 11 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Michael Lutz | 133 | 499 | 411 | 62 | 114 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 57 | 0 | 4 | 76 | 57 | .277 | .396 | .428 | .825 | 176 | 5 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Ziggy Jasinski | 141 | 530 | 467 | 42 | 112 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 6 | 5 | 50 | 61 | .240 | .313 | .289 | .602 | 135 | 1 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Ted Tappe | 111 | 476 | 387 | 85 | 111 | 18 | 7 | 27 | 87 | 2 | 2 | 84 | 93 | .287 | .417 | .579 | .996 | 224 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gene Hatton | 64 | 223 | 195 | 17 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 34 | .256 | .332 | .379 | .711 | 74 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Dick Kinaman | 79 | 246 | 215 | 17 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 24 | .214 | .303 | .288 | .592 | 62 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Earle Brucker | 73 | 216 | 178 | 18 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 37 | .242 | .358 | .298 | .656 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bob Prentice | 44 | 186 | 148 | 25 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 35 | .284 | .425 | .459 | .884 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Grant Dunlap | 55 | 151 | 137 | 10 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | .248 | .284 | .350 | .634 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Virgil Stallcup | 41 | 113 | 106 | 7 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .264 | .297 | .321 | .618 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Cleverly | 36 | 92 | 81 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 | .247 | .337 | .309 | .646 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Camp | 40 | 83 | 73 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .260 | .333 | .370 | .703 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Taylor | 25 | 57 | 52 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .231 | .298 | .250 | .548 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Jadwin | 29 | 71 | 64 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .156 | .225 | .203 | .428 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Cliff Mapes | 20 | 70 | 58 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 18 | .155 | .300 | .190 | .490 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Fracchia | 40 | 65 | 61 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .148 | .188 | .197 | .384 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank Robinson | 8 | 30 | 30 | 8 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Marion Murszewski | 36 | 73 | 57 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 25 | .140 | .258 | .158 | .415 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Al McNeilance | 33 | 73 | 59 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | .102 | .221 | .136 | .356 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Dick Bokelmann | 62 | 29 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .160 | .241 | .320 | .561 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ray Petrzelka | 22 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .188 | .350 | .188 | .538 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Clyde King | 15 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .136 | .208 | .136 | .345 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Stewart | 22 | 31 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .130 | .310 | .130 | .441 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Natalio Irizarry | 27 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .125 | .125 | .167 | .292 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Olney Patterson | 22 | 37 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | .111 | .351 | .111 | .462 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Acker | 32 | 35 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .091 | .143 | .091 | .234 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Kozar | 5 | 19 | 19 | 2 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Maurice Fisher | 26 | 44 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .024 | .048 | .024 | .072 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Ross | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Don Gross | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Mickey Crossin | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bill Upton | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1718 | 5405 | 4623 | 577 | 1138 | 185 | 41 | 109 | 574 | 33 | 32 | 622 | 783 | .246 | .339 | .375 | .714 | 1732 | 0 | 42 | 92 | 26 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Macko | 1B | 107 | 918 | 76 | 9 | 94 | .991 | 9.290 | ||||
| Ted Tappe | 1B | 35 | 335 | 15 | 3 | 46 | .992 | 1.000 | ||||
| Grant Dunlap | 1B | 30 | 262 | 18 | 2 | 26 | .993 | 9.333 | ||||
| Bob Prentice | 2B | 44 | 113 | 120 | 8 | 39 | .967 | 5.295 | ||||
| Gene Hatton | 2B | 18 | 29 | 39 | 2 | 6 | .971 | 3.778 | ||||
| Larry Taylor | 2B | 15 | 30 | 36 | 6 | 19 | .917 | 4.400 | ||||
| Virgil Stallcup | 2B | 10 | 41 | 36 | 2 | 13 | .975 | 7.700 | ||||
| Joe Macko | 2B | 10 | 34 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 1.000 | 6.600 | ||||
| Gene Hatton | 3B | 39 | 30 | 78 | 10 | 12 | .915 | 2.769 | ||||
| Joe Macko | 3B | 33 | 39 | 81 | 4 | 10 | .968 | 3.636 | ||||
| Joe Szekely | 3B | 16 | 16 | 26 | 2 | 5 | .955 | 2.625 | ||||
| Jimmy Cleverly | 3B | 15 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dick Kinaman | C | 75 | 332 | 29 | 7 | 11 | .981 | 4.813 | 5 | |||
| Earle Brucker | C | 56 | 214 | 27 | 9 | 4 | .964 | 4.304 | 2 | |||
| Jim Bolger | CF | 136 | 333 | 10 | 11 | 2 | .969 | 2.522 | ||||
| Joe Szekely | CF | 25 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.040 | ||||
| Joe Szekely | LF | 106 | 202 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .959 | 1.991 | ||||
| Michael Lutz | LF | 44 | 76 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .964 | 1.841 | ||||
| Cliff Mapes | LF | 16 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.375 | ||||
| Dick Bokelmann | P | 61 | 6 | 35 | 3 | 2 | .932 | .672 | ||||
| Norm Camp | P | 38 | 14 | 34 | 5 | 4 | .906 | 1.263 | ||||
| Al McNeilance | P | 33 | 9 | 38 | 1 | 4 | .979 | 1.424 | ||||
| Tom Acker | P | 32 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .469 | ||||
| Don Fracchia | P | 31 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 1.161 | ||||
| Marion Murszewski | P | 30 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .967 | .967 | ||||
| Natalio Irizarry | P | 26 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .867 | .500 | ||||
| Maurice Fisher | P | 26 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 0 | .885 | .885 | ||||
| John Stewart | P | 22 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
| Ray Petrzelka | P | 16 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .688 | ||||
| Clyde King | P | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Upton | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cliff Ross | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Gross | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mickey Crossin | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Lutz | RF | 76 | 124 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .985 | 1.750 | ||||
| Ted Tappe | RF | 71 | 113 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .967 | 1.676 | ||||
| Jim Bolger | RF | 12 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.583 | ||||
| Ziggy Jasinski | SS | 138 | 240 | 463 | 45 | 87 | .940 | 5.094 | ||||
| Virgil Stallcup | SS | 25 | 25 | 58 | 5 | 16 | .943 | 3.320 | ||||
| Totals | 1503 | 3662 | 1440 | 165 | 430 | .969 | 3.395 | 7 | 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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