1961 Tulsa Oilers Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 83-55
Finished 2nd in the TL
Manager: Whitey Kurowski (83-55)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 130,443, Avg. 1,890

1961 Tulsa Oilers Roster

Playoffs - San Antonio Missions 3 games, Tulsa Oilers 1

The Tulsa Oilers of the Texas League ended the 1961 season with a record of 83 wins and 55 losses, finishing second in the TL.

The Oilers yielded 525 runs, fewest in the league. Tulsa plated 667 runs. Johnny Lewis paced the squad with 22 home runs, while Von McDaniel and Jack Damaska walloped 15 or more as well. Johnny Lewis drove in 85 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .293 average. Paul Toth led the team with 18 wins, plus Harry Fanok, too added 15 or more wins, too Harry Fanok recorded a 2.24 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1961 Tulsa Oilers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included George Kernek, Doug Clemens, Bob Blaylock, Gordie Richardson, Jeoff Long, Jack Damaska, Mike Shannon, Johnny Lewis, Santiago Rosario, Dave Ricketts, Bud Bloomfield, Harry Fanok, Tom Hughes, Von McDaniel, Jim Beauchamp and Paul Toth.

Whitey Kurowski 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
Paul Toth	18	7	.720	2.37	43	19		13	3		190.0	171	67	50	20	57	8	125	2	0	11
Harry Fanok	16	7	.696	2.24	25	23		12	8		185.0	129	52	46	5	68	3	158	2	0	5
Lou Vickery	14	10	.583	3.05	31	27		13	3		195.0	180	83	66	11	54	4	110	4	0	10
Gordie Richardson	10	8	.556	3.38	40	20		5	1		165.0	163	83	62	10	78	11	114	3	0	7
Bob Blaylock	9	5	.643	3.42	35	16		3	0		163.0	159	69	62	12	58	9	109	4	0	6
Jim McNamee	6	4	.600	3.74	28	15		2	0		106.0	91	55	44	8	71	4	93	7	0	8
William Carpenter	3	3	.500	2.47	29	0		0	0		62.0	70	35	17	9	24	3	46	3	1	3
Lynn Rube	3	4	.429	3.60	20	1		0	0		40.0	35	21	16	3	29	5	23	2	0	6
Arthur Mehuron	2	3	.400	6.25	8	7		1	1		36.0	34	25	25	3	25	0	26	3	0	2
Larry Shuck	1	1	.500		2						0.0
Tom Hughes	1	2	.333		6						0.0
Sam McIntyre	0	0			5						0.0
Fred Koenig	0	0			1						0.0
Bill Whitehurst	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Totals	83	55	.601	3.06	275	128	0	49	16	0	1142.0	1032	490	388	81	464	47	804	30	1	58	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
Jack Damaska	138	611	562	102	148	22	3	19	73	4	6	37	71	.263	.310	.415	.725	233		3	5	4
Doug Clemens	97	437	363	72	124	28	5	12	49	12	2	68	59	.342	.443	.545	.989	198		0	4	2
Johnny Lewis	128	516	413	83	121	19	7	22	85	12	3	96	113	.293	.428	.533	.961	220		4	0	3
Von McDaniel	130	512	455	67	121	21	3	15	64	2	0	47	90	.266	.338	.424	.762	193		4	3	3
Allen Herring	109	433	400	60	109	19	2	9	51	5	5	27	55	.272	.321	.398	.718	159		2	3	1
Mike Shannon	76	314	295	38	75	12	4	10	39	10	2	15	53	.254	.291	.424	.714	125		1	1	2
Fred Koenig	90	305	275	41	74	18	5	12	45	2	1	25	65	.269	.339	.502	.841	138		4	1	0
Jerry Marx	58	222	194	30	50	8	0	2	24	0	1	27	14	.258	.348	.330	.678	64		0	1	0
Dave Ricketts	53	185	174	15	43	7	0	0	10	0	0	8	9	.247	.280	.287	.568	50		0	3	0
Ray Bond	49	185	157	17	38	4	3	3	13	0	0	25	33	.242	.342	.363	.705	57		0	1	2
Rogers Robinson	28	118	102	12	28	4	1	2	15	0	2	14	20	.275	.373	.392	.765	40		2	0	0
Jeoff Long	37	147	120	18	27	11	1	7	25	0	0	24	44	.225	.363	.508	.871	61		2	1	0
Bud Bloomfield	43	152	138	15	27	1	0	1	7	0	0	9	16	.196	.248	.225	.473	31		1	3	1
George Kernek	32	121	113	7	25	2	1	1	15	1	0	7	24	.221	.273	.283	.556	32		1	0	0
Edward Czerniakowski	41	134	116	11	23	3	0	0	13	2	0	14	24	.198	.282	.224	.507	26		0	3	1
Jim Beauchamp	11	47	44	16	20	4	1	5	11	3	0	3	9	.455	.489	.932	1.421	41		0	0	0
Lou Vickery	46	93	83	13	20	4	0	1	11	0	0	5	19	.241	.278	.325	.603	27		0	3	2
Tom Schwaner	25	86	78	5	18	3	0	4	12	0	0	8	26	.231	.302	.423	.725	33		0	0	0
Paul Toth	44	77	74	7	15	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	13	.203	.203	.243	.446	18		0	3	0
Santiago Rosario	15	58	51	10	13	2	0	1	1	2	0	6	10	.255	.333	.353	.686	18		0	1	0
Harry Fanok	31	80	72	8	13	2	1	2	9	0	0	6	15	.181	.244	.319	.563	23		0	2	0
Gordie Richardson	40	62	56	3	12	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	24	.214	.254	.232	.486	13		0	3	0
Bobby Dews	7	27	27		9									.333	.333	.333	.667	9
Hank Kuhlmann	27	76	61	5	8	4	1	1	4	0	0	13	13	.131	.284	.279	.562	17		0	2	0
Bob Blaylock	35	61	51	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	26	.118	.211	.118	.328	6		1	4	0
Jim McNamee	29	40	31	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	7	20	.129	.289	.161	.451	5		0	2	0
Tom Hughes	6	9	9		2									.222	.222	.222	.444	2
Victor Lowinger	4	10	10		2									.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Arthur Mehuron	8	14	14		2									.143	.143	.143	.286	2
William Carpenter	29	17	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	.118	.118	.118	.235	2		0	0	0
Lynn Rube	20	12	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	4	0
Sam McIntyre	5	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Larry Shuck	6	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1497	5163	4565	662	1179	200	38	130	586	55	23	499	879	.258	.333	.404	.737	1845	0	25	53	21	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Allen Herring	1B	51	395	26	3	35	.993	8.255
Jeoff Long	1B	36	290	12	5	30	.984	8.389
George Kernek	1B	26	210	18	2	90	.991	8.769
Fred Koenig	1B	19	147	13	1	10	.994	8.421
Santiago Rosario	1B	13	105	6	5	16	.957	8.538
Jack Damaska	2B	107	168	286	16	75	.966	4.243
Fred Koenig	2B	28	45	43	8	11	.917	3.143
Von McDaniel	2B	11	30	25	6	5	.902	5.000
Von McDaniel	3B	94	84	198	27	32	.913	3.000
Tom Schwaner	3B	23	13	48	6	4	.910	2.652
Fred Koenig	3B	21	10	41	6	3	.895	2.429
Ray Bond	C	47	265	20	8	6	.973	6.064	1
Dave Ricketts	C	43	271	34	4	3	.987	7.093	8
Edward Czerniakowski	C	38	222	14	5	1	.979	6.211	2
Hank Kuhlmann	C	20	128	13	5	2	.966	7.050	1
Mike Shannon	CF	63	152	10	7	4	.959	2.571
Doug Clemens	CF	47	106	2	5	0	.956	2.298
Rogers Robinson	CF	28	69	4	1	1	.986	2.607
Johnny Lewis	LF	105	182	9	13	2	.936	1.819
Allen Herring	LF	25	41	3	1	1	.978	1.760
Jim Beauchamp	LF	11	23	0	0	0	1.000	2.091
Paul Toth	P	43	9	23	2	2	.941	.744
Gordie Richardson	P	40	10	25	3	1	.921	.875
Bob Blaylock	P	35	9	35	2	3	.957	1.257
Lou Vickery	P	31	12	27	4	4	.907	1.258
William Carpenter	P	29	4	15	1	1	.950	.655
Jim McNamee	P	28	8	21	1	1	.967	1.036
Harry Fanok	P	25	10	33	1	4	.977	1.720
Lynn Rube	P	20	0	15	0	0	1.000	.750
Arthur Mehuron	P	8						.000
Tom Hughes	P	6						.000
Sam McIntyre	P	5						.000
Bill Whitehurst	P	2						.000
Larry Shuck	P	2						.000
Fred Koenig	P	1						.000
Doug Clemens	RF	52	90	9	4	0	.961	1.904
Allen Herring	RF	29	34	2	0	0	1.000	1.241
Johnny Lewis	RF	21	23	2	1	0	.962	1.190
Von McDaniel	RF	20	23	1	1	0	.960	1.200
Mike Shannon	RF	12	17	3	1	1	.952	1.667
Fred Koenig	RF	10	10	2	0	0	1.000	1.200
Jerry Marx	SS	58	83	168	25	30	.909	4.328
Bud Bloomfield	SS	43	70	123	14	24	.932	4.488
Jack Damaska	SS	40	52	103	12	16	.928	3.875
Totals		1416	3420	1432	206	418	.959	3.427	12	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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