1965 Tulsa Oilers Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 81-60
Finished 1st in the TL's East Division
Manager: Vern Rapp (81-60)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 215,423, Avg. 3,056
1965 Tulsa Oilers Roster

Playoffs - Tulsa Oilers 1 game, Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs 0 - One-game playoff for East Division title.
Finals - Albuquerque Dodgers 3 games, Tulsa Oilers 1

The Tulsa Oilers of the Texas League ended the 1965 season with a record of 81 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.

The Oilers plated 656 runs and surrendered 553 runs. John Kindl paced Tulsa with 21 home runs Bobby Pfeil drove in 89 runs. David Pavlesic topped hitters with significant playing time with a .344 average. Donald Hagen led the squad with 13 wins, while Hal Gilson recorded a 1.75 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1965 Tulsa Oilers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dennis Aust, Danny Breeden, Jim Cosman, Harry Fanok, Hal Gilson, Wayne Granger, Tom Hilgendorf, Larry Jaster, Billy Muffett, Bobby Pfeil, Walt Williams and Ron Willis.

Vern Rapp 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
Donald Hagen136.6842.573230105196.0190685612383122218
Hal Gilson114.7331.7539610139.011240275531388304
Larry Jaster1113.4583.093129145210.0189857217515219519
Tom Hilgendorf74.6363.072200044.0432115113335003
Ron Willis74.6363.61391910157.01448063119651082114
Clint Stark75.5834.58212031120.0111726111843114605
Frank Montgomery76.5382.9114147299.0833832829069004
Jim Cosman54.5562.554431074.0572521136262712
Harry Fanok33.5005.3510100037.0262322549031107
Dennis Aust34.4292.193300074.0502018310157100
Joe Hamende21.66711.5760007.0141190417100
Wayne Granger22.5004.74751038.034232088022002
Leroy Harris110.0
Frederick Wall002.08500013.0155319014003
Billy Muffett01.0005.40800015.0251191205000
Joe DiFabio02.0007.88730016.017151421309002
Totals7859.5693.213291390381301239.011105374428649536962284630

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
Walt Williams1416325731061892889643674142.330.376.454.830260648
Ike Futch1385945695816520403648175.290.311.339.650193152
Bobby Pfeil13456652759144335789552138.273.300.395.6952084311
John Kindl1365444976113724421747833108.276.329.467.796232833
David Pavlesic112442389701342963547134030.344.415.473.888184913
Joe Patterson114423352781071875402155755.304.411.438.848154842
Jimmy Harris1124183634983164339854170.229.311.320.630116392
Wayne Pietri1293903543776117641332766.215.268.336.604119063
Billy Wolff652642324672152333823049.310.389.431.820100020
Ernest Foli822962752764132740431538.233.276.371.646102222
Danny Breeden692061892153151432221636.280.335.434.76982001
Larry Jaster369084421210601311.250.276.298.57325030
Bobby Ball37101907202021001727.222.287.311.59828202
Edwin Chasteen1970668130131010320.197.243.364.60624100
Donald Hagen34725571210040037.218.271.236.508131130
Clint Stark214340310220100111.250.286.400.68616110
Ron Willis41555158100211213.157.189.176.3659020
Frank Montgomery14383116000000310.194.265.194.4586040
Hal Gilson39433845100300215.132.175.158.3336030
Wayne Granger714121300000016.250.308.250.5583010
Tom Hilgendorf2215131200000015.154.214.154.3682010
Harry Fanok1014141210010004.143.143.214.3573000
Frederick Wall5220100001001.500.500.5001.0001000
Jim Cosman4412121110000004.083.083.167.2502000
Dennis Aust3322170100020027.059.158.059.2171030
Billy Muffett10640000000021.000.333.000.3330000
Joe Hamende6220000000000.000.000.000.0000000
Joe DiFabio7330000000001.000.000.000.0000000
Totals1617537748546551329233547358110864368680.274.328.389.718188904670390


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Wayne Pietri1B11681563687.9937.569
Joe Patterson1B4224614724.9746.190
Ernest Foli1B107930131.0008.200
Ike Futch2B13731031111105.9834.533
Bobby Pfeil3B1341173063037.9343.157
Ernest Foli3B139822.8951.308
David PavlesicC9259750128.9827.03315
Danny BreedenC583363275.9816.3459
Walt WilliamsOF1402361761.9771.807
John KindlOF1323291282.9772.583
Billy WolffOF601101054.9602.000
Joe PattersonOF59102570.9391.814
Bobby BallOF2342320.9571.957
Edwin ChasteenOF1427010.9641.929
Jim CosmanP4461532.875.477
Ron WillisP391643031.0001.513
Hal GilsonP3972020.931.692
Dennis AustP334911.929.394
Donald HagenP32253151.9181.750
Larry JasterP3132541.875.903
Tom HilgendorfP2249011.000.591
Clint StarkP2112722.9331.333
Frank MontgomeryP142821.833.714
Harry FanokP1012001.000.300
Jimmy HarrisSS1011562644354.9074.158
Ernest FoliSS48581241225.9383.792
Totals146436381411178379.9663.4492400

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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