1966 Tulsa Oilers Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 85-62
Finished 1st in the PCL's East Division
Manager: Charlie Metro (85-62)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 158,595, Avg. 2,158

1966 Tulsa Oilers Roster

Playoffs - Seattle Angels 4 games, Tulsa Oilers 3

The Tulsa Oilers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1966 season with a record of 85 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.

The Oilers scored 743 runs and surrendered 714 runs. Ted Savage, Ed Spiezio, John Kindl and George Kernek led Tulsa with 18 home runs apiece., and Coco Laboy walloped 15 or more, too. George Kernek drove in 84 runs. Walt Williams paced all regular batters with a .330 average. Dick LeMay topped the team with 14 wins, while Steve Carlton recorded a 3.59 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1966 Tulsa Oilers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Alex Johnson, Chuck Taylor, Larry Jaster, Dave Ricketts, Ted Savage, Hal Gilson, Bobby Pfeil, Jim Cosman, Coco Laboy, Art Mahaffey, Ed Spiezio, Tracy Stallard, Barney Schultz, Elio Chacón, Dick Hughes, Walt Williams, Ron Piché, Bobby Tolan, Dennis Aust, Tony Martínez, Steve Carlton, Dick LeMay, George Kernek and Fritz Ackley.

Charlie Metro 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
Dick LeMay	14	13	.519	4.35	33	32		12	1		215.0	243	120	104	32	79	2	104	6	1	7
Fritz Ackley	12	10	.545	3.98	27	26		6	0		174.0	180	90	77	12	77	4	109	5	0	5
Jim Cosman	10	2	.833	4.65	54	5		1	1		91.0	84	54	47	6	60	10	75	6	0	10
Steve Carlton	9	5	.643	3.59	19	19		10	1		128.0	110	65	51	13	54	3	108	4	0	0
Bob Radovich	8	7	.533	4.86	33	21		4	2		126.0	153	82	68	12	29	2	54	2	0	9
Ron Piché	6	3	.667	2.00	25	2		2	0		54.0	44	26	12	7	19	4	32	3	1	4
Dennis Aust	6	3	.667	3.07	44	0		0	0		88.0	91	36	30	7	24	5	56	2	0	1
Clint Stark	4	2	.667	5.12	21	8		1	0		65.0	78	39	37	9	25	0	58	0	0	5
Art Mahaffey	4	4	.500	5.05	11	11		2	0		66.0	64	40	37	7	47	1	57	5	0	4
Chuck Taylor	3	2	.600	6.48	21	0		0	0		25.0	36	20	18	3	11	1	23	2	0	1
Tracy Stallard	3	3	.500	5.58	8	8		0	0		50.0	55	38	31	9	20	1	37	0	0	1
Barney Schultz	2	0	1.000	3.24	25	0		0	0		25.0	20	9	9	4	12	3	20	0	0	0
Larry Jaster	2	4	.333	4.98	10	7		1	0		47.0	53	27	26	9	18	0	46	1	0	4
Dick Hughes	1	1	.500	5.40	6	2		0	0		15.0	11	9	9	1	10	0	18	1	0	3
Hal Gilson	1	3	.250	5.00	35	6		0	0		81.0	93	50	45	6	38	0	41	2	0	5
Myrle Calmus	0	0		10.29	3	1		0	0		7.0	13	9	8	1	4	1	3	0	0	1
Totals	85	62	.578	4.36	375	148	0	39	5	0	1257.0	1328	714	609	138	527	37	841	39	2	60	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
Walt Williams	146	639	585	107	193	54	4	5	48	25	15	41	42	.330	.375	.462	.836	270		4	4	5
George Kernek	128	523	479	64	127	23	5	18	84	3	2	37	67	.265	.317	.447	.764	214		2	0	5
Dave Ricketts	116	404	376	44	123	15	4	2	31	0	0	18	11	.327	.358	.404	.763	152		2	5	3
Elio Chacón	126	505	432	65	120	15	2	5	37	3	3	50	60	.278	.352	.356	.708	154		1	19	3
Ted Savage	108	443	375	78	119	34	3	18	80	43	5	61	65	.317	.409	.568	.977	213		1	0	6
Ed Spiezio	112	421	382	59	115	22	5	18	69	3	3	33	46	.301	.356	.526	.882	201		1	2	3
Coco Laboy	112	422	367	63	113	25	2	16	56	0	1	46	62	.308	.388	.518	.906	190		2	7	0
Alex Johnson	80	307	293	56	104	17	11	14	56	16	2	9	60	.355	.371	.631	1.003	185		1	0	4
John Kindl	94	293	277	49	87	15	3	18	62	2	1	10	59	.314	.343	.585	.927	162		2	4	0
Bobby Pfeil	115	312	294	32	75	18	3	3	38	1	1	10	28	.255	.276	.367	.643	108		0	4	4
Bobby Tolan	44	189	171	28	57	6	3	4	26	8	2	12	14	.333	.374	.474	.848	81		1	2	3
David Pavlesic	73	218	194	31	50	10	1	3	25	2	2	17	29	.258	.330	.366	.696	71		5	0	2
Tony Martínez	50	164	148	20	39	1	2	0	14	1	1	10	16	.264	.317	.297	.614	44		2	3	1
Bobby Dews	43	124	113	8	24	2	1	0	8	1	0	5	11	.212	.244	.248	.491	28		0	5	1
Fritz Ackley	31	77	74	7	17	4	1	2	14	0	0	2	27	.230	.250	.392	.642	29		0	1	0
Dick LeMay	33	79	68	6	12	5	0	0	7	0	0	7	37	.176	.253	.250	.503	17		0	4	0
Steve Carlton	19	55	49	9	11	3	1	0	7	0	0	3	11	.224	.269	.327	.596	16		0	3	0
Joe Patterson	10	37	34	4	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	.235	.297	.265	.562	9		1	0	0
Bob Radovich	33	47	39	2	6	1	0	0	7	0	0	2	17	.154	.190	.179	.370	7		0	5	1
Art Mahaffey	11	25	20	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	8	.200	.200	.350	.550	7		0	5	0
Clint Stark	21	22	16	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.188	.188	.188	.375	3		0	6	0
Larry Jaster	10	19	17	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.176	.222	.235	.458	4		0	1	0
Tracy Stallard	8	20	19	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	.158	.158	.316	.474	6		0	1	0
Jim Cosman	54	27	24	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.125	.120	.167	.287	4		0	2	1
Ron Piché	25	16	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.154	.267	.154	.421	2		0	1	0
Dennis Aust	44	22	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.111	.158	.111	.269	2		0	3	0
Hal Gilson	35	24	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	.087	.125	.087	.212	2		0	0	0
Chuck Taylor	21	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	2		0	0	0
Benjamin Bracy	3	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	1		0	0	0
Barney Schultz	25	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Myrle Calmus	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Dick Hughes	6	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		0	1	0
Totals	1739	5459	4922	743	1424	274	51	128	675	108	38	381	736	.289	.341	.444	.785	2184	0	25	89	42	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
George Kernek	1B	125	1031	69	8	97	.993	8.800
Bobby Tolan	1B	23	211	9	4	19	.982	9.565
Coco Laboy	2B	91	216	250	19	60	.961	5.121
Elio Chacón	2B	65	142	154	8	30	.974	4.554
Ed Spiezio	3B	82	48	154	20	10	.910	2.463
Bobby Pfeil	3B	82	40	128	8	11	.955	2.049
Coco Laboy	3B	16	11	28	1	3	.975	2.438
Dave Ricketts	C	106	607	53	5	7	.992	6.226	11
David Pavlesic	C	59	284	16	6	3	.980	5.085	10
Walt Williams	OF	146	248	17	12	2	.957	1.815
Ted Savage	OF	107	229	6	7	1	.971	2.196
John Kindl	OF	75	141	8	7	3	.955	1.987
Alex Johnson	OF	74	124	6	10	0	.929	1.757
Ed Spiezio	OF	30	37	2	3	0	.929	1.300
Bobby Tolan	OF	19	49	0	3	0	.942	2.579
Jim Cosman	P	54	7	14	3	1	.875	.389
Dennis Aust	P	44	9	19	0	2	1.000	.636
Hal Gilson	P	35	4	13	0	0	1.000	.486
Bob Radovich	P	33	7	13	0	0	1.000	.606
Dick LeMay	P	33	14	48	3	3	.954	1.879
Fritz Ackley	P	27	16	20	3	3	.923	1.333
Barney Schultz	P	25	1	7	0	0	1.000	.320
Ron Piché	P	25	4	5	1	0	.900	.360
Chuck Taylor	P	21	1	1	0	0	1.000	.095
Clint Stark	P	21	6	4	0	0	1.000	.476
Steve Carlton	P	19	7	17	1	0	.960	1.263
Art Mahaffey	P	11	0	6	2	0	.750	.545
Larry Jaster	P	10	2	7	0	0	1.000	.900
Tracy Stallard	P	8						.000
Dick Hughes	P	6						.000
Myrle Calmus	P	3						.000
Elio Chacón	SS	61	100	171	11	34	.961	4.443
Tony Martínez	SS	39	58	105	16	27	.911	4.179
Bobby Dews	SS	39	52	93	4	15	.973	3.718
Bobby Pfeil	SS	23	21	54	7	8	.915	3.261
Totals		1637	3727	1497	172	339	.968	3.191	21	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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