1973 Tulsa Oilers Statistics
Team Record: 68-67
Finished 1st in the AA's West Division
Manager: Jack Krol (68-67)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 135,698, Avg. 2,010
Playoffs - Tulsa Oilers 4 games, Iowa Oaks 3
The Tulsa Oilers of the American Association ended the 1973 season with a record of 68 wins and 67 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Oilers scored 631 runs and conceded 628 runs. Terry Hughes and Byron Browne led Tulsa with 10 home runs apiece. Byron Browne drove in 64 runs. Danny Godby paced batters with significant playing time with a .285 average. Bob Forsch topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 4.39 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1973 Tulsa Oilers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rich Folkers, Don Durham, Ed Sprague, John Wockenfuss, Greg Terlecky, Stan Papi, Tim Plodinec, John Andrews, Jim Kremmel, Mike Nagy, Bill Stein, Dan McGinn, Tommy Cruz, Bake McBride, Byron Browne, Jim Dwyer, Bobby Fenwick, Marc Hill, Larry Milbourne, Al Hrabosky, Mike Thompson, Bob Forsch, Wade Blasingame, Danny Godby, Terry Hughes, Ray Bare, Mick Kelleher, Keith Hernandez, Ike Brookens, Tom Heintzelman and Dick Selma.
Jack Krol 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Forsch | 12 | 12 | .500 | 4.39 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 166.0 | 169 | 91 | 81 | 7 | 66 | 7 | 124 | 7 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Greg Terlecky | 10 | 10 | .500 | 5.33 | 27 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 157.0 | 197 | 103 | 93 | 19 | 54 | 4 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Mike Thompson | 7 | 7 | .500 | 2.82 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 99.0 | 88 | 44 | 31 | 3 | 67 | 1 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Ray Bare | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.62 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 102.0 | 108 | 53 | 41 | 5 | 51 | 8 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Don Durham | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.95 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 106 | 67 | 55 | 8 | 43 | 3 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mike Nagy | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.71 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 83.0 | 66 | 31 | 25 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ike Brookens | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.18 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 82.0 | 81 | 37 | 29 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Al Hrabosky | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.42 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 60 | 40 | 28 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John Andrews | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.45 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33.0 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dick Selma | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.16 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61.0 | 65 | 36 | 35 | 4 | 33 | 5 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jim Kremmel | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 50 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Rich Folkers | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Sprague | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Plodinec | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.43 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 37 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dan McGinn | 21 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wade Blasingame | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Proffitt | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Volkening | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harold Jeffcoat | 0 | 0 | 5.62 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 64 | 64 | .500 | 4.07 | 300 | 127 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 28 | 1043.0 | 1077 | 568 | 472 | 65 | 467 | 45 | 807 | 30 | 0 | 64 | 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 Dwyer | 87 | 409 | 349 | 63 | 135 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 52 | 53 | .387 | .468 | .504 | .972 | 176 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Danny Godby | 128 | 521 | 471 | 66 | 134 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 63 | 14 | 7 | 36 | 73 | .285 | .342 | .376 | .718 | 177 | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Byron Browne | 127 | 517 | 455 | 52 | 118 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 64 | 1 | 2 | 60 | 112 | .259 | .345 | .393 | .738 | 179 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tom Heintzelman | 106 | 453 | 408 | 57 | 116 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 76 | .284 | .349 | .390 | .738 | 159 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Larry Milbourne | 111 | 395 | 367 | 55 | 104 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 53 | .283 | .315 | .392 | .708 | 144 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| George Putz | 116 | 443 | 377 | 48 | 98 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 61 | .260 | .368 | .363 | .731 | 137 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Terry Hughes | 85 | 371 | 336 | 42 | 97 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 61 | .289 | .345 | .440 | .786 | 148 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Bake McBride | 58 | 246 | 225 | 45 | 65 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 3 | 19 | 25 | .289 | .341 | .453 | .795 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Doug Clark | 56 | 219 | 195 | 24 | 50 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 36 | .256 | .335 | .349 | .684 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Wockenfuss | 60 | 214 | 184 | 22 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 21 | .266 | .357 | .375 | .732 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Keith Hernandez | 31 | 132 | 120 | 20 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18 | .333 | .394 | .525 | .919 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Nitschke | 35 | 129 | 116 | 20 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 23 | .276 | .333 | .336 | .670 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tommy Cruz | 31 | 117 | 108 | 12 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .250 | .299 | .287 | .586 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Stein | 21 | 86 | 81 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .284 | .302 | .333 | .636 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mick Kelleher | 25 | 102 | 89 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | .225 | .265 | .247 | .512 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Marc Hill | 9 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .414 | .433 | .759 | 1.192 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Barakat | 17 | 71 | 58 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | .207 | .324 | .276 | .599 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Thompson | 32 | 59 | 50 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | .220 | .339 | .260 | .599 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Loomer | 9 | 35 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .167 | .219 | .267 | .485 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1144 | 4549 | 4048 | 574 | 1148 | 196 | 38 | 60 | 544 | 63 | 25 | 419 | 690 | .284 | .352 | .395 | .748 | 1600 | 0 | 27 | 26 | 29 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Browne | 1B | 47 | 413 | 23 | 3 | 38 | .993 | 9.277 | ||||
| Keith Hernandez | 1B | 31 | 289 | 15 | 1 | 25 | .997 | 9.806 | ||||
| Doug Clark | 1B | 28 | 226 | 10 | 6 | 22 | .975 | 8.429 | ||||
| George Putz | 1B | 17 | 112 | 3 | 1 | 16 | .991 | 6.765 | ||||
| Terry Hughes | 1B | 15 | 137 | 2 | 3 | 14 | .979 | 9.267 | ||||
| Tom Heintzelman | 2B | 63 | 170 | 205 | 17 | 47 | .957 | 5.952 | ||||
| Larry Milbourne | 2B | 51 | 97 | 139 | 6 | 34 | .975 | 4.627 | ||||
| Gary Barakat | 2B | 16 | 31 | 42 | 2 | 10 | .973 | 4.562 | ||||
| Tommy Thompson | 2B | 10 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | .848 | 2.800 | ||||
| Terry Hughes | 3B | 70 | 47 | 127 | 7 | 12 | .961 | 2.486 | ||||
| Larry Milbourne | 3B | 28 | 19 | 55 | 8 | 7 | .902 | 2.643 | ||||
| Bill Stein | 3B | 21 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 2 | .978 | 2.143 | ||||
| Stan Papi | 3B | 16 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 4 | .967 | 1.812 | ||||
| Tommy Thompson | 3B | 8 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 1.875 | ||||
| John Wockenfuss | C | 48 | 290 | 31 | 5 | 5 | .985 | 6.688 | 11 | |||
| David Nitschke | C | 34 | 220 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .987 | 6.941 | 3 | |||
| Marc Hill | C | 9 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.333 | 0 | |||
| Danny Godby | OF | 126 | 217 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .974 | 1.754 | ||||
| Jim Dwyer | OF | 87 | 127 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .964 | 1.552 | ||||
| Byron Browne | OF | 65 | 75 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .976 | 1.231 | ||||
| Bake McBride | OF | 55 | 111 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .975 | 2.145 | ||||
| Tommy Cruz | OF | 31 | 50 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .909 | 1.613 | ||||
| Doug Clark | OF | 27 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .956 | 1.593 | ||||
| Larry Milbourne | OF | 17 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .953 | 2.412 | ||||
| John Wockenfuss | OF | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ike Brookens | P | 42 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .880 | .524 | ||||
| Ray Bare | P | 41 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .683 | ||||
| Greg Terlecky | P | 27 | 14 | 28 | 3 | 2 | .933 | 1.556 | ||||
| Bob Forsch | P | 27 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 3 | .973 | 1.333 | ||||
| Dick Selma | P | 25 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .440 | ||||
| Dan McGinn | P | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Thompson | P | 20 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .870 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tim Plodinec | P | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .312 | ||||
| Don Durham | P | 16 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| John Andrews | P | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Mike Nagy | P | 12 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Al Hrabosky | P | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Wade Blasingame | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Kremmel | P | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
| Harold Jeffcoat | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Ed Sprague | P | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rich Folkers | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Proffitt | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Volkening | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Heintzelman | SS | 45 | 89 | 129 | 16 | 34 | .932 | 4.844 | ||||
| Mick Kelleher | SS | 25 | 36 | 85 | 7 | 11 | .945 | 4.840 | ||||
| Daniel Loomer | SS | 9 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 5 | .973 | 4.000 | ||||
| Larry Milbourne | SS | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1307 | 3000 | 1216 | 133 | 308 | .969 | 3.226 | 14 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
