1974 Tulsa Oilers Statistics
Team Record: 76-58
Finished 1st in the AA's West Division
Manager: Ken Boyer (76-58)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 135,207, Avg. 2,018
Playoffs - Tulsa Oilers 4 games, Indianapolis Indians 3
The Tulsa Oilers of the American Association ended the 1974 season with a record of 76 wins and 58 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Oilers plated 598 runs and surrendered 584 runs. Marc Hill, Keith Hernandez and Ed Kurpiel paced Tulsa with 14 home runs apiece. Héctor Cruz drove in 72 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .255 average. Ray Bare led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.34 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Jim Dwyer, Marc Hill, Jack Heidemann, Danny Godby, Steve Barber, Hal Lanier, Dick Billings, Jim Rittwage, Bob Forsch, Mike Thompson, Ken Reynolds, Bob Heise, Tom Heintzelman, Al Santorini, Jerry DaVanon, Ray Bare, Ike Brookens, Keith Hernandez, John Denny, Ed Crosby, Jim Beauchamp, Stan Papi, Héctor Cruz, Ken Crosby, Jay Schlueter, Greg Terlecky, Richie Scheinblum and Roe Skidmore were all players from the 1974 Tulsa Oilers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Ken Boyer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Bare | 12 | 4 | .750 | 2.34 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 127.0 | 111 | 45 | 33 | 8 | 44 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ken Reynolds | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.48 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 155.0 | 153 | 71 | 60 | 11 | 74 | 3 | 117 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Greg Terlecky | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.98 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 161.0 | 196 | 99 | 89 | 13 | 62 | 4 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||
| John Denny | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.75 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 132.0 | 127 | 66 | 55 | 5 | 57 | 2 | 79 | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Bob Forsch | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.67 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 103.0 | 95 | 49 | 42 | 5 | 33 | 3 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Ken Crosby | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.76 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 104.0 | 125 | 67 | 55 | 5 | 54 | 3 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ike Brookens | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.07 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 84.0 | 81 | 42 | 38 | 5 | 35 | 4 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mike Thompson | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.55 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.0 | 56 | 31 | 28 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Jim Rittwage | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.90 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60.0 | 85 | 53 | 46 | 5 | 44 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Mike Proffitt | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.00 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Harold Jeffcoat | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.50 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 58.0 | 67 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Al Santorini | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.57 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.0 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Barber | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Volkening | 0 | 1 | .000 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 76 | 58 | .567 | 4.07 | 276 | 134 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 20 | 1104.0 | 1161 | 584 | 499 | 66 | 494 | 35 | 734 | 24 | 3 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Hernandez | 102 | 406 | 353 | 67 | 124 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 50 | .351 | .425 | .555 | .980 | 196 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Danny Godby | 100 | 400 | 352 | 59 | 121 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 63 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 48 | .344 | .406 | .469 | .874 | 165 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Héctor Cruz | 134 | 536 | 459 | 70 | 117 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 72 | 4 | 3 | 72 | 115 | .255 | .354 | .399 | .753 | 183 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ed Kurpiel | 120 | 448 | 393 | 47 | 98 | 23 | 2 | 14 | 53 | 3 | 5 | 52 | 73 | .249 | .338 | .425 | .763 | 167 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Hal Lanier | 103 | 383 | 357 | 45 | 96 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 35 | .269 | .304 | .319 | .623 | 114 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Marc Hill | 96 | 365 | 327 | 46 | 91 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 67 | .278 | .342 | .462 | .803 | 151 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Jerry DaVanon | 79 | 338 | 304 | 48 | 84 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 32 | .276 | .337 | .428 | .765 | 130 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Bob Heise | 58 | 227 | 190 | 28 | 62 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 14 | .326 | .410 | .368 | .778 | 70 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Tom Heintzelman | 55 | 225 | 198 | 29 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 27 | .258 | .341 | .369 | .709 | 73 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Beauchamp | 73 | 266 | 231 | 26 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 57 | .216 | .303 | .325 | .627 | 75 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Stan Papi | 90 | 304 | 266 | 27 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 66 | .188 | .270 | .252 | .522 | 67 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Jim Dwyer | 36 | 150 | 119 | 20 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 10 | .336 | .460 | .454 | .914 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dan Radison | 40 | 147 | 140 | 10 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 40 | .207 | .240 | .271 | .511 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Leon Lee | 23 | 79 | 69 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 15 | .333 | .418 | .464 | .881 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richie Scheinblum | 24 | 97 | 77 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12 | .247 | .375 | .377 | .752 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jack Heidemann | 14 | 59 | 54 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | .296 | .356 | .407 | .763 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Auferio | 23 | 73 | 65 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .231 | .306 | .308 | .613 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Billings | 13 | 51 | 44 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .227 | .320 | .318 | .638 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Loomer | 7 | 28 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .222 | .250 | .222 | .472 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Nitschke | 13 | 39 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | .161 | .297 | .161 | .459 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joe Lindsey | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randolph Viefhaus | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .750 | .667 | 1.417 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clinton Myers | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harold Jeffcoat | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Terlecky | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Kinard | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1269 | 4636 | 4069 | 572 | 1111 | 179 | 29 | 89 | 544 | 34 | 29 | 477 | 704 | .273 | .350 | .397 | .747 | 1615 | 0 | 21 | 36 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Hernandez | 1B | 82 | 666 | 49 | 11 | 79 | .985 | 8.720 | ||||
| Hal Lanier | 1B | 16 | 110 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 7.438 | ||||
| Marc Hill | 1B | 9 | 85 | 6 | 2 | 8 | .978 | 1.111 | ||||
| Jim Dwyer | 1B | 9 | 72 | 10 | 1 | 8 | .988 | 9.111 | ||||
| Jim Beauchamp | 1B | 8 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 11 | .984 | 7.500 | ||||
| Leon Lee | 1B | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dan Radison | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Hal Lanier | 2B | 59 | 145 | 153 | 8 | 37 | .974 | 5.051 | ||||
| Bob Heise | 2B | 39 | 84 | 105 | 6 | 34 | .969 | 4.846 | ||||
| Tom Heintzelman | 2B | 28 | 67 | 87 | 4 | 20 | .975 | 5.500 | ||||
| Stan Papi | 2B | 12 | 23 | 24 | 1 | 5 | .979 | 3.917 | ||||
| Jerry DaVanon | 2B | 5 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Daniel Loomer | 2B | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | .933 | 4.667 | ||||
| Ed Crosby | 2B | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Jerry DaVanon | 3B | 70 | 38 | 141 | 19 | 13 | .904 | 2.557 | ||||
| Tom Heintzelman | 3B | 26 | 24 | 43 | 8 | 4 | .893 | 2.577 | ||||
| Hal Lanier | 3B | 24 | 11 | 46 | 2 | 3 | .966 | 2.375 | ||||
| Ed Crosby | 3B | 9 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.778 | ||||
| Tony Auferio | 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Daniel Loomer | 3B | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Bob Heise | 3B | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jack Heidemann | 3B | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Marc Hill | C | 83 | 468 | 55 | 7 | 18 | .987 | 6.301 | 3 | |||
| Tony Auferio | C | 19 | 125 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .979 | 7.211 | 1 | |||
| David Nitschke | C | 13 | 60 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .974 | 5.692 | 0 | |||
| Dan Radison | C | 12 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 4 | |||
| Dick Billings | C | 11 | 70 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .975 | 7.000 | 1 | |||
| Clinton Myers | C | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 5.000 | 0 | |||
| Héctor Cruz | OF | 134 | 236 | 15 | 9 | 2 | .965 | 1.873 | ||||
| Ed Kurpiel | OF | 115 | 187 | 8 | 12 | 4 | .942 | 1.696 | ||||
| Danny Godby | OF | 84 | 111 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .968 | 1.440 | ||||
| Jim Dwyer | OF | 29 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .962 | 1.759 | ||||
| Keith Hernandez | OF | 22 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.136 | ||||
| Richie Scheinblum | OF | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 1.250 | ||||
| Leon Lee | OF | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dan Radison | OF | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Joe Lindsey | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ike Brookens | P | 43 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .900 | .419 | ||||
| Harold Jeffcoat | P | 35 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .957 | .629 | ||||
| Ken Crosby | P | 28 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .917 | .786 | ||||
| Greg Terlecky | P | 26 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.038 | ||||
| Ken Reynolds | P | 24 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Mike Proffitt | P | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .091 | ||||
| Jim Rittwage | P | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| John Denny | P | 21 | 15 | 36 | 1 | 5 | .981 | 2.429 | ||||
| Ray Bare | P | 19 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bob Forsch | P | 15 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .939 | 2.067 | ||||
| Mike Thompson | P | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 1.200 | ||||
| Steve Barber | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .500 | ||||
| Al Santorini | P | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larry Volkening | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Stan Papi | SS | 77 | 146 | 256 | 22 | 64 | .948 | 5.221 | ||||
| Ed Crosby | SS | 21 | 30 | 53 | 4 | 15 | .954 | 3.952 | ||||
| Bob Heise | SS | 18 | 26 | 60 | 2 | 8 | .977 | 4.778 | ||||
| Jack Heidemann | SS | 13 | 17 | 31 | 4 | 2 | .923 | 3.692 | ||||
| Tom Heintzelman | SS | 6 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 6 | .850 | 2.833 | ||||
| Jerry DaVanon | SS | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | .875 | 2.800 | ||||
| Daniel Loomer | SS | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Hal Lanier | SS | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rudy Kinard | SS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1383 | 3153 | 1502 | 161 | 393 | .967 | 3.366 | 9 | 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.
