1947 Tulsa Oilers Index Page

1947 Tulsa Oilers

Record: 90-72
Finish: 1st in YL Robinson Division Division
Runs Scored: 802
Runs Allowed: 721
Exp W-L: 89-73

Ballpark: Tulsa Stadium
Attendance: 2,768,355
Manager: Ringo

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 80-58, 1st in the Young League
AA: 69-69, 4th in the Young League
A: 62-76, 6th in the Young League

Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-1 over Savannah Salty Dogs
Won YL League Series 4-1 over Colonial Beach Cannons

Team Index		Draft History		Park History
Starters:	Positional	Registers:	Batters	Leaders:	Batters
	Pitchers		Pitchers		Pitchers

Team Batting Stats Help
Pos	Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS	DWS
CF	#William Giesen	31	153	565	110	160	40	6	25	107	36	13	111	76	.283	.397	.508	.904	111.5	18.4	5.4
1B	Alonzo Zendejas	29	154	530	100	151	36	1	12	78	11	3	136	123	.285	.432	.425	.856	104.9	18.5	1.6
2B	Rafael Naranjo	29	159	563	117	154	30	0	28	101	8	4	98	72	.274	.382	.476	.858	103.6	16.9	5.3
SS	Berny Romero	27	155	528	67	147	26	1	7	88	1	2	110	78	.278	.402	.371	.773	82.3	12.3	8.8
LF	*Eugene Newsom	39	154	526	73	143	23	6	5	71	14	11	98	87	.272	.385	.367	.752	80.8	11.4	4.2
C	John Swofford	28	150	481	72	141	20	1	6	76	1	0	82	91	.293	.393	.376	.769	75.0	11.0	7.6
3B	Dave Romeo	35	124	447	84	119	16	3	5	46	5	4	106	71	.266	.406	.349	.755	70.8	10.0	3.8
LF	Alberto Castro	27	142	420	54	108	15	6	7	49	4	4	30	45	.257	.313	.371	.684	44.9	4.0	2.7
LF	James Bristow	28	124	309	31	71	17	5	3	41	13	3	41	61	.230	.324	.346	.670	34.1	2.6	2.2
SS	Nelson McClure	31	70	180	11	31	5	1	4	27	0	0	6	42	.172	.211	.278	.489	9.8	0.0	1.5
CF	*Joel Turnage	28	108	131	19	39	4	0	6	34	1	0	15	18	.298	.383	.466	.848	22.0	3.4	0.5
C	#Timothy Chupp	27	48	138	11	37	6	0	2	14	0	0	7	30	.268	.306	.355	.661	13.6	0.9	2.1
2B	*Joseph Rockett	27	65	101	10	21	2	1	0	4	3	1	10	20	.208	.292	.248	.540	7.4	0.0	1.2
P	*James Hanselman	24	33	92	5	15	0	0	1	13	0	0	2	28	.163	.181	.196	.377	1.6	0.0	0.0
P	Lucien Pillar	26	35	84	2	6	1	0	0	7	0	0	2	33	.071	.092	.083	.175	-2.4	0.0	0.0
P	Lavern Bessler	34	35	89	3	10	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	34	.112	.122	.146	.268	-1.1	0.0	0.0
P	Alfonso Rios	27	27	69	2	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	27	.014	.042	.029	.071	-4.2	0.0	0.0
3B	Douglas Conard	30	50	76	19	16	8	1	2	7	1	2	1	15	.211	.221	.421	.642	6.2	0.2	0.3
P	Casey Stutzman	27	27	65	6	9	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	14	.138	.176	.169	.346	1.1	0.0	0.0
1B	Scott Higley	25	10	12	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.429	.417	.845	2.2	0.3	0.0
P	Eric Dabrowski	25	20	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200	-0.3	0.0	0.0
P	*Al Phillips	27	2	8	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.250	.375	0.1	0.0	0.0
P	Michael Gary	33	46	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	0.6	0.2	0.0
3B	Floyd Mackay	24	1	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	1.0	0.2	0.1
P	David Rouse	26	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	0.0	0.0
P	Harold Rita	26	66	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0.9	0.2	0.0
P	Donny Roberts	25	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	0.0	0.0
LF	*Kim Fontanez	29	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.4	0.0	0.0
P	*Anibal Toliver	32	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	28.5	2011	5445	802	1391	256	33	113	776	98	47	862	979	.255	.358	.377	.735	766.0	110.4	47.4
	Rank among 8 YL teams			8	6	8	8	7	7	6	3	6	1	8	8	2	8	7	6
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed

Team Pitching Stats Help
Name	Age	W	L	Pct	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	PWS
Lucien Pillar	26	10	10	.500	35	35	0	265.7	262	104	15	64	131	3.52	20.6
Lavern Bessler	34	16	14	.533	35	35	0	252.0	269	108	21	72	137	3.86	18.1
*James Hanselman	24	19	8	.704	33	33	0	243.3	238	95	22	63	152	3.51	23.4
Casey Stutzman	27	12	12	.500	27	26	0	190.7	172	82	12	73	80	3.87	14.6
Alfonso Rios	27	9	7	.563	27	27	0	186.3	229	109	17	60	80	5.26	5.4
Harold Rita	26	6	6	.500	66	0	16	61.3	72	23	4	19	34	3.38	9.9
*Fred Wilson	29	2	3	.400	56	0	6	49.7	58	23	2	6	16	4.17	6.3
Eric Dabrowski	25	1	2	.333	20	3	0	49.0	55	34	3	28	27	6.24	0.3
Michael Gary	33	4	3	.571	45	0	1	43.7	50	27	7	23	31	5.57	2.4
Kenneth Sundquist	37	5	3	.625	39	0	10	35.3	34	16	2	14	19	4.08	6.4
Anibal Toliver	32	1	3	.250	33	0	0	31.3	32	24	3	31	18	6.89	0.0
Donny Roberts	25	1	1	.500	13	0	0	15.3	12	5	1	5	8	2.94	1.6
*Al Phillips	27	2	0	1.000	2	2	0	15.3	13	5	1	10	9	2.94	1.9
David Rouse	26	2	0	1.000	5	1	0	12.7	13	6	1	3	6	4.27	1.3
Team Totals	28.4	90	72	.556	436	162	33	1451.6	1509	661	111	471	748	4.10	112.2
Rank among 8 YL teams				2	2	8	2	8	4	2	1	1	8	1
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Stats Help

Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.

Catchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.989	30.8
J.Swofford	1183.3	130	143	622	63	10	1	.986	31.6
T.Chupp	267.3	32	32	157	14	0	0	1.000	45.8
C.Brockman	0.3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.0
Team Total	1451.0	162	176	779	77	10	1	.988	34.4
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.994	10.53
A.Zendejas	1279.0	145	150	1320	121	7	122	.995	10.14
D.Conard	113.7	11	19	113	5	2	8	.983	9.34
J.Turnage	31.0	3	3	33	3	0	4	1.000	10.45
S.Higley	18.0	2	4	27	4	0	2	1.000	15.50
T.Chupp	10.0	1	1	9	0	0	1	1.000	8.10
Team Total	1451.7	162	177	1502	133	9	137	.995	10.14
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.979	5.59
R.Naranjo	1298.0	147	150	317	461	13	102	.984	5.39
J.Rockett	131.7	13	22	32	58	0	10	1.000	6.15
N.McClure	22.0	2	4	2	9	0	1	1.000	4.50
Team Total	1451.7	162	176	351	528	13	113	.985	5.45
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.960	2.56
D.Romeo	1046.0	119	121	101	220	14	20	.958	2.76
N.McClure	357.7	40	50	24	62	3	3	.966	2.16
D.Conard	33.0	2	12	4	7	0	0	1.000	3.00
F.Mackay	9.0	1	1	0	4	0	0	1.000	4.00
R.Naranjo	4.0	0	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.25
J.Turnage	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
J.Rockett	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1451.7	162	190	129	294	17	23	.961	2.62
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.966	4.80
B.Romero	1330.7	151	152	219	498	21	90	.972	4.85
J.Rockett	79.7	8	15	12	31	4	7	.915	4.86
N.McClure	36.0	3	7	2	23	0	2	1.000	6.25
R.Naranjo	3.0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.00
I.Zander	2.0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1.000	13.50
A.Durso	0.3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	27.27
Team Total	1451.7	162	178	233	557	25	99	.969	4.90
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.986	2.07
E.Newsom	1227.7	138	146	345	8	1	2	.997	2.59
J.Bristow	178.0	21	22	44	3	1	0	.979	2.38
A.Castro	40.0	3	9	9	1	0	0	1.000	2.25
J.Turnage	6.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1451.7	162	179	398	12	2	2	.995	2.54

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.991	2.64
W.Giesen	1337.0	151	152	426	15	3	4	.993	2.97
J.Turnage	104.7	11	14	39	0	0	0	1.000	3.35
A.Castro	10.0	0	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.80
Team Total	1451.7	162	169	467	15	3	4	.994	2.99
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.983	2.16
A.Castro	824.3	90	114	226	3	4	1	.983	2.50
J.Bristow	600.7	70	82	157	1	5	0	.969	2.37
E.Newsom	17.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.06
J.Turnage	8.7	0	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.04
A.Westlake	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1451.7	162	203	386	4	9	1	.977	2.42
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.959	1.93
L.Pillar	265.7	35	35	14	28	2	1	.955	1.42
L.Bessler	252.0	35	35	20	37	5	1	.919	2.04
J.Hanselman	243.3	33	33	15	31	3	2	.939	1.70
C.Stutzman	190.7	26	27	12	24	1	1	.973	1.70
A.Rios	186.3	27	27	10	28	1	3	.974	1.84
H.Rita	61.3	0	66	6	11	1	1	.944	2.49
F.Wilson	49.7	0	56	3	7	0	1	1.000	1.81
E.Dabrowski	49.0	3	20	1	7	0	0	1.000	1.47
M.Gary	43.7	0	45	5	9	0	2	1.000	2.89
K.Sundquist	35.3	0	39	1	7	0	1	1.000	2.04
A.Toliver	31.3	0	33	3	3	1	0	.857	1.72
D.Roberts	15.3	0	13	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.35
A.Phillips	15.3	2	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.76
D.Rouse	12.7	1	5	0	4	0	0	1.000	2.84
Team Total	1451.6	162	436	92	201	14	13	.954	1.82

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Swofford	.293
On-Base Pct	Zendejas	.432
Slugging Pct	Giesen	.508
OPS	Giesen	.904
XR	Giesen	111.5
Games	Naranjo	159
At-Bats	Giesen	565
Runs	Naranjo	117
Hits	Giesen	160
Total Bases	Giesen	287
Singles	Swofford	114
Doubles	Giesen	40
Triples	Castro, Giesen, Newsom	6
Homeruns	Naranjo	28
RBIs	Giesen	107
Stolen Bases	Giesen	36
Caught Stealing	Giesen	13
Walks	Zendejas	136
Strikeouts	Zendejas	123

ERA	Hanselman	3.51
Wins	Hanselman	19
Losses	Bessler	14
Winning Pct	Hanselman	.704
Saves	Rita	16
Games Pitched	Rita	66
Games Started	Bessler, Pillar	35
Complete Games	Pillar	11
Shutouts	Stutzman	3
Innings Pitched	Pillar	265.7
Hits Allowed	Bessler	269
Homeruns Allowed	Hanselman	22
Strikeouts	Hanselman	152
Walks Allowed	Stutzman	73
Walks per 9IP	Pillar	2.2
Hits per 9IP	Stutzman	8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP	Hanselman	5.6
WHiP	Pillar	1.23
OAVG	Stutzman	.243
OOBP	Hanselman	.304
OSLG	Pillar	.351
OOPS	Pillar	.659

Team All-Stars

Player Salaries
William Giesen	$ 8,960,000
Rafael Naranjo	$ 8,960,000
Alonzo Zendejas	$ 6,560,000
Eugene Newsom	$ 5,690,000
Dave Romeo	$ 4,460,000
John Swofford	$ 4,050,000
Alberto Castro	$ 3,390,000
Berny Romero	$ 3,371,429
Alfonso Rios	$ 2,600,000
Lavern Bessler	$ 2,450,000
James Bristow	$ 2,080,000
Kenneth Sundquist	$ 1,960,000
Michael Gary	$ 1,670,000
Lucien Pillar	$ 1,664,286
James Hanselman	$ 1,485,714
Fred Wilson	$ 1,210,000
Eric Dabrowski	$ 1,135,714
Anibal Toliver	$ 780,000
Harold Rita	$ 771,429
David Rouse	$ 350,000
Casey Stutzman	$ 350,000
Timothy Chupp	$ 350,000
Al Phillips	$ 350,000
Ian Zander	$ 300,000
Charles Brockman	$ 300,000
Art Westlake	$ 300,000
Douglas Conard	$ 300,000
Alberto Durso	$ 300,000
Kim Fontanez	$ 300,000
Floyd Tonn	$ 300,000
Donny Roberts	$ 300,000
Scott Higley	$ 300,000
Floyd Mackay	$ 300,000
Nelson McClure	$ 300,000
Braulio Alfaro	$ 300,000
Joseph Rockett	$ 300,000
Joel Turnage	$ 300,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
4/4	Claimed	Wayne Jara	Tulsa	Wayne Jara
4/11	Released	James Groom
4/11	Released	Hunter Sheets
4/14	Released	Wayne Jara