1948 Tulsa Oilers
Record: 99-63
Finish: 1st in YL Robinson Division Division
Runs Scored: 801
Runs Allowed: 695
Exp W-L: 91-71
 
Ballpark: Tulsa Stadium
Attendance: 3,008,484
Manager: Ringo

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 75-63, 3rd in the Young League
AA: 64-74, 6th in the Young League
A: 57-81, 8th in the Young League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-2 over Troy Cyclones
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
2B  Rafael Naranjo 30 156 577 134 183 31 3 27 119 9 3 106 67 .317 .426 .522 .948 123.8 29.7 7.0
3B  Dave Romeo 36 155 577 89 165 26 4 3 52 8 4 99 103 .286 .395 .360 .755 90.0 18.0 4.1
1B  Alonzo Zendejas 30 155 539 88 153 25 3 12 89 6 3 121 136 .284 .418 .408 .826 100.9 21.3 2.9
LF  Alberto Castro 28 154 581 87 144 28 6 13 65 10 5 60 83 .248 .321 .384 .705 71.4 10.1 4.2
SS  Berny Romero 28 153 517 75 136 21 0 11 90 0 1 116 73 .263 .398 .368 .766 80.3 14.8 10.6
C  John Swofford 29 148 494 55 133 27 1 5 82 0 0 71 84 .269 .359 .358 .717 61.0 9.2 3.0
CF *Joel Turnage 29 134 401 54 115 13 8 8 57 0 1 45 84 .287 .363 .419 .782 60.5 11.5 3.2
LF  James Bristow 29 105 345 36 73 17 5 5 44 12 6 31 55 .212 .291 .333 .625 34.6 2.4 2.8
SS  Eddie Hirschman 32 102 188 34 47 12 1 7 37 7 4 27 46 .250 .343 .436 .779 29.0 5.3 2.7
CF #William Giesen 32 46 172 33 46 10 1 8 31 2 4 29 24 .267 .369 .477 .846 29.9 6.0 1.6
RF *James Arviso 22 41 140 22 28 5 0 1 12 5 3 15 30 .200 .280 .257 .537 10.9 0.0 1.1
RF #Art Westlake 27 63 128 15 24 5 0 0 9 2 0 12 28 .188 .273 .227 .499 8.1 0.0 0.8
CF  Walter Reynoso 30 61 127 22 34 9 1 1 18 13 1 8 24 .268 .314 .378 .692 16.3 2.7 1.0
C #Timothy Chupp 28 51 121 11 26 4 2 0 17 0 0 11 32 .215 .279 .281 .560 9.5 0.0 0.6
3B #Bob Yingling 28 64 107 13 32 4 0 3 15 2 0 4 7 .299 .319 .421 .739 14.8 2.5 0.8
P  Lucien Pillar 27 36 93 5 8 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 30 .086 .111 .086 .197 -1.8 0.0 0.0
P *James Hanselman 25 36 94 7 17 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 27 .181 .206 .202 .408 2.8 0.0 0.0
P  Robert Carreiro 28 33 74 5 17 5 0 0 4 0 0 2 29 .230 .247 .297 .544 5.3 0.0 0.0
P  Lavern Bessler 35 29 75 5 6 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 35 .080 .092 .120 .212 -2.7 0.0 0.0
P  Casey Stutzman 28 30 42 4 6 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 14 .143 .140 .190 .330 0.6 0.0 0.0
SS #Donato Espinosa 22 17 26 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .269 .286 .308 .593 2.4 0.0 0.4
P  Alfonso Rios 28 28 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.4 0.0 0.0
P  David Rouse 27 11 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .071 .000 .071 -1.2 0.0 0.0
C  Vincent Laguerre 30 6 12 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
1B  Scott Higley 26 3 8 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 .750 1.500 2.5 0.8 0.0
1B  Christian Manseau 29 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
3B #Brian Teets 34 4 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .667 .750 .667 1.417 1.3 0.3 0.0
P *Fred Wilson 30 50 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Anibal Toliver 33 21 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
3B  Floyd Mackay 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Harold Rita 27 63 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Samuel Bashaw 21 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Michael Gary 34 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.7 1983 5484 801 1414 250 35 104 776 76 35 766 1030 .258 .351 .373 .724 749.6 134.7 46.7
  Rank among 8 YL teams 8 4 7 4 5 8 4 5 5 1 8 6 2 7 5 5  
* - 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 27 21 7 .750 36 36 0 268.0 225 101 10 74 149 3.39 21.6
*James Hanselman 25 18 9 .667 36 36 0 262.7 227 107 32 63 194 3.67 20.7
 Robert Carreiro 28 14 9 .609 33 33 0 214.0 204 92 18 58 149 3.87 16.1
 Lavern Bessler 35 12 11 .522 29 29 0 208.3 232 85 12 44 109 3.67 12.9
 Casey Stutzman 28 9 8 .529 30 16 0 142.0 150 65 11 44 67 4.12 8.8
 Alfonso Rios 28 4 1 .800 28 7 1 64.7 66 30 6 27 27 4.18 4.4
 Harold Rita 27 6 4 .600 63 0 39 64.3 69 15 4 13 38 2.10 15.6
*Fred Wilson 30 6 2 .750 50 0 2 48.3 48 18 3 8 23 3.35 6.1
 Donny Roberts 26 1 3 .250 40 0 1 46.3 47 16 2 14 20 3.11 5.0
 David Rouse 27 2 3 .400 11 5 0 43.3 48 38 5 28 12 7.89 0.0
 Michael Gary 34 0 1 .000 21 0 0 28.3 26 8 1 10 23 2.54 2.9
 Abraham Mauney 27 3 5 .375 31 0 1 27.0 39 30 5 11 14 10.00 0.0
 Anibal Toliver 33 2 0 1.000 21 0 1 22.3 29 17 6 16 18 6.85 0.0
*Al Phillips 28 1 0 1.000 7 0 0 9.3 10 4 0 8 5 3.86 0.9
 Samuel Bashaw 21 0 0 .000 3 0 0 5.7 3 1 0 3 0 1.59 0.7
Team Totals 28.3 99 63 .611 439 162 45 1454.6 1423 627 115 421 848 3.88 115.5
Rank among 8 YL teams 1 1 3 1 2 2 3 1 1 5 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 .991 31.0
J.Swofford 1188.0 130 142 728 52 11 1 .986 24.5
T.Chupp 248.7 30 32 136 11 1 0 .993 25.0
V.Laguerre 17.0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
A.Westlake 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1454.7 162 177 871 63 12 1 .987 24.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.30
A.Zendejas 1342.7 149 152 1516 118 12 123 .993 10.95
E.Hirschman 61.0 7 7 57 7 1 1 .985 9.44
B.Yingling 27.0 3 3 27 1 0 1 1.000 9.33
S.Higley 12.0 2 2 16 2 0 1 1.000 13.50
C.Manseau 9.0 1 1 9 1 0 1 1.000 10.00
B.Teets 3.0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1454.7 162 166 1628 129 13 128 .993 10.87
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.44
R.Naranjo 1333.7 150 151 258 513 12 87 .985 5.20
E.Hirschman 109.0 12 14 28 53 3 14 .964 6.69
B.Romero 8.0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38
D.Romeo 4.0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1454.7 162 169 286 571 15 101 .983 5.30
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.58
D.Romeo 1257.3 148 151 82 249 17 17 .951 2.37
B.Yingling 134.0 9 35 9 37 3 2 .939 3.09
E.Hirschman 51.3 4 13 6 12 1 2 .947 3.16
D.Espinosa 8.0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Naranjo 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.7 162 204 97 300 21 21 .950 2.46
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 4.67
B.Romero 1284.0 142 151 196 506 15 85 .979 4.92
E.Hirschman 135.7 16 20 23 59 0 7 1.000 5.44
D.Espinosa 33.0 4 5 11 12 2 5 .920 6.27
B.Yingling 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1454.7 162 177 230 578 17 97 .979 5.00
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.19
J.Bristow 835.2 80 86 214 5 1 3 .995 2.36
A.Castro 344.7 38 40 64 0 1 0 .985 1.67
W.Reynoso 128.7 11 25 32 2 0 0 1.000 2.38
J.Turnage 97.3 11 11 24 2 0 1 1.000 2.40
A.Westlake 27.0 3 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33
Team Total 1432.9 143 165 341 9 2 4 .994 2.20
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.72
J.Turnage 825.0 92 101 219 3 0 0 1.000 2.42
W.Giesen 385.7 43 43 121 4 3 1 .977 2.92
W.Reynoso 140.7 16 20 41 0 1 0 .976 2.62
A.Westlake 92.3 10 14 22 1 0 0 1.000 2.24
A.Castro 11.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
Team Total 1454.7 162 180 405 8 4 1 .990 2.56
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.25
A.Castro 925.0 105 109 258 12 5 3 .982 2.63
J.Arviso 319.7 38 39 91 0 3 0 .968 2.56
A.Westlake 169.0 15 29 36 0 0 0 1.000 1.92
J.Bristow 26.9 2 6 6 0 1 0 .857 2.01
J.Turnage 16.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
W.Reynoso 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.6 162 186 395 12 9 3 .978 2.51
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 1.90
L.Pillar 268.0 36 36 13 31 3 0 .936 1.48
J.Hanselman 262.7 36 36 13 30 4 2 .915 1.47
R.Carreiro 214.0 33 33 15 33 3 5 .941 2.02
L.Bessler 208.3 29 29 12 35 2 3 .959 2.03
C.Stutzman 142.0 16 30 5 13 2 1 .900 1.14
A.Rios 64.7 7 28 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.84
H.Rita 64.3 0 63 6 10 0 1 1.000 2.24
F.Wilson 48.3 0 50 2 15 1 1 .944 3.17
D.Roberts 46.3 0 40 4 4 1 0 .889 1.55
D.Rouse 43.3 5 11 6 11 1 1 .944 3.53
M.Gary 28.3 0 21 4 7 2 0 .846 3.49
A.Mauney 27.0 0 31 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.00
A.Toliver 22.3 0 21 2 5 1 1 .875 2.82
A.Phillips 9.3 0 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.93
S.Bashaw 5.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
Team Total 1454.6 162 439 86 202 20 15 .935 1.78
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Naranjo .317
On-Base Pct Naranjo .426
Slugging Pct Naranjo .522
OPS Naranjo .948
XR Naranjo 123.8
Games Naranjo 156
At-Bats Castro 581
Runs Naranjo 134
Hits Naranjo 183
Total Bases Naranjo 301
Singles Romeo 132
Doubles Naranjo 31
Triples Turnage 8
Homeruns Naranjo 27
RBIs Naranjo 119
Stolen Bases Reynoso 13
Caught Stealing Bristow 6
Walks Zendejas 121
Strikeouts Zendejas 136
ERA Pillar 3.39
Wins Pillar 21
Losses Bessler 11
Winning Pct Pillar .750
Saves Rita 39
Games Pitched Rita 63
Games Started Hanselman, Pillar 36
Complete Games Hanselman 11
Shutouts Carreiro 2
Innings Pitched Pillar 268.0
Hits Allowed Bessler 232
Homeruns Allowed Hanselman 32
Strikeouts Hanselman 194
Walks Allowed Pillar 74
Walks per 9IP Bessler 1.9
Hits per 9IP Pillar 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Hanselman 6.6
WHiP Hanselman 1.10
OAVG Pillar .227
OOBP Hanselman .278
OSLG Pillar .317
OOPS Pillar .602
Team All-Stars
James Hanselman
Rafael Naranjo
Lucien Pillar
Harold Rita
Player Salaries
Rafael Naranjo $ 8,960,000
William Giesen $ 8,960,000
Alonzo Zendejas $ 6,560,000
Berny Romero $ 5,400,000
Lucien Pillar $ 4,100,000
John Swofford $ 4,050,000
Casey Stutzman $ 3,490,000
Alberto Castro $ 3,390,000
Eddie Hirschman $ 2,880,000
Dave Romeo $ 2,580,000
Lavern Bessler $ 2,450,000
Michael Gary $ 1,670,000
Fred Wilson $ 1,210,000
Harold Rita $ 1,177,143
Alfonso Rios $ 1,000,000
Joel Turnage $ 870,000
Anibal Toliver $ 780,000
Christian Manseau $ 608,000
Timothy Chupp $ 585,000
David Rouse $ 432,857
Scott Higley $ 350,000
Art Westlake $ 350,000
Donny Roberts $ 350,000
Robert Carreiro $ 300,000
James Arviso $ 300,000
Samuel Bashaw $ 300,000
Donato Espinosa $ 300,000
James Hanselman $ 300,000
Floyd Mackay $ 300,000
Brian Teets $ 300,000
Walter Reynoso $ 300,000
Vincent Laguerre $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Signed     Timothy Chupp
2/4 Signed     Eddie Hirschman
2/5 Signed     Alfonso Rios
2/13 Signed     Bob Yingling
2/14 Signed     Nelson Mcclure
2/15 Signed     Christian Manseau
2/20 Signed     Abraham Mauney
3/1 Signed     Walter Reynoso
3/1 Signed     Pablo Gomez
3/1 Signed     Brian Teets
3/1 Signed     Vincent Laguerre
3/1 Signed     Martin Elgin
3/1 Signed     Jim Rodriguz
3/1 Signed     Dale Brookins
3/1 Signed     Billy Mehl
3/1 Signed     Brian Knights
3/1 Signed     Dewey Kilby
3/1 Signed     Danial Burditt
3/1 Signed     Bill Weir
4/17 Released Nelson Mcclure    
8/14 Released James Bristow    
8/14 Released Bob Yingling    
8/14 Released Abraham Mauney    
8/14 Released Eric Dabrowski    
8/14 Released Al Phillips