The Tulsa Drillers are a minor league baseball team based in Tulsa,Oklahoma. The team,which plays in the Texas League,is the Double-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers major-league club.
Robert Charles Nieman was an American professional baseball player and scout. An outfielder,he spent all or parts of a dozen Major League Baseball seasons with the St. Louis Browns (1951–52),Detroit Tigers (1953–54),Chicago White Sox (1955–56),Baltimore Orioles (1956–59),St. Louis Cardinals (1960–61),Cleveland Indians (1961–62) and San Francisco Giants (1962). He also played one season in Japan for the Chunichi Dragons (1963). He threw and batted right-handed,stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 195 pounds (88 kg).
Terrmel Sledge is an American former professional baseball outfielder and the former assistant hitting coach of the Chicago Cubs. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals and San Diego Padres and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and the Yokohama BayStars. Prior to being hired by the Cubs,he was the hitting coach for the Tulsa Drillers in the Texas League.
Calvin Wayne Emery was an American professional baseball first baseman and batting coach,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies. He also spent the 1970 season with Hankyu Braves of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). During his playing days,Emery stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall,weighing 205 pounds (93 kg);he threw and batted left-handed. Emery attended Penn State University.
John Allen Denny is an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals,Cleveland Indians,Philadelphia Phillies,and Cincinnati Reds,from 1974 to 1986. Denny won the National League (NL) Cy Young Award,in 1983.
David Richard Borkowski is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher He began his Major League Baseball (MLB) career in 1999 with the Detroit Tigers,and briefly appeared with the Baltimore Orioles in 2004. From 2006 to 2008,he played for the Houston Astros. Borkowski spent part of the 2009 season in the Philadelphia Phillies organization but did not get the call.
East Central High School is one of nine high schools in Tulsa Public Schools in Tulsa,Oklahoma. The school is home to 1,143 students from East Tulsa. The majority of students transition into East Central from East Central Junior High.
Richard Lee Calmus is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He attended Webster High School in Tulsa,Oklahoma,where he was the Tulsa World's Oklahoma basketball player of the year in 1962. He played baseball on the same high school team as fellow future major leaguer Carl Morton and won two state titles.
Charles Howard Corgan was an American professional baseball and football player. In baseball,he played the infield for the Brooklyn Robins during the 1925 and 1927 seasons. He also played football for the Kansas City Blues/Cowboys,Hartford Blues and New York Giants from 1924 to 1927. He attended college at the University of Arkansas. He died from cancer in 1928.
Below is a partial list of Minor League Baseball players in the Los Angeles Dodgers system.
Stewart Bryan Cole is an American former professional baseball infielder and current coach. He is the third base coach for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). Cole played in MLB Kansas City Royals.
Below is a partial list of minor league baseball players in the Chicago Cubs system:
Howard Kolls Judson was an American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1948 to 1954 for the Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Redlegs. Altogether,the 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m),195 lb (88 kg) hurler played 14 seasons (1946–59) of professional baseball,including minor league service. Born in Hebron,Illinois,Judson attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He served very briefly in the United States Navy during World War II receiving an honorable discharge after just over three months due to his left eye injury problem.
Phillip Wayne Stidham is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. Stidham played for the Detroit Tigers in 1994.
The Tulsa Golden Hurricane baseball team represented the University of Tulsa and competed in the Missouri Valley Conference of NCAA Division I. Tulsa dropped their baseball program in 1980.
Christopher Ryan Anderson is a retired professional baseball pitcher. The Los Angeles Dodgers selected him in the 1st round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft,and he signed with the team on June 12,2013,for a signing bonus of $2,109,900.
Jeren Alan Kendall is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played college baseball for the Vanderbilt Commodores and was selected by the Dodgers in the first round of the 2017 MLB Draft,where he played in their farm system through the 2022 season.
Kody Michael Hoese is an American professional baseball third baseman in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.
Andre Terrell Jackson is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates.
Michael Alexander Grove is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was drafted by the Dodgers in the second round of the 2018 MLB draft out of West Virginia University and he made his MLB debut in 2022.
