Olean Oilers

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Olean Oilers
Minor league affiliations
Previous classesClass D
League New York–Penn League (1957–1962)
Previous leagues
 Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League (1939–1956)
Major league affiliations
Previous teams
Minor league titles
League titles 4 (1939, 1940, 1950, 1961)
Team data
Previous names
  • Olean Red Sox (1961–1962)
  • Olean A's (1959)
  • Olean Oilers (1955–1958)
  • Olean Giants (1954)
  • Olean Yankees (1952–1953)
  • Olean Oilers (1939–1951)
Previous parks
Website www.oleanoilers.com

The Olean Oilers are a collegiate summer baseball team located in Olean, New York playing in the New York Collegiate Baseball League since 2012.

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The Olean Oilers were a minor league baseball team which played primarily in the New York–Penn League from 1939 to 1966, with a hiatus in 1960. Starting in 1952, the team often shared nicknames with its major league affiliates.

Both teams played their home games at Bradner Stadium.

History

Professional team

The Oilers were preceded in minor league play by the Olean Refiners. Between 1908 and 1916, The Refiners played as members of the Class D level Interstate League. [1] [2]

The Oilers resumed minor league play, playing in the New York–Pennsylvania League from 1939 to 1951 and from 1955 to 1958. The league was known as the Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League from 1939 to 1956. Their inaugural home game on May 11, 1939, was played in front of 3,300 spectators. [3]

The Oilers were a minor league affiliate of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1939 to 1948, the St. Louis Browns in 1949, and the Philadelphia Phillies from 1956 to 1958. The Oilers played their home games at Bradner Stadium.

The Oilers' president, Josephine Ross, was the only female president of an affiliated minor league team in 1959. [4]

Collegiate summer team

Starting in 2012, the Olean Oilers name has been revived as a member of the New York Collegiate Baseball League. The team began play in the summer of 2012, initially playing on the campus of Saint Bonaventure University before returning to a renovated Bradner Stadium in 2014; a crowd of nearly 2,000 fans watched the Oilers during their first game back at Bradner. [5] In their fourth year of play as an amateur squad, the Oilers won the 2015 NYCBL championship; the next year, the team went on a 24-game winning streak near the beginning of the season, doubling the previous league record, en route to a league record 39 wins and a second consecutive championship, won before a league record 2,876 fans at Bradner. Despite concerns over competitive balance as well as admitted discussions with the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League, the Oilers have shown a general preference to stay in the NYCBL for 2017. [6]

Year-by-year professional record

YearRecordFinishManagerPlayoffs
193965-381st Jake Pitler League Champs
194065-391st Jake Pitler League Champs
194148-615th Jake Pitler
194282-422nd Jake Pitler Lost League Finals
194343-666th Jake Pitler
194457-665th John Fitzpatrick
194540-868th John Fitzpatrick
194669-563rd Greg Mulleavy Lost in 1st round
194766-583rd Greg Mulleavy Lost League Finals
194860-667th George Scherger
194939-868th Shan Deniston / Lawrence Mancini
195071-542nd Len Schulte League Champs
195179-481st Orval Cott Lost League Finals
195270-553rd Bunny Mick Lost in 1st round
195363-615th Bill Davis / Walter Lance
195446-807th Austin Knickerbocker / Frank Genovese
195546-808th Paul Owens
195665-583rd Paul Owens Lost League Finals
195752-655th Paul Owens
195867-573rd Benny Zientara Lost in 1st round
195957-696thWilliam Robertson
196164-614th Harold Holland League Champs
196262-573rd (t) Harold Holland Lost League Finals

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN   978-1932391176.
  2. ↑ "Olean, New York Encyclopedia". Baseball Reference .
  3. ↑ "Hamilton takes home inaugural" . Democrat and Chronicle . Rochester, New York. May 12, 1939. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Rosenbloom, Dave (November 29, 1958). "Women keeping baseball alive, says female prexy of Olean club" . Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Butler, J.P. (June 7, 2014). "Crowd 'grew' as the Oilers' game wore on | Sports" . Olean Times Herald . Archived from the original on June 5, 2025. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  6. ↑ Pollock, Chuck (August 1, 2016). "O'Connell looks ahead after a 2nd Oilers title | Columnists" . Olean Times Herald. Archived from the original on June 5, 2025. Retrieved April 10, 2020.

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