Olean Oilers
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Olean Oilers 1939–1962 Olean, New York | |
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| Previous | Class D |
| Minor league affiliations | |
| League | New York–Penn League (1957–1962) |
Previous leagues | Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League (1939–1956) |
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| Minor league titles | |
| League titles | 4 (1939, 1940, 1950, 1961) |
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The Olean Oilers were a minor league baseball team located in Olean, New York. The team played 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.
The Oilers were affiliated with 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.
Starting in 2012, the Olean Oilers name was 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.[1] 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.[2]
Year-by-year record
| Year | Record | Finish | Manager | Playoffs |
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| 1939 | 65-38 | 1st | Jake Pitler | League Champs |
| 1940 | 65-39 | 1st | Jake Pitler | League Champs |
| 1941 | 48-61 | 5th | Jake Pitler | |
| 1942 | 82-42 | 2nd | Jake Pitler | Lost League Finals |
| 1943 | 43-66 | 6th | Jake Pitler | |
| 1944 | 57-66 | 5th | John Fitzpatrick | |
| 1945 | 40-86 | 8th | John Fitzpatrick | |
| 1946 | 69-56 | 3rd | Greg Mulleavy | Lost in 1st round |
| 1947 | 66-58 | 3rd | Greg Mulleavy | Lost League Finals |
| 1948 | 60-66 | 7th | George Scherger | |
| 1949 | 39-86 | 8th | Shan Deniston / Lawrence Mancini | |
| 1950 | 71-54 | 2nd | Len Schulte | League Champs |
| 1951 | 79-48 | 1st | Orval Cott | Lost League Finals |
| 1952 | 70-55 | 3rd | Bunny Mick | Lost in 1st round |
| 1953 | 63-61 | 5th | Bill Davis / Walter Lance | |
| 1954 | 46-80 | 7th | Austin Knickerbocker / Frank Genovese | |
| 1955 | 46-80 | 8th | Paul Owens | |
| 1956 | 65-58 | 3rd | Paul Owens | Lost League Finals |
| 1957 | 52-65 | 5th | Paul Owens | |
| 1958 | 67-57 | 3rd | Benny Zientara | Lost in 1st round |
| 1959 | 57-69 | 6th | William Robertson | |
| 1961 | 64-61 | 4th | Harold Holland | League Champs |
| 1962 | 62-57 | 3rd (t) | Harold Holland | Lost League Finals |
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