Tulsa Oilers and Oiler Park

George Kernek, Walt “No Neck” Williams, Ted Simmons, Steve Carlton, Sammie Sosa, Juan Gonzalez, Pudge Rodriguez, Keith Hernandez, Elio Chacon (tragically killed in a plane crash going home to Caracas, Venezuela), Chris Krug, Al Hrabowsky, Bob Pfeil, Ted Savage, Alex Johnson are just a few names I recall from my many childhood nights at the old ball park.

Lucky to scrounge up a few pictures~~~

Bobby Tolan and Ed Spiezio

Although Len Morton did not attend this concert, as you can see in the picture below,  many other people did.  Leon Russell. 1971

A wild time was had by all!!!

Leon Russell -Tulsa's Own~ entertains at Oiler Park 1971

Harry Watts

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Tulsa Oiler baseball Memory

Barry Lewis, sportswriter for the Tulsa World, shared this story about Len Morton.

“In the early ’70s there was an Oilers game that was one out away from going into extra innings and the Oilers let their relief pitcher, Tim Plodinec, bat for himself with no one on base…He never even had had a hit as an Oiler. Despite the long odds, Len kept on saying he was going to get a hit and could even hit a homer, and maybe if he said it enough, he could talk him into a home run. Incredibly, Plodinec then homered to win the game. That was Plodinec’s only hit for the Oilers!” ~ Barry Lewis

Long time Tulsa sports fans will recognize this picture of Oiler Park, 15th and Yale Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Oiler Park - 15th and Yale