The Ventura Oilers were a

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baseball team based in

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, USA that played from 1947 to 1953. They were affiliated with the San Francisco Seals of the

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in 1953, the

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from 1950 to 1952 and the

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from 1947 to 1949 and played their home games at Babe Ruth Field.BR Minors
/ref> Notable players for the Ventura Oilers include

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and Dave Melton. Lodigiani also managed the team. Bat Boys for the team included Robert and Frank Buck. Notable major league players that played for the Ventura Braves included Gene Lillard, Bob Roselli and

Bobby Sturgeon Robert Harwood Sturgeon (August 6, 1919 – March 10, 2007) was a shortstop and second baseman in Major League Baseball who played between 1940 and 1948 for the Chicago Cubs (1940–1942, 1946–1947) and Boston Braves (1948). Listed at , 17 ...

. Lillard and Sturgeon also managed the Ventura team. The team became the

Channel Cities Oilers The Channel Cities Oilers were a minor league baseball team in the California League that played in 1954 and 1955. They were based in Ventura, California, and also in the neighboring resort town of Santa Barbara, California. They played their home ...

in 1954 and then the

Reno Silver Sox The Reno Silver Sox were a minor league baseball team that existed on and off from 1947 to 1992. The team name is derived from the nickname of Nevada, the "Silver State". There was another baseball team known as the Reno Silver Sox who played i ...

in 1955.

Notable alumni

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(1948-1949) * Tom Morgan (1949) * Hal Smith (1949)

References

External links

Baseball Reference
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