In 1911, the Pittsburgh Oilers had finished in 1st place yet again under the manangership of GM Tyler Saylor, bringing the Oilers to what is now a Back-to-Back Playoff appearence in a stunning turnabout of events for a team that had a history of medorcity. Despite their Playoff loss against the St. Louis Reds, the…
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The Break-Out Gang: The Story of the 1910 Pittsburgh Oilers
“We may have been meager for my first year as team Manager, but just you wait until the next, we’re gonna surprise everybody” was what New General Manager Tyler Saylor of the Pittsburgh Oilers said after the end of his first season after the Pittsburgh Oilers finished with a respectable 66-54 record last year in…
New Leadership, New Horizons: The 1909 Pittsburgh Oilers under their new Manager
It was a quiet afternoon in the office of the new General Manager of the Pittsburgh Oilers, inside the office was the desk where the General Manager, Mr. Saylor sat. To the left of him was some shelf of what looked to be old memorabilia some items of note on that shelf were a white…
New Face on the Allegheny – Pittsburgh Oilers Welcomes Mr. Saylor as New General Manager
As the 1908 Legacy Baseball season came to a close with the Brooklyn Whales defeating the Twin Cities Empire five games to one, the Pittsburgh Oilers had finished in a respectable 3rd place in the Frontier Division of the Western League, with an even 60-60 record. The Oilers’ owner, Chester Colfax had decided a new…