Olean Oilers

Los Oilers fueron precedidos en las ligas menores por los Olean Refiners . Entre 1908 y 1916, los Refiners jugaron como miembros de la Liga Interestatal de nivel Clase D. ^{[ 1 ] [ 2 ]}

Los Oilers retomaron su participación en ligas menores, jugando en la Liga Nueva York-Pensilvania de 1939 a 1951 y de 1955 a 1958. La liga se conoció como la Liga Pensilvania-Ontario-Nueva York de 1939 a 1956. Su partido inaugural en casa, el 11 de mayo de 1939, se jugó ante 3300 espectadores. ^{[ 3 ]}

Los Oilers fueron filial de ligas menores de los Brooklyn Dodgers desde 1939 hasta 1948, de los St. Louis Browns en 1949 y de los Philadelphia Phillies desde 1956 hasta 1958. Los Oilers jugaban sus partidos como locales en el Bradner Stadium .

La presidenta de los Oilers, Josephine Ross, fue la única mujer presidenta de un equipo afiliado de ligas menores en 1959. ^{[ 4 ]}

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] The Oilers eventually agreed to jump to the PCGBL in 2025.^[7]