Oil City, PA

Oil City is located in northwestern Pennsylvania, on the Allegheny River 10 miles west of Franklin, PA. It owes its name to the fact that the city was in the middle of the first region where oil was discovered in the United States in the 1850s.

Teams that have played here

• Oil City Oilers, Iron & Oil Association (1884)
• Oil City Oilers, Iron & Oil League (1895, 1898)
• Oil City-Jamestown Oseejays, Interstate League (1906)
• Oil City Cubs, Interstate League (1907-1908)
• Oil City Oilers, Pennsylvania State Association (1940-1942)
• Oil City Oilers, Middle Atlantic League (1946)
• Oil City Refiners, Middle Atlantic League (1947-1950)
• Oil City A's, Middle Atlantic League (1951)

Persons who were born here

• W.S. Borland, college coach
• Dusty Miller, outfielder
• Tubby Spencer, catcher

Persons who died here

• Frank Boyd, catcher