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Borger Gassers

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Previous names
  
Borger Gassers

Previous parks
  
Huber Ball Park

Previous
  
Class C league Class D league

League
  
West Texas–New Mexico League

League titles
  
1940 Borger 4 games, Lubbock 3

The Borger Gassers were a minor league baseball team that operated in the West Texas–New Mexico League 1937 through 1954 with a break from '43-'45 due to World War II. Borger Gassers disbanded July 16, 1954

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Pitchers

  • William Hair 1947
  • Robert Garrett 1953
  • Eddie Carnett 1948–1952 *1948 batted .409 with 33 home runs and 161 RBIs, Other years he batted over .300 From the Mound 13-6 in 1950 and 10-6 in 1952
  • Howard Parks 1939
  • Robert Fulton Crues (Bob Crues) 1940
  • Claude Gerald "Lefty" Blair (Dates unknown)

    • Infielders

  • Verdun Gilchrist 1946 -1950 Shortstop-Second baseman
  • Littleton Pierson Henry (Ish) – Catcher 1946
  • Tommy Fox 3rd base from 1946 to 1954. Hit 4 home runs off of Bobby Lane in which one went into the Huber swimming pool
  • Luis Sanchez 1951 Shortstop

    • Outfielders

  • Gordon Nell .389-40-175 season in 1940

    • Nell lead the league in home runs and drove in over 160 runs 5 times

    Unknown position

  • Jim Cain
  • Pat Lorenzo
  • Leon Cato
  • Frank Warren
  • Stewart Williams
  • Udell Moore
  • William Scopetone
  • Joseph Kilkuskie

    • Owners

  • Abe Latman
  • Dr. Melvin C Kimball

    • Managers

  • F.K. Withers 1939
  • Pete Susko / Gordon Neil 1940
  • Gordon Nell 1941
  • Hugh Willingham 1942
  • Ted Clawitter 1946
  • Gordon Nell / Stu Williams 1947
  • Eddie Carnett 1948
  • Eddie Carnett /Kenneth Sears 1949
  • Mickey Burnett 1950
  • Eddie Carnett /Lloyd Brown 1951
  • Lloyd Brown 1952 http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/286f8abb
  • Lloyd Brown / Herschel Martin 1953
  • Herschel Martin / Tommy Warren 1954

    • References

    Borger Gassers Wikipedia
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