Borger Gassers

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Previous names Borger Gassers		Previous parks Huber Ball Park
Previous Class C leagueClass 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

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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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