Borger Gassers

Borger Gassers 1939–1954 (1939–1942, 1946–1954) Borger, Texas
Class-level
Previous	Class C league Class D league
Minor league affiliations
League	West Texas–New Mexico League
Minor league titles
League titles	1940 Borger 4 games, Lubbock 3
Team data
Previous names	Borger Gassers
Previous parks	Huber Ball Park

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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Players

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

• http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/big_bunko/westtexasnewmexico3742.htm&date=2009-10-25+13:34:39
• Gary Bedingfield's Baseball in Wartime!
• Society for American Baseball Research publications: Minor League Baseball Stars, Volume I (1978) and Volume II (1985).
• http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/the-west-texas-new-mexico-league/
• The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball: Second Edition
• http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/West_Texas-New_Mexico_League#1937-1938_.22D.22
• http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=647&pid=16946

External links

• http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=647&pid=16946
• http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/big_bunko/westtexasnewmexico3742.htm&date=2009-10-25+13:34:39
• http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Verdun_Gilchrist
• http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/West_Texas-New_Mexico_League#1937-1938_.22D.22