Borger Gassers
Borger Gassers
1939–1954
(1939 - 1942, 1946 - 1954)
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- Class C league
- Class D league
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1940 Borger 4 games, Lubbock 3 |
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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
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
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 Kilkuski
Owners==
Abe Latman
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
- Lloyd Brown / Herschel Martin 1953
- Herschel Martin / Tommy Warren 1954
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