Borger Gassers

Defunct MiLB infobox
name = Borger Gassers
firstseason = 1939
lastseason = 1954
allyears = 1939 - 1942, 1946 - 1954
city = Borger, Texas

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lastclasslevel = Class C league
pastclasslevel = Class D league
lastleague = West Texas-New Mexico League
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pastnames = Borger Gassers
lastballpark = Huber Ball Park
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leaguechamps = 1940 Borger 4 games, Lubbock 3
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divisionchamps =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

Outfielders

*Gordon Nell .389-40-175 season in 1940Nell lead the league in home runs and drove in over 160 runs 5 times
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Unknown Position

*Jim Cain
*Pat Lorenzo
*Leon Cato
*Frank Warren
*Stewart Williams
*Udell Moore
*William Scopetone

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

= References =

*http://www.geocities.com/big_bunko/westtexasnewmexico3742.htm
* 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.geocities.com/big_bunko/westtexasnewmexico3742.htm
*http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Verdun_Gilchrist
*http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/West_Texas-New_Mexico_League#1937-1938_.22D.22