Borger Gassers - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Borger Gassers were a minor league baseball team that operated in the West Texas-New Mexico League

West Texas-New Mexico League

The West Texas-New Mexico League was a minor league baseball league that operated from 1937 through 1955. The league was not active in 1943-1945 because of World War II...

1937 through 1954 with a break from '43-'45 due to World War II. Borger Gassers disbanded July 16 1954

Pitchers

William Hair 1947
Robert Garrett 1953
Eddie Carnett
Eddie Carnett
Edwin Elliott Carnett is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between 1941 and 1945. Listed at 6' 0", 185 lb., he batted and threw left-handed...

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

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
Eddie Carnett
Edwin Elliott Carnett is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between 1941 and 1945. Listed at 6' 0", 185 lb., he batted and threw left-handed...

1948
Eddie Carnett
Eddie Carnett
Edwin Elliott Carnett is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between 1941 and 1945. Listed at 6' 0", 185 lb., he batted and threw left-handed...

/Kenneth Sears 1949
Mickey Burnett 1950
Eddie Carnett
Eddie Carnett
Edwin Elliott Carnett is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between 1941 and 1945. Listed at 6' 0", 185 lb., he batted and threw left-handed...

/Lloyd Brown 1951
Lloyd Brown 1952
Lloyd Brown / Herschel Martin 1953
Herschel Martin / Tommy Warren 1954

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

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.