Borger Gassers

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 1943 to 1945 due to World War II. Borger Gassers disbanded on July 16, 1954.

Borger Gassers
1939–1954
(1939–1942, 1946–1954)
Borger, Texas
Minor league affiliations
Previous classes
  • Class C league
  • Class D league
LeagueWest 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

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[1]
  • Littleton Pierson Henry (Ish), 1946, catcher
  • Tommy Fox, 1946-1954; 3rd base; hit 4 home runs off of Bobby Lane, one of which went into the Huber swimming pool
  • Luis Sanchez, 1951, shortstop

Outfielders
  • Gordon Nell, .389-40-175 season in 1940; led the league in home runs and drove in over 160 runs five 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 [2]
  • Lloyd Brown / Herschel Martin, 1953
  • Herschel Martin / Tommy Warren, 1954

References
  1. "Verdun Gilchrist - BR Bullpen". www.baseball-reference.com.
  2. "Lloyd Brown - Society for American Baseball Research". sabr.org.
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