The Borger Gassers were a minor league baseball team that operated in the West Texas–New Mexico League between 1939 and 1954 with a break from 1943 to 1945 due to World War II. The Borger Gassers disbanded on July 16, 1954.
Players
Pitchers & Catchers (P) Howard Parks - 1939 (C) Floyd Franklin Smith - 1939 (P) Robert Fulton "Bob" Crues - 1940 (C) Littleton Pierson Henry (Ish) - 1946 (P) William Hair, 1947 (P) 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 (P) Robert Garrett, 1953 (P) Claude Gerald "Lefty" Blair (dates unknown)
Infielders Verdun Gilchrist, 1946-1950; shortstop, second baseman 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 Lloyd Brown / Herschel Martin, 1953 Herschel Martin / Tommy Warren, 1954
References
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
External links http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=647&pid=16946 https://web.archive.org/web/20050128201005/http://www.geocities.com/big_bunko/westtexasnewmexico3742.htm