1938 Hobbs Boosters

1938 > Class D > 1938 West Texas-New Mexico League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Detroit Tigers-AL
Manager: Neal Rabe
Represented: Hobbs, NM
Ballpark: League Park (Hobbs, NM)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1937

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BA	SLG	TB
1	Mike Binder?	--	6	5	1	1	0	0	.200	.400	2
2	Anthony Bonk?	--	45	167	59	16	2	5	.353	.563	94
3	Jack Davis	20	118	470	111	23	3	2	.236	.311	146
4	Gordon Donaldson	21	67	261	114	17	7	16	.437	.739	193
5	Colbert Fails?	--	21	59	14	1	0	0	.237	.254	15
6	Morris Groves?	--	6	13	2	0	0	0	.154	.154	2
7	Frank Hargrove*	19	124	524	149	34	6	20	.284	.487	255
8	Ray Haynes?	--	21	76	13	1	3	0	.171	.263	20
9	Carmin Henderson?	--	10	34	4	0	0	0	.118	.118	4
10	Jerry Jordan#	23	120	512	142	33	5	6	.277	.396	203
11	Gordon Loken*	19	109	475	152	25	3	2	.320	.398	189
12	Grover Miller	21	26	84	25	3	0	2	.298	.405	34
13	Russell Needham	21	62	175	44	10	2	2	.251	.366	64
14	Travis Padgett	21	97	347	90	25	3	8	.259	.418	145
15	Winfred Pepper?	--	22	58	11	3	0	0	.190	.241	14
16	Neal Rabe	33	111	428	139	26	2	4	.325	.423	181
17	Lefty Scott	22	40	97	15	3	1	0	.155	.206	20
18	Cecil Smyly*	19	128	529	194	35	7	29	.367	.624	330
19	Terrell Traweek	26	15	46	11	3	1	1	.239	.413	19
20	Dan Twitchell?	--	5	20	6	1	0	0	.300	.350	7
21	Wirt Twitchell	19	20	43	9	1	0	2	.209	.372	16
22	James White?	--	64	236	72	15	0	19	.305	.610	144
23	J. Williams?	--	8	32	11	1	0	0	.344	.375	12	Stats for 2 teams
	23 Players	21.7

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	Colbert Fails?	--	2	5	.286	7.23	12	7	66.0	88	64	53	45	2.015	12.0	6.1
2	John Hogan	20	6	16	.273	9.05	36	24	170.0	221	215	171	160	2.241	11.7	8.5
3	Gordon Kellar?	--	2	6	.250	7.71	13	10	56.0	75	58	48	42	2.089	12.1	6.8
4	Grover Miller	21	4	7	.364	8.58	12	10	85.0	134	104	81	40	2.047	14.2	4.2
5	Russell?	--	2	5	.286	5.07	9	10	71.0	77	58	40	38	1.620	9.8	4.8
6	Lefty Scott*	22	19	9	.679	4.06	35	26	217.0	210	143	98	111	1.479	8.7	4.6
7	Wirt Twitchell	19	6	9	.400	6.65	22	11	111.0	133	108	82	74	1.865	10.8	6.0
	7 Players	20.6

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Neal Rabe	105	738	98	23	.973	7.96
Winfred Pepper	12	104	12	1	.991	9.67
J. Williams	7	52	9	5	.924	8.71	Stats for 2 teams

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Frank Hargrove	122		956	44	34		.967	8.20

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Gordon Loken	105		200	244	36		.925	4.23

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jerry Jordan	120		161	244	51		.888	3.38

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jack Davis	118		197	248	74		.857	3.77

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Travis Padgett	95	135	8	14	.911	1.51
Cecil Smyly	81	149	12	16	.910	1.99
Gordon Donaldson	67	92	9	3	.971	1.51
James White	50	79	5	7	.923	1.68
Anthony Bonk	43	43	4	2	.959	1.09
Ray Haynes	17	25	3	1	.966	1.65
Russell Needham	9	14	0	0	1.000	1.56

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
John Hogan	36							0.00
Lefty Scott	35							0.00
Wirt Twitchell	22							0.00
Gordon Kellar	13							0.00
Colbert Fails	12							0.00
Grover Miller	12							0.00
Russell	9							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Mike Binder	--					Unknown
Anthony Bonk	--					Unknown
Collins	--					Unknown
Crites	--					Unknown
Jack Davis	20	R		5' 8.0"	160	1918
Gordon Donaldson	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	178	May 30, 1917	Siloam Springs, AR, US
Colbert Fails	--					Unknown
Morris Groves	--					Unknown
Frank Hargrove	19	L		6' 3.0"	185	1919
Ray Haynes	--					Unknown
Carmin Henderson	--					Unknown
John Hogan	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	162	Dec 12, 1917	Milwaukee, WI, US
Jerry Jordan	23	S		6' 0.0"	176	Oct 26, 1914
Gordon Kellar	--					Unknown
Gordon Loken	19	L		5' 9.0"	155	1919
Grover Miller	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	1917
S. Miller	--					Unknown
Russell Needham	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	210	1917
Travis Padgett	21	R		6' 0.0"	190	1917
Winfred Pepper	--					Unknown
Neal Rabe	33	R		5' 9.0"	160	Oct 24, 1904	Leon County, TX, US
Russell	--					Unknown
Lefty Scott	22	R	L	6' 0.0"	165	Jul 15, 1915	Roswell, NM, US
Cecil Smyly	19	L		5' 8.0"	168	1919
Dixie Swartz	21					May 16, 1917
Terrell Traweek	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	1912
Dan Twitchell	--					Unknown
Wirt Twitchell	19	R	R	6' 4.0"		1919
Douglas Vance	--					Unknown
Ward	--					Unknown
James White	--					Unknown
J. Williams	--					Unknown
Wilmot	--					Unknown

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