Baseball in Hobbs
| This
Hobbs team is shown on July 4, 1929. Back row,
left-to-right: Bradford, George Cook, "Boy Howdy",
Blakley, Letsinger, A.J. Rhodes. Kneeling,
left-to-right: McAtee, Brooks, Letsinger, Batboy-Ben
Cook, Jr., Levi Harris, Ben Cook, Sr. |
| Hobbs
had
several baseball teams in various leagues throughout the
years. |
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| Year |
League |
Team Name |
W |
L |
PCT |
GB |
Managers |
| 1937 |
West Texas-New Mexico League |
Hobbs Drillers |
45 |
74 |
.378 |
23.5 |
Ned Pettigrew / Fat Withers |
| 1937 |
West Texas-New Mexico League |
Hobbs Boosters |
48 |
82 |
.369 |
32.5 |
Neal Rabe |
| 1955 |
Longhorn League |
Hobbs Sports |
62 |
77 |
.446 |
22.5 |
Pat Stasey |
| 1956 |
Southwestern League (Class B) |
Hobbs Sports Affiliation: Washington Senators |
90 |
52 |
.634 |
0 |
Pat Stasey |
| 1957 |
Southwestern League (Class B) |
Hobbs Sports |
73 |
52 |
.584 |
0 |
Thurman Tucker |
| 1958 |
Sophomore League (Class D) |
Hobbs Cardinals Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals |
59 |
61 |
.492 |
4 |
Wayne Wallace |
| 1959 |
Sophomore League (Class D) |
Hobbs Cardinals Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals |
70 |
54 |
.565 |
1 |
Thurman Tucker |
| 1960 |
Sophomore League (Class D) |
Hobbs Pirates Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates |
70 |
58 |
.587 |
6 |
Al Kubski |
| 1961 |
Sophomore League (Class D) |
Hobbs Pirates Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates |
77 |
48 |
.616 |
0 |
Al Kubski |
Charter Inductees to the
Lea County Museum's
Lea County Athletic Hall of Fame
are:
Ralph "Slatz" Baggett
Ross Black
Bill Bridges
Dale "Tuffy" Cooper
Ralph Tasker
Brian Urlacher
Kathy Whitworth
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