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League</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Southwestern_League" title="Southwestern League">Southwestern League</a> (1956–1957)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Classification</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Class_D_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Class D (baseball)">Class D</a> (1958–1961)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Sport</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">Minor League Baseball</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">First season</th><td class="infobox-data">1958</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Ceased</th><td class="infobox-data">1961</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">President</th><td class="infobox-data">Grady Terry (1958–1960)<br /> C.F. Montgomery (1960–1961)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">No. of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">12</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">United States of America</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Most titles</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>2</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Hobbs_Pirates" title="Hobbs Pirates">Hobbs Pirates</a> (1960–1961)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Sophomore League</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Class_D_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Class D (baseball)">Class D</a> level <a href="/wiki/Minor_league_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor league baseball">minor league baseball</a> league that operated from <a href="/wiki/1958_in_sports" title="1958 in sports">1958</a> through <a href="/wiki/1961_in_sports" title="1961 in sports">1961</a>. League franchises were located in <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a> and <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>. The league evolved from the <a href="/wiki/Southwestern_League" title="Southwestern League">Southwestern League</a>, which played in 1956 and 1957. The name change was part of a systemic change. The circuit went from being one with almost no ties to <a href="/wiki/Major_league_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Major league baseball">major league baseball</a> to a league where every team was a minor league affiliate of a major league team.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sophomore_League&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Sophomore League formed in 1958 as a six–team league, evolving from the Southwestern League. The Class D level Sophomore League began play on April 28, 1958, with the <a href="/wiki/Artesia_Giants" class="mw-redirect" title="Artesia Giants">Artesia Giants</a> (<a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> affiliate), <a href="/wiki/Carlsbad_Potashers" title="Carlsbad Potashers">Carlsbad Potashers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>), <a href="/wiki/Hobbs_Cardinals" class="mw-redirect" title="Hobbs Cardinals">Hobbs Cardinals</a> (<a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>), <a href="/wiki/Midland_Braves" class="mw-redirect" title="Midland Braves">Midland Braves</a> (<a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">Milwaukee Braves</a>), <a href="/wiki/Plainview_Athletics" title="Plainview Athletics">Plainview Athletics</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Angelo_Pirates" class="mw-redirect" title="San Angelo Pirates">San Angelo Pirates</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>) as charter members.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Midland_Braves" class="mw-redirect" title="Midland Braves">Midland Braves</a> won the Sophomore League championship in 1958, managed in part by <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a> member <a href="/wiki/Travis_Jackson" title="Travis Jackson">Travis Jackson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Sophomore League expanded to eight teams in 1959, adding the <a href="/wiki/Alpine_Cowboys" title="Alpine Cowboys">Alpine Cowboys</a> (<a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> affiliate) and <a href="/wiki/Odessa_Dodgers" title="Odessa Dodgers">Odessa Dodgers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 9, 1959, the San Angelo Pirates moved to <a href="/wiki/Roswell,_New_Mexico" title="Roswell, New Mexico">Roswell, New Mexico</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Roswell_Pirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Roswell Pirates">Roswell Pirates</a> finished the season in Roswell. The San Angelo/Roswell Pirates finished 48–77 overall and in last place. The franchise folded after the season.<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Alpine Cowboys won the 1959 Sophomore League championship.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baseball Hall of Fame member <a href="/wiki/Willie_Stargell" title="Willie Stargell">Willie Stargell</a> played in the Sophomore League in 1959 for the <a href="/wiki/San_Angelo_Pirates" class="mw-redirect" title="San Angelo Pirates">San Angelo Pirates</a>/<a href="/wiki/Roswell_Pirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Roswell Pirates">Roswell Pirates</a>, his first professional season. Stargell spoke of the difficulties he faced in playing in the league, with the region still having segregated restaurants and hotels. Stargell was threatened at gunpoint on one road trip.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At age 19, Stargell hit .275 with 7 home runs and 87 RBI.<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As reported in <b><a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News" title="The Sporting News">The Sporting News</a></b>, Carlsbad Potashers player Gil Carter hit a home run in 1959 that was noteworthy due to its distance. "On a hot August night in 1959, former heavyweight boxer Gil Carter smashed a pitch through Carlsbad's high-elevated air and out of Montgomery Field. The ball carried over the left field wall, soared past two city streets and landed in a peach tree. A newspaper reporter later took an aerial photo from a plane and used the picture to estimate the ball traveled 733 feet. Carter's hometown paper, The Topeka Capital-Journal, said "the blast is considered the longest home run in baseball history."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The official scorer estimated the home run to have traveled 650 feet. However, aerial photographs measurements put the distance at 700–733 feet, which would make it the longest home run ever hit in professional baseball.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ball itself was signed by Carter and he notes the distance of 733 feet.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Hobbs Pirates won the last two Sophomore League championships in 1960 and 1961.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-encyc_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encyc-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Sophomore League presidents were Grady Terry, from 1958 to 1960 and C.F. Montgomery in 1960 and 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cities_represented">Cities represented</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sophomore_League&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cities represented"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albuquerque,_NM" class="mw-redirect" title="Albuquerque, NM">Albuquerque, NM</a>: <a href="/wiki/Albuquerque_Dukes" title="Albuquerque Dukes">Albuquerque Dukes</a> 1960–1961</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpine,_TX" class="mw-redirect" title="Alpine, TX">Alpine, TX</a>: <a href="/wiki/Alpine_Cowboys" title="Alpine Cowboys">Alpine Cowboys</a> 1959–1961</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artesia,_NM" class="mw-redirect" title="Artesia, NM">Artesia, NM</a>: <a href="/wiki/Artesia_Giants" class="mw-redirect" title="Artesia Giants">Artesia Giants</a> 1958–1960; <a href="/wiki/Artesia_Dodgers" title="Artesia Dodgers">Artesia Dodgers</a> 1961</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlsbad,_NM" class="mw-redirect" title="Carlsbad, NM">Carlsbad, NM</a>: <a href="/wiki/Carlsbad_Potashers" title="Carlsbad Potashers">Carlsbad Potashers</a> 1958–1961</li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Paso,_TX" class="mw-redirect" title="El Paso, TX">El Paso, TX</a>: <a href="/wiki/El_Paso_Sun_Kings" class="mw-redirect" title="El Paso Sun Kings">El Paso Sun Kings</a> 1961</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hobbs,_NM" class="mw-redirect" title="Hobbs, NM">Hobbs, NM</a>: <a href="/wiki/Hobbs_Cardinals" class="mw-redirect" title="Hobbs Cardinals">Hobbs Cardinals</a> 1958–1959; <a href="/wiki/Hobbs_Pirates" title="Hobbs Pirates">Hobbs Pirates</a> 1960–1961</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland,_TX" class="mw-redirect" title="Midland, TX">Midland, TX</a>: <a href="/wiki/Midland_Braves" class="mw-redirect" title="Midland Braves">Midland Braves</a> 1958–1959</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odessa,_TX" class="mw-redirect" title="Odessa, TX">Odessa, TX</a> : <a href="/wiki/Odessa_Dodgers" title="Odessa Dodgers">Odessa Dodgers</a> 1959–1960</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plainview,_TX" class="mw-redirect" title="Plainview, TX">Plainview, TX</a>: <a href="/wiki/Plainview_Athletics" title="Plainview Athletics">Plainview Athletics</a> 1958–1959</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roswell,_NM" class="mw-redirect" title="Roswell, NM">Roswell, NM</a>: <a href="/wiki/Roswell_Pirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Roswell Pirates">Roswell Pirates</a> 1959</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Angelo,_TX" class="mw-redirect" title="San Angelo, TX">San Angelo, TX</a>: <a href="/wiki/San_Angelo_Pirates" class="mw-redirect" title="San Angelo Pirates">San Angelo Pirates</a> 1958–1959</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Yearly_standings">Yearly standings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sophomore_League&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Yearly standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>1958 Sophomore League</b><br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61009904/1958-sophomore-league-schedule/">schedule</a> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Team standings</th> <th>W</th> <th>L</th> <th>PCT</th> <th>GB</th> <th>Managers </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><b>East Standings</b> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Midland_Braves" class="mw-redirect" title="Midland Braves">Midland Braves</a></td> <td>72</td> <td>48</td> <td>.600</td> <td>–</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Travis_Jackson" title="Travis Jackson">Travis Jackson</a> /<br /> Earl Halstead / <a href="/wiki/Ernie_White" title="Ernie White">Ernie White</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Angelo_Pirates" class="mw-redirect" title="San Angelo Pirates">San Angelo Pirates</a></td> <td>61</td> <td>59</td> <td>.508</td> <td>11.0</td> <td>Al Kubski </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Plainview_Athletics" title="Plainview Athletics">Plainview Athletics</a></td> <td>50</td> <td>70</td> <td>.417</td> <td>22.0</td> <td>Vincent Plumbo </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><b>West Standings</b> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Artesia_Giants" class="mw-redirect" title="Artesia Giants">Artesia Giants</a></td> <td>63</td> <td>57</td> <td>.525</td> <td>–</td> <td>Jodie Phipps </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Hobbs_Cardinals" class="mw-redirect" title="Hobbs Cardinals">Hobbs Cardinals</a></td> <td>59</td> <td>61</td> <td>.492</td> <td>4.0</td> <td>Wayne Wallace </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlsbad_Potashers" title="Carlsbad Potashers">Carlsbad Potashers</a></td> <td>55</td> <td>65</td> <td>.458</td> <td>8.0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_York" title="Tony York">Tony York</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table><p><b>Playoff:</b> Midland 3 games, Artesia 1 <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><table class="wikitable"> <caption><b>Player statistics</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Player</th> <th>Team</th> <th>Stat</th> <th>Tot</th> <th></th> <th>Player</th> <th>Team</th> <th>Stat</th> <th>Tot </th></tr> <tr> <td>Jim Smith</td> <td>Hobbs</td> <td>BA</td> <td>.372</td> <td></td> <td>John Ahrens</td> <td>Hobbs</td> <td>W</td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Duncan Campbell <br /> Gary Krupsky</td> <td>San Angelo<br />Artesia</td> <td>Runs</td> <td>116</td> <td></td> <td>Ervin Moore</td> <td>Plainview</td> <td>SO</td> <td>175 </td></tr> <tr> <td>James McClain</td> <td>Artesia</td> <td>Hits</td> <td>161</td> <td></td> <td>Les Bass</td> <td>Midland</td> <td>ERA</td> <td>3.47 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Craig Sorenson</td> <td>Carlsbad</td> <td>RBI</td> <td>114</td> <td></td> <td>Les Bass</td> <td>Midland</td> <td>Pct</td> <td>.889; 16–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kenneth Clark</td> <td>Hobbs</td> <td>HR</td> <td>27 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>1959 Sophomore League</b><br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61010034/1959-sophomore-league-schedule/">schedule</a> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Team standings</th> <th>W</th> <th>L</th> <th>PCT</th> <th>GB</th> <th>Managers </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><b>North Standings</b> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlsbad_Potashers" title="Carlsbad Potashers">Carlsbad Potashers</a></td> <td>72</td> <td>54</td> <td>.571</td> <td>–</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walt_Dixon" title="Walt Dixon">Walt Dixon</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Hobbs_Cardinals" class="mw-redirect" title="Hobbs Cardinals">Hobbs Cardinals</a></td> <td>70</td> <td>54</td> <td>.565</td> <td>1.0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thurman_Tucker" title="Thurman Tucker">Thurman Tucker</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Plainview_Athletics" title="Plainview Athletics">Plainview Athletics</a></td> <td>60</td> <td>65</td> <td>.480</td> <td>11.5</td> <td>Bobby Hofman </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Artesia_Giants" class="mw-redirect" title="Artesia Giants">Artesia Giants</a></td> <td>50</td> <td>75</td> <td>.400</td> <td>21.5</td> <td>Jodie Phipps </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><b>South Standings</b> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Alpine_Cowboys" title="Alpine Cowboys">Alpine Cowboys</a></td> <td>88</td> <td>34</td> <td>.721</td> <td>–</td> <td>Eddie Popowski </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Midland_Braves" class="mw-redirect" title="Midland Braves">Midland Braves</a></td> <td>56</td> <td>70</td> <td>.444</td> <td>34.0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Brown_(baseball)" title="Jimmy Brown (baseball)">Jimmy Brown</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Odessa_Dodgers" title="Odessa Dodgers">Odessa Dodgers</a></td> <td>54</td> <td>69</td> <td>.439</td> <td>34.5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roy_Hartsfield" title="Roy Hartsfield">Roy Hartsfield</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Angelo_Pirates" class="mw-redirect" title="San Angelo Pirates">San Angelo Pirates</a> / <br /><a href="/wiki/Roswell_Pirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Roswell Pirates">Roswell Pirates</a></td> <td>48</td> <td>77</td> <td>.384</td> <td>41.5</td> <td>Al Kubski /<br /> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Bauman" title="Joe Bauman">Joe Bauman</a> / Walter Millies </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Playoffs:</b> Alpine 2 games, Hobbs 0; Carlsbad 2 games, Midland 0. <br /><b>Finals:</b> Alpine 2 games, Carlsbad 0.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><table class="wikitable"> <caption><b>Player statistics</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Player</th> <th>Team</th> <th>Stat</th> <th>Tot</th> <th></th> <th>Player</th> <th>Team</th> <th>Stat</th> <th>Tot </th></tr> <tr> <td>Emiliano Telleria</td> <td>San Angelo/Roswell</td> <td>BA</td> <td>.358</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Schwall" title="Don Schwall">Don Schwall</a></td> <td>Alpine</td> <td>W</td> <td>23 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bob Stotsky</td> <td>Alpine</td> <td>Runs</td> <td>132</td> <td></td> <td>Terry Barber</td> <td>Odessa</td> <td>SO</td> <td>214 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bob Stotsky</td> <td>Alpine</td> <td>Hits</td> <td>156</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Warner_(pitcher)" title="Jack Warner (pitcher)">Jack Warner</a></td> <td>Carlsbad</td> <td>ERA</td> <td>2.41 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bob Carruthers</td> <td>Plainview</td> <td>RBI</td> <td>119</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Warner_(pitcher)" title="Jack Warner (pitcher)">Jack Warner</a></td> <td>Carlsbad</td> <td>Pct</td> <td>.812; 13–3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Gil Carter</td> <td>Carlsbad</td> <td>HR</td> <td>34 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>1960 Sophomore League</b><br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61010149/1960-sophomore-league-schedule/">schedule</a> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Team standings</th> <th>W</th> <th>L</th> <th>PCT</th> <th>GB</th> <th>Managers </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Alpine_Cowboys" title="Alpine Cowboys">Alpine Cowboys</a></td> <td>76</td> <td>52</td> <td>.594</td> <td>–</td> <td>Dick Kinaman </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Hobbs_Pirates" title="Hobbs Pirates">Hobbs Pirates</a></td> <td>70</td> <td>58</td> <td>.547</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>Al Kubski </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlsbad_Potashers" title="Carlsbad Potashers">Carlsbad Potashers</a></td> <td>66</td> <td>64</td> <td>.508</td> <td>11.0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Verlon_Walker" title="Verlon Walker">Verlon Walker</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Artesia_Giants" class="mw-redirect" title="Artesia Giants">Artesia Giants</a></td> <td>62</td> <td>68</td> <td>.477</td> <td>15.0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Genovese" title="George Genovese">George Genovese</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Albuquerque_Dukes" title="Albuquerque Dukes">Albuquerque Dukes</a></td> <td>57</td> <td>72</td> <td>.442</td> <td>19.5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bert_Thiel" title="Bert Thiel">Bert Thiel</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Odessa_Dodgers" title="Odessa Dodgers">Odessa Dodgers</a></td> <td>57</td> <td>74</td> <td>.435</td> <td>20.5</td> <td>Edward Serrano </td></tr> </tbody></table><p> Alpine won the 1st half. Hobbs won the 2nd half.<br /><b>Playoff:</b> Hobbs 2 games, Alpine 1.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><table class="wikitable"> <caption><b>Player statistics</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Player</th> <th>Team</th> <th>Stat</th> <th>Tot</th> <th></th> <th>Player</th> <th>Team</th> <th>Stat</th> <th>Tot </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gil_Garrido" title="Gil Garrido">Gil Garrido</a></td> <td>Artesia</td> <td>BA</td> <td>.362</td> <td></td> <td>Ken Whitmore</td> <td>Hobbs</td> <td>W</td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Pena" class="mw-redirect" title="Roberto Pena">Roberto Pena</a></td> <td>Hobbs</td> <td>Runs</td> <td>121</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Santiago_(1960s_pitcher)" title="José Santiago (1960s pitcher)">Jose Santiago</a></td> <td>Albuquerque</td> <td>SO</td> <td>217 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jesus_Alou" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Alou">Jesus Alou</a></td> <td>Artesia</td> <td>Hits</td> <td>188</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Santiago_(1960s_pitcher)" title="José Santiago (1960s pitcher)">Jose Santiago</a></td> <td>Albuquerque</td> <td>ERA</td> <td>3.30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dick McLaughlin</td> <td>Odessa</td> <td>RBI</td> <td>109</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Bork" title="Frank Bork">Frank Bork</a></td> <td>Hobbs</td> <td>Pct</td> <td>.789; 15–4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lewis Bishop</td> <td>Carlsbad</td> <td>HR</td> <td>23 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>1961 Sophomore League</b><br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61010281/1961-sophomore-league-schedule/">schedule</a> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Team standings</th> <th>W</th> <th>L</th> <th>PCT</th> <th>GB</th> <th>Managers </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Hobbs_Pirates" title="Hobbs Pirates">Hobbs Pirates</a></td> <td>77</td> <td>48</td> <td>.616</td> <td>–</td> <td>Al Kubski </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/El_Paso_Sun_Kings" class="mw-redirect" title="El Paso Sun Kings">El Paso Sun Kings</a></td> <td>73</td> <td>57</td> <td>.562</td> <td>6.5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Genovese" title="George Genovese">George Genovese</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Albuquerque_Dukes" title="Albuquerque Dukes">Albuquerque Dukes</a></td> <td>64</td> <td>63</td> <td>.504</td> <td>14.0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grady_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Grady Wilson (baseball)">Grady Wilson</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Alpine_Cowboys" title="Alpine Cowboys">Alpine Cowboys</a></td> <td>62</td> <td>63</td> <td>.496</td> <td>15.0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mel_Parnell" title="Mel Parnell">Mel Parnell</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlsbad_Potashers" title="Carlsbad Potashers">Carlsbad Potashers</a></td> <td>56</td> <td>71</td> <td>.441</td> <td>22.0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lou_Klein" title="Lou Klein">Lou Klein</a> / <a href="/wiki/Walt_Dixon" title="Walt Dixon">Walt Dixon</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Artesia_Dodgers" title="Artesia Dodgers">Artesia Dodgers</a></td> <td>48</td> <td>78</td> <td>.381</td> <td>29.5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spider_Jorgensen" title="Spider Jorgensen">Spider Jorgensen</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table><p>Hobbs won the 1st half. Albuquerque won the 2nd half.<br /><b>Playoff:</b> Hobbs 3 games, Albuquerque 0.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><table class="wikitable"> <caption><b>Player statistics</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Player</th> <th>Team</th> <th>Stat</th> <th>Tot</th> <th></th> <th>Player</th> <th>Team</th> <th>Stat</th> <th>Tot </th></tr> <tr> <td>Tommie Martz</td> <td>Hobbs</td> <td>BA</td> <td>.387</td> <td></td> <td>Jim Little</td> <td>Hobbs</td> <td>W</td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jose_Cardenal" class="mw-redirect" title="Jose Cardenal">Jose Cardenal</a></td> <td>El Paso</td> <td>Runs</td> <td>159</td> <td></td> <td>Fred Hatter</td> <td>Alpine</td> <td>SO</td> <td>201 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jose Calero</td> <td>El Paso</td> <td>Hits</td> <td>180</td> <td></td> <td>John Drysdale</td> <td>Artesia</td> <td>ERA</td> <td>3.32 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mike Maloney</td> <td>Albuquerque</td> <td>RBI</td> <td>109</td> <td></td> <td>Jim Little</td> <td>Hobbs</td> <td>Pct</td> <td>.850; 17–3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jose_Cardenal" class="mw-redirect" title="Jose Cardenal">Jose Cardenal</a></td> <td>El Paso</td> <td>HR</td> <td>35</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_alumni"><a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a> alumni</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sophomore_League&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Baseball Hall of Fame alumni"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Travis_Jackson" title="Travis Jackson">Travis Jackson</a>, MGR, 1958 <a href="/wiki/Midland_Braves" class="mw-redirect" title="Midland Braves">Midland Braves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Stargell" title="Willie Stargell">Willie Stargell</a>, 1959 <a href="/wiki/San_Angelo_Pirates" class="mw-redirect" title="San Angelo Pirates">San Angelo Pirates</a>/<a href="/wiki/Roswell_Pirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Roswell Pirates">Roswell Pirates</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sophomore_League&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>McCann, M. (n.d.). <i>Minor League Baseball History</i>. 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