CUSHING'S MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM

Ballpark watch League Histories Southwestern League
(also known as the Oklahoma State League in 1904).
Class D: 1904, 1921, 1924-1926
Class C: 1922-1923

Cushing Oilers, 1921
Cushing Refiners, 1923, 24,25

In 1922 veteran outfielder Ned Pettigrew piloted Cushing in the Oklahoma State League. It was there that he discovered a young left-hander named Carl Hubbell, who was born in Carthage, Mo. When Pettigrew took over the reins of the Oklahoma City (Western League) club in 1925, he brought Hubbell with him. Later that year Detroit purchased Hubbell. He went back to the minors in 1926, returning to the majors to start his Hall-of-Fame career with the NY Giants in 1928. "King Carl" Hubbell started his baseball career in Cushing OK and spent 16 years with the Giants. http://www.mrbaseball.com/CarlHubbell.php

Carl Hubbell played with the Cushing Refiners of the class-D Oklahoma
State League during the latter part of 1923 and the first part of 1924

Elon "Chief" Hogsett (Decatur, 1927 and Evansville, 1928): A fixture in Detroit's bullpen during the 1934 and 1935 pennant seasons. In his early twenties, Hogsett pitched for the Cushing (Oklahoma) Refiners of the Class D Southwestern League. http://www.three-eye.com/playersH.htm

Dale Deering Jan. 19, 1918 - May 30, 2002 of Cushing,
played several years for the Cushing Oilers, a local minor league team, where
his pitching expertise led them to a championship.