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Texas League sluggers chase 60 homers in 1956 season
Ken Guettler hit his sixtieth Texas League homer on August 26, 1956, breaking a season record as Frosty Kennedy also topped 60 with the Plainview Ponies. The piece recalls Clarence Kraft’s era of Fort Worth power and Kraft’s earlier major league brush and public life.
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Ken Guettler
Fort Worth
Clarence
Big Boy
Kraft
Indiana
River Rats, Merchants, Vehicles
Swamp Angels
Boston Braves
Beantown
Fort Worth Panthers
Panthers
Portsmouth
Virginia
Shreveport
Guettler
Shreveport Sports
Houston Buffs
Texas League Park
LaGrave Field
Texas
Frosty Kennedy
Plainview Ponies
Bartee Haile, P.O
Friendswood
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