EST. 1988 . . . #EL PASO STRONG - Strength in Faith, Strength of Character . . . Welcome to the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame web site as we continue from a Silver Past into our 33rd Year of Existence . . . "From a Silver Past to a Golden Future - - We Honor Excellence" . . . The El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Board of Directors will meet Wednesday Feb. 5 @ 5:30 PM at the Wyndham Hotel Conference Center . . . Nominations for the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2020 are now Open, Hit the Picture with the Batter at Home Plate titled "Now Accepting Nominations for 2020" to download information and Nomination Forms - Deadline for Submission is Wednesday March 11, 2020 by 4 PM MST . . . Our web site has over 1.636 Million views and we thank you . . . For Monday the 27th day of January 2020 we continue our "Class" Roll Call with our twenty seventh Class of Honorees in 2014: Jerry Antwine, John Carpenter, David Del Toro, Kevin Ham and Joe "Sonny" Parra . . . "Thank You" for your continued support!
Robert “Bob” Aguirre
President
Raul Real y Vasquez
Vice President
Dana Eisenga
Secretary
Gilbert De La Rosa
Treasurer
Alex Villalobos Jr.
Inducted in 1993
Started his baseball career at the age of 16 in 1944 playing for Fabens High School
Finished his high school career playing for San Fernando California where he was voted Most Valuable Player hitting .398
In 1947 he returned to El Paso and played Semi-Pro for Clint
A two year military stint with the United States Army saw him receive the Purple Heart and two Battle Stars interrupted his baseball journey
Played for Fabens baseball team from 1953-1959
Gave the team its name the “Fabens Merchants” and brought the team into the Lower Valley League
Became Manager of the team in 1960 and won 6 league championships and never finishing worse than second in the league
Recognized as “Mr. Baseball” by the President of the Lower Valley League
