EST. 1988 . . . Welcome to the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame web site as we continue from a Silver Past into our 32nd Year of Existence . . . Nomination Deadline is April 10: Information and Nomination Forms to submit a candidate for consideration for the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2019 may be downloaded by hitting the baseball picture "Now Accepting Nominations for 2019" on our Home Page . . . "From a Silver Past to a Golden Future - - We Honor Excellence" . . . Our web site has over 1.424 Million views and we thank you . . . For Saturday the 23rd day of March, 2019 we continue our "Terrific 3 Roll Call" featuring 3 El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Honorees at a time: El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Inaugural Board of Directors and Class of 2006 Honoree Frank Porth who served the baseball community as an umpire and administrator, served as Secretary for the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame from its inception until he passed away and he has been inducted into 4 different Halls of Fame and Class of 2005 Honoree Gabriel “Gabe” Hernandez Sr. who played Semi-Pro baseball for over 50 years starting in 1929 and he coached teams with players who would later win the Texas State Championship for Bowie High School in 1949 . . . "Thank You" for your continued support!
Leo Caraveo
President
Robert “Bob” Aguirre
Vice President
Raul Real y Vasquez
Treasurer
Dana Eisenga
Secretary
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
