EST. 1988 . . . This Week the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame offers our gratitude and a grateful salute to our Veterans and all the Women and Men who currently serve in our Military - We Will Never Forget . . . "From a Silver Past to a Golden Future - - We Honor Excellence" . . . Welcome to the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame web site as we continue from a Silver Past into our 31st Year of Existence . . . Our web site has over 1.347 Million views and we thank you . . . For Saturday November 17, 2018 we continue our El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame "Elite 11" Honorees Roll Call: Class of 2014 Honoree Jerry Antwine the star player at Carlsbad New Mexico High School, played at Sul Ross State University, Head Baseball Coach at Andress High School leading the Eagles to 1 Bi-District and 3 District titles and Class of 2015 Honoree Jerry Valdez the 3X All District player at Socorro High School, Collegiate All Conference Player at Cochise Junior College, Ft. Hays State single season record holder for RBI, Doubles, Total Bases set in 1997, 2011 Ft. Hays State University Hall of Fame Inductee, drafted by Philadelphia Phillies in 1997 and played 5 years in organization reaching Triple A play . . . "Thank You" for your continued support!
Leo Caraveo
President
Robert “Bob” Aguirre
Vice President
Raul Real y Vasquez
Treasurer
Dana Eisenga
Secretary
Andrew “Andy” Cohen
Inducted in Original Class of El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988
Designated as First Member to be inducted in El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame
Andy played for El Paso High School and lettered in football, basketball and baseball
Member of El Paso High School State Championship basketball team
He played baseball, basketball and football at the University of Alabama
After college he signed with Waco in the Texas League and the New York Giants bought his contract after playing against him in 1926
Signed in 1927 and played Major League baseball for the New York Giants for 3 years as a second baseman replacing Rogers Hornsby
Played professional minor league baseball for 10 years
Managed in the minor leagues
Managed the Philadelphia Phillie for one day winning the season opener 5-4 in 10 innings
Cohen coached Texas Western College and the University of Texas at El Paso for 17 years
Instrumental in launching many young men to finish school and careers in baseball
Cohen Stadium is named in tribute to his and brother Syd’s contribution to baseball in El Paso
First man to be inducted into the El Paso Hall of Fame
