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
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
