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" . . . Nominations for the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2020 are closing soon, 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 1.653 Million views and we thank you . . . For Friday the 21st day of February 2020 we continue our El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame "Alphabet" Roll Call with our Honorees whose first name begins with the letter T: El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Son/Father/Nephew Trio Member and Class of 2015 Honoree Taylor Paul; El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Media Director and Class of 2008 Honoree Thomas “Joe Fan” Ciaburri; Class of 1997 Honoree Thomas H. Rush; El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Past President and Hall of Fame Silver Anniversary Class of 2012 Honoree Thomas J. “Tommy" Carrillo; Class of 2007 Honoree Toby Tovar; Class of 1996 Honoree Tomas “El Tomiski” Arciniega; Class of 1996 Honoree Tommy Zubiate and Class of 2000 Honoree Trini Guillen . . . "Thank You" for your continued support!
Robert “Bob” Aguirre
President
Raul Real y Vasquez
Vice President
Dana Eisenga
Secretary
Gilbert De La Rosa
Treasurer
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
