EST. 1988 . . . El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2019 is formally Inducted: Michael Cox, Albert Montes, Armando Femath, Arturo Bravo and Matthew Banales . . . Welcome to the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame web site as we continue from a Silver Past into our 32nd Year of Existence . . . "From a Silver Past to a Golden Future - - We Honor Excellence" . . . Our web site has over 1.508 Million views and we thank you . . . For Thursday the 18th day of July, 2019 we continue our "Sensational 7 Roll Call" featuring 7 members at a time on our scrolling marquee: Class of 2011 Honoree Gerardo “Jerry” Cuevas who earned All City and 1-5A District MVP honors at Coronado High School and member of the 1990 Mexican Olympic team; El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Board of Directors and Class of 2010 Honoree Gilbert De La Rosa who umpired all levels of play including the WAC and Missouri Valley college conferences and chosen with honor of umpiring Texas High School State Baseball Championship Tournament 3X; El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Inaugural Class of 1988 Honoree Gonzalo “Chalo” Garcia who is recognized as the “Godfather of Canutillo”; Class of 1998 Honoree Gustavo M. “Tavo” Garcia who had a lifetime batting average well over .300 over 45 years of play; Class of 1997 Honoree H. R. Moye who was offered a contract with the Chicago Cubs in 1939 and Silver Anniversary Class of 2012 Honoree Henry Munoz who was selected 20 consecutive years to officiate Texas High School State baseball playoffs . . . "Thank You" for your continued support!
Leo Caraveo
President
Robert “Bob” Aguirre
Vice President
Raul Real y Vasquez
Treasurer
Dana Eisenga
Secretary
Bob Haynesworth
Inducted in 1995
A broken ankle in college ended his athletic career in college but channeled his energies towards nurturing baseball with his creativity
In 1950, he organized a group of people to form the first Little League Baseball Program in El Paso
He convinced the city to build Roger Brown Park on the Houston School grounds
He ushered in the first Little League park in the country to play games under the lights
He started the program with only twelve teams as its Commissioner and grew the program to over 300 teams
In the early 1960’s, he organized investors to take over and save the failing El Paso Sun Kings professional baseball club
Under his management expertise and guidance not only was the club saved but won the Texas League championship in 1962
Honored for his work by many civic organizations in El Paso
Won the Humanitarian Award from the National Council of Christians and Jews
