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" . . . The El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame will Celebrate and Honor our newest elected Class of Inductees in 2021 . . . IRON SHARPENS IRON, today's El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Trivia - Name our Honoree who started playing in 1925, pitched for Andy Cohen and the El Paso Texans in the Mexican League, struck out Major Leaguers pitching exhibition games against the the Chicago Cubs and the New York Yankees and in 1955 he brought the Babe Ruth League to El Paso . . . We wish you a Blessed, Safe, Happy and Healthy Saturday June 6, 2020 as we continue our Roll Call: Class of 2016 Darrin Glenn the All District and All City selection for Hanks High School, drafted by the Cincinnati Reds, All Conference at University of New Orleans, All Southwest Conference at Texas Tech University, played Class A, AA and AAA with San Francisco Giants organization and appeared in 2 major baseball movies Little Big League and The Rookie . . . Our web site has over 1.730 Million views and we Thank You for your continued support
Robert “Bob” Aguirre
President
Raul Real y Vasquez
Vice President
Dana Eisenga
Secretary
Gilbert De La Rosa
Treasurer
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
