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 was 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 . . . We wish you a Blessed, Safe, Happy and Healthy Friday June 5, 2020 as we continue our Roll Call: Class of 2011 Honoree Daniel “Danny” Perez the 4X All-City, High School City MVP for Hanks High School, All Conference for Oklahoma State University, drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers after high school and college and he made his first major league start against the New York Yankees and Class of 2001 Honoree Danny Blanco the 2X All District player for Ysleta High School, at Texas Western/UTEP had career college batting average over .300, played Semi-Pro and never hit below .400 earning multiple All Star and MVP honors and he earned a berth on the Mexican National team. . . Our web site has over 1.729 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
Bruce Wayne Ruffin
Inducted in 2004
Voted by the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Committee to be the first recipient of the newly created, “Recognized El Paso Major Leaguer Award”
Played in the Major Leagues for twelve years with the Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers and Colorado Rockies
Starred at Hanks High School under the guidance of Head Coach and El Paso Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Williams
Earned multiple All District recognition
Lead Hanks to 1982 District Championship
Teammate of Roger Clemens when the University of Texas Longhorns won the College Baseball National Championship in 1983
All Conference Selection in college
Began his professional Major League career in 1986 with the Philadelphia Phillies and was runner-up in the National League Rookie of the Year voting because of a splendid 9-4 record and a 2.46 ERA
He had a 12 year professional career in the Major Leagues with the Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers and the Colorado Rockies
He was a starting member of the first Colorado Rockies team in 1993
He earned 63 saves, won 60 games and pitched in 469 Major League games
He logged 1268 innings of work and had 3 shutouts
Shares the Major League record for most strikeouts in one inning with 4
Won Major League Baseball “Rolaids Relief” Award for best relief pitcher in 1996 when he earned 24 saves for the Colorado Rockies
