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
Enrique “Kiki” Melendez
Inducted in 1993
Spent over 40 years in baseball playing 10 years for Leo Forti in Semi-Pro league and 30 years in City, Lower Valley, Interstate, Upper Valley and 40-60 leagues
In the 1940’s, he hit over .350 playing second and third base
From 1945-1955, he was Most Valuable Player and Most Outstanding Award Winner 7 seasons
Selected to All Star Team 19 times during his career
Won 8 batting titles
Named “Top Pitcher” 12 different seasons
Declined opportunity to turn Professional for the Texas Rangers and the El Paso Texans because pay did not match that of his regular job
Achieved a 90% winning percentage over his 40 year baseball journey
His Sons Jimmy and Danny followed their father’s footsteps into the Semi-Pro leagues under Leo Forti
One of his Sons, Jimmy is a El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee and successful coach at Riverside High School
