EST. 1988 . . . #El Paso Strong - Strength in Faith, Strength of Character . . . The El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Board of Directors will hold their final 2019 Meeting this Wednesday August 28 at 5:30 PM @ the Wyndham Hotel Conference Center . . . 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 1.534 Million views and we thank you . . . For Sunday the 25th day of August 2019 we continue our "Exceptional 8 Roll Call" featuring 8 members at a time on our scrolling marquee: Class of 2013 Honoree Alonso Beltran the City "Player of the Year" for Socorro High School, All Conference selection at New Mexico Junior College, drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers and the Toronto Blue Jays, also pitched for the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates organizations and the Mexican Olympic Team; Class of 2009 Honoree Alton Lawrence “Larry” Stelley the All District and All State cleanup hitter for the 1965 Austin High School Panthers Final Four State Semi-Finalist and played and earned “Wally Moon Award” at Texas A & M University and Class of 1998 Honoree Andre C. Rabouin who pitched at Andress High School and Pan American University, drafted by Cincinnati Reds, also played professionally in Mexico and in the Dominican Republic . . . "Thank You" for your continued support!
Leo Caraveo
President
Robert “Bob” Aguirre
Vice President
Raul Real y Vasquez
Treasurer
Dana Eisenga
Secretary
Gustavo M. “Tavo” Garcia
Inducted in 1998
Born in 1917, started playing baseball at the age of 12 and played in El Paso for 45 years
Played in Boyland, Commercial, International, Big Four, City and Old Pro leagues
Lifetime batting average was well over .300 and he won 6 Gold Glove Awards
Played in 17 All Star Games and was named “Most Valuable Player” in 1934, 1945 and 1952
Led the formation of the 40-60 Club for older players with his brother Nano, Ted Ibarra and Jesse Goytia
Inducted in El Paso Old Pros Hall of Fame in 1988
Forced to stop playing after suffering a heart attack while walking up to bat
South El Pasoans used a take off of “Tinkers to Evers to Chance” in referring to “Beto to Tavo to Nano” referring to the three Garcia brothers who played in the infield
Tavo played second base and his brothers Beto and Nano flanked him in the infield
