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" . . . Nominations for the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2020 will close in 15 days, Hit the Picture with the Batter at Home Plate titled "Now Accepting Nominations for 2020" to download information and Nomination Forms - Deadline for Submission is Wednesday March 11, 2020 by 4 PM MST . . . "Happy Birthday" to El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Past President and Silver Anniversary Class of 2012 Thomas J. "Tom" Carrillo on Monday February 24 and he threw out the First Pitch on Monday prior to the first night game in the history of Montwood High School Baseball . . . Our web site has over 1.655 Million views and we thank you . . . For Tuesday the 25th day of February 2020 we continue our El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame "Alphabet" Roll Call with our Honorees whose first name begins with the letter X: Currently our El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame does not have an Honoree whose first name begins with the letter X . . . "Thank You" for your continued support!
Robert “Bob” Aguirre
President
Raul Real y Vasquez
Vice President
Dana Eisenga
Secretary
Gilbert De La Rosa
Treasurer
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
