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
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
