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 . . . We welcome our newest Class of Inductees: Jorge Perez, Joseph Coppinger, Rick Miller, Rick Rivas and Fred Loya . . . Our April Board of Directors Meeting has been canceled . . . "From a Silver Past to a Golden Future - - We Honor Excellence" . . . For Monday March 30, 2020 our El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame continues our "Terrific 3" Roll Call: Class of 2015 Honoree Jerry Valdez the 3X All District player at Socorro High School, Collegiate All Conference Player at Cochise Junior College, Ft. Hays State single season record holder for RBI, Doubles, Total Bases set in 1997, 2011 Ft. Hays State University Hall of Fame Inductee, drafted by Philadelphia Phillies and played 5 years in organization reaching Triple AAA level . . . Our web site has over 1.678 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
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
