EST. 1988 . . . Congratulations to our El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2018: Dwayne Aboud, George Arrieta, Carlos Licon, Bryan Tambone and Larry Vucan . . . For Ticket information for our Sunday August 19, 2018 Banquet at the Wyndham Airport Hotel Conference Center to honor our Class of 2018 please contact Past President and Class of 1999 Honoree Larry Hernandez at (915)494-7710 . . . Welcome to the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame web site as we continue from a Silver Past to our 31st Year in existence . . . Thank You, we have received over 1.2 Million Views on our web site . . . "From a Silver Past to a Golden Future - - We Honor Excellence" . . . For Sunday June 24, 2018 we continue our El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame "Super Six" Honorees Roll Call: Class of 1991 Honoree John Bode “Bob” Osborne who started his career in the sandlots of El Paso but his skills moved him into the majors as a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals and Class of 2017 Honoree John Cazares the All District and All City second baseman for Ysleta High School in 1977, played at Hill Junior College in 1978 and 1979, started as short stop for UTEP in 1980 hitting .377 and set a team record for hitting doubles in 8 consecutive games, Umpired from 1976-1983, Assistant Baseball Coach and later named Head Baseball Coach at Eastwood High School and he was succeeded by 3 former players as Head Baseball Coach at Eastwood High School . . . "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
