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: Joseph Coppinger, Rick Miller, Rick Rivas, Fred Loya and Jorge Perez . . . Our April Board of Directors Meeting has been canceled . . . "From a Silver Past to a Golden Future - - We Honor Excellence" . . . For Tuesday March 31, 2020 our El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame continues our "Terrific 3" Roll Call: Class of 2017 Honoree Jesse Munoz the 2X All District and All City High School Honoree for Burges High School, El Paso Times High School Player of the Year, El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame High School Co-Player of the Year, All Conference College Honoree, named District Coach of the Year in 4A, 5A and 6A classifications leading his teams to District and Bi-District titles and school records for District and Season wins and he earned El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame High School Coach of the Year honors 2X . . . Our web site has over 1.679 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
Jim Ochoa
Inducted in Original Hall of Fame Class of 1988
First gained recognition as a Pitcher in the American Legion League when he pitched all 18 innings of the City Championship game which his team won 1-0 in 1946
Most Valuable Player of American Legion League in 1946
Only lost 1 game during his high school career as a Pitcher
He was the first player in El Paso to sign a pro contract directly out of high school signing with the Boston Red Sox in 1949
Assigned by the Red Sox to the El Paso Texans and pitched for them until 1951 when he was called to the United States Army
Played against Gus Triandos, Dick Kokos, Dr. Bobby Brown and Don Newcombe
Returned in 1953 to the El Paso Texans and his contract was bought by the Pittsburgh Pirates who sent him to play for the AAA Mexico City Tigers
In 1955 he pitched the Mexican League Championship game against future New York Yankee Jim Bunning
He finished his pro career in 1958 playing in the Mexican League where he averaged 14 wins per season and led the league with the lowest earned run average on multiple occasions
He later played Semi-Pro pitching for the El Paso Merchants and Fast Pitch Softball in the City League
