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" . . . The El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame will Celebrate and Honor our newest elected Class of Inductees in 2021 . . . IRON SHARPENS IRON, today's El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Trivia - Name our Honoree who was the All City and All State baseball player at Eastwood High School, bypassed a football scholarship to the University of Nebraska to sign with the California Angels . . . We wish you a Blessed, Safe, Happy and Healthy Thursday July 9, 2020 as we continue our Roll Call: Class of 1989 Honoree John Phelan who served as Commissioner for El Paso Little League, General Manager of the El Paso Texans, President of the El Paso Sports Association which revived professional baseball in 1962 and he helped get the El Paso Sun Kings admittance into the Texas League and watched the Sun Kings win the Texas League Championship their first year of play and Class of 2004 Honoree John Scanlon who umpired youth, high school, American Legion and college games . . . Our web site has over 1.762 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
