Joe “Chito” Dominguez

Inducted in 1999
Entered Jefferson High School when it opened in September 1949
Played varsity baseball 3 years from 1949 to 1951
Member of Jefferson’s first District Championship squad in 1951
Earned All District Honors in 1951 batting .370
Turned down a scholarship at Arizona to play professionally for Bisbee-Douglas in Arizona-Texas league under Syd Cohen
Played Semi-Pro leagues in El Paso 1954-1957
Named to All Star team in 1958 when he led his Brooks Army Medical Center team in San Antonio to Army League Championship
His All Star team played against Bobby Avila’s touring Major League All Stars