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 32nd Year of Existence . . . "From a Silver Past to a Golden Future - - We Honor Excellence" . . . Nominations for the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2020 are now Open, Hit the Picture with the Batter at Home Plate titled "Now Accepting Nominations for 2020" to download information and Nomination Forms . . . Our web site has over 1.584 Million views and we thank you . . . For Wednesday the 13th day of November we continue our "Elite 11 Roll Call" on our scrolling marquee: El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Son/Father duo Member and Class of 2001 Honoree Jimmy Melendez the star player at Bell Air High School who later as the Coach for Riverside High School earned the distinction of being the winningest High School Coach in El Paso's history, named High School “Coach of the Year” multiple times and led the Rangers to the 2000 Texas High School Final 4 State Semi-Finals; Class of 1999 Honoree Joe “Chito” Dominguez who was a All District selection on Jefferson’s first District Championship squad in 1951, turned down a scholarship at Arizona to play professionally for Bisbee-Douglas in the Arizona-Texas League and Class of 2014 Honoree Joe “Sonny” Parra the hitting star at Ysleta High School who played baseball for about 38 years including play in Semi-Pro and other Leagues with a batting average always over .300 . . . "Thank You" for your continued support!
Leo Caraveo
President
Robert “Bob” Aguirre
Vice President
Raul Real y Vasquez
Treasurer
Dana Eisenga
Secretary
Larry “Moose” Stubing
Inducted in 1990
Born in Bronx New York and played football, basketball and baseball at Evander Childs High School
Named All New York City in football and basketball
Turned down a football scholarship to Penn State
Signed in 1956 with the Pittsburgh Pirates right out of high school for a bonus of $400 and $175 monthly salary to play in minor leagues as pitcher and first baseman
Played with Pirates, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals and California Angels organizations
In 1964, he batted .316, hit 32 home runs and drove in 120 runs while playing for El Paso in the Texas League
In 1966, he played in the Mexican League
In 1967, he was called out of retirement by the California Angels and was assigned to El Paso as a player-manager
He managed teams to championships in the Midwest League in 1976, California League in 1977, the Texas League in 1978 and the Pacific Coast League in 1984
Coached for the California Angels in the Major Leagues
