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 1.586 Million views and we thank you . . . For Friday the 15th day of November we continue our "Elite 11 Roll Call" on our scrolling marquee: El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Father/Son duo Member and Class of 1994 Honoree Joe Castillo whom by age 14 already had an outstanding baseball career, started playing Semi-Professional baseball at age 16, in 1951 he led Jefferson High School to a District Championship, signed by Bisbee-Douglas of the Arizona-Texas League and he later played for the Pittsburgh Pirates organization and Class of 2009 Honoree Joe Henderson who was drafted in the 5th Round by the California Angels in 1965, he had a 23-year career playing professional baseball and he earned a World Series ring with Cincinnati Reds “Big Red Machine” in 1976 . . . "Thank You" for your continued support!
Leo Caraveo
President
Robert “Bob” Aguirre
Vice President
Raul Real y Vasquez
Treasurer
Dana Eisenga
Secretary
Louis S. “Lou” Camilli
Inducted in 1993
Played for Austin High School Panthers and was named All District all four years
1965-1967, played for Texas A & M University
1965, he led the Aggies in batting average, home runs and runs batted in and team earned Freshman All Southwest Conference Championship
Named to All Star team with Rapid City Chiefs in Basin League
1966, led Aggies to Southwest Conference Co-Championship
Named to All Southwest Conference team and honored as Most Valuable Player in 1966
Named to Topps All American team as third baseman
Selected to play in Pan American Games for USA team as third baseman
1967 was selected to All Southwest Conference Team
In 1968, as a Coach he led Aggies Freshman team to Southwest Conference title with 10-0 record
Signed with Cleveland Indians
Leading hitter for Class A Reno Silver Sox with a .327 batting average in 1969
In 1970 named to All Star team for Class AA Waterbury Indians and called up to Indians in August
Leading hitter for Class AAA Wichita Aeros hitting .338 again named to All Star team and received August call up to Indians in 1971
Played for Cleveland Indians 1972-1974 and served as Player Representative his first year
Knee Injury ended his playing days
