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
Louis Rey
Inducted in 2002
Played youth leagues in Juarez in 1937 and Los Angeles
Started playing when he was 11 years old
Enlisted in United States Army and played in Tokyo Japan in 1951 and 1952
Played in Seoul Korea in 1953
After service commitment with United States Army returned to play in 1961 with the El Paso Police for 3 seasons
Started playing again in 1969 through 1976 in the El Paso Old Timers league
At the age of 43, he played with Forti’s Forties, Galindo’s Rainbows and Montelongo Cleaners
He was named to the All Star team 7 times in the Old Timers League
He won the home run and batting title in 1973
From 1969 to 1976, he hit .313, .413, .393, .413, .547, .370, .308 and .355
His combined batting average during this span of time was .389
Resumed his playing career at age 60 and played until age 65 playing for the El Paso 40-60 Club in the Old Pro Baseball League
In 1991, at age 65 he hit 18 home runs and was named “Most Valuable Player”
In 1993 at the age of 67 he played for the Texas Mexico Astros in the 6th Annual Senior Baseball League Championships in Arizona
