EST. 1988 . . . #El Paso Strong - 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" . . . Thank you to Class of 2008 Tom "Joe Fan" Ciaburri for videos of the Class of 2019 First Pitch event . . . Thank you to Class of 2006 Honoree Raul Real y Vasquez and Fred Loya Insurance for pictures of our 2019 Meet and Greet and Banquet . . . Our web site has over 1.528 Million views and we thank you . . . For Saturday the 17th day of August 2019 we continue our "Exceptional 8 Roll Call" featuring 8 members at a time on our scrolling marquee: El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Past President and Class of 1990 Honoree Robert “Bob” Osborne who coached Burges High School to a spot in the 1983 Texas High School Final 4 State Semi-Finals and he has been inducted into 3 different Halls of Fame including the Texas High School Baseball Hall of Fame; Class of 1992 Honoree Rosendo “Chendo” Cedillo the feared hitter and successful manager in his 50-year career with baseball and he is credited with starting the baseball program at Ysleta High School and Class of 2000 Honoree Roy Franklin Lewis who was a star player and coached at Sul Ross State University and MVP with the powerful Alpine Cowboys Semi-Pro team . . . "Thank You" for your continued support!
Leo Caraveo
President
Robert “Bob” Aguirre
Vice President
Raul Real y Vasquez
Treasurer
Dana Eisenga
Secretary
Manny Ponsford
Inducted in 1995
Great all-around athlete as a teenager and played on championship teams in football, basketball and baseball
Won the YMCA International Hexathlon Championship for boys 18 and under
Recognized as one of the University of Texas’ Greatest Athletes
Member of the Texas Longhorn Hall of Honor Council
Lettered in basketball and baseball at the University of Texas
Named All Southwest Conference as a Pitcher in 1924 pitching on a championship squad which went 29-1
His most memorable performance was against Ted Lyons who later became an all-time Chicago White Sox pitcher
He and Lyons who was pitching for Baylor University at the time matched up for twelve innings with Ponsford and the Horns prevailing 4-3
That season he won 12 games without a defeat
Declined the opportunity to turn pro but maintained a high profile in El Paso pitching Semi-Pro baseball and softball
