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
Paul Divis
Inducted in 2005
Hall of Fame Son/Father duo honoree
Played youth baseball overseas in Germany
Practiced and played against the Little League World Champions from Taipei, Taiwan
Lettered all four years of high school playing at two different schools
He starred for Eastwood High School playing three years and being selected to the All District team twice in his junior and senior years
In 1977, along with Sergio Cervantes of Burges High School was one of the first El Paso players selected to the Texas High School All Star team
After high school he was offered a free agent contract by the California Angels to play for their “A” team in Idaho Falls Idaho
Received baseball scholarship to the United States Military Academy at West Point where he was a four year letterman
All Conference selection in 1979, 1980 and 1981
By the time he graduated in 1981, he held 4 career and 5 single season individual records
He set single season records for hits, doubles, & highest batting average for Army baseball program
In his senior year at West Point, he was co-captain of the team
Received the Red Reeder award for “Outstanding Baseball Player” his senior year
Selected to play in Yankee Stadium representing the New York College All Stars
Following graduation, he was commissioned as an officer and served in the United States Army for over 7 years as a Blackhawk helicopter pilot
His father Joe Divis is also a member of the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame
