EST. 1988 . . . "From a Silver Past to a Golden Future - - We Honor Excellence" . . . Welcome to the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame web site as we continue from a Silver Past into our 31st Year of Existence . . . Our web site has over 1.325 Million views and we thank you . . . For Thursday October 18, 2018 we continue our El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame "Top 10" Honorees Roll Call: Class of 2016 Honoree Victor Maldonado who was the MVP for his Irvin High School Baseball team, umpired National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), Independent Professional Baseball for the American Association League, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), NCAA Division I and Division III play and in 2016 he was designated as a standby Umpire for the El Paso Chihuahuas in AAA Pacific Coast play and El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Inaugural Class of 1988 Honoree William C. “Nemo” Herrera who coached Bowie High School to El Paso’s first High School State Baseball Championship in 1949, named to Texas High School Coaches Hall of Honor and 4 different Halls of Fame . . . "Thank You" for your continued support!
Leo Caraveo
President
Robert “Bob” Aguirre
Vice President
Raul Real y Vasquez
Treasurer
Dana Eisenga
Secretary
Pete Leyva
Inducted in 2016
Played during the “Roaring 20’s”
Military play in league compiled of all the Major Leaguers who were serving during the War
Started play in El Paso in the Copper League, City League, El Paso Army League, Harry Mitchell Baseball League and Cervezeria Juarez Baseball Club
Star Pitcher for El Paso baseball team
One of his notable games was a 16-inning complete game 1-0 victory over fellow Hall of Fame Honoree Manny Ponsford
Played in Army-Navy All Star game at the Polo Grounds
Because of his skill as a Pitcher was often selected by travel teams to play in high money games
In the mid-1940’s, he became an investor in the El Paso professional baseball club
Served as player, coach, umpire, sponsor and President of the El Paso Texans
