EST. 1988 . . . El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2019 is formally Inducted: Michael Cox, Albert Montes, Armando Femath, Arturo Bravo and Matthew Banales . . . 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" . . . Our web site has over 1.508 Million views and we thank you . . . For Thursday the 18th day of July, 2019 we continue our "Sensational 7 Roll Call" featuring 7 members at a time on our scrolling marquee: Class of 2011 Honoree Gerardo “Jerry” Cuevas who earned All City and 1-5A District MVP honors at Coronado High School and member of the 1990 Mexican Olympic team; El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Board of Directors and Class of 2010 Honoree Gilbert De La Rosa who umpired all levels of play including the WAC and Missouri Valley college conferences and chosen with honor of umpiring Texas High School State Baseball Championship Tournament 3X; El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Inaugural Class of 1988 Honoree Gonzalo “Chalo” Garcia who is recognized as the “Godfather of Canutillo”; Class of 1998 Honoree Gustavo M. “Tavo” Garcia who had a lifetime batting average well over .300 over 45 years of play; Class of 1997 Honoree H. R. Moye who was offered a contract with the Chicago Cubs in 1939 and Silver Anniversary Class of 2012 Honoree Henry Munoz who was selected 20 consecutive years to officiate Texas High School State baseball playoffs . . . "Thank You" for your continued support!
Leo Caraveo
President
Robert “Bob” Aguirre
Vice President
Raul Real y Vasquez
Treasurer
Dana Eisenga
Secretary
Raul “Ruly” Medrano
Inducted in Class of 1990
Grade school star with the El Paso Optimists League
Chosen to Pony All Stars as a pitcher and beat Hobbs NM in the sub-district final
In 1956, he pitched the Seitsinger Babe Ruth Lower Valley team to a victory over the New Mexico State Champions
In 1958, he was the only freshman selected All District setting several pitching records with 61 strike outs, 0.97 earned run average in 50 innings while pitching for Ysleta High School
Named All District as a sophomore compiling 45 strikeouts in 38 innings and hitting .381
In 1960, as a Junior he led the district with a 11-1 record and struck out 107 batters to become the winningest pitcher in 1-AAAA history and again earned All District honors
Arm trouble plagued his Senior year but he again earned All District honors playing first base
Only player to that time to be named All District four years in 1-AAAA
In 1962, Sid Cohen signed Ruly to play for the Kansas City Athletics
Played in Florida State, Northwest and Midwest Leagues and compiled outstanding records in all
Severe shoulder injury and elbow chips ended his career
Coached youth baseball and his Sons adopted his love for the game and continue as High School Coaches
