EST. 1988 . . . Congratulations to our El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2018: Dwayne Aboud, George Arrieta, Carlos Licon, Bryan Tambone and Larry Vucan . . . For Ticket information for our Sunday August 19, 2018 Banquet at the Wyndham Airport Hotel Conference Center to honor our Class of 2018 please contact Past President and Class of 1999 Honoree Larry Hernandez at (915)494-7710 . . . Welcome to the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame web site as we continue from a Silver Past to our 31st Year in existence . . . Thank You, we have received over 1.2 Million Views on our web site . . . "From a Silver Past to a Golden Future - - We Honor Excellence" . . . For Sunday June 24, 2018 we continue our El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame "Super Six" Honorees Roll Call: Class of 1991 Honoree John Bode “Bob” Osborne who started his career in the sandlots of El Paso but his skills moved him into the majors as a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals and Class of 2017 Honoree John Cazares the All District and All City second baseman for Ysleta High School in 1977, played at Hill Junior College in 1978 and 1979, started as short stop for UTEP in 1980 hitting .377 and set a team record for hitting doubles in 8 consecutive games, Umpired from 1976-1983, Assistant Baseball Coach and later named Head Baseball Coach at Eastwood High School and he was succeeded by 3 former players as Head Baseball Coach at Eastwood High School . . . "Thank You" for your continued support!
Leo Caraveo
President
Robert “Bob” Aguirre
Vice President
Raul Real y Vasquez
Treasurer
Dana Eisenga
Secretary
Toby Tovar
Inducted in 2007
He was a star in youth leagues in El Paso from 1951 to 1958 playing Little League, Babe Ruth and Junior High School baseball
One of the outstanding players on the El Paso Babe Ruth championship team which represented El Paso in Vancouver British Columbia at the World Series tournament
That team was coached by El Paso Baseball Hall of Famers Nemo Herrera and Ken Moorhead and captured the Bi-District, Texas State Championship and Southwest Regional Championship
Between 1958-1965 Toby played for Austin High School and Texas Western College
Earned All District honors and batted over .300 every year in high school
Continued playing in City Leagues and always hit over .300
In 1963, he was a member of the inaugural Texas Western College team that finished 18-14
In 1965, after three seasons with the Miners he signed a free agent contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers organization
From 1966 to 1986, Toby played in the Lower Valley League with a batting average over .325
Stealing bases and throwing out runners was his forte
Coached Jesuit High School and guided them to a 33-10 record
Coached El Paso High School to a 43-24 record
His high school coaching record was a combined record of 76 wins and only 34 losses
He believes that baseball has been an integral part of his life and besides God and family, baseball was his life
He believes that there is baseball in heaven and we can all expect him to be playing there
