EST. 1988 . . . The El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Wishes You and Your Family a Blessed, Healthy, and Safe Easter Weekend . . . 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 1.443 Million views and we thank you . . . For Saturday the 20th day of April, 2019 we continue our "Fab 4 Roll Call" featuring 4 El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Honorees at a time: El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Inaugural Board of Directors, Past President, Board of Directors, Brother/Brother duo Member and Class of 1992 Honoree Mike Barrueta who was inducted into the El Paso High School Hall of Fame, multiple MVP and "Best Pitcher" selection in Semi-Pro play and he had an overall pitching record of 205-58 and Class of 1991 Honoree Mike Beltran Sr. the High School All District, college All Conference and Mexican League All Star pitcher and signed with the Philadelphia Phillies . . . "Thank You" for your continued support!
Leo Caraveo
President
Robert “Bob” Aguirre
Vice President
Raul Real y Vasquez
Treasurer
Dana Eisenga
Secretary
Tomas “El Tomiski” Arciniega
Inducted in 1996
Played professional baseball for both the El Paso Texans and the Juarez Indios
Many consider him the “best catcher ever to come out of El Paso”
Signed by the New York Yankees in the mid-1930’s and assigned to the East Texas League
Since Mexicans were not welcomed in the league, his name was changed to “Tomiski” a nickname which was to stick for the rest of his life
Later played on all the top local Semi-Pro teams as well as the two professional border teams
Served in the Army during World War II and received a Purple Heart
Coached a number of youth teams and also coached at Cathedral High School
