EST. 1988 . . . #EL PASO STRONG - Strength in Faith, Strength of Character . . . 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" . . . Nominations for the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2020 are now Open, Hit the Picture with the Batter at Home Plate titled "Now Accepting Nominations for 2020" to download information and Nomination Forms . . . Our web site has over 1.584 Million views and we thank you . . . For Wednesday the 13th day of November we continue our "Elite 11 Roll Call" on our scrolling marquee: El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Son/Father duo Member and Class of 2001 Honoree Jimmy Melendez the star player at Bell Air High School who later as the Coach for Riverside High School earned the distinction of being the winningest High School Coach in El Paso's history, named High School “Coach of the Year” multiple times and led the Rangers to the 2000 Texas High School Final 4 State Semi-Finals; Class of 1999 Honoree Joe “Chito” Dominguez who was a All District selection on Jefferson’s first District Championship squad in 1951, turned down a scholarship at Arizona to play professionally for Bisbee-Douglas in the Arizona-Texas League and Class of 2014 Honoree Joe “Sonny” Parra the hitting star at Ysleta High School who played baseball for about 38 years including play in Semi-Pro and other Leagues with a batting average always over .300 . . . "Thank You" for your continued support!
Leo Caraveo
President
Robert “Bob” Aguirre
Vice President
Raul Real y Vasquez
Treasurer
Dana Eisenga
Secretary
Trini Guillen
Inducted in 2000
Star Pitcher who helped lead the 1949 Bowie Bears to the Texas State Baseball Championship
Pitched Bowie to 5-1 Semi-Final victory over Stephenville
In the championship game, he was called into action as a relief pitcher and entered with the bases loaded and no outs
Bowie won the game 3-2 to claim State Crown
In 1950, Jefferson High School opened its doors and Trini played for the Foxes
Pitched and led the Foxes to two wins over the Bowie Bears that year even though they returned all their major players except him
All District Player at both Bowie and Jefferson
Pitched for the powerful Semi-Pro Alpine Cowboys
Also played locally for the Semi-Pro La Mesa Blue Jays and the Forti’s Devils
Was named “All Star” 10 seasons and was Leo Forti’s top pitcher for 10 seasons winning 106 games and losing only 18
Inducted into the Forti’s Hall of Fame in 1980
