El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame

EST. 1988 . . . WE REMAIN #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 35th Year of Existence . . . “From a Silver Past to a Golden Future - - We Honor Excellence" . . . IRON SHARPENS IRON - today's El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Trivia - Name our Honoree who served as Sports Editor for the El Paso Herald Post from 1926 to 1981 covering all sports from youth to professional and he has been inducted into 3 Halls of Fame - Trivia Answer found in the WE REMAIN #EL PASO STRONG Section Below . . . We wish you a Blessed, Happy, Safe, Great and Healthy Monday August 8, 2022 as we continue our El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Roll Call: Class of 1990 Honoree Manuel “Manny” Ayala who played for the Bowie High School American Legion baseball team which won the State Championship hitting .391, 4X hitting champion, 6X home run champ, 3X MVP in International League play and he was known as the “Babe Ruth of El Paso Sandlot Baseball” . . . The Late Great Harry Caray would say “Holy Cow” with our site having over 2.320 Million Views and we Thank You for your continued support

Robert “Bob” Aguirre

President

Raul Real y Vasquez

Vice President

Dana Eisenga

Secretary

Gilbert De La Rosa

Treasurer

William C. “Nemo” Herrera

Inducted in Hall of Fame Original Class of 1988
Coached the Bowie Bears to El Paso’s first High School State Championship in 1949
Coached baseball and basketball in Texas for 43 years
Coached Jim Ochoa and Nolan Richardson and many other players who went on to star in high school, college and professional baseball
Became Coronado High School’s first baseball coach and won the District title the first 2 years the school was eligible to compete
Recognized for being “strict but fair” and always “stressed discipline and respect for teammates and opponents”
School named in his honor in El Paso Texas
Named to Texas High School Coaches Hall of Honor
Member of the Texas Athletic Hall of Fame
Member of the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame
Recognized by players and opponents as a “hell of a man and a hell of a Coach”

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