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 website as we continue from a Silver Past into our 35th Year of Existence . . . “From a Silver Past to a Golden Future - - We Honor Excellence" . . . We wish you a Blessed, Happy, Safe, Great and Healthy Saturday December 10, 2022 IRON SHARPENS IRON - today's El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Trivia - Name our Honoree who played during the “Roaring 20’s”, was selected to play in a league compiled of all the Major Leaguers who were serving during the War, All Star pitcher and player in the Copper League, El Paso Army League, played in Army-Navy All Star game at the Polo Grounds, because of his skill as a Pitcher was often selected by travel teams to play in high stake money games, investor, player, coach, umpire, sponsor and President of the El Paso Texans professional team - Trivia Answer found in the WE REMAIN #EL PASO STRONG Section Below . . . The Late Great Harry Caray would say “Holy Cow” with our site having over 2.405 Million Views and we Thank You for your continued support

Robert “Bob” Aguirre

President

Raul Real y Vasquez

Vice President/Treasurer

Dana Eisenga

Secretary

Larry Hernandez

Nominations Chairman

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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