EST. 1988 . . . Welcome to the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame web site as we continue from a Silver Past into our 32nd Year of Existence . . . Nomination Deadline is April 10: Information and Nomination Forms to submit a candidate for consideration for the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2019 may be downloaded by hitting the baseball picture "Now Accepting Nominations for 2019" on our Home Page . . . "From a Silver Past to a Golden Future - - We Honor Excellence" . . . Our web site has over 1.424 Million views and we thank you . . . For Saturday the 23rd day of March, 2019 we continue our "Terrific 3 Roll Call" featuring 3 El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Honorees at a time: El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Inaugural Board of Directors and Class of 2006 Honoree Frank Porth who served the baseball community as an umpire and administrator, served as Secretary for the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame from its inception until he passed away and he has been inducted into 4 different Halls of Fame and Class of 2005 Honoree Gabriel “Gabe” Hernandez Sr. who played Semi-Pro baseball for over 50 years starting in 1929 and he coached teams with players who would later win the Texas State Championship for Bowie High School in 1949 . . . "Thank You" for your continued support!
Leo Caraveo
President
Robert “Bob” Aguirre
Vice President
Raul Real y Vasquez
Treasurer
Dana Eisenga
Secretary
Willie Tapia
Inducted in 2000
Started playing with the Lower Valley Optimist Club at the age of 13 where he won his first league batting title with a .415 batting average
Played for Ysleta High School and helped lead the Indians to the 1953 District Championship
Named All District in 1953 when he hit .395 and again in 1954 while winning the batting title with a .500 batting average
While stationed at Ft. Bliss he played for the Falcons in 1961
A great infielder and great hitter who won numerous batting titles, often hitting over .400 from age thirteen through the old-timers league
He was named All Star numerous times and continued to gain batting titles through his years in Semi-Pro and Old Timers league
Also played in local fast pitch softball leagues
Recognized as one of the top umpires in the youth, High School and Semi-Pro ranks
