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 1.565 Million views and we thank you . . . For Wednesday the 16th day of October we continue our "Top 10 Roll Call" on our scrolling marquee: El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Media Director and Class of 2008 Honoree Thomas “Joe Fan” Ciaburri whose creativity pioneered many firsts in broadcasting and telecasting High School sports in El Paso and he has been inducted into 2 Halls of Fame and Class of 1997 Honoree Thomas H. Rush who served as Executive Director of two of El Paso's largest youth baseball programs . . . "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
