Luis Gonzalez
Inducted in 2017
Represented Team Mexico in World Boys Baseball tournaments in Mexico City in 1986 and Nagoya Japan in 1989
Pitcher on Socorro High School Sweet 16 Finalist
Pitcher on Socorro High School team that went undefeated and made history by going 16-0 in District 2-5A
Earned scholarship to Cochise Junior College
Earned scholarship to University of New Mexico
In 1996 at the age of 22 drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates
Advanced through Pirates farm system before deciding to take time off from baseball to be by his mother’s side during her last days dealing with cancer
Signed and played for the Juarez Indios, Dorados de Chihuahua, Faraones de Casas Grandes
Signed and played with Guerreros de Oaxaca of the Mexican League in 2000
Father Luis and Mom Paula
