EPBBHOF 1997-98-99

EPBBHOF ALBUM COVER 1997-98-99

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H R MOYE

Inducted in 1997 Played Semi-Pro baseball in Illinois Offered a contract with the Chicago Cubs in 1939 but his Parents would not let him accept offer Pitched for several El Paso Semi-Pro teams using a “hard” knuckleball taught him by big leaguer Jimbo Vaughn Coached Varsity baseball from 1948 through 1958 at El Paso and Jefferson High School Named Coach of the Year twice Organized the Boys Baseball Umpires Association Assistant Principal at Jefferson and Austin Principal at Andress and Jefferson Served as West Area Superintendent Member of El Paso Independent School District school board in 1985 President of El Paso Independent School District school board from 1992-1993

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MIKE WILLIAMS

Inducted in 1997 Played at Parkland High School 1969-1972 Played at Lamar Community College in Colorado 1972-1973 and pitched a no-hitter against Dodge City College Pitched for Texas Tech University Coached at Eunice 1977-1978 Led team to District 3A title in New Mexico and New Mexico State Playoffs Head Baseball Coach for Hanks High School starting in 1978 Won District title first year of eligibility in 1982 Through 1997, his teams had earned 8 playoff trips and won 3 District Championships District Champions 2-5A in 1982, 1984 and 1986 Bi-District Champions 1984, 1986, 1989 and 1995 Also earned High School Playoff berths in 1991, 1992 and 1994 Honored as El Paso Times Baseball Coach of the Year 1982 and 1984 El Paso Herald Post Baseball Coach of the Year in 1988 Won National High School Baseball Coaching Bronze Award from Scholastic Coach Magazine in 1988 Area Scout for Philadelphia Phillies 1988-1989 Hosted Professional and College Baseball Tryout Camps Hosted Youth Baseball Camps Through 1997, he sent the following players to Professional Baseball: Bruce Ruffin, Colorado Rockies; Rodger Castner, Pittsburgh Pirates; Alan Zinter, New York Mets; Darrin Glenn, San Francisco Giants; Mark Grudzielanek, Montreal Expos; Danny Perez, Milwaukee Brewers and Paul Runyan, Cincinnati Reds Former Hanks Assistant Coaches who went on to become Head Coaches through 1997 include Jimmy Melendez (Riverside) and Rick Miller (Bel Air)

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JUAN SANDOVAL

Inducted in 1997 Played at Jefferson High School 1963-1966 Captain of baseball team in 1965 and 1966 All District honoree 1965 and 1966 District Champions in 1963 and 1966 under Coach Santos “Kayo” Perez District Batting Champion in 1965 Played at UTEP 1967-1970 Selected to Western Athletic All Conference Team in 1969 and 1970 as a second baseman First native El Pasoan to receive All-WAC honors in baseball Hit over .300 over entire college career Played in Juarez adult leagues from 1963 to 1978 Selected All Star 10 times representing Juarez in Chihuahua State Championship Tournaments Selected to the Chihuahua State All Star team 3 times and represented the state in the Mexico National Championships Played in Lower Valley Baseball League from 1991 to 1993 Batting Champ in 1991 and led league in stolen bases twice Varsity Baseball Coach at Bowie High School 1975-1977 Coached Bowie to 1975 2-5A District Championship

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RAUL MARQUEZ

Inducted in 1997 Started playing at age 8 Outstanding Pitcher, Shortstop and Outfielder in youth leagues Earned multiple All District and All City Honors Helped lead Ysleta High School to a District Championship in 1968 Named All City, All District and All State in 1968 Named First Team All American as a Pitcher for Ranger Junior College in 1970 He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Cincinnati Reds and the St. Louis Cardinals before being drafted by the United States Army in 1971 Played all over the world for the Army and played in international leagues and tournaments Played in Lower Valley and Juarez leagues during the 1970’s and 1980’s Coached youth leagues for 25 years from T-Ball and Connie Mack levels winning several championships Member El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Board of Directors

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RAY SAENZ

Inducted in 1997 Played and coached baseball while serving in United States Navy 1968-1969 Coached Youth baseball in San Antonio Texas area from 1970-1975 Coached youth baseball teams in El Paso area from 1976-1980 Coached Riverside Junior Varsity in 1978 Took over as Varsity Baseball Coach at Eastwood Coached Troopers from 1979-1994 Led Troopers to 3 District Championships, 4 Bi-District Championships and 1 Area Title Coached 5 players who were drafted by Professional Baseball including Butch Henry and Frank Castillo who later became Major Leaguers Also drafted were Chuck Heist, Rene Quinones and Kevin Ham Sent numerous players to college baseball ranks Implemented a Heisman type selection system for selection of All District baseball honorees Associate Scout for the Atlanta Braves Associate Scout for the Colorado Rockies El Paso Times Coach of the Year 1980 and 1981 El Paso Herald Post Coach of the Year 1980 and 1981

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TOM RUSH

nducted in 1997 Helped countless youngsters experience baseball and other sports Executive Director of Boys Baseball of El Paso for 6 years increasing participation from 360 to 2304 boys Executive Director for Optimist Baseball for two years Volunteered as Texas Western freshman basketball coach in 1960-1963 Ran YMCA Sports Programs Earned Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart with two Oak Leaf Clusters in World War II Became Principal at Canutillo High School in 1964 Superintendent of Canutillo Independent Schools in 1965 Retired in 1974

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ANDRE RABOUIN

Inducted in 1998 Born in Bronxville, New York Played baseball at Andress High School Pitched for Pan American University Drafted by Cincinnati Reds following college Played for Tampa Tarpons in the Florida State League Played AA and AAA professional baseball in Mexico from 1974 to 1977 In 1979, he played for the Bakersfield Outlaws in the California League Played Winter Baseball in Mexico from 1974 to 1989 Also played professionally in the Dominican Republic with the Panama Bankers of the Inter American League From 1983 to 1993, he served as Pitching coach with Mexican league and American minor league teams in the Midwest and Gulf Coast League

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BENJI HUNT

Inducted in 1998 Started playing baseball at age 9 as a Pitcher and Outfielder Consistent All Star selection Star Pitcher and hitter in the Mickey Mantle and Lower Valley leagues Selected to All District teams in 1969, 1970 and 1971 while playing for Bel Air High School Hit. 450 as a Sophomore As a Junior his batting average was .525 Had a .619 batting average in 1971 Named Captain and Most Valuable Player for Bel Air High School Drafted in the third round by the Detroit Tigers in 1971 as a shortstop Played in Rookie League as a second baseman and was second in the league in fielding percentage Played in Midwest League in 1973 and established second base records for error less fielding and most put outs Played in California League in 1974 Finished second for team Most Valuable Player in 1975 Coached youth baseball for over 10 years

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JOHN MILLER

Inducted in 1998 Played in Lower Valley, Babe Ruth, and Pony Leagues earning All Star honors Played Outfield and First Base for El Paso High School earning two letters Helped lead Connie Mack teams to State Championships and Regional Championship and 5th Place Finish in World Series hitting .400 earning All Tournament recognition in 1965 His 1966 Connie Mack team again won State Championship and finished second in Regional Tournament In 1967, hit .336 as a Freshman for Texas Western as the team’s starting first baseman Played Semi-Pro in Forti League and earned Player of the Year and Sportsmanship Award in 1967 In 1968, he led Texas Western with a .348 batting average and set a team record with 8 runs batted in against New Mexico State He was the 1968 Batting Champion hitting .493 in the Forti League Led UTEP in stolen bases with 22 in 1969 and played in Pioneers-Central Illinois Collegiate League and earned All League honors His Senior year at UTEP he finished his four year college career with a .313 batting average in 160 games played Selected as one of the “Outstanding Athletes of America” Started his coaching career in 1970 as an Assistant with the Galesburg Pioneers Served as Assistant Coach at UTEP in 1971 Started baseball program at Lincoln and won the school’s first District Championship in any sport in 1981 Became varsity Coach at Coronado High School in 1985 and won 1988 District Championship His varsity teams were 87-43-1 Member El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Board of Directors

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RICK PARR

Inducted in 1998 Joined the El Paso Diablos as Assistant General Manager in 1975 Named General Manager in 1980 Became President of El Paso Diablos in 1998 Helped the Diablos organization earn numerous awards Earned President’s Trophy in 1986 which is Minor League Baseball’s top honor for an administrator Also earned the MacPhail Trophy in 1976 and 1993 for promotions and civic involvement Diablos earned “Franchise of the Decade” award for the 1980’s Earned Special Recognition Award for Achievement in 1974 from the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame Served on the Board of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Played football for the UTEP Served as coach for Miners following his football playing career Stated that, “Bringing professional baseball to our community and serving the people of El Paso has been not only a great challenge but a personal joy”.

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ERNIE CARREON JR

Inducted in 1998 Began Little League career as a 10 year old Pitcher Earned All Star honors 6 times in various El Paso youth leagues pitching for 47 wins and only 8 losses with 525 strikeouts from ages 10-14 Lettered and Pitched for 3 years for Bel Air High School Relief Pitcher at UTEP which he attended on a baseball scholarship from 1967-1972 In Western Athletic Conference play, he hit .360 while posting a 4.3 earned run average which was the lowest among Miner relievers After college, he spent 10 years pitching for Semi-Pro teams in El Paso and Juarez especially in the International Baseball League Always posted lopsided won-loss pitching success and annually struck out more than 100 hitters Scouted by St. Louis, Milwaukee and the Chicago Major League Professional Baseball organizations Also coached Youth baseball

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GUSTAVO M (TAVO) GARCIA

Inducted in 1998 Born in 1917, started playing baseball at the age of 12 and played in El Paso for 45 years Played in Boyland, Commercial, International, Big Four, City and Old Pro leagues Lifetime batting average was well over .300 and he won 6 Gold Glove Awards Played in 17 All Star Games and was named “Most Valuable Player” in 1934, 1945 and 1952 Led the formation of the 40-60 Club for older players with his brother Nano, Ted Ibarra and Jesse Goytia Inducted in El Paso Old Pros Hall of Fame in 1988 Forced to stop playing after suffering a heart attack while walking up to bat South El Pasoans used a take off of “Tinkers to Evers to Chance” in referring to “Beto to Tavo to Nano” referring to the three Garcia brothers who played in the infield Tavo played second base and his brothers Beto and Nano flanked him in the infield

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CHRIS FORBES

Inducted in 1999 Coached for nearly 40 years including youth and summer league baseball Named Head Coach at Socorro High School in 1986 By 2006, he had led Bulldogs to over 16 District Titles starting in 1988, 9 Bi-District Titles starting in 1988, 3 Regional Semi-Finals and 1 Regional Final Through 1999, he had already earned 8 El Paso High School Coach of the Year Awards Teams dominated District 2-5A and later newly formed District 1-5A as District Champions Teams routinely ranked in the Top 10 in Texas from 1991 to 2009 Eighteen of his players have played professionally Seventeen of his players have been named to Texas High School All State teams All time El Paso High School leader in wins as a Head Coach with 577 wins Field at Socorro High School is named “Chris Forbes Field” in his honor Coached Cory Falvey who is El Paso’s only Texas State High School Baseball Player of the Year in 2009 Delivered El Paso’s first High School Baseball State Championship in 60 years winning the Class 5A title in 2009 Named Texas High School State “Coach of the Year” for 5A Classification in 2009 Inducted into the Texas High School Coaches Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013

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EPITACIO (TACHO) CARRASCO

Inducted in 1999 Only Father/Son/Son trio Hall of Fame honoree Family Played youth baseball in East Los Angeles during the 1930’s Invited by Sid and Andy Cohen to attend several professional camps but he eventually turned down several professional baseball offers to honor his financial commitment to his family Founded and Coached the Socorro Cougars baseball team at the age of 17 From 1962 to 1975 he coached and managed the Socorro Cougars and won 10 Lower Valley Baseball League Championships in the 13 years he coached The Cougars were recognized throughout northern Mexico where they played against Chihuahua, Delicias, Camargo, Parral, Mioqui and Casas Grandes Coached future professional baseball players including Mark Bombard, Smiley Johnson, Jackie Harris, Benjamin and Lynn Hunt, Raul Medrano and Andre Raboin Great player-coach and during the 22 game seasons he averaged hitting 24-25 home runs a year in Lower Valley Baseball League Stopped coaching in 1976 Founding member of Ysleta Optimist Club and their baseball program in 1976 and mentored and fostered a growth and love for the sport until he died in 1994

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KEN SCHROM

Inducted in 1999 Awarded scholarship to University of Idaho for baseball and football Drafted into pro ball by the Angels out of the University of Idaho, where he was a two-sport athlete, excelling as both a quarterback in football and a pitcher in baseball Inducted into State of Idaho Athletic and Baseball Halls of Fame Professional Athlete of the Year for Idaho in 1981, 1983 and 1986 Named to Minor League All-Star Team 1977 During a seven-year career as a pitcher with the Toronto Blue Jays, Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians, Schrom notched a 51-51 lifetime record with a 4.81 ERA and 22 complete games In 1983, he was named the Minnesota Twins Pitcher of the Year after posting a 15-8 record with a 3.71 ERA and six complete games Three years later, he was Cleveland’s Opening Day starter in a win at Baltimore and bolted to a 10-2 first half with the Indians, earning him a spot on the 1986 American League All-Star team Part Owner, Assistant General Manager, Director of Sales and Marketing for El Paso Diablos Diablos won National Administrative Baseball honors including the MacPhail Trophy in 1982 and 1993; President’s Trophy in 1986 and the Minor League Franchise of the Decade for the 1980’s Served as youth coach in west El Paso and later member of El Paso Bandits National Finalist Staff in 2000 Joined Corpus Christi Hooks organization as General Manager in 2003 2005 Texas League Executive of the Year In September of 2007, he was honored as an inaugural inductee into the Vandal Athletics Hall of Fame Others in his inaugural induction class included Jerry Kramer, who went on to greatness as a guard for the Green Bay Packers during their glory days in the 1960s, and Gus Johnson, a five-time All-Star during his 11-year career in the NBA His son, Jared, signed as a pitcher in the Texas Rangers farm system following his college career at Stephen F. Austin Named President of Corpus Christi Hooks in 2010 In 2011, serves as President for the Corpus Christi Hooks baseball organization owned in part by Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher Nolan Ryan

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CHITO DOMINGUEZ

Inducted in 1999 Entered Jefferson High School when it opened in September 1949 Played varsity baseball 3 years from 1949 to 1951 Member of Jefferson’s first District Championship squad in 1951 Earned All District Honors in 1951 batting .370 Turned down a scholarship at Arizona to play professionally for Bisbee-Douglas in Arizona-Texas league under Syd Cohen Played Semi-Pro leagues in El Paso 1954-1957 Named to All Star team in 1958 when he led his Brooks Army Medical Center team in San Antonio to Army League Championship His All Star team played against Bobby Avila’s touring Major League All Stars

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MANNY LOPEZ

Inducted in 1999 Member El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Board of Directors Umpired baseball and softball since 1962 Played baseball for El Paso Tech High School from 1961 to 1965 All District Pitcher in 1965 Pitched for Juarez Indios and Bano Roma 1964 -1966 As a player, was an All-Star in Mexico and drafted by Tigres de Mexico in 1966 Pitched for Juarez All Star Team against the Puerto Rico National Team Umpired youth, high school, junior college and college levels Voted by his peers as one of the top 20 umpires in Texas Umpired in National Junior College Playoffs in 1978 By 1999, he had been selected to umpire State Championships in Austin 1995, 1996 and 1997 Consistent selection to Umpire in Texas UIL High School Playoffs since 1980 and through 2010

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LARRY HERNANDEZ

Inducted in 1999 Started Coaching Youth Baseball in 1971 Boys Baseball of El Paso Board Member 1984 – 1990 Elected Commissioner of Boys Baseball 1985, 1986 and 1988 – – Program had over 1800 players in El Paso Served as “Denny, Blake and Brian Doyle” Baseball School Regional Director from 1991 to 1999 Co-Chairman with Ramiro Guzman of effort to start baseball program at El Paso Community College which started play in 1996 Started Hirby Pest Control (1978) and Bandit Baseball (1989) organizations Boys Baseball of El Paso City Champions 1990 AABC Texas State Champions 1984, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Super Series State Champions 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 USSSA State Champions 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 Super Series National Regional Champions 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 Triple Crown National Regional Champions 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004 Triple Crown World Series National Finalist 1998 – – Steamboat Springs Colorado (84 Teams Competed) USSSA World Series National Finalist 2000 – – Broken Arrow Oklahoma (104 Teams Competed) Super Series World Series National Finalist 2002 – – Little Rock Arkansas (96 Teams Competed) Boys Baseball of El Paso Coach of the Year in 1990 AABC National Regional Coach of the Year 1997 Triple Crown National Coach of the Year 1998 USSSA World Series Coach of the Year 2000 Super Series World Series Coach of the Year 2002 185 Bandit Players have been inducted to their respective High School’s National Honor Society 168 Bandit Players have played college baseball at all levels 16 Bandit Players named to Texas High School All State Baseball Teams 14 of his Players have played on El Paso High School teams that have reached the Texas High School Final Four Championships 8 Bandit Players drafted by Major League Baseball 5 of his players later became Head Baseball High School Coaches His Hirby teams had a 47 game consecutive league winning streak going over 3 years without losing an AABC league game His teams won tournament championship in Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico In 1989, his Bandit team won the first baseball game played at Champions Sportsplex and captured league and tournament crowns going undefeated His 1993 Bandit team was the first team outside the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex to capture the “Texas Baseball Classic” in Ft. Worth His Bandit team in 1998 won 53 consecutive league and tournament games and went 30-0 in league play In 38 years of Spring baseball his teams won the league championship 35 times 10 of his teams captured league championships with undefeated seasons His teams won 1,448 wins and 264 losses with a winning percentage of 85% Member El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Board of Directors President of the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012 and 2013

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