El Paso, TX

El Paso is located at the westernmost point in Texas, on the Rio Grande River, across from the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez, to the south, and on the border of the state of New Mexico to the west.

Teams that have played here

• El Paso Mackmen, Rio Grande Association (1915)
• El Paso Texans, Arizona State League (1930)
• El Paso Texans, Arizona-Texas League (1931-1932, 1937-1941, 1947-1950, 1952-1954)
• El Paso Texans, Mexican National League (1946)
• El Paso Texans, Southwest International League (1951)
• El Paso Texans, West Texas-New Mexico League (1955)
• El Paso Texans, Southwestern League (1956-1957)
• El Paso Sun Kings, Sophomore League (1961)
• El Paso Sun Kings, Texas League (1962-1970, 1973)
• El Paso Dodgers, Texas League (1972)
• El Paso Diablos, Texas League (1974-2004)
• El Paso Diablos, Central Baseball League (2005)
• El Paso Diablos, American Association (2006-2013)
• Desert Valley Mountain Lions, Continental Baseball League (2010)
• El Paso Chihuahuas, Pacific Coast League (2014-2019, 2022- )
• El Paso Chihuahuas, Triple-A West (2021)

Persons who were born here

• Armando Almanza, pitcher
• Tony Arnold, pitcher
• Rich Bombard, minor league pitcher
• Terry Bross, pitcher
• Lou Camilli, infielder
• Frank Castillo, pitcher
• Carlos Chavez, minor league pitcher
• Rocky Coppinger, pitcher
• Tony Diggs, minor league outfielder
• Ruben Flores, minor league pitcher
• Butch Henry, pitcher
• Jack Holland, minor league outfielder/pitcher
• Frank Johnson, outfielder
• Enrique Licon, Mexican national team pitcher
• Sal Madrid, infielder
• Eddie Menchaca, minor league infielder
• Jerry Parent, minor league outfielder/pitcher
• Danny Perez, outfielder
• Omar Quintanilla, infielder
• Fernando Rodriguez, pitcher
• Dave Rosenfield, minor league executive
• Jeff Wood, scout
• Alan Zinter, infielder

Persons who died here

• Dick Azar, minor league owner
• Red Bass, catcher
• Pat Caraway, pitcher
• Andy Cohen, infielder
• Syd Cohen, pitcher
• Astyanax Douglass, catcher
• Conny Doyle, outfielder
• Cliff Hill, pitcher
• George Newell, infielder
• Tom Seaton, pitcher
• Otis Stucker, minor league infielder
• Goose Tatum, infielder
• Bill Van Dyke, outfielder

Educational institutions located here

• Americas High School
• Bel Air High School
• Coronado High School
• Eastwood High School
• El Paso Community College
• Franklin High School
• J. M. Hanks High School
• Riverside High School
• Southwest University at El Paso
• Stephen F. Austin High School
• University of Texas at El Paso

Further Reading

• Richard A. Santillan et. al.: Mexican American Baseball in El Paso, Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, SC, 2017. ISBN 9781467126601