FRANK DEL TORO

Class of 2010 Honoree El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Brother/Brother duo Member Hall of Fame Board of Directors Involved with baseball for nearly 50 years Played for Jefferson High School in El Paso 3 year letterman for Silver Foxes Named to All District team in 1969 Played collegiately at Ranger Junior College in 1970 Played for the University of Texas El Paso in 1972 Played for New Mexico Highlands in 1974 In 1975, he signed a free agent contract to play with the Ciudad Juarez Indios of the Mexican League Batted .327 in 56 games with Indios In the late 1960’s and 1970’s, he played Semi-professional baseball in El Paso and Ciudad Juarez He struck out 22 batters in a game pitching for Gasca Body Shop in the Liga Fronteriza Named “Most Valuable Player” of the Liga Fronteriza in 1971 Batting Champion with a .367 batting average of the Liga Fronteriza in 1972 Played in “50 and Over” League for 4 seasons His team won the League Championship in 2004; team was Runner-Up in 2008 Also played in “35 and Over” League from 2007 to 2009 High School Baseball Coach from 1983 to 2001 Coached Junior Varsity Baseball at Jefferson High School from 1983 to 1987 Named Head Baseball Coach at Austin High School and led Panthers from 1987-1993 In his first season at Austin, he led his team to a 17-7 record reversing the previous years 7-17 record In 1988 and 1989, the Panthers finished second in District 1-5A Defeated the Socorro Bulldogs in Bi-District series but lost to Abilene Cooper in Area Round Named El Paso Times High School Coach of the Year in 1989 In 1996, he moved to Socorro as an assistant coach to El Paso Baseball Hall of Famer Coach Chris Forbes Bulldogs captured District Championship that year Named Head Baseball Coach at Americas High School in 1997 and finished his coaching career there in 2001 Inducted into the Latin-American Fast-Pitch Softball Hall of Fame, Houston, Texas 2006 Inducted into the Juarez Athletic Hall of Fame, Baseball/Fast-Pitch Softball 2012 Inducted into the El Paso Fast-Pitch Softball Hall of Fame 2013 Inducted into the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013 © 2016 El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame » Home» Pictures» Nominations» Contact» Log in