LARRY HERNANDEZ
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
