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Joe Torre National League MVP 1971 (STL)All-Star Selection 1963-67, 70-73, Led NL in Fielding in 1964 & 1968Led NL in BAVG (.363) & RBIs (137) in 1971Manager NY-A in 4 World Championships (1996, 1998-2000) |
| Full Name: Joseph Paul Torre Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6'2" Weight: 212 lbs. Born: Jul 18, 1940 in Brooklyn, NY Major League Debut: Sep 25, 1960 Died: |
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| CAREER BATTING STATISTICS |
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| YEAR | TEAM | LG | AVG | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | OBP | SLG |
| 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 |
Mil Mil Mil Mil Mil Mil Atl Atl Atl StL StL StL StL StL StL NYN NYN NYN |
NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL |
.500 .278 .282 .293 .321 .291 .315 .277 .271 .289 .325 .363 .289 .287 .282 .247 .306 .176 |
2 113 80 142 154 148 148 135 115 159 161 161 149 141 147 114 114 26 |
2 406 220 501 601 523 546 477 424 602 624 634 544 519 529 361 310 51 |
0 40 23 57 87 68 83 67 45 72 89 97 71 67 59 33 36 2 |
1 113 62 147 193 152 172 132 115 174 203 230 157 149 149 89 95 9 |
0 21 8 19 36 21 20 18 11 29 27 34 26 17 28 16 10 3 |
0 4 1 4 5 1 3 1 2 6 9 8 6 2 1 3 3 0 |
0 10 5 14 20 27 36 20 10 18 21 24 11 13 11 6 5 1 |
0 42 26 71 109 80 101 68 55 101 100 137 81 69 70 35 31 9 |
0 28 24 42 36 61 60 49 34 66 70 63 54 65 69 35 21 2 |
1 60 24 79 67 79 61 75 72 85 91 70 64 78 88 55 35 10 |
.500 .330 .355 .350 .365 .372 .382 .345 .332 .361 .398 .421 .357 .376 .371 .317 .358 .204 |
.500 .424 .395 .431 .498 .489 .560 .444 .377 .447 .498 .555 .419 .403 .401 .357 .406 .294 |
| Totals | AVG .297 |
G 2209 |
AB 7874 |
R 996 |
H 2342 |
2B 344 |
3B 59 |
HR 252 |
RBI 1185 |
BB 779 |
K 1094 |
OBP .365 |
SLG .452 |
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| BATTING | BASERUNNING | MISC | |||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | HBP | GDP | TB | IBB | SH | SF | SB | CS | SB% | AB/HR | AB/K |
| 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 |
Mil Mil Mil Mil Mil Mil Atl Atl Atl StL StL StL StL StL StL NYN NYN NYN |
NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL |
0 4 2 5 7 8 2 3 5 5 7 4 8 10 8 2 5 0 |
0 10 6 19 26 22 18 22 15 10 23 18 19 20 15 22 16 3 |
1 172 87 216 299 256 306 212 160 269 311 352 228 209 212 129 126 15 |
0 4 2 4 4 7 8 7 7 13 10 20 13 14 9 3 1 1 |
0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 |
0 1 2 7 2 2 4 4 1 5 3 5 7 1 3 0 2 1 |
0 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 4 3 2 1 0 1 0 |
0 5 0 5 4 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 |
-.--- .375 1.000 .167 .333 .000 .000 .500 1.000 -.--- .500 .800 1.000 1.000 .333 -.--- .250 -.--- |
--.- 40.6 44.0 35.8 30.1 19.4 15.2 23.9 42.4 33.4 29.7 26.4 49.5 39.9 48.1 60.2 62.0 51.0 |
2.0 6.8 9.2 6.3 9.0 6.6 9.0 6.4 5.9 7.1 6.9 9.1 8.5 6.7 6.0 6.6 8.9 5.1 |
| Totals | HBP 85 |
GDP 284 |
TB 3560 |
IBB 127 |
SH 13 |
SF 50 |
SB 23 |
CS 29 |
SB% .442 |
AB/HR 31.2 |
AB/K 7.2 |
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| CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS |
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | POS | G | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT |
| 1961 1962 1963 1963 1963 1964 1964 1965 1965 1966 1966 1967 1967 1968 1968 1969 1969 1970 1970 1970 1971 1972 1972 1973 1973 1974 1974 1975 1975 1976 1976 1977 1977 |
Mil Mil Mil Mil Mil Mil Mil Mil Mil Atl Atl Atl Atl Atl Atl StL StL StL StL StL StL StL StL StL StL StL StL NYN NYN NYN NYN NYN NYN |
NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL |
C C OF 1B C 1B C 1B C 1B C 1B C 1B C C 1B 1B 3B C 3B 1B 3B 3B 1B 3B 1B 1B 3B 3B 1B 3B 1B |
112 63 2 37 105 70 96 49 100 36 114 23 114 29 92 17 144 1 73 90 161 27 117 58 114 18 139 24 83 4 78 1 16 |
554 369 0 367 634 615 567 465 638 288 685 225 649 252 531 99 1359 12 212 608 428 254 295 122 899 31 1277 124 220 6 646 1 86 |
494 325 0 335 584 563 518 433 589 267 607 205 580 241 492 90 1270 12 68 571 136 234 102 48 833 8 1165 111 61 3 590 0 83 |
50 39 0 30 46 48 46 30 43 20 67 18 63 11 37 8 83 0 133 29 271 16 182 68 60 19 102 9 148 3 49 1 2 |
10 5 0 2 4 4 3 2 6 1 11 2 6 0 2 1 6 0 11 8 21 4 11 6 6 4 10 4 11 0 7 0 1 |
4 4 0 36 9 49 4 39 4 24 9 21 12 19 7 0 117 0 12 4 22 17 17 3 80 1 144 12 14 2 40 0 9 |
0.982 0.986 -.--- 0.995 0.994 0.993 0.995 0.996 0.991 0.997 0.984 0.991 0.991 1.000 0.996 0.990 0.996 1.000 0.948 0.987 0.951 0.984 0.963 0.951 0.993 0.871 0.992 0.968 0.950 1.000 0.989 1.000 0.988 |
| Totals | G 2207 |
Ch 13518 |
PO 11618 |
A 1731 |
E 169 |
DP 735 |
FPCT 0.987 |
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| TEAM ABBREVIATION KEY | ||||
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| YEARS 1960-1965 1966-1968 1969-1974 1975-1977 |
TM Mil Atl Stl NY |
LG NL NL NL NL |
TEAM NAME Milwaukee Braves Atlanta Braves St. Louis Cardinals New York Mets |
LEAGUE NAME National League National League National League National League |
Torre came up at the end of 1960 and hit a pinch single off Harvey Haddix in his first at-bat. It was the last season that his older brother Frank was on the Braves. Joe was a semi-regular the next two seasons and finished second (behind Billy Williams) in 1961 NL Rookie of the Year voting. Becoming an everyday player in 1963 by playing both catcher and first base, he hit .293 with 14 HR and made the All-Star team that year and the next four seasons. He upped his performance in 1964 (.321, 20 HR, 109 RBI), finishing fifth in MVP voting and leading NL catchers in fielding. In 1965 he hit 27 HR and won the catcher's Gold Glove. His two-run HR in the 1965 All-Star Game was vital in the NL's 6-5 victory. When the Braves moved to Atlanta for 1966, he hit a career-high 36 HR while batting .315 with 101 RBI. He was set back by a broken cheekbone in 1968.
The Braves traded Torre to the Cardinals straight-up for former MVP Orlando Cepeda, whom Torre replaced at first base. He reached 100 RBI each of the next three seasons. He replaced Tim McCarver behind the plate after McCarver was dealt to the Phillies for 1970, but moved to third base in mid-season when Mike Shannon was sidelined by a career-ending illness (Ted Simmons took over the catching job). His .325 average and 21 HR in '70 were topped the next season by his MVP performance. In 1971 he led the NL in total bases (352) and hits (230) in addition to batting and RBI, and hit 24 HR. At third base, he led in putouts, although he tied for the lead in errors. He hit in the .280s the next three seasons, but saw his power drop. He also spent more time back at first base, leading NL first basemen with 144 double plays, after the emergence of 1973 fielding leader Ken Reitz. On June 27, 1973 he hit for the cycle.
Following the 1974 season, the Mets traded Ray Sadecki and minor leaguer Tommy Moore for Torre in an attempt to solve their persistent third-base problem. The Brooklyn-born Torre was quite popular in New York, but he was a major disappointment. Never fast, he had slowed down considerably. He hit into 22 double plays in 1974, showed reduced range at third base, and hit only .247; he was no longer an everyday player. He rebounded to .306 in 1975, but with only five HR and 31 RBI. He remained popular, however, and on May 31, 1977 he replaced Joe Frazier as the Mets manager. He retired as a player 18 days later.
Torre was not an especially good manager. He played strictly by the book, bunting more often than most. The Mets had finished in third place the year before, but under Torre from 1977 through 1981 their best finish was fourth place in the second half of the strike-shortened 1981 season. Moving to Atlanta the following season, he rode their 13-0 start to the division title (89-73). The Braves finished second the following two seasons, although their record in 1984, 80-82, led to his dismissal. He went on to become a popular Angels broadcaster.
In 1990, at the end of the season, he was selected to manage the St. Louis Cardinals which he did until 1995 when he was fired in May. The following year, he was picked to manage the New York Yankees. His first year there he won the World Series. Subsequently in 1998, 1999 and 2000 he led them to three more World Championships. In all, during the seven years (and counting) with New York, he finished 1st six times and came in 2nd Place in the Division once (1997).
The following information has been provided by Lee Sinins, member of SABR, and creator of Baseball Immortals
Joe Torre is one of the greatest hitting catchers of all time. Among catchers he ranks in the top 5 in 6 categories and the top 10 in 14. He led catchers in 25 categories in the 1960's, including HR, RBI, H, SLG, OBA, OPS, RC, RCAA, RCAP, OWP, RC/G and AVG. Torre was selected as NL MVP in 1971, when he collected 230 hits, 137 RBI with a .363 Average and a .421 OBA. He hit 36 HR in 1966. He was 1 of just 4 catchers to record five 100 RBI seasons (3 consecutive 100+ RBI seasons 1969-71). He was a 9-time All-Star. Joe had consecutive 200 hit seasons (1970-71). After his playing days were over Joe Torre turned to management. Joe managed the New York Yankees to 4 World Championships (1996, 1998-2000) with an AL record 114 Wins in 1998 and consecutive World Series sweeps in 1998-99. Torre was 1 of 22 men to have 1000+ hits as a player and 1000+ wins as a manager.
ALL TIME RANKINGS: 11th in GIDP (284), tied for 51st in IBB (127), 60th in RCAP (401), tied for 81st in HBP (85), 100th in H (2342) SINGLE SEASON RANKINGS: H--tied for 29th (230--1971); 1B--tied for 72nd (164--1971); IBB--tied for 85th (20--1971); GIDP--tied for 44th (26--1964) NATIONAL LEAGUE RANKINGS: 2nd in GIDP (284), tied for 24th in IBB (127), tied for 32nd in HBP (85), 35th in H (2342), 38th in G (2209), 1B (1687), TB (3560); 43rd in AB (7874), RBI (1185), SO (1094); 47th in OUTS (5908) SINGLE SEASON NATIONAL LEAGUE RANKINGS: H--tied for 13th (230--1971); 1B--tied for 41st (164--1971); RBI--tied for 32nd (137--1971); AVG--50th (.363--1971); GIDP--tied for 10th (26--1964), tied for 50th (23--1970) RANKINGS AMONG CATCHERS: 2nd in 1B (1687), GIDP (284), 3rd in H (2342), IBB (127); 4th in AB (7874), RC (1255), PA (8801); 5th in G (2209), SO (1094), TB (3560), OUTS (5908); 6th in 2B (344), AVG (.297), RCAA (294), RCAP (401); 7th in HR (252), RBI (1185), OWP (.618); 8th in R (996), EBH (655), 9th in OBA (.365), OPS (.817); tied for 10th in HBP (85), 11th in BB (779), SLG (.452); 13th in RC/G (5.74), 14th in ISO (.155), SF (50); 16th in BPA (.470), 17th in HR% (3.20), 19th in 3B (59), SEC (.253) RANKINGS DURING HIS CAREER: 1st in GIDP (284), 6th in RCAP (401), HBP (85); 7th in 1B (1686), 8th in G (2207), H (2341); 9th in AB (7872), 10th in AVG (.297), 11th in PA (8799), 12th in RBI (1185), OUTS (5907); 13th in 2B (344), TB (3559); 15th in RC (1255), IBB (127); 18th in OBA (.365), EBH (655) (excludes 1960) RANKINGS AMONG CATCHERS DURING HIS CAREER: 1st in G (2207), AB (7872), R (996), H (2341), 1B (1686), 2B (344), 3B (59), RBI (1185), BB (779), IBB (127), SO (1093), OBA (.365), RC (1255), RCAA (294), RCAP (401), OWP (.618), TB (3559), EBH (655), PA (8799), OUTS (5907), GIDP (284); 2nd in HR (252), AVG (.297), SLG (.452), OPS (.817), RC/G (5.74), ISO (.155), BPA (.470), HBP (85); 3rd in HR% (3.20), SEC (.253), SF (50); 7th in CS (29), tied for 10th in SB (23) (excludes 1960) RANKINGS DURING 1960S: tied for 5th in GIDP (148), tied for 12th in RCAP (221), tied for 19th in HBP (41) NATIONAL LEAGUE RANKINGS DURING 1960S: 3rd in GIDP (148), 8th in RCAP (221), 12th in HBP (41), 13th in RBI (653), tied for 15th in RCAA (158), 18th in HR (160), TB (1978); 19th in EBH (370) RANKINGS FOR CATCHERS DURING 1960S: 1st in AB (4302), R (542), H (1261), 1B (891), 2B (183), HR (160), HR% (3.72), RBI (653), SO (603), AVG (.293), SLG (.460), OBA (.357), OPS (.817), RC (675), RCAA (158), RCAP (221), OWP (.617), RC/G (5.62), TB (1978), EBH (370), ISO (.167), BPA (.474), PA (4777), GIDP (148), OUTS (3244); 2nd in G (1196), SEC (.257), HBP (41); 3rd in 3B (27), BB (400); 5th in CS (21), 6th in IBB (56), tied for 8th in SF (28), 10th in SB (10) LED CATCHERS IN AT BATS, 1960S: 4302 LED CATCHERS IN RUNS, 1960S: 542 LED CATCHERS IN HITS, 1960S: 1261 LED CATCHERS IN SINGLES, 1960S: 891 LED CATCHERS IN DOUBLES, 1960S: 183 LED CATCHERS IN HOMERUNS, 1960S: 160 LED CATCHERS IN HOMERUN PERCENTAGE, 1960S: 3.72 LED CATCHERS IN RBI, 1960S: 653 LED CATCHERS IN STRIKEOUTS, 1960S: 603 LED CATCHERS IN AVERAGE, 1960S: .293 LED CATCHERS IN SLG, 1960S: .460 LED CATCHERS IN OBA, 1960S: .357 LED CATCHERS IN OPS, 1960S: .817 LED CATCHERS IN RUNS CREATED, 1960S: 675 LED CATCHERS IN RCAA, 1960S: 158 LED CATCHERS IN RCAP, 1960S: 221 LED CATCHERS IN OFFENSIVE WINNING PERCENTAGE, 1960S: .617 LED CATCHERS IN RUNS CREATED/GAME, 1960S: 5.62 LED CATCHERS IN TOTAL BASES, 1960S: 1978 LED CATCHERS IN EXTRA BASE HITS, 1960S: 370 LED CATCHERS IN ISOLATED POWER, 1960S: .167 LED CATCHERS IN BPA, 1960S: .474 LED CATCHERS IN PLATE APPEARANCES, 1960S: 4777 LED CATCHERS IN GIDP, 1960S: 148 LED CATCHERS IN OUTS, 1960S: 3244 RANKINGS DURING 1970S: tied for 10th in GIDP (136), 18th in RCAP (180), tied for 18th in HBP (44) NATIONAL LEAGUE RANKINGS DURING 1970S: tied for 3rd in GIDP (136), 8th in RCAP (180), tied for 8th in HBP (44), tied for 15th in IBB (71) RANKINGS AMONG CATCHERS DURING 1970S: 1st in AVG (.303), 2nd in OBA (.374); 3rd in 3B (32), tied for 3rd in GIDP (136), 4th in SLG (.443), OWP (.618), RC/G (5.88), IBB (71), HBP (44); 5th in H (1081), RBI (532), OPS (.817), RCAA (136), RCAP (180); 6th in G (1013), AB (3572), 2B (161), HR% (258), RC (580), ISO (.140), SEC (248), BPA (467), PA (4024), OUTS (2664); 7th in BB (379), TB (1582), EBH (285); 8th in R (454), 10th in SO (491), 11th in HR (92), 17th in SB (13), tied for 17th in SF (22) LED CATCHERS IN AVERAGE, 1970S: .303 NATIONAL LEAGUE MVP, 1971: LED NATIONAL LEAGUE IN GAMES: 1970 LED NATIONAL LEAGUE IN HITS: 1971 LED NATIONAL LEAGUE IN RBI: 1971 LED NATIONAL LEAGUE IN AVERAGE: 1971 LED NATIONAL LEAGUE IN TOTAL BASES: 1971 LED NATIONAL LEAGUE IN RUNS CREATED: 1971 LED NATIONAL LEAGUE IN RCAP: 1971 LED NATIONAL LEAGUE IN GIDP: 1964-65, 1967 LED NATIONAL LEAGUE CATCHERS IN DP: 1967 LED NATIONAL LEAGUE THIRD BASEMEN IN GAMES: 1971 LED NATIONAL LEAGUE THIRD BASEMEN IN PUTOUTS: 1971 LED NATIONAL LEAGUE THIRD BASEMEN IN ERRORS: 1971 LED NATIONAL LEAGUE FIRST BASEMEN IN ASSISTS: 1974 LED NATIONAL LEAGUE FIRST BASEMEN IN DOUBLEPLAYS: 1974 LED MAJOR LEAGUES & NL IN GAMES OVER 3 YEAR SPAN: 1969-71 (481) LED NATIONAL LEAGUE IN AVERAGE OVER 3 YEAR SPAN: 1970-72 (.327) LED MAJOR LEAGUES & NL IN RCAP OVER 4 YEAR SPAN: 1969-72 (173) BRAVES RANKINGS: 4th in GIDP (138), tied for 6th in HBP (36), 11th in 1B (770), RBI (552), AVG (.294), IBB (43); 12th in H (1087), HR (142), SO (518), RCAA (130), TB (1709); 13th in RC (576), 14th in AB (3700), OWP (.613), EBH (317), PA (4099); 15th in OPS (.818), 16th in SLG (.462), OUTS (2801); 17th in G (1037), 2B (154), HR% (3.84), OBA (.356), ISO (.168); 18th in RC/G (5.55), tied for 18th in R (470) MILWAUKEE BRAVES RANKINGS: 2nd in HBP (26), 4th in RCAA (69), 6th in HR (76), RBI (328), GIDP (83); tied for 6th in CS (15), 7th in H (668), 1B (472), 2B (105), BB (191), SO (310), RC (346), TB (1031), EBH (196); tied for 7th in IBB (21), 8th in AB (2253), OUTS (1700); 9th in G (639), R (275); tied for 9th in SF (14), 11th in 3B (15), 18th in SB (7) ATLANTA BRAVES RANKINGS: 15th in RCAA (61) SINGLE SEASON BRAVES RANKINGS: GIDP--2nd (26--1964), tied for 7th (22--1965, 1967) SINGLE SEASON MILWAUKEE BRAVES RANKINGS: G--tied for 8th (154--1964); AB--tied for 11th (601--1964); H--7th (193--1964); 1B--1st (132--1964); 2B--7th (36--1964); RBI--10th (109--1964); BB--tied for 20th (61--1965); AVG--9th (.321--1964); TB--17th (299--1964); EBH--tied for 18th (87--1964); HBP--3rd (8--1965), tied for 4th (7--1964), tied for 13th (5--1963); SF--tied for 8th (7--1963); CS--tied for 14th (5--1961, 1963); GIDP--1st (26--1964), tied for 4th (22--1965), tied for 11th (19--1963); OUTS--tied for 15th (440--1964) SET MILWAUKEE BRAVES RECORD FOR MOST SINGLES, SINGLE SEASON: 132, 1964 SET MILWAUKEE BRAVES RECORD FOR MOST GIDP, SINGLE SEASON: 26, 1964 SINGLE SEASON ATLANTA BRAVES RANKINGS: HR--tied for 15th (36--1966); HR%--17th (6.59--1966); AVG--15th (.315--1966); SLG--11th (.560--1966); OPS--15th (.943--1966); RCAA--tied for 15th (46--1966); OWP--13th (.723--1966); RC/G--20th (7.52--1966); ISO--19th (.245--1966); GIDP--tied for 2nd (22--1967), tied for 15th (18--1966) CARDINALS RANKINGS: 6th in IBB (79), 8th in AVG (.308), HBP (42); 9th in RCAP (217), OWP (.651); 10th in OBA (.382), 12th in OPS (.840), GIDP (105); 13th in RCAA (175), RC/G (6.42); 14th in SO (476), 16th in HR% (2.84), SLG (.458); 17th in HR (98), 18th in ISO (.150) SINGLE SEASON CARDINALS RANKINGS: G--tied for 7th (161--1970,1971), tied for 20th (159--1969); H--tied for 4th (230--1971); 1B--5th (164--1971); RBI--tied for 7th (137--1971); AVG--15th (.363--1971); RCAP--12th (76--1971); IBB--7th (20--1971); PA--19th (707--1971); GIDP--6th (23--1970), tied for 12th (20--1973), tied for 20th (19--1972) METS SINGLE SEASON RANKINGS: GIDP--tied for 6th (22--1975)
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