Gil Torres

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Don Gilberto Torres Nunez

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 155 lb.

• Debut April 25, 1940
• Final Game September 14, 1946
• Born August 23, 1915 in Regla, Cuba
• Died January 10, 1983 in Regla, Cuba

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Gil Torres led the Southern Association with 23 complete games as a pitcher in 1943. In 1944 he was the regular third baseman for the Washington Senators.

Torres is buried in the Cementerio de Regla. He had two daugthers, Teresa and Tamara, and two grandaugthers, Mylene, Cheryl and two grandsons, Ricardo and Roberto.

Torres managed the 1953 Valdosta Browns and the 1954 West Palm Beach Indians.

Remaining in Cuba after the Revolution, Torres managed in the Cuban Serie Nacional and guided the Cuban national team in the 1963 Pan American Games and 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games, both of which times they took home Gold. He led them to a poor 2-3 finish in the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games.

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