Tony Torcato

Anthony Dale Torcato

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 25, 1979 in Woodland, CA
High School: Woodland HS (Woodland, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 2002
Team: Giants 2002-2005

Final Game: April 21, 2005
About biographical information

View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Promote your website or business by sponsoring this page for $10 on Baseball-Reference.com. Your message will replace this ad.

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1998	18	SFG-min	A-	59	243	220	31	64	15	2	3	43	4	2	14	38	.291	.333	.418	.752		92	0	3	0	6	0		SKZ · NORW
1999	19	SFG-min	A+	110	463	422	50	123	25	0	4	58	2	1	30	67	.291	.338	.379	.717		160	6	3	1	7	3		BAK · CALL
2000	20	SFG-min	A+,AA	121	552	498	78	163	37	2	7	90	19	4	41	63	.327	.380	.452	.832		225	2	6	0	7	8		SJO,SHV · CALL,TL
2001	21	SFG-min	A+,AAA,AA	138	601	555	71	179	38	4	5	78	9	5	28	75	.323	.358	.432	.790		240	16	8	0	10	6		SJO,FRE,SHV · CALL,PCL,TL
2002	22	SFG-min	AAA	130	527	490	64	142	23	3	13	64	4	6	29	65	.290	.330	.429	.758		210	6	2	2	4	3		FRE · PCL
2002	22	SFG	NL	5	11	11	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.273	.273	.364	.636	70	4	0	0	0	0	0	/9
2003	23	SFG-min	AAA	106	440	423	36	125	18	2	3	48	4	0	6	33	.296	.304	.369	.672		156	18	2	2	7	2		FRE · PCL
2003	23	SFG	NL	14	18	16	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.188	.235	.250	.485	28	4	0	1	1	0	0	/79
2004	24	SFG-min	AAA	119	417	395	39	114	22	0	3	57	4	1	11	35	.289	.314	.367	.681		145	8	5	3	3	1		FRE · PCL
2004	24	SFG	NL	13	12	9	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.556	.583	.556	1.139	197	5	0	1	0	1	0
2005	25	SFG-min	AAA	105	407	376	41	101	15	5	10	57	3	4	21	43	.269	.310	.415	.725		156	7	4	1	5	4		FRE · PCL
2005	25	SFG	NL	11	12	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.273	.333	.273	.606	61	3	2	0	0	0	0	/9
2006	26	CHW-min	AAA	78	249	225	22	56	11	1	2	22	1	1	17	35	.249	.302	.333	.636		75	1	2	1	4	1		CHR · IL
4 Yrs				43	53	47	2	14	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	8	.298	.346	.340	.687	82	16	2	2	1	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	200	177	8	53	8	0	0	11	0	0	8	30	.298	.346	.340	.687	82	60	8	8	4	4	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2002	22	SFG	NL	5	11	-0	0	0	-1	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.473	.499	0.0	-0.1	-0	$	/9
2003	23	SFG	NL	14	18	-2	-0	0	-1	-0	-3	-0.3	0	-3	-0.3	.477	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	/79
2004	24	SFG	NL	13	12	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.513	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$302,000
2005	25	SFG	NL	11	12	0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$318,500	/9
4 Seasons				43	53	-1	0	-0	-2	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-1	-0.2	.493	.500	0.0	-0.2	0	$620,500

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
2002	22	SFG	NL	11	8	1	3.4	103	.333	.273	.260	.273	.333	.364	.414	.636	.747	70	.341	-0.5	-0.1	.500	.091	.091
2003	23	SFG	NL	18	14	1	1.9	108	.250	.188	.267	.235	.339	.250	.429	.485	.768	28	.150	-1.7	-0.2	.385	.063	.063
2004	24	SFG	NL	12	5	4	21.4	112	.500	.556	.271	.583	.343	.556	.439	1.139	.781	197	.934	1.8	0.2	1.750	.111	.000
2005	25	SFG	NL	12	10	1	2.7	109	.333	.273	.270	.333	.340	.273	.430	.606	.770	61	.253	-0.6	-0.1	.400	.091	.000
4 Yrs				53	37	7	5.1	108	.350	.298	.267	.346	.339	.340	.427	.687	.766	82	.515	-1.1	-0.1	.571	.085	.043
162 Game Avg.				200	139	26	5.1	108	.350	.298	.267	.346	.339	.340	.427	.687	.766	82	.515	-1.1	-0.1	.571	.085	.043

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2002	22	SFG	NL	11	0.0%	18.2%	0.0%	9.1%	33%		5.5			0.50	1.00	82%	33%	0.0%	17%
2003	23	SFG	NL	18	0.0%	22.2%	0.0%	5.6%	33%		4.0		16.0	0.50	0.67	67%	15%	0.0%	0%
2004	24	SFG	NL	12	0.0%	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	0.00			4.5	0.43	0.00	83%	20%	0.0%	29%
2005	25	SFG	NL	12	0.0%	16.7%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	2.00	5.5			3.50	6.00	75%	11%	0.0%	50%
4 Yrs				53	0.0%	15.1%	3.8%	3.8%	14%	4.00	5.9		15.7	0.74	0.87	75%	20%	0.0%	17%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	1.96	5.3	32.1	7.7	0.79	1.08	70%	20%	7.9%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2002	22	SFG	NL	-0.5	-0.1	11	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.59	-0.0	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	1.00	-0.6	0.96	3
2003	23	SFG	NL	-1.7	-0.2	18	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.52	-0.3	0.1	-2.3	-0.2	0.98	-2.0	0.52	7
2004	24	SFG	NL	1.8	0.2	13	0.2	0.3	-0.1	1.18	0.2	-0.0	2.8	0.3	1.07	2.2	1.00	9
2005	25	SFG	NL	-0.6	-0.1	12	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	.78	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.87	-0.7	0.92	9
4 Yrs				-1.1	-0.1	54	0.0	0.6	-0.6	.75	-0.2	0.2	-0.7	-0.1	0.98	-1.1	0.85	28

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndSH
2002	22	SFG	NL	0	0%	3	0		0	0	0	0
2003	23	SFG	NL	0	0%	3	0		0	0	0	0
2004	24	SFG	NL	0	14%	3	1	50%	1	1	1	1
2005	25	SFG	NL	1	25%	4	0	0%	1	1	0	0
4 Yrs				1	11%	13	1	33%	2	2	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2002	22	SFG	NL	11	100%	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2003	23	SFG	NL	18	83%	3	0	0	7	2	0	1	0.52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	2	1	50%	11	1	9%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
2004	24	SFG	NL	12	92%	5	0	0	9	5	0	2	1.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	1	1	100%	12	2	17%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
2005	25	SFG	NL	12	92%	3	1	0	9	3	0	0	0.92	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	2	67%	0	0		6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				53	91%	14	1	0	28	10	0	3	0.85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	13	2	15%	5	2	40%	35	3	9%	2	2	100%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2002	22	SFG	NL	11	31	2.82	22	71%	27%	14%	18%	41%	73%	0%	52%	81%	18%	0%	0	0	9%	1	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2003	23	SFG	NL	18	52	2.89	37	71%	16%	27%	22%	35%	84%	0%	60%	68%	50%	0%	0	0	6%	1	1	0%	0	0	25%	0	0	0
2004	24	SFG	NL	12	40	3.33	24	60%	29%	8%	21%	42%	71%	0%	43%	88%	42%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	25%	3	3		0	0	0
2005	25	SFG	NL	12	49	4.08	28	57%	29%	14%	25%	32%	71%	0%	41%	80%	8%	8%	1	0	33%	4	2	8%	1	0	0%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				53	172	3.25	111	65%	24%	17%	22%	37%	76%	0%	49%	77%	32%	2%	1	0	11%	6	4	8%	4	3	13%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		63%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
2002	22	5	11	11	0	3	1	0	0	2	.273	.273	.364	.636	70	4	0	0	0	0
2003	23	19	29	27	0	6	2	1	0	6	.222	.250	.296	.546	44	8	0	1	1	0
2004	24	32	41	36	1	11	2	3	1	6	.306	.350	.361	.711	88	13	0	2	1	1
2005	25	43	53	47	2	14	2	3	2	8	.298	.346	.340	.687	82	16	2	2	1	1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2002	22	5	11	11	0	3	1	0	0	2	.273	.273	.364	.636	1	5
2003	23	14	19	17	0	4	1	1	0	4	.235	.278	.294	.572	1	14
2004	24	13	12	9	1	5	0	2	1	0	.556	.583	.556	1.139	3	13
2005	25	11	12	11	1	3	0	0	1	2	.273	.333	.273	.606	1	11
4 Yrs		43	54	48	2	15	2	3	2	8	.313	.358	.354	.713	6	43
162 Game Avg.		162	203	181	8	57	8	11	8	30	.313	.358	.354	.713	23	43

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball Library Baseball-Almanac.com Retrosheet The Baseball Cube The Baseball Page

Viewed 6,494 times through June 1, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Anthony Dale Tony Torcato

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.