Frank Torre
Frank Joseph Torre
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 30, 1931 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: St. Francis (Brooklyn, NY)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1956
Final Game: September 29, 1963
Relatives: Brother of Joe Torre
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Standard Batting

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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
1956 24 MLN NL 111 175 159 17 41 6 0 0 16 1 0 11 4 .258 .304 .296 .600 67 47 5 0 4 1 2 3
1957 25 MLN NL 129 411 364 46 99 19 5 5 40 0 0 29 19 .272 .339 .393 .732 103 143 10 9 7 2 1 *3
1958 26 MLN NL 138 430 372 41 115 22 5 6 55 2 0 42 14 .309 .386 .444 .829 127 165 14 7 5 4 7 *3
1959 27 MLN NL 115 307 263 23 60 15 1 1 33 0 0 35 12 .228 .321 .304 .625 74 80 5 3 2 4 6 3
1960 28 MLN NL 21 50 44 2 9 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 2 .205 .245 .227 .472 35 10 1 0 1 2 1 3
1962 30 PHI NL 108 200 168 13 52 8 2 0 20 1 1 24 6 .310 .404 .381 .785 116 64 8 4 2 2 1 3
1963 31 PHI NL 92 130 112 8 28 7 2 1 10 0 0 11 7 .250 .333 .375 .708 105 42 1 3 4 0 2 3
7 Seasons 714 1703 1482 150 404 78 15 13 179 4 1 155 64 .273 .349 .372 .720 100 551 44 26 25 15 20
162 Game Avg. 162 386 336 34 92 18 3 3 41 1 0 35 15 .273 .349 .372 .720 100 125 10 6 6 3 5
MLN (5 yrs) 514 1373 1202 129 324 63 11 12 149 3 0 120 51 .270 .342 .370 .712 97 445 35 19 19 13 17
PHI (2 yrs) 200 330 280 21 80 15 4 1 30 1 1 35 13 .286 .377 .379 .755 112 106 9 7 6 2 3

Advanced Batting

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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 PwrSpd
1956 24 MLN NL 175 128 14 2.9 98 .263 .258 .257 .304 .323 .296 .406 .600 .728 67 .314 -6.8 -0.7 .480 .113 .038 .0
1957 25 MLN NL 411 284 49 4.7 97 .275 .272 .260 .339 .322 .393 .403 .732 .725 103 .505 2.6 0.2 .658 .201 .121 .0
1958 26 MLN NL 430 280 63 6.0 99 .306 .309 .260 .386 .327 .444 .406 .829 .733 127 .616 17.2 1.7 .797 .253 .134 3.0
1959 27 MLN NL 307 214 28 3.5 98 .232 .228 .260 .321 .325 .304 .403 .625 .728 74 .376 -7.0 -0.7 .567 .209 .076 .0
1960 28 MLN NL 50 39 3 2.1 93 .205 .205 .255 .245 .320 .227 .391 .472 .711 35 .203 -3.6 -0.4 .361 .091 .023
1962 30 PHI NL 200 129 26 5.4 100 .317 .310 .266 .404 .333 .381 .404 .785 .737 116 .576 5.7 0.6 .736 .214 .071 .0
1963 31 PHI NL 130 89 15 4.5 88 .260 .250 .253 .333 .315 .375 .378 .708 .693 105 .568 1.1 0.1 .659 .223 .125 .0
7 Seasons 1703 1163 198 4.6 97 .275 .273 .260 .349 .325 .372 .402 .720 .726 100 .503 9.1 0.9 .654 .206 .099 6.1
162 Game Avg. 386 264 45 4.6 97 .275 .273 .260 .349 .325 .372 .402 .720 .726 100 .503 2 0 .654 .206 .099 1
MLN (5 yrs) 1373 945 157 4.5 98 .271 .270 .259 .342 .324 .370 .404 .712 .728 97 .486 2.3 0.2 .643 .203 .101 4.8
PHI (2 yrs) 330 218 41 5.0 96 .295 .286 .261 .377 .326 .379 .394 .755 .720 112 .572 6.7 0.7 .705 .218 .093 1.0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1957 25 MLN NL WS NYY W 7 12 10 2 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 .300 .417 .900 1.317 9 0 0 0 0 0
1958 26 MLN NL WS NYY L 7 20 17 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .176 .263 .176 .440 3 0 0 1 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 14 32 27 2 6 0 0 2 4 0 0 4 0 .222 .323 .444 .767 12 0 0 1 0 0
2 WS 14 32 27 2 6 0 0 2 4 0 0 4 0 .222 .323 .444 .767 12 0 0 1 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1956 24 MLN NL 175 0.0% 2.3% 6.3% 3.4% 15% 0.36 39.8 9.9 1.26 89%
1957 25 MLN NL 411 1.2% 4.6% 7.1% 7.1% 29% 0.66 19.2 72.8 9.1 1.09 83%
1958 26 MLN NL 430 1.4% 3.3% 9.8% 7.7% 29% 0.33 26.6 62.0 6.8 0.95 83%
1959 27 MLN NL 307 0.3% 3.9% 11.4% 5.5% 28% 0.34 21.9 263.0 8.0 0.88 83%
1960 28 MLN NL 50 0.0% 4.0% 6.0% 2.0% 11% 0.67 22.0 8.8 0.85 88%
1962 30 PHI NL 200 0.0% 3.0% 12.0% 5.0% 19% 0.25 28.0 8.4 1.48 82%
1963 31 PHI NL 130 0.8% 5.4% 8.5% 7.7% 36% 0.64 16.0 112.0 11.2 0.74 80%
7 Seasons 1703 0.8% 3.8% 9.1% 6.2% 26% 0.41 23.2 114.0 8.3 1.02 83%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1956 24 MLN NL 0 0 33% 32 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 46% 5 4 1 0 0 0 6 2 4
1957 25 MLN NL 6 0 31% 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 45% 21 14 7 2 2 0 15 3 10
1958 26 MLN NL 1 0 22% 183 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 36% 21 19 1 7 4 3 17 3 12
1959 27 MLN NL 1 0 23% 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 7 52% 7 5 2 4 3 1 10 2 8
1960 28 MLN NL 0 0 17% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1962 30 PHI NL 3 0 16% 77 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 58% 16 7 9 0 0 0 8 3 5
1963 31 PHI NL 1 0 17% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 67% 6 2 4 0 0 0 3 1 2
7 Seasons 12 0 24% 575 4 1 80% 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 15 28 47% 78 52 25 13 9 4 60 14 42
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1956 24 MLN NL 104 91% 41 15 3 0 3 1.53 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 133% 18 5 28% 8 4 50% 62 10 16% 7 4 57% 6 3 50% 71
1957 25 MLN NL 411 84% 99 15 5 1 1 1.83 5 0 11 3 2 0 5 0 7 7 100% 90 10 11% 51 17 33% 247 37 15% 22 12 55% 19 8 42% 0
1958 26 MLN NL 405 88% 115 18 6 0 1 1.46 6 1 13 5 1 6 0 0 4 5 125% 81 14 17% 38 18 47% 269 47 17% 25 14 56% 30 15 50% 26
1959 27 MLN NL 295 88% 60 26 6 0 3 1.77 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 48 5 10% 24 15 63% 211 35 17% 24 13 54% 20 12 60% 12
1960 28 MLN NL 50 88% 9 3 0 0 1 1.45 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 10 1 10% 6 3 50% 46 5 11% 5 2 40% 2 1 50% 0
1962 30 PHI NL 200 92% 52 33 4 0 1 1.46 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 45 8 18% 18 9 50% 141 21 15% 14 5 36% 13 9 69% 0
1963 31 PHI NL 130 92% 28 32 8 0 4 2.02 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 6 4 67% 26 1 4% 15 6 40% 92 10 11% 7 1 14% 12 4 33% 0
7 Seasons 1595 88% 404 142 32 1 14 1.69 13 1 46 10 3 7 6 0 25 25 100% 318 44 14% 160 72 45% 1068 165 15% 104 51 49% 102 52 51% 109
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1956 24 111 175 159 17 41 6 0 0 16 1 0 11 4 .258 .304 .296 .600 67 47 5 0 4 1 2
1957 25 240 586 523 63 140 25 5 5 56 1 0 40 23 .268 .329 .363 .692 92 190 15 9 11 3 3
1958 26 378 1016 895 104 255 47 10 11 111 3 0 82 37 .285 .353 .397 .750 107 355 29 16 16 7 10
1959 27 493 1323 1158 127 315 62 11 12 144 3 0 117 49 .272 .346 .376 .721 99 435 34 19 18 11 16
1960 28 514 1373 1202 129 324 63 11 12 149 3 0 120 51 .270 .342 .370 .712 97 445 35 19 19 13 17
1961 29 514 1373 1202 129 324 63 11 12 149 3 0 120 51 .270 .342 .370 .712 97 445 35 19 19 13 17
1962 30 622 1573 1370 142 376 71 13 12 169 4 1 144 57 .274 .350 .372 .721 100 509 43 23 21 15 18
1963 31 714 1703 1482 150 404 78 15 13 179 4 1 155 64 .273 .349 .372 .720 100 551 44 26 25 15 20

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1956 24 116 182 169 20 46 7 0 0 19 1 12 4 .272 .319 .314 .632 17 111
1957 25 135 434 389 52 112 21 6 6 46 0 33 20 .288 .357 .419 .776 55 129
1958 26 145 458 399 47 129 25 6 7 63 2 47 15 .323 .402 .469 .870 73 138
1959 27 120 328 281 26 69 17 1 1 37 0 40 13 .246 .341 .324 .665 31 115
1960 28 22 52 47 2 10 1 0 0 6 0 3 2 .213 .250 .234 .484 3 21
1962 30 108 201 170 13 54 8 2 0 21 1 25 6 .318 .413 .388 .801 27 108
1963 31 92 132 116 9 32 8 2 1 11 0 13 7 .276 .364 .405 .769 17 92
7 Seasons 738 1787 1571 169 452 87 17 15 203 4 173 67 .288 .365 .393 .759 223 714
162 Game Avg. 162 392 345 37 99 19 4 3 45 1 38 15 .288 .365 .393 .759 49 714

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1957 NL--9--3rd
1958 NL--7--4th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1367), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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