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Héctor Torres

Hector Epitacio (Marroquin) Torres

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 16, 1945 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
High School: Instituto Laurens (Monterrey, MX)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1968
Teams (by GP): Astros/Padres/BlueJays/Expos/Cubs 1968-1977

Final Game: October 2, 1977
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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
1962	16	SFG-min	D	96	345	304	44	58	6	3	3	33	1		36	84	.191	.281	.260	.541		79		3	0	2	1		DEC · MIDW
1963	17	SFG-min	A	104	343	343		62	11	2	4						.181	.181	.259	.440		89							FRE · CALL
1964	18	SFG-min	A	139	511	511		114	16	4	18						.223	.223	.376	.599		192							FRE · CALL
1965	19	SFG-min	A,AA	108	402	391	6	90	10	1	7	10	0	0	11	26	.230	.251	.315	.566		123							DEC,SPF · MIDW,EL
1966	20	ANA-min	AAA	102	363	346	34	86	9	3	3	24	1	1	15	54	.249	.282	.318	.600		110		1	1	0			SLE · PCL
1967	21	ANA-min	AAA	139	497	472	29	101	14	7	2	39	4	2	15	76	.214	.238	.286	.524		135		1	5	4			SLE · PCL
1968	22	HOU	NL	128	496	466	44	104	11	1	1	24	2	3	18	64	.223	.252	.258	.510	56	120	10	0	12	0	2	*6/4
1969	23	HOU-min	AAA	29	115	105	13	25	3	0	0	5	2	1	6	9	.238	.274	.267	.541		28		0	2	2			OKC · AA
1969	23	HOU	NL	34	72	69	5	11	1	0	1	8	0	0	2	12	.159	.183	.217	.400	13	15	3	0	1	0	0	6
1970	24	HOU-min	AAA	38	162	151	15	46	7	3	2	20	1	0	6	19	.305	.333	.430	.764		65		1	3	1			OKC · AA
1970	24	HOU	NL	31	72	65	6	16	1	2	0	5	0	0	6	8	.246	.310	.323	.633	73	21	2	0	0	0	0	6/4
1971	25	CHC	NL	31	63	58	4	13	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	10	.224	.274	.276	.550	49	16	4	0	0	0	0	6/4
1972	26	MON	NL	83	199	181	14	28	4	1	2	7	0	2	13	26	.155	.215	.221	.436	24	40	4	1	2	0	1	46/5719
1973	27	HOU	NL	38	79	66	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	1	7	13	.091	.189	.106	.295	-15	7	4	1	3	0	0	64

1974	28	SDP-min	AAA	123	462	425	41	110	14	1	7	47	2	4	23	42	.259	.296	.346	.642		147		1	10	3			HAW · PCL
1975	29	SDP	NL	112	389	352	31	91	12	0	5	26	2	3	22	32	.259	.297	.335	.633	80	118	8	0	7	6	3	654
1976	30	SDP	NL	74	237	215	8	42	6	0	4	15	2	1	16	31	.195	.254	.279	.533	57	60	8	1	3	0	3	6/54
1977	31	TOR	AL	91	294	266	33	64	7	3	5	26	1	1	16	33	.241	.282	.346	.628	71	92	10	1	5	4	1	64/5
1978	32	TOR-PIT-min	AAA	111	373	344	37	71	10	2	7	42	1	0	16	54	.206	.240	.308	.548		106		1	6	6			SYR,CLB · IL
9 Yrs				622	1901	1738	148	375	46	7	18	115	7	11	104	229	.216	.260	.281	.542	56	489	53	4	33	10	10
162 Game Avg.				162	495	453	39	98	12	2	5	30	2	3	27	60	.216	.260	.281	.542	56	127	14	1	9	3	3

HOU (4 yrs)				231	719	666	58	137	14	3	2	39	2	4	33	97	.206	.244	.245	.489	45	163	19	1	16	0	2
SDP (2 yrs)				186	626	567	39	133	18	0	9	41	4	4	38	63	.235	.281	.314	.595	72	178	16	1	10	6	6
MON (1 yr)				83	199	181	14	28	4	1	2	7	0	2	13	26	.155	.215	.221	.436	24	40	4	1	2	0	1
CHC (1 yr)				31	63	58	4	13	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	10	.224	.274	.276	.550	49	16	4	0	0	0	0
TOR (1 yr)				91	294	266	33	64	7	3	5	26	1	1	16	33	.241	.282	.346	.628	71	92	10	1	5	4	1

NL (8 yrs)				531	1607	1472	115	311	39	4	13	89	6	10	88	196	.211	.256	.270	.526	53	397	43	3	28	6	9
AL (1 yr)				91	294	266	33	64	7	3	5	26	1	1	16	33	.241	.282	.346	.628	71	92	10	1	5	4	1

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
1968	22	HOU	NL	128	496	-23	0	-0	-6	7	-22	-2.6	17	-5	-0.9	.478	.483	-0.4	0.3	1	$	*6/4
1969	23	HOU	NL	34	72	-8	0	-0	-6	1	-13	-1.4	2	-10	-1.1	.458	.491	-0.5	-0.5	-4	$	6
1970	24	HOU	NL	31	72	-1	0	-0	-4	1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.487	.497	0.2	-0.2	2	$	6/4
1971	25	CHC	NL	31	63	-3	0	-1	-0	1	-2	-0.3	2	-0	-0.1	.491	.498	-0.1	0.1	-0	$	6/4
1972	26	MON	NL	83	199	-17	-0	0	-4	3	-18	-2.1	6	-12	-1.5	.475	.487	-1.1	-0.1	-8	$	46/5719
1973	27	HOU	NL	38	79	-10	-2	-0	1	2	-9	-1.0	2	-7	-0.8	.473	.494	-0.9	0.3	-8	$16,000	64

1975	29	SDP	NL	112	389	-6	-0	1	8	6	8	1.0	11	20	2.1	.508	.506	1.1	1.6	11	$	654
1976	30	SDP	NL	74	237	-11	-1	-1	-5	4	-14	-1.6	7	-7	-0.9	.479	.490	-0.4	-0.1	-2	$	6/54
1977	31	TOR	AL	91	294	-12	-3	0	-5	5	-14	-1.4	9	-5	-0.5	.484	.491	0.0	0.1	-0	$27,500	64/5
9 Seasons				622	1901	-91	-5	-2	-19	29	-88	-9.7	59	-29	-3.9	.484	.493	-2.1	1.6	-10	$43,500

HOU (4 yrs)				231	719	-43	-1	-1	-14	11	-48	-5.4	24	-24	-3.0	.475	.491	-1.6	-0.1	-10	$16,000
SDP (2 yrs)				186	626	-18	-1	-0	4	9	-5	-0.6	18	13	1.2	.497	.498	0.7	1.6	9	$
MON (1 yr)				83	199	-17	-0	0	-4	3	-18	-2.1	6	-12	-1.5	.475	.487	-1.1	-0.1	-8	$
CHC (1 yr)				31	63	-3	0	-1	-0	1	-2	-0.3	2	-0	-0.1	.491	.498	-0.1	0.1	-0	$
TOR (1 yr)				91	294	-12	-3	0	-5	5	-14	-1.4	9	-5	-0.5	.484	.491	0.0	0.1	-0	$27,500

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9
1972	26	MON	NL	27.00	1	1	0.2	5	2	2	7	22	7.500	67.5
1 Yr				27.00	1	1	0.2	5	2	2	7	22	7.500	67.5
162 Game Avg.				27.00	68	68	48	340	136	136	476	22	7.500	67.5

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1972	26	MON	NL	0.2	1	0	2	27.00	4.72	0.49	-0.20	104.0	4.20	-2	-0.2	.0	0.1	-0.1	-2	.334	.499	$
1 Season				0.2	1	0	2	27.00	4.72	0.49	-0.20	104.0	4.20	-2	-0.2	.0	0.1	-0.1	-2	.334	.499	$

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1968	HOU	NL	22	SS	127	119	110	1054.0	574	159	391	24	55	.958	-6	-7	4.70	4.33	.962	4.98	5.00
1968	HOU	NL	22	2B	1	0	0	2.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0	300	9.00	2.00	.975	5.40	5.20
1969	HOU	NL	23	SS	22	14	12	144.2	72	30	38	4	7	.944	-6	-49	4.23	3.09	.963	4.93	4.90
1970	HOU	NL	24	SS	22	15	10	134.2	75	26	45	4	7	.947	-4	-32	4.75	3.23	.965	5.05	5.04
1970	HOU	NL	24	2B	6	2	2	27.0	14	8	6	0	2	1.000	0	0	4.67	2.33	.979	5.33	5.30
1971	CHC	NL	25	SS	18	11	8	111.1	53	11	40	2	6	.962	0	5	4.12	2.83	.968	5.14	5.13
1971	CHC	NL	25	2B	4	2	1	18.2	7	1	5	1	1	.857	-1	-39	2.89	1.50	.979	5.50	5.45
1972	MON	NL	26	2B	60	41	31	403.1	226	86	132	8	28	.965	-4	-12	4.86	3.63	.978	5.36	5.38
1972	MON	NL	26	SS	16	8	7	102.0	56	24	31	1	5	.982	0	6	4.85	3.44	.967	5.04	5.06
1972	MON	NL	26	OF	2	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-360	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.20
1972	MON	NL	26	3B	1				6	2	4	0	1	1.000				6.00	.945		2.90
1972	MON	NL	26	LF	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0			0.00			1.90
1972	MON	NL	26	P	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.35	1.80	0	0			0
1972	MON	NL	26	RF	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-180	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.00
1973	HOU	NL	27	SS	22	15	7	137.0	84	18	62	4	7	.952	2	15	5.26	3.64	.961	4.93	4.93
1973	HOU	NL	27	2B	13	4	3	48.2	28	14	13	1	3	.964	-1	-15	4.99	2.08	.980	5.53	5.52
1975	SDP	NL	29	SS	75	65	48	588.0	380	97	272	11	45	.971	11	22	5.65	4.92	.963	4.99	4.99
1975	SDP	NL	29	3B	42	14	11	176.1	38	7	30	1	0	.974	-3	-21	1.89	0.88	.945	2.98	2.97
1975	SDP	NL	29	2B	16	11	9	100.0	61	24	36	1	10	.984	1	8	5.40	3.75	.975	5.54	5.54
1976	SDP	NL	30	SS	63	55	47	490.2	236	64	160	12	29	.949	-4	-9	4.11	3.56	.964	5.05	5.04
1976	SDP	NL	30	3B	4	1	1	16.0	8	3	5	0	0	1.000	-0	-15	4.50	2.00	.952	2.92	2.92
1976	SDP	NL	30	2B	3	1	1	14.1	8	5	3	0	1	1.000	-1	-75	5.02	2.67	.975	5.46	5.47
1977	TOR	AL	31	SS	68	55	49	492.2	252	82	165	5	29	.980	-6	-14	4.51	3.63	.963	4.82	4.79
1977	TOR	AL	31	2B	23	22	16	191.0	141	61	75	5	9	.965	1	8	6.41	5.91	.978	5.42	5.38
1977	TOR	AL	31	3B	2	0	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-40	3.00	0.50	.960	3.00	2.95
	9 Seasons			SS	433	357	298	3255.0	1782	511	1204	67	190	.962	-12	-4	4.74	3.96	.963	4.97	4.97
	8 Seasons			2B	126	83	63	805.0	487	199	272	16	54	.967	-4	-6	5.27	3.74	.978	5.41	5.41
	4 Seasons			3B	49	15	12	195.1	53	13	39	1	1	.981	-3	-21	2.12	1.06	.946	2.98	2.96
	1 Season			OF	2	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-360	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.20
	1 Season			LF	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0			0.00			1.90
	1 Season			P	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.35	1.80	0	0			0
	1 Season			RF	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-180	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.00
	9 Seasons			TOT	611	455	373	4256.2	2322	723	1515	84	245	.964	-19	-5	4.72	3.66	.966	4.96	4.89	0	0			0
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1975 NL 1.6 (9th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1968 NL 12 (5th)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1968 NL 24 (5th)	Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y 1975 NL 11 (2nd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1975 NL 1.6 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1968 NL 12 (5th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1968 NL 24 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1975 NL 11 (2nd)

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Transactions

March 25, 1962: Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent.
April 6, 1966: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the California Angels for Dave Marshall.
November 21, 1967: the California Angels sent Hector Torres to the Houston Astros to complete an earlier deal made on August 7, 1967. August 7, 1967: The California Angels sent a player to be named later to the Houston Astros for Jim Weaver.
October 12, 1970: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Chicago Cubs for Roger Metzger.
April 7, 1972: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Hal Breeden to the Montreal Expos for Dan McGinn.
April 4, 1973: Purchased by the Houston Astros from the Montreal Expos.
October 23, 1973: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later. The Chicago White Sox sent Dan Neumeier (December 4, 1973) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.
April 3, 1975: Purchased by the San Diego Padres from the Chicago White Sox.
December 8, 1976: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Johnny Grubb and Fred Kendall to the Cleveland Indians for George Hendrick.
March 29, 1977: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Toronto Blue Jays for John Lowenstein.
March 27, 1978: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Salaries

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Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1973	27	Houston Astros	$16,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

1977	31	Toronto Blue Jays	$27,500	TSN salary survey, 4/23/77

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$43,500

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