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Mike Torrez
Michael Augustine Torrez

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: August 28, 1946 in Topeka, KS
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1967
Final Game: July 27, 1984
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Mike Torrez
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Minors
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- 1967
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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
1967	20	STL	NL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1968	21	STL	NL	5	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	73	2	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1969	22	STL	NL	24	46	41	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.073	.095	.098	.193	-46	4	2	0	4	0	0	1
1970	23	STL	NL	30	66	63	4	17	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	18	.270	.281	.333	.615	62	21	2	1	2	0	0	1
1971	24	TOT	NL	10	11	7	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.143	.400	.286	.686	95	2	0	1	1	0	0	1
1971	24	STL	NL	9	11	7	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.143	.400	.286	.686	95	2	0	1	1	0	0	/1
1971	24	MON	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1972	25	MON	NL	34	91	85	6	15	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	30	.176	.195	.200	.395	12	17	0	0	4	0	0	1
1973	26	MON	NL	36	76	69	4	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	.174	.186	.188	.374	3	13	0	0	6	0	0	1
1974	27	MON	NL	36	69	64	4	8	1	0	0	3	1	1	2	25	.125	.152	.141	.292	-19	9	0	0	3	0	0	1

1976	29	OAK	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1979	32	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980	33	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1983	36	NYM	NL	39	74	65	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	20	.046	.061	.046	.107	-70	3	1	0	8	0	0	1
1984	37	NYM	NL	9	11	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.300	.364	.300	.664	90	3	1	0	0	0	0	/1
20 Seasons				229	452	412	24	64	8	1	0	15	1	1	10	131	.155	.179	.180	.359	-0	74	6	2	28	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	320	291	17	45	6	1	0	11	1	1	7	93	.155	.179	.180	.359	-0	52	4	1	20	0	0

STL (5 yrs)				71	131	119	8	23	4	1	0	7	0	0	3	35	.193	.226	.244	.470	28	29	4	2	7	0	0
MON (4 yrs)				107	236	218	14	35	4	0	0	5	1	1	5	75	.161	.179	.179	.358	-0	39	0	0	13	0	0
NYM (2 yrs)				48	85	75	2	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	21	.080	.104	.080	.184	-48	6	2	0	8	0	0
BOS (5 yrs)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
OAK (3 yrs)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (10 yrs)				226	452	412	24	64	8	1	0	15	1	1	10	131	.155	.179	.180	.359	-0	74	6	2	28	0	0
AL (9 yrs)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1967	20	STL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	89	.000	.000	.257	.000	.319	.000	.377	.000	.696	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1968	21	STL	NL	7	5	1	5.4	81	.400	.286	.251	.286	.309	.286	.354	.571	.663	73	.681	-0.3	-0.0	.400	.000	.000
1969	22	STL	NL	46	44	0	0.0	94	.107	.073	.259	.095	.330	.098	.384	.193	.714	-46	.000	-8.1	-0.8	.125	.049	.024
1970	23	STL	NL	66	50	5	2.7	106	.378	.270	.270	.281	.344	.333	.413	.615	.757	62	.269	-3.7	-0.4	.458	.063	.063
1971	24	TOT	NL	11	7	1	3.8	96	.200	.143	.264	.400	.331	.286	.387	.686	.718	95	.474	0.2	0.0	.833	.429	.143
1971	24	STL	NL	11	7	1	3.8	96	.200	.143	.264	.400	.331	.286	.387	.686	.718	95	.474	0.2	0.0	.833	.429	.143
1972	25	MON	NL	91	74	4	1.5	92	.273	.176	.258	.195	.326	.200	.381	.395	.707	12	.133	-10.0	-1.1	.271	.047	.024
1973	26	MON	NL	76	63	3	1.3	99	.245	.174	.266	.186	.336	.188	.396	.374	.731	3	.100	-9.4	-1.0	.246	.029	.014
1974	27	MON	NL	69	60	2	0.9	99	.205	.125	.268	.152	.341	.141	.387	.292	.728	-19	.055	-10.7	-1.1	.193	.047	.016	.0

1983	36	NYM	NL	74	71	0	0.0	96	.067	.046	.262	.061	.330	.046	.388	.107	.719	-70	.000	-15.1	-1.6	.063	.015	.000
1984	37	NYM	NL	11	8	1	3.4	93	.333	.300	.262	.364	.327	.300	.381	.664	.708	90	.401	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.100	.000
20 Seasons				452	383	17	1.2	97	.228	.155	.264	.179	.333	.180	.390	.359	.724	-0	.090	-57.4	-6.0	.242	.049	.024	.0
162 Game Avg.				320	271	12	1.2	97	.228	.155	.264	.179	.333	.180	.390	.359	.724	-0	.090	-57.4	-6.0	.242	.049	.024

STL (5 yrs)				131	107	7	1.8	100	.274	.193	.265	.226	.336	.244	.398	.470	.734	28	.159	-12.1	-1.3	.340	.076	.050
MON (4 yrs)				236	197	9	1.2	96	.245	.161	.263	.179	.333	.179	.387	.358	.721	-0	.096	-30.1	-3.2	.239	.041	.018	.0
NYM (2 yrs)				85	79	1	0.3	95	.111	.080	.262	.104	.330	.080	.387	.184	.717	-48	.010	-15.2	-1.6	.113	.027	.000

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
1977	30	NYY	AL	WS	LAD	W	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
1 WS							2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	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/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1967	20	STL	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%					0.00	100%
1968	21	STL	NL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.5	7.0	2.00	71%
1969	22	STL	NL	46	0.0%	28.3%	2.2%	2.2%	33%	13.00	3.2		3.29	61%
1970	23	STL	NL	66	0.0%	27.3%	0.0%	4.6%	18%		3.5	12.6	4.33	68%
1971	24	TOT	NL	11	0.0%	18.2%	18.2%	9.1%	100%	1.00	3.5	7.0	4.00	45%
1971	24	STL	NL	11	0.0%	18.2%	18.2%	9.1%	100%	1.00	3.5	7.0	4.00	45%
1972	25	MON	NL	91	0.0%	33.0%	2.2%	2.2%	13%	15.00	2.8	42.5	1.09	60%
1973	26	MON	NL	76	0.0%	26.3%	1.3%	1.3%	8%	20.00	3.5		1.93	64%
1974	27	MON	NL	69	0.0%	36.2%	2.9%	1.5%	13%	12.50	2.6	21.3	1.50	57%

1983	36	NYM	NL	74	0.0%	27.0%	1.4%	0.0%	0%	20.00	3.3	32.5	2.40	61%
1984	37	NYM	NL	11	0.0%	9.1%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	1.00	10.0	10.0	2.50	82%
18 Seasons				452	0.0%	29.0%	2.2%	2.0%	14%	13.10	3.1	27.5	2.01	62%
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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1967	20	STL	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	21	STL	NL	0	0	50%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	22	STL	NL	1	0	75%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	23	STL	NL	0	0	22%	29	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	20%	6	6	0	2	0	0	2	0	2
1971	24	TOT	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	24	STL	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	25	MON	NL	1	0	35%	31	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	29%	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	2
1973	26	MON	NL	2	0	31%	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	25%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1974	27	MON	NL	0	0	40%	18	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	13%	5	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	1

1983	36	NYM	NL	2	0	50%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17%	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	1	1
1984	37	NYM	NL	0	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18 Seasons				6	0	32%	129	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	4	9	19%	21	21	0	4	2	0	12	5	7
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
1967	20	STL	NL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1968	21	STL	NL	7	29%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	6	1	17%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1969	22	STL	NL	46	35%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	10	2	20%	10	1	10%	44	0	0%	3	0	0%	3	0	0%	0
1970	23	STL	NL	66	21%	17			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	40%	10	2	20%	11	2	18%	34	5	15%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1971	24	TOT	NL	11	9%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	6	1	17%	0	0		0	0		0
1971	24	STL	NL	11	9%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	6	1	17%	0	0		0	0		0
1972	25	MON	NL	91	25%	15			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	10	0	0%	17	4	24%	53	3	6%	4	1	25%	7	2	29%	0
1973	26	MON	NL	74	31%	12			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	6	60%	15	0	0%	19	4	21%	48	2	4%	4	1	25%	6	1	17%	2
1974	27	MON	NL	69	32%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	10	0	0%	10	0	0%	43	3	7%	1	1	100%	5	2	40%	0

1983	36	NYM	NL	74	36%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	8	67%	13	1	8%	17	5	29%	45	2	4%	1	0	0%	4	1	25%	0
1984	37	NYM	NL	11	55%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	4	1	25%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
18 Seasons				450	30%	64			0	0	0	0		0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	43	28	65%	71	6	8%	87	17	20%	283	18	6%	17	3	18%	26	6	23%	2
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1967	20	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1968	21	8	8	8	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	51	2	0	0	0
1969	22	32	54	49	4	5	1	0	1	0	0	1	15	.102	.120	.122	.242	-31	6	2	0	4
1970	23	62	120	112	8	22	3	1	6	0	0	1	33	.196	.211	.241	.452	23	27	4	1	6
1971	24	72	131	119	8	23	4	1	7	0	0	3	35	.193	.226	.244	.470	28	29	4	2	7
1972	25	106	222	204	14	38	6	1	9	0	0	5	65	.186	.213	.225	.439	22	46	4	2	11
1973	26	142	298	273	18	50	7	1	9	0	0	6	85	.183	.206	.216	.423	17	59	4	2	17
1974	27	178	367	337	22	58	8	1	12	1	1	8	110	.172	.196	.202	.398	10	68	4	2	20
1975	28	178	367	337	22	58	8	1	12	1	1	8	110	.172	.196	.202	.398	10	68	4	2	20
1976	29	179	367	337	22	58	8	1	12	1	1	8	110	.172	.196	.202	.398	10	68	4	2	20
1977	30	358	734	674	44	116	16	2	24	2	2	16	220	.172	.196	.202	.398	10	136	8	4	40
1978	31	179	367	337	22	58	8	1	12	1	1	8	110	.172	.196	.202	.398	10	68	4	2	20
1979	32	180	367	337	22	58	8	1	12	1	1	8	110	.172	.196	.202	.398	10	68	4	2	20
1980	33	181	367	337	22	58	8	1	12	1	1	8	110	.172	.196	.202	.398	10	68	4	2	20
1981	34	181	367	337	22	58	8	1	12	1	1	8	110	.172	.196	.202	.398	10	68	4	2	20
1982	35	181	367	337	22	58	8	1	12	1	1	8	110	.172	.196	.202	.398	10	68	4	2	20
1983	36	220	441	402	24	61	8	1	14	1	1	9	130	.152	.174	.177	.351	-3	71	5	2	28
1984	37	458	904	824	48	128	16	2	30	2	2	20	262	.155	.179	.180	.359	-0	148	12	4	56

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
1967	20	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1968	21	5	7	7	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	5
1969	22	24	42	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.000	.024	.000	.024	0	24
1970	23	30	64	63	4	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	18	.000	.016	.000	.016	5	30
1971	24	10	10	7	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	.143	.400	.286	.686	1	10
1972	25	36	92	90	7	17	2	0	0	2	0	2	31	.189	.207	.211	.418	4	34
1973	26	36	72	71	4	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	20	.197	.208	.211	.420	3	36
1974	27	36	68	66	5	10	1	0	0	4	1	2	25	.152	.176	.167	.343	2	36

1983	36	39	66	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	.000	.015	.000	.015	0	39
1984	37	9	11	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.300	.364	.300	.664	1	9
10 Seasons		228	433	421	22	45	5	0	0	15	1	10	132	.107	.132	.119	.250	17	226
162 Game Avg.		162	308	299	16	32	4	0	0	11	1	7	94	.107	.132	.119	.250	12	226

* 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

Hall of Fame
1990 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1975 AL (16, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (1157th)

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Name and misspellings: Michael Augustine mark michael Mike torres Torrez

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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 (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') 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.

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