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Joe Torre

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 212lb (188cm, 96kg)

Born: July 18, 1940 in Brooklyn, NY us

High School: St. Francis Preparatory School (Queens, NY)

Debut: September 25, 1960 (Age 20-069d, 11,802nd in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 17, 1977 (Age 36-334d)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Manager in 2014. (Voted by Expansion Era Committee)
View Joe Torre's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

National Team: us USA (18U,16U)

Full Name: Joseph Paul Torre

Twitter: @joetorre

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Relatives: Brother of Frank Torre

Hall of Fame (Manager)
MVP
9x All-Star
Gold Glove
Batting Title
ML PoY
2x Mgr of the year

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

57.5

7874

2342

252

.297

996

RBI

1185

OBP

.365

SLG

.452

OPS

.817

OPS+

129

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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
1960	19	MLN-min	C	117	449	369	63	127	23	3	16	74	7		70	45	.344	.450	.553	1.003		204		4	2	4			EAU · NORL
1960	19	MLN	NL	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	186	1	0	0	0	0	0	/H
1961	20	MLN-min	AAA	27	119	111	18	38	8	2	3	24	0		6	9	.342	.378	.532	.910		59		1	0	1	0		LOU · AA
1961	20	MLN	NL	113	441	406	40	113	21	4	10	42	3	5	28	60	.278	.330	.424	.754	106	172	10	4	2	1	4	*2/H	MVP-21,RoY-2
1962	21	MLN	NL	80	248	220	23	62	8	1	5	26	1	0	24	24	.282	.355	.395	.750	104	87	6	2	0	2	2	2H
1963	22	MLN	NL	142	556	501	57	147	19	4	14	71	1	5	42	79	.293	.350	.431	.781	125	216	19	5	1	7	4	23H/7	AS
1964	23	MLN	NL	154	646	601	87	193	36	5	20	109	2	4	36	67	.321	.365	.498	.863	140	299	26	7	0	2	4	23/H	AS,MVP-5
1965	24	MLN	NL	148	594	523	68	152	21	1	27	80	0	1	61	79	.291	.372	.489	.862	141	256	22	8	0	2	7	23/H	AS,MVP-11,GG
1966	25	ATL	NL	148	614	546	83	172	20	3	36	101	0	4	60	61	.315	.382	.560	.943	156	306	18	2	2	4	8	*23/H	AS,MVP-16
1967	26	ATL	NL	135	534	477	67	132	18	1	20	68	2	2	49	75	.277	.345	.444	.790	126	212	22	3	1	4	7	*23/H	AS
1968	27	ATL	NL	115	464	424	45	115	11	2	10	55	1	0	34	72	.271	.332	.377	.709	112	160	15	5	0	1	7	23/H
1969	28	STL	NL	159	678	602	72	174	29	6	18	101	0	0	66	85	.289	.361	.447	.808	126	269	10	5	0	5	13	*32/H	MVP-23
1970	29	STL	NL	161	704	624	89	203	27	9	21	100	2	2	70	91	.325	.398	.498	.896	137	311	23	7	0	3	10	25/3	AS,MVP-18
1971	30	STL	NL	161	707	634	97	*230*	34	8	24	*137*	4	1	63	70	*.363*	.421	.555	.976	171	*352*	18	4	1	5	20	*5	AS,MVP-1
1972	31	STL	NL	149	613	544	71	157	26	6	11	81	3	0	54	64	.289	.357	.419	.776	122	228	19	8	0	7	13	*53/H	AS
1973	32	STL	NL	141	596	519	67	149	17	2	13	69	2	0	65	78	.287	.376	.403	.779	117	209	20	10	1	1	14	*35	AS
1974	33	STL	NL	147	611	529	59	149	28	1	11	70	1	2	69	88	.282	.371	.401	.772	117	212	15	8	1	3	9	*35/H
1975	34	NYM	NL	114	400	361	33	89	16	3	6	35	0	0	35	55	.247	.317	.357	.674	91	129	22	2	2	0	3	53H
1976	35	NYM	NL	114	340	310	36	95	10	3	5	31	1	3	21	35	.306	.358	.406	.764	124	126	16	5	2	2	1	3H/5
1977	36	NYM	NL	26	54	51	2	9	3	0	1	9	0	0	2	10	.176	.204	.294	.498	36	15	3	0	0	1	1	3H/5
18 Yrs				2209	8802	7874	996	2342	344	59	252	1185	23	29	779	1094	.297	.365	.452	.817	129	3560	284	85	13	50	127
162 Game Avg.				162	646	577	73	172	25	4	18	87	2	2	57	80	.297	.365	.452	.817	129	261	21	6	1	4	9
				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
ATL (9 yrs)				1037	4099	3700	470	1087	154	21	142	552	10	21	334	518	.294	.356	.462	.818	130	1709	138	36	6	23	43
STL (6 yrs)				918	3909	3452	455	1062	161	32	98	558	12	5	387	476	.308	.382	.458	.840	133	1581	105	42	3	24	79
NYM (3 yrs)				254	794	722	71	193	29	6	12	75	1	3	58	100	.267	.327	.374	.701	101	270	41	7	4	3	5

Player Value--Batting

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

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