Mike
Torrez
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 225
 
Born: August 28, 1946 in Usa, KS, TOPEKA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1975    1979   
All-Star Selections 1974    1975    1976   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1967 20 SEM AL   7 4 4 4 4 5 5 8 8 8
1968 21 SEM AL   7 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8
1969 22 SEM AL   7 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8
1970 23 SEM AL   7 4 4 4 5 6 5 9 9 9
1971 24 SEM AL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 9 9
1972 25 SEM AL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 9 9
1973 26 SEM AL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 9 9
1974 27 SEM AL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 9 9
1975 28 SEM AL $ 1,074,286 7 4 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10
1976 29 SEM AL $ 4,071,429 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10
1977 30 SEM AL $ 4,450,000 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10
1978 31 SEM AL $ 4,450,000 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10
1979 32 SEM AL $ 4,450,000 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10
1980 33 SEM AL $ 4,450,000 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10
1981 34 SEM AL $ 2,500,000 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10
1982 35 SEM AL $ 2,500,000 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 9 9 9
1983 36 DET AL $ 1,000,000 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 8 8
1984 37 DET AL $ 1,000,000 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 4 4 4 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,450,000 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1967 20 AAA   0 2 .000 7 2 0 0 0 12.0 16 11 2 4 8 8.25 .302 .351 .509 .860  
1968 21 AAA   1 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 0 9.7 10 4 1 6 9 3.73 .263 .364 .395 .758  
1969 22 AAA   0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 8.0 13 5 1 4 4 5.63 .361 .425 .583 1.008  
    AA   6 3 .667 9 9 1 0 0 68.0 58 13 1 19 67 1.72 .225 .278 .322 .600  
1970 23 AAA   13 4 .765 22 22 1 1 0 149.0 147 53 7 51 118 3.20 .253 .313 .351 .663  
1971 24 SEM AL 2 1 .667 4 4 1 0 0 31.3 30 13 0 11 11 3.73 .252 .308 .303 .611 1.8
    AAA   15 4 .789 24 24 4 2 0 166.3 148 42 5 64 85 2.27 .238 .309 .303 .612  
1972 25 SEM AL 11 6 .647 23 23 4 2 0 168.7 200 91 7 66 72 4.86 .295 .355 .391 .746 7.6
    AAA   4 1 .800 5 5 2 1 0 41.0 35 5 2 9 27 1.10 .226 .268 .284 .552  
1973 26 SEM AL 8 10 .444 26 26 5 0 0 179.3 219 107 7 82 65 5.37 .301 .370 .393 .763 4.5
1974 27 SEM AL 10 3 .769 21 15 2 1 0 122.3 134 61 7 49 46 4.49 .278 .341 .365 .707 7.8
1975 28 SEM AL 17 8 .680 34 34 1 1 0 250.3 249 93 13 87 116 3.34 .258 .319 .349 .668 19.3
1976 29 SEM AL 19 5 .792 32 32 5 1 0 234.3 221 85 1 98 91 3.26 .253 .327 .305 .632 20.7
1977 30 SEM AL 16 9 .640 34 34 5 2 0 249.3 264 114 8 87 120 4.12 .271 .331 .347 .679 15.2
1978 31 SEM AL 18 12 .600 36 36 8 0 0 268.3 264 92 7 97 107 3.09 .256 .318 .313 .631 21.6
1979 32 SEM AL 13 11 .542 34 34 15 5 0 263.3 205 75 3 78 98 2.56 .213 .273 .251 .524 23.0
1980 33 SEM AL 16 15 .516 37 37 0 0 0 229.7 271 126 9 104 89 4.94 .294 .365 .374 .739 6.9
1981 34 SEM AL 17 11 .607 37 37 1 0 0 241.0 246 112 7 84 101 4.18 .265 .324 .347 .670 12.0
1982 35 SEM AL 10 15 .400 36 36 1 1 0 233.3 230 103 10 111 97 3.97 .256 .336 .340 .676 10.9
1983 36 DET AL 6 4 .600 51 0 0 0 11 90.0 80 36 4 32 46 3.60 .240 .305 .324 .630 8.3
1984 37 DET AL 2 4 .333 17 5 1 0 0 57.7 68 39 5 30 21 6.09 .287 .366 .430 .796 0.0
    AAA   1 0 1.000 8 3 1 0 0 34.0 17 2 0 8 23 0.53 .150 .207 .168 .375  
14 Years Sim 165 114 .591 422 353 49 13 11 2619.0 2681 1147 88 1016 1080 3.94 .265 .330 .341 .671 159.6
7 Years AAA 34 11 .756 76 56 8 4 0 420.0 386 122 18 146 274 2.61 .241 .305 .324 .629  
1 Years AA 6 3 .667 9 9 1 0 0 68.0 58 13 1 19 67 1.72 .225 .278 .322 .600  
8 Years Minors 40 14 .741 85 65 9 4 0 488.0 444 135 19 165 341 2.49 .239 .301 .324 .625  
Season Average 11 8 .579 30 25 3 0 0 187.1 191 81 6 72 77 3.94 .265 .330 .341 .671  
Career Highs 19 15 .792 51 37 15 5 11 268.3 271 126 13 111 120 6.09 .301 .370 .430 .796  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1314 596 38 464 593   .256 .318 .330 .648
vs LH   1367 551 50 552 487   .273 .345 .351 .696
Home 85 57 .599 219 183 25 8 4 1381.3 1427 595 40 517 582 3.88 .267 .331 .338 .669
Away 80 57 .584 203 170 24 5 9 1237.6 1254 552 48 499 498 4.01 .262 .332 .344 .675
Mar/Apr 25 15 .625 65 53 8 2 0 409.6 410 152 16 145 176 3.34 .260 .322 .336 .659
May 27 23 .540 78 66 9 1 1 480.3 504 209 15 190 195 3.92 .268 .335 .340 .676
June 37 19 .661 74 64 10 4 1 468.3 499 203 15 167 178 3.90 .271 .332 .348 .680
July 21 20 .512 68 54 8 3 1 415.6 418 192 13 168 172 4.16 .262 .333 .336 .669
August 25 24 .510 66 59 8 2 2 427.3 432 206 14 193 180 4.34 .263 .340 .350 .690
Sep/Oct 30 13 .698 71 57 7 2 8 417.6 418 185 15 153 179 3.99 .261 .325 .332 .657
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1971 24 SEM AL P 4 4 31.3 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.15    
1972 25 SEM AL P 23 23 168.7 9 20 2 1 .935 1.55    
1973 26 SEM AL P 26 26 179.3 11 21 2 2 .941 1.61    
1974 27 SEM AL P 21 15 122.3 7 13 2 2 .909 1.47    
1975 28 SEM AL P 34 34 250.3 18 44 3 2 .954 2.23    
1976 29 SEM AL P 32 32 234.3 12 33 1 4 .978 1.73    
1977 30 SEM AL P 34 34 249.3 10 31 2 3 .953 1.48    
1978 31 SEM AL P 36 36 268.3 13 40 4 1 .930 1.78    
1979 32 SEM AL P 34 34 263.3 13 35 2 4 .960 1.64    
1980 33 SEM AL P 37 37 229.7 18 41 0 2 1.000 2.31    
1981 34 SEM AL P 37 37 241.0 9 39 1 7 .980 1.79    
1982 35 SEM AL P 36 36 233.3 14 28 3 1 .933 1.62    
1983 36 DET AL P 51 0 90.0 4 16 2 1 .909 2.00    
1984 37 DET AL P 17 5 57.7 6 9 2 2 .882 2.34    
Career Totals   422 353 2619.0 145 373 26 33 .952 1.78    
Career Highs   51 37 268.3 18 44 4 7 1.000 2.34    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1973 26 SEM AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 4 0 1 0 18.00 .375 .444 .500 .944
1975 28 SEM AL 2 2 .500 5 5 1 1 0 38.7 29 13 0 18 9 3.03 .206 .296 .291 .586
1976 29 SEM AL 2 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 29.7 30 11 0 14 14 3.34 .263 .344 .316 .660
1977 30 SEM AL 2 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 7.7 8 6 2 4 4 7.05 .258 .343 .484 .827
1978 31 SEM AL 4 2 .667 6 6 0 0 0 44.3 39 15 0 14 23 3.05 .235 .294 .259 .553
1979 32 SEM AL 2 0 1.000 5 5 0 0 0 34.3 31 11 0 18 15 2.88 .244 .338 .283 .621
1980 33 SEM AL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 14.3 19 5 0 5 7 3.14 .339 .393 .393 .786
1983 36 DET AL 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 2 4.0 3 2 0 2 0 4.50 .214 .313 .286 .598
Career Post-Season Pitching 14 5 .737 30 22 1 1 2 175.0 162 67 2 76 72 3.45 .247 .325 .306 .631
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1975-6-3.34
1976-8-3.26
1978-3-3.09
1979-2-2.56
Wins
1975-8-17
1976-3-19
1977-10-16
1978-3-18
1980-10-16
1981-7-17
Losses
1982-9-15
Winning Pct
1972-7-.647
1975-6-.680
1976-1-.792
1977-9-.640
Games Started
1975-6-34
1978-3-36
1979-9-34
1980-2-37
1981-2-37
1982-2-36
Complete Games
1979-2-15
Shutouts
1972-1-2
1974-7-1
1975-7-1
1977-6-2
1979-2-5
Innings Pitched
1975-7-250.3
1978-6-268.3
1979-6-263.3
Hits Allowed
1980-4-271
1981-10-246
Walks Allowed
1980-4-104
1982-3-111
Hits per 9IP
1979-2-7.0
WHiP
1979-6-1.07
OAVG
1979-2-.213
OOBP
1979-5-.273
OSLG
1975-8-.349
1976-3-.305
1977-9-.347
1978-1-.313
1979-1-.251
1981-10-.347
1982-10-.340
CAR-31-.341
OOPS
1976-5-.632
1978-2-.631
1979-1-.524
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 76    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 39th overall pick, by Seattle in 1967
Injured on 3/21/1968 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 5/7/1971 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 6/13/1971 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days
Earned first career win on 9/8/1971
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,074,286 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1975
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,071,429 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1976, going 5-0, 1.49
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1976, going 4-0, 1.88
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,450,000 through salary arbitration
9/1/1977: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $4,450,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1978, going 5-2, 2.55
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1979, going 4-1, 1.26
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1979, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1979
7/1/1980: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $2,500,000 per year, for 2 years