Rusty
Torres
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 185
 
Born: September 30, 1948 in P.R., , AGUADILLA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1971 22 DET AL     4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
1972 23 DET AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
1973 24 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 6 6
1974 25 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 6 6
1975 26 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 6 6
1976 27 DET AL $ 500,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 5 5
1977 28 IND AL $ 500,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 6 6
1978 29 IND AL $ 500,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 6 6
1979 30 IND AL $ 500,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 6 6
1980 31 IND AL $ 670,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 9 9 9 5 5 5
1981 32 IND AL $ 670,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 9 9 9 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 670,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1971 22 AA   137 503 48 120 22 3 16 75 6 8 79 79 .239 .342 .390 .732 70.1  
1972 23 AAA   28 102 15 18 3 0 3 11 1 3 18 23 .176 .300 .294 .594 9.8  
    AA   109 392 49 108 15 0 17 42 3 2 67 49 .276 .381 .444 .825 68.7  
1973 24 DET AL 25 19 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 6 .158 .333 .158 .491 1.7 0.2
    AAA   81 315 49 82 7 1 15 41 9 0 52 59 .260 .365 .432 .797 54.1  
1974 25 DET AL 80 185 28 28 3 2 5 25 1 0 38 34 .151 .294 .270 .564 19.1 0.4
1975 26 DET AL 156 589 75 140 23 2 20 52 4 3 68 131 .238 .314 .385 .700 75.0 8.8
1976 27 DET AL 155 557 68 123 23 0 18 77 3 2 107 99 .221 .343 .359 .702 79.2 10.8
1977 28 IND AL 106 190 22 53 6 0 7 36 0 0 21 37 .279 .349 .421 .770 28.2 3.4
1978 29 IND AL 155 539 58 114 18 1 11 42 3 2 78 100 .212 .312 .310 .622 52.1 3.8
1979 30 IND AL 151 566 60 132 22 0 13 69 2 4 78 85 .233 .325 .341 .666 63.3 8.4
1980 31 IND AL 132 503 69 126 18 2 5 51 1 0 61 91 .250 .335 .324 .659 55.2 7.7
1981 32 AAA   137 469 77 117 15 4 17 67 4 0 105 89 .249 .387 .407 .794 82.6  
8 Years Sim 960 3148 384 719 113 7 79 354 14 11 455 583 .228 .325 .344 .669 373.9 43.5
3 Years AAA 246 886 141 217 25 5 35 119 14 3 175 171 .245 .370 .403 .773 146.4  
2 Years AA 246 895 97 228 37 3 33 117 9 10 146 128 .255 .362 .413 .775 138.8  
5 Years Minors 492 1781 238 445 62 8 68 236 23 13 321 299 .250 .366 .408 .774 285.2  
162 Game Average 531 64 121 19 1 13 59 2 1 76 98 .228 .325 .344 .669 63.1  
Career Highs 156 589 75 140 23 2 20 77 4 4 107 131 .279 .349 .421 .770 79.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2307 280 548 79 7 55 264 10 9 332 423 .238 .333 .349 .683 289.8
vs LH   841 104 171 34 0 24 90 4 2 123 160 .203 .303 .329 .632 93.1
Home 471 1544 181 359 54 3 41 185 7 4 214 304 .233 .326 .351 .677 190.5
Away 489 1604 203 360 59 4 38 169 7 7 241 279 .224 .325 .337 .662 192.4
RISP   684 0 169 25 1 16 260 0 0 100 111 .247 .334 .357 .691 90.1
Pinch Hitting   68 8 19 2 0 2 12 0 0 6 14 .279 .329 .397 .726 9.2
Close/Late   406 42 97 12 1 11 50 0 0 60 75 .239 .335 .355 .689 52.8
Mar/Apr 146 493 58 111 21 0 15 61 5 2 73 102 .225 .325 .359 .684 62.6
May 173 584 68 129 20 2 16 71 2 2 81 110 .221 .315 .344 .659 68.6
June 161 576 74 136 16 0 12 59 2 1 75 87 .236 .323 .326 .650 66.1
July 169 542 58 111 7 0 8 50 2 2 89 114 .205 .320 .262 .582 53.2
August 165 490 56 119 25 3 14 50 0 3 63 88 .243 .327 .392 .719 64.6
Sep/Oct 146 463 70 113 24 2 14 63 3 1 74 82 .244 .345 .395 .740 67.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1973 24 DET AL 1B 8 2 26.0 33 1 0 3 1.000 11.77   0.1
    LF 8 0 23.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.74   0.1
    CF 6 0 7.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.46    
1974 25 DET AL CF 34 18 200.0 52 0 2 0 .963 2.34   0.8
    LF 23 18 169.3 26 1 0 0 1.000 1.44    
    RF 16 13 129.3 25 0 1 0 .962 1.74    
    3B 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1975 26 DET AL CF 155 150 1333.7 341 4 13 3 .964 2.33   2.8
1976 27 DET AL RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1977 28 IND AL 1B 30 7 103.3 121 8 0 10 1.000 11.24   0.2
    LF 16 9 100.7 22 0 1 0 .957 1.97   0.9
    RF 17 10 96.7 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.14    
    CF 19 7 84.0 28 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1978 29 IND AL RF 121 120 1080.7 199 3 9 1 .957 1.68   2.3
    CF 26 25 199.0 51 0 1 0 .981 2.31    
    LF 6 0 12.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1979 30 IND AL 1B 2 0 3.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1980 31 IND AL 1B 32 32 252.0 321 21 2 23 .994 12.21   0.3
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  CF 241 200 1826.0 475 4 16 3 .968 2.36   3.6
  RF 158 143 1314.7 248 3 10 1 .962 1.72   2.3
  1B 72 41 384.3 479 31 2 36 .996 11.94   0.5
  LF 56 27 310.3 56 1 1 0 .983 1.65   1.1
  SS 2 0 4.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  3B 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   531 411 3843.0 1259 42 29 40 .978 3.05   7.5
Career Highs   155 150 1333.7 341 21 13 23 1.000 11.97    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1975-6-156
1978-6-155
At-Bats
1975-10-589
Walks
1976-3-107
1978-9-78
1979-9-78
Strikeouts
1975-8-131
1978-10-100
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 53rd overall pick, by Detroit in 1971
Injured on 5/11/1973 with a Bruised Neck, out for 3 days
Injured on 5/30/1973 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 7/6/1973, off Jim Maloney (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 6/8/1974, off Fergie Jenkins (MIN)
10/13/1975: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $500,000 per year, for 3 years
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $500,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Indianapolis on 2/9/1980 to a 4-year deal worth $670,000 per year
Injured on 8/9/1980 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/19/1981 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week