Frank
Torre
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 210
 
Born: December 30, 1931 in Usa, NY, BROOKLYN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1970   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1956 24 SEM AL     6 6 6 1 2 2 6 8 8 5 6 6 9 10 10
1957 25 SEM AL     8 8 7 1 2 2 7 8 8 5 6 6 10 10 10
1958 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 1 2 2 6 8 8 5 6 6 10 10 10
1959 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 1 2 2 7 8 8 5 6 6 10 10 10
1960 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 1 2 2 7 8 8 5 6 6 10 10 10
1961 29 BOS AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 1 2 2 6 8 8 5 6 6 9 9 9
1962 30 BOS AL $ 1,102,857   9 9 8 1 2 2 6 8 8 5 6 6 9 10 10
1963 31 BOS AL $ 2,257,143   8 8 7 1 2 2 7 8 8 5 6 6 9 9 9
1964 32 BOS AL $ 3,735,714   8 8 7 1 2 2 7 8 8 5 6 6 9 9 9
1965 33 BOS AL $ 4,180,000   8 8 7 1 2 2 7 8 8 5 6 6 9 9 9
1966 34 BOS AL $ 4,180,000   8 8 8 1 2 2 7 8 8 5 6 6 9 9 9
1967 35 BOS AL $ 4,180,000   8 8 7 1 2 2 7 9 8 5 6 6 9 9 9
1968 36 LAD NL $ 2,500,003   8 8 7 1 2 2 7 8 8 4 6 5 9 9 9
1969 37 LAD NL $ 2,500,003   8 8 7 1 2 2 6 8 8 4 5 5 9 9 9
1970 38 LAD NL $ 2,500,003   8 8 7 1 2 2 6 8 7 4 5 5 8 8 8
1971 39 BSN NL $ 3,600,000   7 7 6 1 2 2 5 7 6 3 5 4 7 8 8
1972 40 BSN NL $ 420,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 3 5 4 2 4 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 1 1 1 3 5 4 2 4 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,180,000   9 9 8 1 2 2 7 9 8 5 6 6 10 10 10
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
1956 24 AAA   135 481 49 134 24 4 3 54 12 5 60 22 .279 .359 .364 .722 64.9  
1957 25 AAA   119 455 57 140 33 6 3 41 10 3 55 17 .308 .382 .426 .809 72.6  
1958 26 SEM AL 112 270 34 83 19 3 3 36 0 0 23 13 .307 .366 .433 .799 39.4 7.5
1959 27 SEM AL 115 408 55 136 31 7 2 38 0 0 33 17 .333 .389 .458 .847 63.1 13.9
1960 28 SEM AL 111 322 44 92 24 4 0 34 0 0 39 10 .286 .368 .385 .753 44.8 8.1
    AAA   2 9 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .444 .778 0.8  
1961 29 SEM AL 59 186 19 57 12 1 1 20 0 0 10 12 .306 .347 .398 .745 22.4 6.4
  BOS AL 48 134 14 31 10 0 0 18 0 0 11 8 .231 .297 .306 .603 10.9 1.0
  TOT   107 320 33 88 22 1 1 38 0 0 21 20 .275 .326 .359 .685 33.4 7.5
1962 30 BOS AL 137 443 66 139 28 1 1 36 0 0 33 14 .314 .360 .388 .749 57.6 12.5
1963 31 BOS AL 128 415 77 137 31 5 6 57 4 3 43 16 .330 .391 .472 .864 67.9 17.3
1964 32 BOS AL 144 470 68 156 42 2 1 65 2 4 42 14 .332 .391 .436 .827 71.7 17.8
1965 33 BOS AL 135 496 65 136 31 4 2 43 1 2 39 29 .274 .337 .365 .702 56.6 10.6
1966 34 BOS AL 144 531 86 166 22 2 2 45 6 3 51 29 .313 .379 .373 .752 73.8 16.0
1967 35 BOS AL 126 385 43 117 30 3 2 34 0 5 30 13 .304 .358 .413 .771 49.4 9.8
1968 36 LAD NL 118 234 30 64 8 0 1 27 1 1 15 11 .274 .325 .321 .646 23.3 4.1
1969 37 LAD NL 83 185 21 63 10 0 2 29 1 2 15 8 .341 .392 .427 .819 28.5 7.4
1970 38 LAD NL 91 178 21 52 5 2 0 14 2 1 15 11 .292 .359 .343 .701 19.6 3.0
1971 39 BSN NL 132 342 23 87 12 3 2 34 1 0 26 34 .254 .316 .325 .641 33.4 4.4
1972 40 BSN NL 99 189 27 54 12 2 2 30 2 0 11 22 .286 .328 .402 .730 22.5 4.8
15 Years Sim 1782 5188 693 1570 327 39 27 560 20 21 436 261 .303 .362 .396 .758 684.9 144.5
3 Years AAA 256 945 106 277 58 10 6 95 22 9 115 39 .293 .377 .395 .772 138.4  
162 Game Average 471 63 142 29 3 2 50 1 1 39 23 .303 .362 .396 .758 62.3  
Career Highs 144 531 86 166 42 7 6 65 6 5 51 34 .341 .392 .472 .864 73.8  
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   4068 586 1299 271 27 20 454 16 17 354 186 .319 .378 .414 .792 594.5
vs LH   1120 107 271 56 12 7 106 4 4 82 75 .242 .303 .332 .635 106.7
Home 894 2567 341 767 169 16 12 277 9 10 215 126 .299 .358 .391 .749 339.3
Away 888 2621 352 803 158 23 15 283 11 11 221 135 .306 .365 .401 .767 361.9
RISP   1194 0 380 83 6 6 472 0 0 117 66 .318 .378 .413 .791 178.8
Pinch Hitting   524 61 153 23 5 5 91 1 0 48 34 .292 .351 .384 .735 69.8
Close/Late   821 93 265 48 6 5 116 0 0 100 42 .323 .401 .414 .815 131.6
Mar/Apr 307 914 112 279 58 8 7 99 1 3 74 39 .305 .364 .409 .773 126.6
May 324 946 117 280 53 6 6 103 7 2 76 47 .296 .354 .384 .737 123.1
June 289 798 112 242 54 7 1 82 3 2 73 41 .303 .366 .392 .758 108.9
July 260 780 125 257 50 7 3 102 5 7 64 28 .329 .389 .423 .812 116.3
August 318 913 133 266 62 7 6 91 4 2 88 59 .291 .358 .394 .752 123.9
Sep/Oct 284 837 94 246 50 4 4 83 0 5 61 47 .294 .344 .378 .721 102.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1958 26 SEM AL C 53 53 465.3 226 10 7 0 .971 4.56 12 3 .250 31 0.4
    1B 5 5 53.0 66 6 2 9 .973 12.23 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1959 27 SEM AL C 54 54 488.7 303 27 7 0 .979 6.08 24 13 .542 56 0.9
    1B 55 48 435.7 546 45 3 51 .995 12.21 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1960 28 SEM AL C 88 74 701.3 376 25 8 1 .980 5.15 32 6 .188 1 0.9
    1B 6 2 27.0 27 3 0 4 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 29 SEM AL C 47 39 381.2 259 16 2 1 .993 6.49 13 5 .385 0 1.8
    1B 2 2 18.4 22 3 0 1 1.000 12.23 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BOS AL C 39 32 282.1 192 11 2 0 .990 6.48 9 3 .333 0 1.5
    1B 2 2 13.6 17 2 0 0 1.000 12.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 86 71 663.3 451 27 4 1 .992 6.49 22 8 .364 0 3.3
      1B 4 4 32.0 39 5 0 1 1.000 12.38   0.1
1962 30 BOS AL C 116 95 886.3 740 33 5 0 .994 7.85 41 11 .268 0 4.5
    1B 7 4 41.0 42 6 1 2 .980 10.54 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1963 31 BOS AL C 113 91 876.3 740 31 12 0 .985 7.92 70 17 .243 1 3.7
    1B 4 2 20.0 25 2 0 5 1.000 12.15 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1964 32 BOS AL C 119 91 863.3 670 45 10 1 .986 7.45 85 29 .341 1 2.8
    1B 13 11 100.0 109 4 0 10 1.000 10.17 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1965 33 BOS AL C 130 116 1083.0 859 50 18 1 .981 7.55 108 32 .296 1 3.5
1966 34 BOS AL C 138 126 1152.7 851 61 26 1 .972 7.12 122 31 .254 0 0.2
1967 35 BOS AL C 101 83 772.7 642 34 9 0 .987 7.87 67 11 .164 0 3.1
    1B 3 0 6.0 10 0 0 1 1.000 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 36 LAD NL 1B 47 21 224.3 272 22 3 29 .990 11.80 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    C 23 21 174.7 130 11 2 0 .986 7.27 17 6 .353 0 0.3
1969 37 LAD NL C 28 26 220.7 166 7 4 1 .977 7.06 12 3 .250 0 0.3
    1B 12 0 16.7 23 0 0 3 1.000 12.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1970 38 LAD NL C 26 22 183.3 130 6 1 0 .993 6.68 8 3 .375 0 0.4
    1B 17 2 36.7 42 3 0 3 1.000 11.05 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 39 BSN NL C 72 69 603.3 346 22 9 1 .976 5.49 44 16 .364 1 1.7
    1B 12 7 63.0 86 3 0 3 1.000 12.71 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1972 40 BSN NL C 27 25 208.7 103 14 3 1 .975 5.05 20 9 .450 0 0.9
    1B 24 7 84.0 114 10 2 13 .984 13.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 2 0 7.7 0 5 0 0 1.000 5.87 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1174 1017 9343.6 6733 403 125 8 .983 6.87 684 198 .289 92 27.0
  1B 209 113 1139.3 1401 109 11 134 .993 11.93 0 0 .000 0 1.8
  RF 6 0 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 2 0 7.7 0 5 0 0 1.000 5.87 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1394 1130 10507.5 8136 517 136 142 .985 7.41 684 198 .289 92 28.9
Career Highs   138 126 1152.7 859 72 26 51 .995 9.81 122 32 .542 56  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1961 29 BOS AL 6 20 2 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 .300 .364 .450 .814
1963 31 BOS AL 13 14 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 .214 .313 .357 .670
1965 33 BOS AL 7 24 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 1 .208 .387 .250 .637
1966 34 BOS AL 5 23 4 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 .261 .320 .435 .755
1970 38 LAD NL 3 10 4 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .900 1.400
Career Post-Season Batting 34 91 14 25 6 4 0 8 0 0 13 7 .275 .365 .429 .794
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.
Batting Average
1959-10-.293*
1962-3-.307*
1963-8-.307*
1964-2-.332
1966-4-.313
On-Base Pct
1964-3-.391
1966-6-.379
OPS
1964-9-.827
Hits
1966-10-166
Singles
1966-2-140
Doubles
1963-9-31
1964-3-42
Triples
1959-4-7
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 41    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by Seattle in 1956
Injured on 3/22/1957 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/6/1957 with a Sore Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/28/1957 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/2/1958, off Gene Conley (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 8/6/1958, off Ramon Monzant (BOS)
Hit for the cycle against Boston (A) on 5/18/1959
Injured on 6/28/1959 with a Torn Thigh Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 5/31/1960 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/7/1961 with a Fractured Cheekbone, out for 7 weeks
Traded from Seattle to Boston (A) on 7/31/1961 (Going to SEM: P Bob Buhl. Going to BOS: C Frank Torre, P Mike Fornieles, P Don Mcmahon)
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,102,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Brooklyn on 6/25/1963
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,735,714 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Seattle on 7/28/1964
9/1/1964: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $4,180,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Washington on 4/25/1966
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/12/1968 to a 3-year deal worth $2,500,003 per year
Injured on 10/6/1970 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Won World Championship with Los Angeles in 1970
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/2/1971 to a 1-year deal worth $3,600,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/14/1972 to a 1-year deal worth $420,000 per year
3/3/1972: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)