Joe
Torre
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 222
 
Born: July 18, 1940 in Usa, NY, BROOKLYN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1962    1973   
All-Star Selections 1962    1966    1967    1972   
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
1961 20 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7
1962 21 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 8
1963 22 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1964 23 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1965 24 MIN AL $ 3,328,571   8 8 9 8 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1966 25 MIN AL $ 3,428,571   8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1967 26 MIN AL $ 4,150,000   8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1968 27 MIN AL $ 8,750,000   7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1969 28 MIN AL $ 8,750,000   7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 5 4 4 8 7 8
1970 29 MIN AL $ 8,750,000   6 6 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1971 30 MIN AL $ 8,750,000   7 7 7 8 7 7 7 6 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1972 31 MIN AL $ 3,850,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 4 3 3 7 6 7
1973 32 MIN AL $ 3,850,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 3 3 6 6 6
1974 33 WAS NL $ 3,063,063   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 3 3 6 6 6
1975 34 WAS NL $ 3,063,063   5 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 4 3 3 6 5 5
1976 35 PIT NL $ 6,000,000   4 4 4 4 3 3 5 4 5 4 3 3 5 5 5
1977 36 PIT NL $ 6,000,000   2 2 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,750,000   8 8 9 8 7 7 7 7 7 5 4 4 8 8 8
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
1961 20 MIN AL 72 271 39 84 15 2 10 35 0 0 11 43 .310 .346 .491 .837 42.6 11.2
    AAA   80 280 46 87 22 4 9 38 3 1 34 53 .311 .385 .514 .900 52.2  
1962 21 MIN AL 142 534 79 168 39 6 8 62 1 0 48 72 .315 .372 .455 .827 79.8 18.8
1963 22 MIN AL 137 550 74 168 32 2 15 63 4 2 23 53 .305 .340 .453 .793 76.3 19.1
1964 23 MIN AL 150 513 65 138 21 6 16 66 3 3 35 73 .269 .313 .427 .740 63.1 9.7
1965 24 MIN AL 146 532 69 142 25 3 18 83 4 0 38 56 .267 .319 .427 .746 66.9 14.5
1966 25 MIN AL 145 529 62 153 22 2 17 75 2 6 39 64 .289 .344 .435 .778 73.7 12.1
1967 26 MIN AL 147 563 85 167 41 5 16 73 1 3 41 61 .297 .351 .472 .823 85.5 16.7
1968 27 MIN AL 158 575 92 164 33 2 20 83 1 4 57 58 .285 .351 .454 .805 84.2 18.4
1969 28 MIN AL 154 615 59 171 36 2 13 88 5 6 35 73 .278 .317 .407 .723 66.2 10.9
1970 29 MIN AL 153 573 74 155 30 2 19 81 1 3 47 72 .271 .325 .429 .754 79.3 15.1
1971 30 MIN AL 155 584 71 158 27 3 15 84 6 2 31 69 .271 .308 .404 .712 70.2 10.3
1972 31 MIN AL 152 610 64 155 28 4 15 79 2 3 28 70 .254 .289 .387 .676 61.9 7.6
1973 32 MIN AL 152 576 69 149 29 5 17 79 1 3 36 96 .259 .303 .415 .718 69.4 7.2
1974 33 NYG NL 96 351 35 88 16 2 10 49 1 1 22 56 .251 .299 .393 .692 40.8 5.1
  WAS NL 45 165 24 44 5 2 7 21 1 1 5 20 .267 .295 .448 .743 21.2 3.4
  TOT   141 516 59 132 21 4 17 70 2 2 27 76 .256 .298 .411 .708 62.0 8.5
1975 34 WAS NL 73 210 26 55 9 1 8 29 0 1 15 29 .262 .314 .429 .743 25.8 4.5
1976 35 PIT NL 138 505 50 116 16 1 6 49 1 3 26 104 .230 .271 .301 .572 37.8 0.9
1977 36 PIT NL 52 144 13 32 5 1 1 10 0 0 8 32 .222 .268 .292 .560 8.8 0.0
17 Years Sim 2267 8400 1050 2307 429 51 231 1109 34 41 545 1101 .275 .321 .420 .742 1053.6 185.5
1 Years AAA 80 280 46 87 22 4 9 38 3 1 34 53 .311 .393 .514 .907 52.2  
162 Game Average 600 75 164 30 3 16 79 2 2 38 78 .275 .321 .420 .742 75.3  
Career Highs 158 615 92 171 41 6 20 88 6 6 57 104 .315 .372 .491 .837 85.5  
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   5493 686 1513 275 34 144 745 26 34 336 748 .275 .319 .417 .736 696.7
vs LH   2907 364 794 154 17 87 364 8 7 209 353 .273 .326 .428 .753 389.3
Home 1122 4060 508 1104 230 19 117 545 16 18 264 538 .272 .320 .424 .744 525.9
Away 1145 4340 542 1203 199 32 114 564 18 23 281 563 .277 .323 .417 .739 560.0
RISP   2074 0 562 99 16 61 832 0 0 219 289 .271 .337 .422 .759 298.1
Pinch Hitting   147 20 43 12 1 4 33 0 0 14 18 .293 .352 .469 .821 23.2
Close/Late   1104 126 304 44 6 39 149 0 0 101 129 .275 .340 .432 .772 159.1
Mar/Apr 368 1330 167 361 59 5 35 173 7 2 87 175 .271 .318 .402 .721 166.3
May 380 1419 177 384 76 8 39 184 3 11 82 191 .271 .313 .418 .731 175.2
June 359 1346 159 353 76 10 36 189 0 4 88 179 .262 .309 .414 .723 165.8
July 369 1392 186 397 72 7 46 191 5 5 92 185 .285 .334 .446 .780 196.4
August 404 1476 196 401 69 15 41 164 11 9 105 179 .272 .321 .422 .743 193.9
Sep/Oct 387 1437 165 411 77 6 34 208 8 10 91 192 .286 .332 .419 .751 188.3
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
1961 20 MIN AL C 65 63 567.7 387 25 4 1 .990 6.53 18 5 .278 1 5.2
    3B 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 3 0 4.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 21 MIN AL C 128 128 1126.3 659 37 1 0 .999 5.56 31 11 .355 2 7.9
    1B 8 0 14.3 23 0 0 2 1.000 14.45 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 22 MIN AL C 129 126 1142.7 610 62 6 1 .991 5.29 99 43 .434 1 8.1
    1B 3 0 7.0 10 0 0 1 1.000 12.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1964 23 MIN AL C 126 124 1113.7 549 72 5 2 .992 5.02 96 38 .396 0 7.1
    1B 10 0 24.3 31 5 0 1 1.000 13.32 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 8 0 17.0 0 9 0 1 1.000 4.76 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1965 24 MIN AL C 130 127 1171.3 695 85 11 1 .986 5.99 133 61 .459 1 9.2
    3B 6 0 14.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 4 0 8.0 10 0 0 2 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 25 MIN AL C 133 129 1173.0 721 79 8 1 .990 6.14 126 54 .429 2 10.3
    1B 4 0 13.3 15 1 1 1 .941 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 3 0 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 26 MIN AL 3B 142 138 1216.3 79 259 17 23 .952 2.50 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    1B 4 0 6.0 7 2 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 27 MIN AL 3B 152 148 1319.3 89 307 18 29 .957 2.70 0 0 .000 0 5.6
    1B 3 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1969 28 MIN AL 3B 151 148 1320.0 82 280 25 18 .935 2.47 0 0 .000 0 4.5
    C 1 0 3.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 7.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 2.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 15.45 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 29 MIN AL 3B 126 125 1124.3 58 235 14 18 .954 2.35 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    1B 24 19 188.3 199 13 3 17 .986 10.13 0 0 .000 0 0.5
1971 30 MIN AL 3B 148 145 1297.7 77 258 18 25 .949 2.32 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    C 4 0 7.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 7.05 1 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 31 MIN AL 3B 148 147 1297.3 75 325 17 25 .959 2.77 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    1B 3 3 24.0 37 2 2 3 .951 14.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1973 32 MIN AL 3B 150 144 1268.3 99 325 21 28 .953 3.01 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    SS 1 1 9.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 33 NYG NL 1B 35 35 310.6 344 20 3 32 .992 10.55 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    C 31 30 273.7 163 14 1 0 .994 5.82 21 9 .429 0 1.9
    3B 1 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  WAS NL 1B 17 16 141.8 157 9 1 14 .994 10.54 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    C 14 14 124.9 74 6 0 0 1.000 5.76 10 4 .400 0 1.3
    3B 1 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 52 51 452.4 501 29 4 46 .993 10.54   0.5
      C 45 44 398.6 237 20 1 0 .996 5.80 31 13 .419 0 3.2
      3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1975 34 WAS NL C 34 26 251.7 126 15 1 0 .993 5.04 12 4 .333 0 1.4
    3B 25 13 155.0 10 45 3 5 .948 3.19 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    1B 6 3 28.0 38 3 0 2 1.000 13.18 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 35 PIT NL C 133 129 1147.3 634 65 6 0 .991 5.48 102 37 .363 3 6.6
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 36 PIT NL C 49 45 375.0 175 17 4 0 .980 4.61 27 10 .370 0 2.2
    1B 3 2 14.0 22 0 0 3 1.000 14.14 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1067 1008 9054.0 574 2048 133 172 .952 2.61 0 0 .000 0 26.9
  C 978 941 8479.6 4802 477 47 6 .991 5.60 677 276 .408 10 61.2
  1B 131 78 793.1 910 56 10 80 .990 10.96 0 0 .000 0 1.4
  SS 1 1 9.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   2177 2028 18335.6 6287 2585 190 259 .979 4.35 677 276 .408 10 89.5
Career Highs   156 150 1326.0 738 329 25 46 .999 8.29 133 61 .459 3  
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
1965 24 MIN AL 2 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 1.500 2.100
1970 29 MIN AL 5 20 3 6 0 0 2 6 1 0 1 2 .300 .333 .600 .933
1977 36 PIT NL 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333
Career Post-Season Batting 8 27 5 10 1 0 3 9 1 0 2 3 .370 .414 .741 1.155
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
1962-2-.315
1963-9-.305
1967-10-.297
On-Base Pct
1962-8-.372
Games
1968-2-158
At-Bats
1969-5-615
1972-10-610
CAR-44-8400
Runs
1968-8-92
Hits
1967-8-167
1969-6-171
Total Bases
1967-9-266
1968-6-261
1969-10-250
Singles
1969-8-120
Doubles
1962-5-39
1963-5-32
1967-2-41
1968-6-33
1969-5-36
Triples
1964-9-6
RBIs
1965-9-83
1968-9-83
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 43    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 45    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1961
Had first career hit (double) on 7/4/1961, off Jim Kaat (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 7/8/1961, off Humberto Robinson (NYG)
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 9/19/1962
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1962
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Seattle on 9/5/1964
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,328,571 through salary arbitration
Drove in 9 runs against Tampa Bay on 6/16/1965
Injured on 10/4/1965 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,428,571 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Detroit on 5/6/1966
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1966, hitting .550 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,150,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/21/1967 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
10/13/1967: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $8,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 6 hits with 3 RBI against San Diego on 9/17/1969
Drove in 6 runs against Toronto on 9/25/1970
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1970, hitting .480 with 4 HR, 12 RBI
6/1/1971: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $3,850,000 per year, for 2 years
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (A) on 8/18/1973
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1973
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/10/1974 to a 2-year deal worth $3,063,063 per year
Had 2000th career hit on 5/6/1974, off Dave Pagan (CLN)
Traded from New York (N) to Washington on 7/31/1974 (Going to WAS: C Joe Torre. Going to NYG: SS Rick Burleson, P Rich Troedson)
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 3/2/1976 to a 2-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year
Injured on 6/9/1977 with a Fractured Hand, out for 7 weeks