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Full name Joseph Paul Torre
Born July 18, 1940, Brooklyn, New York
First Game: September 25, 1960; Final Game: June 17, 1977
Managed First Game: May 31, 1977; Managed Final Game: October 3, 2010
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 212
Brother of Frank Torre
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 2014
Named NL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1971)
Named Major League Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1971)
Named NL Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1971)
Named Internet Baseball Awards' AL Manager of the Year (1998)
Named AL Manager of the Year by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1996 and 1998)
Named AL Manager of the Year by The Sporting News (1998)
Named catcher on The Sporting News NL All-Star Team (1964 to 1966)
Named third baseman on The Sporting News NL All-Star Team (1971)
Won NL Gold Glove as catcher (1965)
Ejections as player: 1962 (1), 1963 (2), 1964 (2), 1965 (2), 1966 (1), 1967 (1), 1972 (2), 1974 (2), 1975 (1), 1976 (1). Total: 15
Ejections as manager: 1977 (4), 1978 (7), 1979 (7), 1980 (4), 1981 (2), 1982 (2), 1983 (1), 1984 (2), 1990 (2), 1991 (1), 1992 (3), 1993 (2), 1994 (6), 1995 (1), 1996 (1), 1997 (2), 1998 (1), 1999 (2), 2000 (2), 2001 (2), 2002 (2), 2003 (1), 2004 (2), 2005 (2), 2006 (2), 2007 (3), 2008 (2), 2010 (2). Total: 70
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Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP 1960 MIL N 1961 MIL N 1962 MIL N 1963 MIL N 1964 MIL N 1965 MIL N 1966 ATL N 1967 ATL N 1968 ATL N 1969 STL N 1970 STL N 1971 STL N 1972 STL N 1973 STL N 1974 STL N 1975 NY N 1976 NY N 1977 NY N Total (18 Years) Splits 2209 7874 996 2342 344 59 252 1185 Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Daily Splits 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0.0 1960 MIL N Daily Splits 113 406 40 113 21 4 10 42 28 4 60 4 2 1 0 8 10 3 5 .278 .330 .424 0.1 1961 MIL N Daily Splits 80 220 23 62 8 1 5 26 24 2 24 2 0 2 0 2 6 1 0 .282 .355 .395 1.3 1962 MIL N Daily Splits 142 501 57 147 19 4 14 71 42 4 79 5 1 7 0 17 19 1 5 .293 .350 .431 2.2 1963 MIL N Daily Splits 154 601 87 193 36 5 20 109 36 4 67 7 0 2 0 13 26 2 4 .321 .365 .498 3.2 1964 MIL N Daily Splits 148 523 68 152 21 1 27 80 61 7 79 8 0 2 0 7 22 0 1 .291 .372 .489 2.4 1965 MIL N Daily Splits 148 546 83 172 20 3 36 101 60 8 61 2 2 4 0 6 18 0 4 .315 .382 .560 4.5 1966 ATL N Daily Splits 135 477 67 132 18 1 20 68 49 7 75 3 1 4 0 8 22 2 2 .277 .345 .444 2.2 1967 ATL N Daily Splits 115 424 45 115 11 2 10 55 34 7 72 5 0 1 0 7 15 1 0 .271 .332 .377 0.5 1968 ATL N Daily Splits 159 602 72 174 29 6 18 101 66 13 85 5 0 5 0 9 10 0 0 .289 .361 .447 0.5 1969 STL N Daily Splits 161 624 89 203 27 9 21 100 70 10 91 7 0 3 0 15 23 2 2 .325 .398 .498 2.7 1970 STL N Daily Splits 161 634 97 230 34 8 24 137 63 20 70 4 1 5 0 13 18 4 1 .363 .421 .555 3.7 1971 STL N Daily Splits 149 544 71 157 26 6 11 81 54 13 64 8 0 7 0 9 19 3 0 .289 .357 .419 0.5 1972 STL N Daily Splits 141 519 67 149 17 2 13 69 65 14 78 10 1 1 0 12 20 2 0 .287 .376 .403 -0.4 1973 STL N Daily Splits 147 529 59 149 28 1 11 70 69 9 88 8 1 3 1 5 15 1 2 .282 .371 .401 0.5 1974 STL N Daily Splits 114 361 33 89 16 3 6 35 35 3 55 2 2 0 0 7 22 0 0 .247 .317 .357 -0.7 1975 NY N Daily Splits 114 310 36 95 10 3 5 31 21 1 35 5 2 2 0 9 16 1 3 .306 .358 .406 0.5 1976 NY N Daily Splits 26 51 2 9 3 0 1 9 2 1 10 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 .176 .204 .294 -0.8 1977 NY N 779 127 1094 85 13 50 1 150 284 23 29 .297 .365 .452 22.9 Total SLG BFW Year Team

         All-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1964 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1964 NL 1965 NL Daily Splits 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1965 NL 1966 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1966 NL 1967 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1967 NL 1970 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1970 NL 1971 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1971 NL 1972 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1972 NL 1973 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1973 NL Total ( 8 Years) Splits 8 21 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .095 .095 .238 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1961 MIL N Daily Splits C 112 108 106 964.2 494 50 10 4 0 10 29 28 1 .982 1962 MIL N Daily Splits C 63 61 55 502.1 325 39 5 4 0 3 22 19 3 .986 1963 MIL N Daily Splits C 103 94 83 835 584 46 4 9 0 11 29 22 2 .994 1963 MIL N 1B 39 35 31 313.1 335 30 2 36 0 .995 1963 MIL N OF 2 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 1963 MIL N LF 2 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 - 1964 MIL N Daily Splits C 96 83 79 766 518 46 3 4 0 10 24 17 1 .995 1964 MIL N 1B 70 68 51 561 563 48 4 49 0 .993 1965 MIL N Daily Splits C 100 96 88 840.2 589 43 6 4 0 13 51 24 2 .991 1965 MIL N 1B 49 46 41 416 433 30 2 39 0 .996 1966 ATL N Daily Splits C 111 104 97 941.2 607 67 11 9 0 13 38 37 0 .984 1966 ATL N 1B 39 37 31 316.2 267 20 1 24 0 .997 1967 ATL N Daily Splits C 114 102 90 905.1 580 63 6 12 0 16 49 42 2 .991 1967 ATL N 1B 23 21 16 189 205 18 2 21 0 .991 1968 ATL N Daily Splits C 91 85 74 746.2 492 37 2 7 0 4 45 16 1 .996 1968 ATL N 1B 30 28 21 238.1 241 11 0 19 0 1.000 1969 STL N Daily Splits 1B 143 142 131 1261 1270 83 6 117 0 .996 1969 STL N C 18 16 15 145.2 90 8 1 0 0 2 3 6 0 .990 1970 STL N Daily Splits C 90 88 82 784 571 29 8 4 0 5 49 22 1 .987 1970 STL N 3B 73 72 63 645 68 133 11 12 0 .948 1970 STL N 1B 1 1 1 9 12 0 0 0 0 1.000 1971 STL N Daily Splits 3B 161 161 158 1444 136 271 21 22 0 .951 1972 STL N Daily Splits 3B 117 115 109 1010.2 102 182 11 17 0 .963 1972 STL N 1B 27 27 24 242.1 234 16 4 17 0 .984 1973 STL N Daily Splits 1B 113 84 75 803 833 60 6 80 0 .993 1973 STL N 3B 59 54 26 430.2 48 68 6 3 0 .951 1974 STL N Daily Splits 1B 139 130 117 1177.2 1165 102 10 144 0 .992 1974 STL N 3B 18 11 6 105.2 8 19 4 1 0 .871 1975 NY N Daily Splits 3B 82 76 51 634.1 61 148 11 14 0 .950 1975 NY N 1B 25 13 10 135.1 111 9 4 12 0 .968 1976 NY N Daily Splits 1B 79 69 57 613.1 590 49 7 40 0 .989 1976 NY N 3B 4 3 1 30 3 3 0 2 0 1.000 1977 NY N Daily Splits 1B 16 11 6 84 83 2 1 9 0 .988 1977 NY N 3B 1 1 1 9 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Total (10 Years) Splits C 898 837 769 7432 4850 428 56 57 0 87 339 233 13 .990 Total (14 Years) 1B 793 712 612 6360 6342 478 49 607 0 .993 Total ( 8 Years) 3B 515 493 415 4309.1 426 825 64 71 0 .951 Total ( 1 Year ) LF 2 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 - Total ( 1 Year ) OF 2 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1964 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1965 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 1 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1966 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1967 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1971 NL Daily Splits 3B 1 1 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1972 NL Daily Splits 3B 1 1 0 7 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1973 NL Daily Splits 3B 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1973 NL 1B 1 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 4 Years) Splits C 4 4 1 24 19 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 Total ( 3 Years) 3B 3 2 0 16 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) 1B 1 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

                       Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1977 NY N 117 49 68 .419 431 484 5-31 6 6 1978 NY N 162 66 96 .407 607 690 6 1979 NY N 163 63 99 .389 593 706 6 1980 NY N 162 67 95 .414 611 702 5 1981 NY N 105 41 62 .398 348 432 5 1982 ATL N 162 89 73 .549 739 702 1 1983 ATL N 162 88 74 .543 746 640 2 1984 ATL N 162 80 82 .494 632 655 2 1990 STL N 58 24 34 .414 212 244 8- 2 6 6 1991 STL N 162 84 78 .519 651 648 2 1992 STL N 162 83 79 .512 631 604 3 1993 STL N 162 87 75 .537 758 744 3 1994 STL N 115 53 61 .465 535 621 3 1995 STL N 47 20 27 .426 210 234 6-15 4 4 1996 NY A 162 92 70 .568 871 787 1 1997 NY A 162 96 66 .593 891 688 2 1998 NY A 162 114 48 .704 965 656 1 1999 NY A 126 77 49 .611 709 555 5-18 1 1 2000 NY A 161 87 74 .540 871 814 1 2001 NY A 161 95 65 .594 804 713 1 2002 NY A 161 103 58 .640 897 697 1 2003 NY A 163 101 61 .623 877 716 1 2004 NY A 23 12 11 .522 104 106 4-30 3 1 2004 NY A 138 88 50 .638 781 698 5- 2 3 1 2005 NY A 50 27 23 .540 275 260 5-29 2 1 2005 NY A 111 68 43 .613 608 524 6- 1 4 1 2006 NY A 64 37 27 .578 370 302 6-15 1 1 2006 NY A 97 59 38 .608 553 460 6-17 1 1 2007 NY A 29 14 15 .483 174 147 5- 6 2 2 2007 NY A 84 49 35 .583 502 381 5- 8 8- 8 2 2 2 2007 NY A 47 30 17 .638 284 245 8-11 2 2 2008 LA N 162 84 78 .519 700 648 1 2009 LA N 162 95 67 .586 780 611 1 2010 LA N 94 49 45 .521 439 427 7-20 4 4 2010 LA N 67 30 37 .448 226 265 7-22 4 4 Total (29 Years) 4287 2301 1980 .537 20385 18806 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

       Division Series Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1996 NY A 4 3 1 .750 16 16 1997 NY A 5 2 3 .400 24 21 1998 NY A 3 3 0 1.000 9 1 1999 NY A 3 3 0 1.000 14 1 2000 NY A 5 3 2 .600 19 23 2001 NY A 5 3 2 .600 18 12 2002 NY A 4 1 3 .250 25 31 2003 NY A 4 3 1 .750 16 6 2004 NY A 4 3 1 .750 21 17 2005 NY A 5 2 3 .400 20 25 2006 NY A 4 1 3 .250 14 22 2007 NY A 4 1 3 .250 16 24 2008 LA N 3 3 0 1.000 20 6 2009 LA N 3 3 0 1.000 13 6 Total (14 Years) 56 34 22 .607 245 211 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

League Championship Series Managerial Record Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1982 ATL N 3 0 3 .000 5 17 1996 NY A 5 4 1 .800 27 19 1998 NY A 6 4 2 .667 27 20 1999 NY A 5 4 1 .800 23 21 2000 NY A 6 4 2 .667 31 18 2001 NY A 5 4 1 .800 25 22 2003 NY A 7 4 3 .571 30 29 2004 NY A 7 3 4 .429 45 41 2008 LA N 5 1 4 .200 20 25 2009 LA N 5 1 4 .200 16 35 Total (10 Years) 54 29 25 .537 249 247 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

          World Series Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1996 NY A 6 4 2 .667 18 26 1998 NY A 4 4 0 1.000 26 13 1999 NY A 4 4 0 1.000 21 9 2000 NY A 5 4 1 .800 19 16 2001 NY A 7 3 4 .429 14 37 2003 NY A 6 2 4 .333 21 17 Total ( 6 Years) 32 21 11 .656 119 118 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

         All-Star Game Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1997 AL 1 1 0 1.000 3 1 1999 AL 1 1 0 1.000 4 1 2000 AL 1 1 0 1.000 6 3 2001 AL 1 1 0 1.000 4 1 2002 AL 1 0 0 .000 7 7 2004 AL 1 1 0 1.000 9 4 Total ( 6 Years) 6 5 0 1.000 33 17 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

Ejection Information

As player: Date Team Umpire Reason 5- 9-1962 BOX MIL N Doug Harvey Call at 2B 8-24-1963 BOX MIL N Stan Landes Balls and strikes 9-10-1963 BOX MIL N Ken Burkhart Balls and strikes 6- 5-1964 BOX MIL N Ed Sudol Balls and strikes 9-26-1964 BOX MIL N Ed Vargo Catch/trap call (Reversed) 5-16-1965 BOX MIL N Frank Secory Call at HP 9-19-1965 BOX MIL N Bill Williams Fair/foul call 5-18-1966 BOX ATL N Ken Burkhart Timing play 5-18-1967 BOX ATL N Bob Engel Balls and strikes 6-27-1972(2) BOX STL N Lee Weyer Call at 3B 8-17-1972 BOX STL N Dick Stello Grinding ball in dirt 8- 4-1974(1) BOX STL N Bruce Froemming Arguing fair/foul at the plate 9-22-1974 BOX STL N Shag Crawford HBP non-call 6-29-1975(2) BOX NY N Lee Weyer Balls and strikes 8- 3-1976 BOX NY N Nick Colosi Balk non-call

As manager: Date Team Umpire Reason 6- 8-1977 BOX NY N Ed Montague Call at 1B 7- 5-1977 BOX NY N Bob Engel Automatic ejection HBP after warning 7-30-1977 BOX NY N Satch Davidson Call at HP 9- 8-1977 BOX NY N Joe West Balls and strikes 4-11-1978 BOX NY N Jerry Dale Throwing at batter 5-11-1978 BOX NY N Terry Tata Ejection of player 6-15-1978 BOX NY N Paul Runge Interference non-call 7-14-1978 BOX NY N Harry Wendelstedt Duration of opposing manager's argument 7-27-1978 BOX NY N Joe West Call at 2B 9- 1-1978 BOX NY N Eric Gregg Call at 1B 9-16-1978 BOX NY N Nick Colosi Balls and strikes 4-30-1979 BOX NY N Lanny Harris Balk non-call 5-13-1979 BOX NY N Lanny Harris Balls and strikes 6-26-1979 BOX NY N Jerry Crawford Interference call 7-20-1979 BOX NY N Jim Quick Balls and strikes 8-27-1979 BOX NY N Jerry Dale Call at 1B 9- 6-1979(2) BOX NY N Dave Pallone Call at 2B 9-19-1979(2) BOX NY N Dave Pallone Call at HP 5-20-1980 BOX NY N Dave Pallone Call at 2B (Appeal) 8-20-1980 BOX NY N Nick Colosi Obstruction non-call Date Team Umpire Reason 9- 3-1980 BOX NY N Dutch Rennert Call at 3B (Reversed) 10- 1-1980 BOX NY N Bruce Froemming Call at 2B 5- 8-1981 BOX NY N Nick Colosi Interference non-call 9-13-1981 BOX NY N Bruce Froemming Balk call 8- 7-1982 BOX ATL N Terry Tata Dropped strike 3 9-25-1982 BOX ATL N Eric Gregg Call at 1B 8- 5-1983 BOX ATL N Charlie Williams Called third strike 6-25-1984(1) BOX ATL N Bob Davidson Call at 1B 8-12-1984 BOX ATL N Steve Rippley Automatic ejection after warning 9-12-1990 BOX STL N Harry Wendelstedt Balls and strikes 10- 1-1990 BOX STL N Bob Davidson Balls and strikes 7-14-1991 BOX STL N Gerry Davis Catch/no catch call 4-27-1992 BOX STL N Gerry Davis Call at 1B 9-14-1992 BOX STL N Joe West Call at 3B 9-16-1992 BOX STL N Doug Harvey Arguing whether PH formally announced 9-14-1993 BOX STL N Bill Hohn Called third strike 9-27-1993 BOX STL N Greg Bonin Balls and strikes 4- 4-1994 BOX STL N Eric Gregg Check swing 5-23-1994 BOX STL N Eric Gregg Call at 3B 7- 2-1994 BOX STL N Wally Bell Check swing Date Team Umpire Reason 7-17-1994 BOX STL N John McSherry Intentional HBP 7-24-1994 BOX STL N Jerry Layne Intentional HBP 8- 7-1994 BOX STL N Angel Hernandez HBP call 4-30-1995 BOX STL N Frank Ballina Interference call 6-13-1996 BOX NY A Drew Coble Balls and strikes 4-15-1997 BOX NY A Brian O'Nora Balls and strikes 5-10-1997 BOX NY A Rich Garcia Call in previous game 9-11-1998 BOX NY A Mike Reilly Intentional HBP non-call 6-12-1999 BOX NY A Brian Gibbons Call at 1B 8- 6-1999 BOX NY A Doug Eddings Call at 1B 6-27-2000 BOX NY A Laz Diaz Call at 1B 9-14-2000 BOX NY A Marty Foster Call at 1B 4-17-2001 BOX NY A Jerry Meals Call at 2B 7-22-2001 BOX NY A Rob Drake Warning to both teams 7-15-2002 BOX NY A Tim Welke Intentional HBP 9-11-2002 BOX NY A Angel Hernandez Called third strike 6- 5-2003 BOX NY A Bruce Dreckman Balls and strikes 5-19-2004 BOX NY A Tim Timmons Balls and strikes 9-26-2004 BOX NY A Tim McClelland Beanball war 5-24-2005 BOX NY A Chad Fairchild Intentional HBP Date Team Umpire Reason 6- 8-2005 BOX NY A Larry Vanover Call at 1B 4-30-2006 BOX NY A Adam Dowdy Balls and strikes 6-14-2006 BOX NY A Paul Schrieber Throwing at batter 5- 6-2007 BOX NY A Mike Everitt Throwing at batter after warning 6- 1-2007 BOX NY A Jerry Crawford Call at 3B 8- 7-2007 BOX NY A Angel Hernandez Intentional HBP 4-24-2008 BOX LA N Andy Fletcher Call at 2B 7-28-2008 BOX LA N Greg Gibson Arguing player's ejection 7-20-2010 BOX LA N Adrian Johnson Automatic ejection for HBP after warning 9-11-2010 BOX LA N Paul Emmel Called third strike

Transaction Information

Signed as an amateur free agent by Milwaukee Braves (August 24, 1959).

Traded by Atlanta Braves to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Orlando Cepeda (March 17, 1969).

Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to New York Mets in exchange for Ray Sadecki and Tommy Moore (October 13, 1974).

Released by New York Mets (June 18, 1977).

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