Joe Torre: Yankees’ most distinguished manager

Position	Manager, Catcher, First Baseman, Third Baseman
Active years	1960-1977 as player, 1977-2010 as manager, 2011-now as MLB executive
MLB Teams (years)	Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves (1960–1968)
	St. Louis Cardinals (1969–1974)
	New York Mets (1975–1977)
As manager	New York Mets (1977–1981)
	Atlanta Braves (1982–1984)
	St. Louis Cardinals (1990–1995)
	New York Yankees (1996–2007)
	Los Angeles Dodgers (2008–2010)
Debut	September 25, 1960 (Age 20 vs. Pittsburgh Pirates)
Last game	June 17, 1977 (Age 36 vs. Houston Astros)
Date of Birth	July 18, 1940
Native place	Brooklyn, NY7+
Batted	Right
Threw	Right
All-Star	×9 (1963–1967, 1970–1973)
World Champions	×4 (1996, 1998–2000)
NL MVP	(1971)
Shirt retired	New York Yankees No. 6
Hall of Fame year	2014 (Voted by Expansion Era Committee)
MLB Awards	Gold Glove Award (1965) NL batting champion (1971) NL RBI leader (1971) 2× AL Manager of the Year (1996, 1998)
Legacy	Braves Hall of Fame St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Monument Park honoree
Full name	Joseph Paul Torre

The Bio

Few people in baseball have left such an indelible impression as Joe Torre, who has left a mark on the history of the sport as a player, manager, and MLB executive. Torre got more than 2,340 hits when he played catcher, first base, and third base. He was an All-Star nine times and won the Gold Glove in 1965. Joe Torre was the NL MVP in 1971 and led the MLB in RBI, hits, and batting average. As the manager of the New York Yankees, he won four World Series and six pennants. With 2,326 wins, Joe Torre has the fifth-best record of any MLB manager. The New York Yankees, the Atlanta Braves, and the St. Louis Cardinals are all proud to have Joe Torre in their Halls of Fame.

Joseph Paul Torre was born on July 18, 1940, in the Marine Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. He was the youngest of five children born to Joe Torre Sr. and his wife Margaret Rofrano Torre. Joe’s dad was a detective in New York City and things were almost always tense in the Torre home in Brooklyn, especially between Joe’s parents. Joe Torre’s dad was a scout for both the Braves and the Orioles. His mother got a divorce from Joe’s father in 1951, when Torre was 11.

Joe Torre started the Safe at Home Foundation for people who have been hurt at home because he remembered the pain his family went through when he was young. Brother Frank, who was eight years older than Joe, played baseball for the Braves. Joe’s sisters Rae and Marguerite were also great fans of the game.

The start of Joe Torre’s career

Frank played for the Class A Western League’s Denver Bears, and Joe Torre would often go see him. He loved baseball from a very young age, and it didn’t take long for people to notice him. Torre had been a regular for a long time, and Vincent “Cookie” Lorenzo, who ran the Sandlot League at Brooklyn’s Parade Grounds for more than 60 years, liked him a lot. Lorenzo first noticed Torre in 1954, when the 14-year-old, who was much shorter than his 6′ 2″ adult height, hit three doubles in a game that Lorenzo was umpiring.

Jim McElroy was in charge of Joe Torre’s little league team, the Cadets. They played most of their games at Brooklyn’s Parade Grounds, which had 13 fields and was close to Prospect Park. Joe Torre and his brother Frank both took turns playing at first base and pitching when they were with the Cadets and in their last two years at St. Francis Prep. He is in the Hall of Fame at the Parade Grounds. The young Sandloteer from Brooklyn played at New York’s Polo Grounds on August 26, 1958. The annual Hearst Sandlot Classic took place at the almost empty old home of the New York Giants. The US All-Stars played against the New York All-Stars. Joe Torre, who plays first base for the Brooklyn Cadets in the Kiwanis League, was there to represent the team.

Joe Torre started the 1958 game on the bench and didn’t get a hit in his first at-bat after coming in. All 16 major league teams had scouts at the game, but Torre didn’t get a sniff. He was fat and moved slowly, so no one cared about him. Even batting .647 in the 1958 All-American Amateur Baseball Association tournament in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, did not change the general opinion that Joe Torre was too fat, too slow, and too uncoordinated to play either first or third base.

But that would soon change. Frank told Joe that he would be noticed if he switched to catching. The next summer, Joe Torre caught for the Cadets, and on August 24, 1959, scout Honey Russell of the Milwaukee Braves signed him for a $22,500 bonus. On September 25, 1960, just over a year after signing with the Braves, Joe Torre played his first game in the major leagues.

Joe Torre’s pro career

In his first year as a pro, Joe Torre played for the Class C Eau Claire Braves and hit .344. He also played in two games for Milwaukee that fall. The next year, Torre came in second for the National League Rookie of the Year and even got a few votes for the NL Most Valuable Player after hitting .278 with 10 home runs and 42 RBI as the Braves’ regular catcher.

Joe Torre was the Braves’ backup catcher in 1962. In 1963, when he hit .293 with 14 home runs and 71 RBI and was named to his first All-Star Game, he took over the job full-time. Over the next five years, Torre became one of the best hitters at shortstop. In 1966, when he hit 36 home runs, that was his best year. In 1965, he won a Gold Glove Award.

But because of a problem with his contract, Joe Torre was sent to St. Louis in Spring Training of 1969 in exchange for Orlando Cepeda, who would go on to become a Hall of Famer. The Cardinals put Torre at first base, where he hit 18 home runs, drove in 101 runs, and had an average of.289. After playing both catcher and third base in 1970, when he hit 21 home runs, drove in 100 runs, and had a batting average of .325, he moved to the outfield. Joe Torre had his best season ever in 1971, when he played third base. He hit .363, had 230 hits, and drove in 137 runs to lead the league. Joe Torre also hit 24 home runs and was named the National League MVP. He was on the All-Star team again, but this time he started at third base.

Joe Torre never had those kinds of numbers again, but he was still a good corner infielder for the next few years. He was traded to the New York Mets on October 13, 1974, for pitchers Tommy Moore and Ray Sadecki. When Torre joined the Mets for the 1975 season, he was 34 years old. After playing part-time for the Mets in 1975 and 1976, Joe Torre was hired as manager 45 games into the 1977 season. However, he was a player and manager for a short time. On June 17, he played his last game as a player. At the end of his career, he had 2,342 hits, a batting average of .297, 252 home runs, and 1,185 RBI.

Joe Torre became an MLB manager

In 1976, Joe Frazier managed the Mets to an 86-76 record. He had won four championships with the Mets’ minor league teams. He came back for the Mets in 1977, which was their worst season since 1967. 45 games into the season, Joe Torre took over as manager. He had never been a coach or manager at any level of organized baseball before.

On May 31, 1977, Joe Torre’s first game as manager of the Mets was a 6-2 win over Montreal at Shea Stadium. Joe was a manager who played for a short time. He only had two at-bats as a manager, and the last time he played was on June 17, 1977. Joe Torre’s years as manager of the Mets were not good. The team had a record of 286-420 while he was in charge.

By 1981, the Mets were about to lose for the fifth year in a row, the team was being sold, and Joe’s marriage was in trouble. In the middle of all of this, there was a strike from June 12 to August 9 that stopped play. Joe’s life outside of work was a mess. On October 21, 1963, he got married for the first time, but there were problems right away. Jackie, his wife, was a Playboy bunny. They had one child together, Michael, who was born in 1964, and they split soon after. Joe Torre’s second wife was Diane “Dani” Romaine. He met her at a baseball game in New York in 1967, when he was playing for Atlanta. On January 13, 1968, they got married. In 1969, his daughter Tina was born. They broke up in 1981, and they got a divorce just before the 1982 season. 22

In late August, the Mets played the Reds in Cincinnati. Without a doubt, August 23, 1981, was the best day for Joe Torre in a long time. The Mets beat the Reds 3-2 in ten innings. Joe made six strategic moves that all helped the Mets win, including a change in defense in the last inning that led to a game-saving catch by left fielder Bob Bailor. With the win, the Mets’ record for the second half of the season improved to 8-5, making them almost tied with the Cardinals for the league lead.

During the 1981 season, Joe Torre was the manager of the Mets and led them to a record of 286-420. In 1982, he went back to Atlanta to take over as manager of the Braves. In his first season, the Braves made it to the playoffs and won the West Division title for the first time since 1969. Torre led the Atlanta Braves to a 13-0 start to the season, which helped them win the NL West division title for the first time since 1969. In the 1982 NLCS, the Braves lost to the Cardinals. The next two years, Joe Torre’s teams finished second and third with the Braves. However, in 1984, the team won only 80 games and Torre was fired at the end of the season. Joe Torre did TV commentary for the California Angels for the next five seasons.

In 1990, Joe Torre took over for Whitey Herzog as manager of the Cardinals. Before Torre was fired in the middle of the 1995 season, the Cardinals finished either second or third every year from 1991 to 1994. From 1991 to 1993, Torre led the St. Louis Cardinals to winning records, with an average of just under 85 wins and a winning percentage of .523. However, he did not even come close to getting the Redbirds to the postseason. Near the end of the 1994 season, the players went on strike. This had a big effect on Joe Torre, who had been a strong union member when he played. He was particularly upset about the idea of using replacement players. In April 1995, the players came back, but the Cardinals had a rough start. When Joe Torre was fired in the middle of June, they were 20-27.

Yankees hired Joe Torre amid criticism

Then, in 1996, George Steinbrenner, the owner of the Yankees, hired Joe Torre as the team’s manager. George Steinbrenner introduced Torre as the new manager of the New York Yankees on November 2, 1995, even though there were three candidates ahead of him for the job that would take him to the World Series and the Hall of Fame. The media called Torre “Clueless Joe” because they thought he didn’t know what he was getting himself into. At best, the response from the media was tepid. Joe Torre was taking over from Buck Showalter, who had been the AL Manager of the Year in 1994. Showalter was well-liked and had led the team to a 237-182 record and their first playoff appearance since 1981.

Joe Torre led New York to 92 wins in his first season as manager. He then won the ALCS against the Orioles and the 1996 World Series against the Braves after they were down 2-0. The Yankees lost the first game of the series 12–1, but Torre was not worried. On the other hand, owner George Steinbrenner was very upset. Joe Torre told his boss that he shouldn’t worry. When the World Series was over, Torre was named Sportsman of the Year by The Sporting News. He and Johnny Oates of the Texas Rangers were both named American League Manager of the Year.

Steve Martinez wrote, “With heart, faith, and a calm confidence, our Sportsman of the Year led the Yankees to an unlikely world championship and, in the process, turned a hard-boiled city into a legion of Torre Adorers.”

In 1997, the Yankees won 96 games and got a spot in the Wild Card game. In 1998, the Yankees won their second World Series title. This time, they won the AL East with 114 wins, which was an American League record at the time. They also beat Texas in the ALDS and Cleveland in the ALCS. In the World Series, they finished things off by sweeping the San Diego Padres. Joe Torre won the Manager of the Year award for the American League for the second time in three years.

In 1999, Joe Torre’s life got harder when he was told he had prostate cancer during spring training. Torre got better completely after the disease was caught in time. On his 59th birthday, July 18, 1999, the Yankees beat the Montreal Expos 6-0 thanks to a perfect game by starter David Cone. He was only the fourth manager in MLB history to lead his team to two perfect games. Joe Torre was the first manager to lead his team to two wins in perfect games. In 1999, he was in charge of the Yankees when they won their second World Series in a row.

When they beat the New York Mets in five games in 2000, it would be their third straight title. In 2001, the Yankees won the AL Pennant again. They then had three straight seasons with 100 or more wins, including another AL Pennant in 2003. Before Joe Torre was fired in 2007, the Bronx Bombers went to the playoffs every year from 1996 to 2007. That’s 12 trips to the playoffs in 12 seasons.

Joe Torre ranks among the best managers in the Bronx. Torre and Walter Alston are tied for fourth place all-time with four World Series titles. Joe McCarthy has won seven, Casey Stengel has won seven, and Connie Mack has won five. He was a manager for 29 years and had a record of 2,326-1,997, which is a.538 winning percentage. As big league manager, only Connie Mack, John McGraw, Tony La Russa, and Bobby Cox have won more games.

The Yankees lost in the first round of the playoffs each of Joe Torre’s last three years as manager. After the 2007 season, Torre moved on to manage the Los Angeles Dodgers for the next three years. In 2008 and 2009, two more division titles were won by his teams. In his last 15 years as a manager, 14 of his teams made it to the playoffs.

President Obama put Joe Torre on the National Advisory Committee on Violence Against Women in 2010 because of the work he had done with the Safe at Home Foundation. In 2011, Joe Torre was given an award at the Ellis Island Family Heritage Awards for his work with the Safe at Home Foundation. “Margaret’s Place,” which is a tribute to Torre’s mother, is a place where teens can talk to each other about domestic violence and find solutions.

Joe Torre left the Dodgers at the end of the 2010 season and took a job as Executive Vice-President of Baseball Operations in the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball.

In 2014, Joe Torre was chosen for the Hall of Fame. On “Joe Torre Day,” August 23, 2014, the Yankees retired his number 6 and put a plaque in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium to honor him. The Cardinals made Torre a member of their Hall of Fame on August 27, 2016. The Atlanta Braves made Joe Torre a member of their Hall of Fame on July 30, 2022.

During his career, Joe Torre hit over.300 five times, drove in more than 100 runs five times, and hit more than 20 home runs six times. He was an All-Star nine times, and he won the Most Valuable Player Award, the batting title, and the RBI crown once each. He finished in the top ten of the National League four times in batting average, on-base percentage, on-base plus slugging percentage, adjusted OPS+, hits, total bases, RBI, and slugging percentage.

Joe Torre also won a Rawlings Gold Glove Award for his work as a catcher. Twice, he was the best catcher in the National League in terms of fielding percentage, and he was in the top five in terms of being caught stealing. Joe Torre played catcher, first base, and third base, and in ten different seasons, he had a fielding percentage that was in the top five. Bill James, a baseball historian, put him as the 11th-best major league catcher of all time.

Joe Torre’s Greatest Moments

• 1961 Topps All-Star Rookie Team
• 9-time NL All-Star (1963-1967 & 1970-1973)
• NL MVP (1971)
• NL Gold Glove Winner (1965/C)
• NL Batting Average Leader (1971)
• NL Hits Leader (1971)
• NL Total Bases Leader (1971)
• NL RBI Leader (1971)
• 20-Home Run Seasons: 6 (1964-1967, 1970 & 1971)
• 30-Home Run Seasons: 1 (1966)
• 100 RBI Seasons: 5 (1964, 1966 & 1969-1971)
• 200 Hits Seasons: 2 (1970 & 1971)
• 2-time AL Manager of the Year Award (1996 & 1998)
• Division Titles: 13 (1982, 1996, 1998-2006, 2008 & 2009)
• Other Post-season Appearances: 2 (1997 & 2007 Wild Card)
• AL Pennants: 6 (1996, 1998-2001 & 2003)
• Managed four World Series Champions with the New York Yankees (1996, 1998, 1999 & 2000)
• 100 Wins Seasons as Manager: 4 (1998 & 2002-2004)
• Baseball Hall of Fame: Class of 2014

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The Stats

SUMMARY	WAR	AB	H	HR	BA	R	RBI	SB	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
Career	57.5	7874	2342	252	0.297	996	1185	23	0.365	0.452	0.817	129

Joe Torre’s Standard Batting Record

Year	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1960	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5	0.5	1	186	1	0	0	0	0	0	/H
1961	113	441	406	40	113	21	4	10	42	3	5	28	60	0.278	0.33	0.424	0.754	106	172	10	4	2	1	4	*2/H
1962	80	248	220	23	62	8	1	5	26	1	0	24	24	0.282	0.355	0.395	0.75	104	87	6	2	0	2	2	2H
1963	142	556	501	57	147	19	4	14	71	1	5	42	79	0.293	0.35	0.431	0.781	125	216	19	5	1	7	4	23H/7
1964	154	646	601	87	193	36	5	20	109	2	4	36	67	0.321	0.365	0.498	0.863	140	299	26	7	0	2	4	23/H
1965	148	594	523	68	152	21	1	27	80	0	1	61	79	0.291	0.372	0.489	0.862	141	256	22	8	0	2	7	23/H
1966	148	614	546	83	172	20	3	36	101	0	4	60	61	0.315	0.382	0.56	0.943	156	306	18	2	2	4	8	*23/H
1967	135	534	477	67	132	18	1	20	68	2	2	49	75	0.277	0.345	0.444	0.79	126	212	22	3	1	4	7	*23/H
1968	115	464	424	45	115	11	2	10	55	1	0	34	72	0.271	0.332	0.377	0.709	112	160	15	5	0	1	7	23/H
1969	159	678	602	72	174	29	6	18	101	0	0	66	85	0.289	0.361	0.447	0.808	126	269	10	5	0	5	13	*32/H
1970	161	704	624	89	203	27	9	21	100	2	2	70	91	0.325	0.398	0.498	0.896	137	311	23	7	0	3	10	25/3
1971	161	707	634	97	230	34	8	24	137	4	1	63	70	0.363	0.421	0.555	0.976	171	352	18	4	1	5	20	*5
1972	149	613	544	71	157	26	6	11	81	3	0	54	64	0.289	0.357	0.419	0.776	122	228	19	8	0	7	13	*53/H
1973	141	596	519	67	149	17	2	13	69	2	0	65	78	0.287	0.376	0.403	0.779	117	209	20	10	1	1	14	*35
1974	147	611	529	59	149	28	1	11	70	1	2	69	88	0.282	0.371	0.401	0.772	117	212	15	8	1	3	9	*35/H
1975	114	400	361	33	89	16	3	6	35	0	0	35	55	0.247	0.317	0.357	0.674	91	129	22	2	2	0	3	53H
1976	114	340	310	36	95	10	3	5	31	1	3	21	35	0.306	0.358	0.406	0.764	124	126	16	5	2	2	1	3H/5
1977	26	54	51	2	9	3	0	1	9	0	0	2	10	0.176	0.204	0.294	0.498	36	15	3	0	0	1	1	3H/5
8 Yrs	2209	8802	7874	996	2342	344	59	252	1185	23	29	779	1094	0.297	0.365	0.452	0.817	129	3560	284	85	13	50	127
162 Game Avg.	162	646	577	73	172	25	4	18	87	2	2	57	80	0.297	0.365	0.452	0.817	129	261	21	6	1	4	9
	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos

Joe Torre’s Standard Fielding Record

Year	Pos	Lg	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1961	C	NL	112	108	106	964.2	554	494	50	10	4	0.982	8	10	5.08	4.86	0.985	6.39	6.32	10	20	29	28	49%	38%	1	MVP-21,RoY-2
1962	C	NL	63	61	55	502.1	369	325	39	5	4	0.986	5	12	6.52	5.78	0.987	6.72	6.66	3	19	22	19	46%	34%	3
1963	C	NL	105	94	83	835	634	584	46	4	9	0.994	-1	-1	6.79	6	0.986	7.07	7.05	11	33	29	21	42%	42%	2	AS
1963	1B	NL	37	35	31	313.1	367	335	30	2	36	0.995	4	16	10.48	9.86	0.989	9.81	9.78								AS
1963	LF	NL	2	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0		0	-60	0	0		1.8	1.8								AS
1963	OF	NL	2	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0		0	-60	0	0		2.03	2								AS
1964	C	NL	96	82	79	766	567	518	46	3	4	0.995	-3	-5	6.63	5.88	0.988	6.81	6.76	10	39	24	17	41%	40%	1	AS,MVP-5
1964	1B	NL	70	69	52	561	615	563	48	4	49	0.993	1	1	9.8	8.73	0.99	10.02	9.95								AS,MVP-5
1965	C	NL	100	96	88	840	638	589	43	6	4	0.991	-3	-4	6.77	6.32	0.988	6.96	6.97	13	33	51	24	32%	36%	2	AS,MVP-11,GG
1965	1B	NL	49	46	41	416	465	433	30	2	39	0.996	-1	-4	10.02	9.45	0.99	10.02	10.03								AS,MVP-11,GG
1966	C	NL	114	104	97	942.2	685	607	67	11	9	0.984	-2	-3	6.43	5.91	0.987	6.84	6.83	13	49	38	36	49%	40%	0	AS,MVP-16
1966	1B	NL	36	37	31	316.2	288	267	20	1	24	0.997	-1	-4	8.16	7.97	0.989	9.89	9.89								AS,MVP-16
1967	C	NL	114	102	90	905.1	649	580	63	6	12	0.991	5	7	6.39	5.64	0.99	6.89	6.89	16	23	48	42	47%	40%	2	AS
1967	1B	NL	23	21	16	189	225	205	18	2	21	0.991	2	15	10.62	9.7	0.991	9.96	9.96								AS
1968	C	NL	92	85	74	746.2	531	492	37	2	7	0.996	-2	-3	6.38	5.75	0.99	6.87	6.9	4	19	45	16	26%	39%	1
1968	1B	NL	29	28	21	238.1	252	241	11	0	19	1	-2	-12	9.52	8.69	0.992	10.09	10.12
1969	1B	NL	144	142	131	1261	1359	1270	83	6	117	0.996	-5	-5	9.66	9.4	0.992	9.83	9.76								MVP-23
1969	C	NL	17	16	15	145.2	99	90	8	1	0	0.99	1	8	6.05	5.76	0.989	7.06	7.01	2	7	3	6	67%	40%	0	MVP-23
1970	C	NL	90	88	82	784	608	571	29	8	4	0.987	-1	-2	6.89	6.67	0.987	6.85	6.82	5	31	49	22	31%	33%	2	AS,MVP-18
1970	3B	NL	73	72	63	645	212	68	133	11	12	0.948	-6	-10	2.8	2.75	0.945	2.91	2.9								AS,MVP-18
1970	1B	NL	1	1	1	9	12	12	0	0	0	1	0	-27	12	12	0.992	9.7	9.6								AS,MVP-18
1971	3B	NL	161	161	158	1444	428	136	271	21	22	0.951	-25	-21	2.54	2.53	0.949	2.8	2.8								AS,MVP-1
1972	3B	NL	117	115	109	1010.2	295	102	182	11	17	0.963	-6	-8	2.53	2.43	0.945	2.87	2.88								AS
1972	1B	NL	27	27	24	242.1	254	234	16	4	17	0.984	1	4	9.28	9.26	0.992	9.73	9.76								AS
1973	1B	NL	114	84	75	803	899	833	60	6	80	0.993	2	3	10.01	7.83	0.992	9.83	9.83								AS
1973	3B	NL	58	54	26	430.2	122	48	68	6	3	0.951	-4	-10	2.42	2	0.946	2.88	2.88								AS
1974	1B	NL	139	130	117	1177.2	1277	1165	102	10	144	0.992	10	10	9.68	9.12	0.991	9.94	9.93
1974	3B	NL	18	11	6	105.2	31	8	19	4	1	0.871	-3	-33	2.3	1.5	0.948	3.04	3.04
1975	3B	NL	83	76	51	634.1	220	61	148	11	14	0.95	2	3	2.97	2.52	0.945	2.98	2.97
1975	1B	NL	24	13	10	135.1	124	111	9	4	12	0.968	-2	-13	7.98	5	0.99	9.97	9.96
1976	1B	NL	78	69	57	613.1	646	590	49	7	40	0.989	0	1	9.38	8.19	0.991	9.95	9.93
1976	3B	NL	4	3	1	30	6	3	3	0	2	1	-1	-44	1.8	1.5	0.952	2.94	2.93
1977	1B	NL	16	11	6	84	86	83	2	1	9	0.988	-1	-11	9.11	5.31	0.991	9.89	9.89
1977	3B	NL	1	1	1	9	1	0	1	0	0	1	-1	-67	1	1	0.96	3	3
10 Seasons	C		903	836	769	7432.1	5334	4850	428	56	57	0.99	7	1	6.39	5.84	0.988	6.82	6.81	87	273	338	231	41%	38%	14
14 Seasons	1B		787	713	613	6360	6869	6342	478	49	607	0.993	8	2	9.65	8.67	0.991	9.91	9.89
8 Seasons	3B		515	493	415	4309.1	1315	426	825	64	71	0.951	-44	-12	2.61	2.43	0.947	2.87	2.88
1 Season	LF		2	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0		0	-60	0	0		1.8	1.8
1 Season	OF		2	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0		0	-60	0	0		2.03	2
18 Seasons	TOT		2207	2043	1797	18109.2	13518	11618	1731	169	735	0.987	-29	-2	6.63	6.05	0.985	6.96	6.98	87	273	338	231	41%	38%	14
	Pos	Lg	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

Joe Torre’s Career Graph

Hall of Fame	All-Star Games	Awards	MVP (rank, share)
1983 BBWAA ( 5.3%) 1984 BBWAA (11.2%) 1985 BBWAA (11.1%) 1986 BBWAA (14.1%) 1987 BBWAA (11.4%) 1988 BBWAA (14.1%) 1989 BBWAA ( 8.9%) 1990 BBWAA (12.4%) 1991 BBWAA ( 9.3%) 1992 BBWAA (14.4%) 1993 BBWAA (14.9%) 1994 BBWAA (11.6%) 1995 BBWAA (10.9%) 1996 BBWAA (10.6%) 1997 BBWAA (22.2%) 2014 Veterans (inducted) “Selected to HOF in 2014 by Expansion Era Committee”	1963 1964 (C) 1965 (C) 1966 (C) 1967 (C) 1970 * 1971 (3B) 1972 (3B) 1973 *	1964 NL TSN All-Star 1965 AP All-Star 1965 NL TSN All-Star 1966 AP All-Star 1966 NL TSN All-Star 1971 AP All-Star 1971 NL Batting Title 1971 Hutch Award 1971 Major League Player of the Year 1971 NL MVP 1971 NL TSN All-Star 1996 AL Mgr of the year 1998 AL Mgr of the year	1961 NL (21, 1%) 1964 NL (5, 30%) 1965 NL (11, 8%) 1966 NL (16, 6%) 1969 NL (23, 2%) 1970 NL (18, 4%) 1971 NL (1, 95%) 1 MVP 1.46 Career Shares (170th)
Gold Gloves	Monthly Awards	Weekly Awards	WAR Position Players
1965 NL (C)	1965 May NL Player of the Month 1971 August NL Player of the Month	1976 Aug 8th NL Player of the Week	1966 NL  6.4 (7th) 1970 NL  5.6 (8th) 1971 NL  5.9 (7th) Career  57.5 (138th)
Offensive WAR	Defensive WAR	Batting Average	On-Base%
1964 NL  5.6 (9th) 1966 NL  6.6 (4th) 1970 NL  6.1 (6th) 1971 NL  8.6 (1st) Career  59.6 (100th)	1961 NL  1.4 (9th) 1967 NL  1.6 (10th)	1964 NL  .321 (4th) 1966 NL  .315 (7th) 1970 NL  .325 (2nd) 1971 NL  .363 (1st)	1964 NL  .365 (10th) 1966 NL  .382 (6th) 1970 NL  .398 (8th) 1971 NL  .421 (2nd)
Slugging %	On-Base Plus Slugging	Games Played	At Bats
1964 NL  .498 (10th) 1966 NL  .560 (4th) 1971 NL  .555 (3rd)	1964 NL  .863 (10th) 1965 NL  .862 (8th) 1966 NL  .943 (5th) 1971 NL  .976 (3rd)	1969 NL  159 (6th) 1970 NL  161 (1st) 1971 NL  161 (2nd) Career  2,209 (143rd)	1970 NL  624 (8th) 1971 NL  634 (5th) Career  7,874 (167th)
Plate Appearances	Runs Scored	Hits	Total Bases
1970 NL  704 (8th) 1971 NL  707 (3rd) Career  8,802 (175th)	1971 NL  97 (5th)	1964 NL  193 (6th) 1969 NL  174 (9th) 1970 NL  203 (3rd) 1971 NL  230 (1st) Career  2,342 (140th)	1964 NL  299 (9th) 1966 NL  306 (6th) 1970 NL  311 (6th) 1971 NL  352 (1st) Career  3,560 (161st)
Doubles	Triples	Home Runs	Runs Batted In
1964 NL  36 (7th) 1971 NL  34 (3rd)	1970 NL  9 (5th) 1971 NL  8 (5th)	1966 NL  36 (4th) Career  252 (237th)	1964 NL  109 (4th) 1966 NL  101 (7th) 1969 NL  101 (6th) 1971 NL  137 (1st) Career  1,185 (165th)
Singles	Adjusted OPS+	Runs Created	Adj. Batting Runs
1964 NL  132 (7th) 1970 NL  146 (4th) 1971 NL  164 (2nd) Career  1,687 (124th)	1964 NL  140 (10th) 1965 NL  141 (9th) 1966 NL  156 (5th) 1971 NL  171 (3rd) Career  129 (206th)	1966 NL  112 (8th) 1970 NL  120 (9th) 1971 NL  145 (1st) Career  1,259 (180th)	1964 NL  31 (10th) 1965 NL  30 (9th) 1966 NL  41 (5th) 1971 NL  60 (2nd) Career  308 (133rd)
Adj. Batting Wins	Extra Base Hits	Times On Base	Offensive Win %
1964 NL  3.2 (10th) 1965 NL  3.1 (9th) 1966 NL  4.2 (5th) 1971 NL  6.2 (2nd) Career  31.6 (119th)	1964 NL  61 (9th) 1966 NL  59 (10th) 1971 NL  66 (4th) Career  655 (249th)	1966 NL  234 (8th) 1970 NL  280 (2nd) 1971 NL  297 (1st) Career  3,206 (158th)	1966 NL  .741 (5th) 1971 NL  .813 (3rd)
Hit By Pitch	Sacrifice Flies	Intentional Bases on Balls	Double Plays Grounded Into
1964 NL  7 (8th) 1965 NL  8 (7th) 1970 NL  7 (8th) 1972 NL  8 (2nd) 1973 NL  10 (2nd) 1974 NL  8 (5th) 1976 NL  5 (9th) Career  85 (159th)	1963 NL  7 (4th) 1972 NL  7 (10th)	1969 NL  13 (10th) 1971 NL  20 (3rd) 1972 NL  13 (7th) 1973 NL  14 (8th) Career  127 (87th)	1963 NL  19 (5th) 1964 NL  26 (1st) 1965 NL  22 (1st) 1966 NL  18 (6th) 1967 NL  22 (1st) 1970 NL  23 (2nd) 1972 NL  19 (2nd) 1973 NL  20 (6th) 1975 NL  22 (2nd) Career  284 (18th)
Caught Stealing	AB per HR	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)	Win Probability Added (WPA)
1961 NL  5 (10th)	1966 NL  15.2 (6th)	1964 NL  47.53 (7th) 1971 NL  82.84 (1st) Career  379.22 (105th)	1966 NL  4.6 (7th) 1969 NL  4.0 (10th) 1971 NL  8.9 (1st) Career  39.1 (76th)
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)	Championship WPA (cWPA)	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)	Putouts
1966 NL  4.6 (6th) 1971 NL  6.5 (2nd) Career  35.0 (97th)	1971 NL  7.1 (6th) 1974 NL  8.5 (3rd) Career  29.0 (137th)	1964 NL  4.9 (6th) 1971 NL  8.3 (1st) Career  38.6 (97th)	1964 NL  1,081 (5th) 1969 NL  1,360 (4th) 1974 NL  1,173 (5th)
Def. Games as C	Putouts as C	Assists as C	Errors Committed as C
1961 NL  112 (4th) 1967 NL  114 (5th)	1961 NL  494 (4th) 1967 NL  580 (5th)	1961 NL  50 (3rd) 1966 NL  67 (2nd) 1967 NL  63 (3rd)	1961 NL  10 (4th) 1966 NL  11 (3rd) 1967 NL  6 (5th)
Double Plays Turned as C	Passed Balls	Stolen Bases Allowed as C	Caught Stealing as C
1963 NL  9 (4th) 1966 NL  9 (3rd) 1967 NL  12 (1st)	1961 NL  10 (4th) 1963 NL  11 (4th) 1965 NL  13 (5th) 1966 NL  13 (4th) 1967 NL  16 (2nd)	1961 NL  29 (5th) 1965 NL  51 (1st) 1967 NL  48 (2nd) 1970 NL  49 (5th)	1961 NL  28 (2nd) 1966 NL  36 (2nd) 1967 NL  42 (1st)
Caught Stealing %	Def. Games as 1B	Putouts as 1B	Assists as 1B
1961 NL  49.1 (2nd) 1962 NL  46.3 (2nd) 1964 NL  41.5 (5th) 1966 NL  48.6 (1st) 1967 NL  46.7 (5th)	1974 NL  139 (4th)	1969 NL  1,270 (5th) 1974 NL  1,165 (5th)	1974 NL  102 (1st)
Errors Committed as 1B	Double Plays Turned as 1B	Def. Games as 3B	Putouts as 3B
1974 NL  10 (3rd)	1969 NL  117 (2nd) 1974 NL  144 (1st)	1971 NL  161 (1st)	1971 NL  136 (1st) 1972 NL  102 (5th)
Assists as 3B	Errors Committed as 3B	Double Plays Turned as 3B	Total Zone Runs as C (s.1953)
1971 NL  271 (4th)	1971 NL  21 (1st)	1971 NL  22 (4th)	1961 NL  8 (2nd) 1962 NL  5 (3rd) 1967 NL  5 (3rd)
Range Factor/Game as C	Fielding % as C	Total Zone Runs as 1B (s.1953)	Range Factor/9Inn as 1B
1970 NL  6.67 (4th)	1961 NL  .982 (5th) 1963 NL  .994 (3rd) 1964 NL  .995 (1st) 1965 NL  .991 (5th) 1968 NL  .996 (1st) 1970 NL  .987 (5th)	1963 NL  4 (3rd) 1967 NL  2 (4th) 1974 NL  10 (1st)	1973 NL  10.01 (4th)
Fielding % as 1B	Range Factor/Game as 3B	Fielding % as 3B	Youngest
1969 NL  .996 (2nd) 1973 NL  .993 (2nd) Career  .993 (93rd)	1971 NL  2.53 (4th)	1971 NL  .951 (5th) 1972 NL  .963 (3rd)	1960 NL  born 1940-07-18 (5th) 1961 NL  born 1940-07-18 (10th)