| Joe Torre | |
|---|---|
 Torre in 2015 | |
| Catcher / First baseman / Third baseman / Manager | |
| Born: July 18, 1940 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 25, 1960, for the Milwaukee Braves | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| June 17, 1977, for the New York Mets | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .297 |
| Hits | 2,342 |
| Home runs | 252 |
| Runs batted in | 1,185 |
| Managerial record | 2,326–1,997 |
| Winning % | .538 |
| Teams | |
| As player
As manager | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Member of the National | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |
| Induction | 2014 |
| Vote | 100% |
| Election method | Expansion Era Committee |
Joseph Paul Torre Jr. (/ˈtɒri/; born July 18, 1940) is an American professional baseball executive and former player, manager, and television color commentator. He has served as a special assistant to the Commissioner of Baseball since 2020.[1] He previously served in the capacity of Major League Baseball's (MLB) chief baseball officer from 2011 to 2020. Torre ranks fifth all-time in MLB history with 2,326 wins as a manager. With 2,342 hits during his playing career, Torre is the only major leaguer to achieve both 2,000 hits as a player and 2,000 wins as a manager. From 1996 to 2007, he was the manager of the New York Yankees, and guided the team to six American League (AL) pennants and four World Series championships.
Torre's professional baseball career began as a player in 1960 with the Milwaukee Braves, as a catcher and first baseman. He also played for the St. Louis Cardinals (for whom he played primarily third base) and the New York Mets, until becoming a manager in 1977, when he briefly served as the Mets' player-manager before retiring as a player. His managerial career covered 29 seasons, including tenures with the same three clubs for which he had played, and also stints with the Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers, until 2010. From 1984 to 1989, he served as a television color commentator for the California Angels and for NBC. After retiring as a manager, he accepted a role assisting the Commissioner as the executive vice president of baseball operations.
A nine-time All-Star, Torre won the 1971 National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award after leading the major leagues in batting average, hits, and runs batted in.[2] After qualifying for the playoffs just once while managing the Mets, Braves, and Cardinals (leading the Braves to the 1982 NL West title, before losing in the NLCS), Torre's greatest success came as manager of the Yankees. His Yankee clubs compiled a .605 regular-season winning percentage and made the playoffs every year, winning four World Series titles, six AL pennants, and ten AL East division titles. In 1996 and 1998, he was the AL Manager of the Year. He also won two NL West division titles with the Dodgers, for a total of 13 division titles. In 2014, Torre was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
- ^ "MLB moves Joe Torre to advisory role, hands disciplinarian duties to former pitcher Chris Young". February 7, 2020.
- ^ "Joe Torre statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved January 9, 2011.