Mike Torrez

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Mike Torrez
Pitcher
Born: August 28, 1946 (1946-08-28) (age 61)
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 10, 1967
for the St. Louis Cardinals
Final game
July 27, 1984
for the Oakland Athletics
Career statistics
Record     185-160
ERA     3.96
Strikeouts     1404
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Ranks 71st on MLB Career Games Started List (458)
  • Ranks 95th on MLB Career Batters Faced List (13,179)

Michael Augustine Torrez (born August 28, 1946 in Topeka, Kansas) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball.

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Torrez had an 18-year career from 1967 to 1984. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Montreal Expos and New York Mets, all of the National League, and Baltimore Orioles, Oakland A's, New York Yankees, and Boston Red Sox, all of the American League.

Torrez won 2 games in the 1977 World Series for the World Champion Yankees and won 15 or more games in 6 consecutive seasons. After the Yankees 1977 championship season, he signed as a free agent with Boston. His 16-win 1978 season was forgotten with 1 pitch when he gave up a 3-run home run to light-hitting Yankee shortstop, Bucky Dent, in the late innings of the division-deciding 163rd game.

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