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Joe Torre

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Joe Torre
Torre talks to reporters at the 2015 Winter Meetings
Catcher / First baseman / Third baseman / Manager
Born: July 18, 1940 (age 78) Brooklyn, New York
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 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)
Career highlights and awards
9× All-Star (1963–1967, 1970–1973) 4× World Series champion (1996, 1998–2000) NL MVP (1971) Gold Glove Award (1965) NL batting champion (1971) NL RBI leader (1971) 2× AL Manager of the Year (1996, 1998) New York Yankees No. 6 retired St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Monument Park honoree
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	2014
Vote	100.0% (Expansion Era Committee)

Joseph Paul Torre (/ˈtɒri/; born July 18, 1940) is an Italian-American professional baseball executive, serving in the capacity of Major League Baseball's (MLB) chief baseball officer since 2011. A former player, manager and television color commentator, 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 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 four World Series championships.

Torre's lengthy and distinguished career in MLB began as a player in 1960 with the Milwaukee Braves, as a catcher, first baseman and third baseman. He also played for the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets until becoming a manager in 1977, when he briefly served as the Mets' player-manager. His managerial career covered 29 seasons, including tenures with the same three clubs for which he played, and the Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers, until 2010. From 1984 to 1989, he served as a television color commentator for the California Angels and NBC. After retiring as a manager, he accepted a role assisting the Commissioner of Baseball 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.^[1] After qualifying for the playoffs just once while managing the Mets, Braves, and Cardinals, Torre's greatest success came as manager of the Yankees. His clubs compiled a .605 regular season winning percentage and made the playoffs every year, winning four World Series titles, six American League (AL) pennants, and ten AL Eastdivision 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.