Rusty Torres
| Rusty Torres | |||
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: September 30, 1948 Aguadilla, Puerto Rico |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 20, 1971, for the New York Yankees | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| August 25, 1980, for the Kansas City Royals | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .212 | ||
| Home runs | 35 | ||
| Runs batted in | 126 | ||
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Rosendo "Rusty" Torres Hernández (born September 30, 1948, in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico) is a former professional baseball outfielder. He played all or part of nine season in Major League Baseball for five different teams. In an odd coincidence, Torres happened to be in the ballpark when forfeits were called in three different games in the 1970s.
The Puerto-Rican born Torres came to live in New York City early in life, attending from NY Vocational High School in Jamaica, Queens. He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 54th round of the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft.
Torres did not make his professional debut until the following season, starting out 1967 with the rookie league Johnson City Yankees. In all, Torres played for four different teams in the Yankees organization in 1967: Johnson City, the Oneonta Yankees, the Fort Lauderdale Yankees, and the Greensboro Yankees. He batted a combined .247 in 75 games.
In 1968, Torres returned to Fort Lauderdale, where he batted just .229 in 126 games. He spent his third season at class-A with the Kinston Eagles in 1969, batting .270 with 13 home runs. This performance earned Torres a promotion to Double-A.
Playing for the Manchester Yankees, he missed a good chunk of the 1970 season due to injury, appearing in just 41 games and batting .244. Still, Torres was promoted to Triple-A in 1971. Playing for the Syracuse Chiefs, Torres batted .290 with 19 home runs in 133 games, earning himself a call-up to the Yankees in September.
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