Salomón Torres
Salomón Torres | |
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![]() Torres throwing a pitch for the Pirates | |
Pitcher | |
Born: San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic | March 11, 1972|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Professional debut | |
MLB: August 29, 1993, for the San Francisco Giants | |
KBO: 2001, for the Samsung Lions | |
Last appearance | |
MLB: September 27, 2008, for the Milwaukee Brewers | |
KBO: 2001, for the Samsung Lions | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 44–58 |
Earned run average | 4.31 |
Strikeouts | 540 |
KBO statistics | |
Win–loss record | 0–2 |
Earned run average | 20.25 |
Strikeouts | 5 |
Teams | |
Salomón Torres Ramirez (born March 11, 1972) is a Dominican former professional baseball player. He began his career in 1993 with the San Francisco Giants, and also played for the Seattle Mariners, Montreal Expos, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Milwaukee Brewers.
Career
San Francisco Giants
Torres is best known for starting the last game of the 1993 season for the Giants, when he gave up three runs over 3+1⁄3 innings to the arch-rival Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants, winners of 103 games that season, finished in second place behind the 104-win Atlanta Braves, at that time in the National League West division. Though he was then in his first month as a Major Leaguer, some Giants fans blamed Torres for ruining a promising season and apparently never forgave him; those fans continued to heckle him when he returned to San Francisco as an opposing player. Said Torres: "They come to the park and they pay my salary, so they have the right to heckle me. If that's going to make them feel better and get over what happened in 1993, OK. But it's time to move on.... I don't think I was treated fairly by some of my teammates. And I still don't think I'm being treated fairly by the fans."[1]
Mariners and Expos and first retirement
The Giants traded Torres to the Seattle Mariners in mid-1995 for Shawn Estes and Wilson Delgado. After two years with the Mariners, he was claimed off waivers by the Montreal Expos in mid-1997. After ending the 1997 season with a 9.82 ERA, Torres retired and returned to the Dominican Republic to coach for the Expos' Dominican Summer League team.
Comeback with Pirates
In 2001, Torres decided to make a comeback, and spent the year playing in the Dominican Winter League and in South Korea. He signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates in January 2002, spending most of the year with the Triple-A team in Nashville before being called up in September. He split the 2003 season between starting and relief work before being moved to the bullpen full-time in 2004. On April 20, 2003, Torres hit Chicago Cubs right fielder Sammy Sosa in the head with an errant fastball that shattered his helmet.
He served as the Pirates setup reliever in
Milwaukee Brewers
Torres was traded to the
His season, though, was relatively solid: 28 saves in 35 chances, 51
During the middle of the 2008 season, Torres stated in an interview that he wasn't sure about his future in baseball, and on November 11 Torres told Brewers GM Doug Melvin that he was retiring from the game.[3]
Tri-State Coal Cats
In February 2024, it was announced that Torres would take on the role of
Personal life
Torres is a Jehovah's Witness.[5] He is married to Belkis Denia Donato and has two daughters and a son; Ashley (20), Allison (18), and Jordan (13).
References
- ^ Eagle, Ed (2006-06-10). "Notes: C. Wilson used to trade talk: But Pirate appears to be taking these rumors more seriously". MLB.com. Retrieved 2007-01-31.
- ^ Kovacevic, Dejan (2007-01-07). "Hot Stove: LaRoche remains hot topic with Pirates including players". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2007-01-07.
- ^ "After earning career-high 28 saves in '08, veteran reliever Torres retires". ESPN.com. Associated Press. 2008-11-11. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- ^ "Huntington-based Appalachian League team will go by Tri-State Coal Cats, don green and black". WV Metro News. 2024-02-15. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
- ^ Kovacevic, Dejan (2007-08-13). "Torres drops grievance against Pirates". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)