September 13, 2014

Frank Torre Passes

Frank Torre, brother of Hall of Famer Joe Torre, died on Saturday:

Torre played seven seasons in the majors with the Milwaukee Braves and Philadelphia Phillies. Though he hit only 13 home runs in 1,482 career at-bats in the regular season, he homered twice in 10 at-bats during the 1957 World Series as Milwaukee beat the New York Yankees for its only championship. In Game 7, he drove in a run at Yankee Stadium during the clinching 5-0 victory.

Frank Torre was nearly nine years older than Joe and guided his signing with the Braves and was long his mentor.

My thoughts go out to his family and friends.

Torre did a very good job getting on base for his career. Unfortunately, his position was first base, which really requires power. His isolated power of 0.099 just did not cut it. His career was short, but he did more in the post-season than many with much longer tenures.

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