Cristobal Torriente Stats & Facts
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Cristobal Torriente Stats & Facts

[adrotate banner=”42″]   Crist贸bal Torriente Positions:聽Outfielder and PitcherBats:聽Left 聽鈥⒙犅燭hrows:聽Left5-10,聽190lb聽(178cm,聽86kg)Born:聽November 16,聽1893聽in Cienfuegos,聽CubaDied:聽April 11,聽1938聽(Aged聽44-146d)聽in聽New York,聽NYBuried:聽Calvary Cemetery, Bronx, NYDebut:聽1920 (4,834th in major league history)Hall of Fame:聽Inducted as Player in 2006. (Voted by Negro League Committee)View聽Crist贸bal Torriente’s Page聽at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).Full Name:聽Crist贸bal TorrienteNicknames:聽CarlosView Player Info聽from the聽B-R BullpenView Player Bio聽from the聽SABR BioProject      …

The largest Induction Class in Hall of Fame history is honored in Cooperstown

The largest Induction Class in Hall of Fame history is honored in Cooperstown

On July 30, 2006, the largest Induction Class in Hall of Fame history is honored in Cooperstown. Reliever Bruce Sutter is the 4th relief pitcher inducted along with 17 elected by a special commission on pre-Negro leagues and Negro leagues baseball. The 17 are Ray Brown, Willard Brown, Andy Cooper, Frank Grant, Pete Hill, Biz…

Bruce sutter

Relief pitcher聽Bruce Sutter聽is聽elected聽to the聽Hall of Fame along with 17 Negro League Players

Relief pitcher聽Bruce Sutter聽is聽elected聽to the聽Hall of Fame. With 75% of the votes cast by聽BBWAA聽members needed for election. Sutter receives 76.9%, slugger聽Jim Rice聽is second with 64.8%, followed by reliever聽Goose Gossage聽at 64.6%. Sutter, who is credited with perfecting the聽split-fingered fastball, which is a pitch many major leaguers use in some form today, joins聽Hoyt Wilhelm,聽Rollie Fingers聽and聽Dennis Eckersley聽as the only relief pitchers in聽Cooperstown. In a special election, seventeen聽Negro Leagues聽figures are also elected:聽Ray Brown,聽Willard Brown,聽Andy Cooper,聽Frank Grant,聽Pete Hill,聽Biz Mackey,聽Effa Manley,聽Jose Mendez,聽Alex Pompez,聽Cum Posey,聽Louis Santop,聽Mule Suttles,聽Ben Taylor,聽Crist贸bal Torriente,聽Sol White,聽J.L. Wilkinson, and聽Jud Wilson. Manley is the first woman ever elected to the Hall, and the 18 inductees are the largest class in the Hall’s history.

Cuban baseball star Crist贸bal Torriente is born in Cienfuegos, Cuba

Cuban baseball star Crist贸bal Torriente is born in Cienfuegos, Cuba

On November 16, 1893, Cuban baseball star Crist贸bal Torriente is born in Cienfuegos, Cuba. A left-handed power hitter who excelled in both his native country as well as the Negro leagues, Torriente starred as a center fielder for the Chicago American Giants from 1918 to 1925, leading the club to three consecutive Negro National League…