VINTAGE BASEBALL MEMORABILIA Vintage Baseball Memorabilia Mike Torrez Position: PitcherBats: Right • Throws: Right6-5, 220lb (196cm, 99kg)Born: August 28, 1946 in Topeka, KS usDebut: September 10, 1967 (12,645th in major league history)vs. PIT 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ERLast Game: July 27, 1984vs. SEA 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 2 ERFull Name: Michael Augustine Torrez Mike Torrez Debut – September 10, 1967 (12,645th…
Scott Sanderson becomes the ninth pitcher to beat all 26 major league teams as the Yankees defeat Milwaukee, 8 – 1. Sanderson joins Doyle Alexander, Rich Gossage, Tommy John, Gaylord Perry, Nolan Ryan, Don Sutton, Mike Torrez and Rick Wise, as those who have defeated every club.
In a 3 – 1 loss to the Mets, Houston Astros shortstop Dickie Thon is hit in the face by a Mike Torrez pitch that breaks the orbital bone around his eye. Thon will be operated on April 11th, but will miss the rest of the season. When he returns, the All-Star SS will be plagued with blurred vision and be relegated to a back-up role for some time.
In the nitecap of a doubleheader, Pirates rookie Jose DeLeon holds the Mets hitless for 8 1/3 innings before Hubie Brooks singles, but Mets starter Mike Torrez pitches 11 shutout innings himself and New York goes on to win, 1 – 0, in 12 innings. In his previous start, DeLeon had held the Padres hitless for 6 1/3 innings. Mets reliever Jesse Orosco wins both games with four innings of relief in the 11-inning opener, and an inning in the nitecap.
July 26, 1983: The New York Mets and Atlanta Braves entered extra innings at Shea Stadium ties at 1-1. #Mets starter Mike Torrez pitched all 10 innings, allowing one run and Mookie Wilson delivered a walk-off HR. Wilson was also HBP that triggered a bench-clearing fight earlier in the game. Game ticket & learn more…
On October 2, 1978, In a one game playoff, Bucky Dent’s unlikely home run helps the New York Yankees defeat the Boston Red Sox in a dramatic one-game playoff at Fenway Park. Trailing by two runs in the seventh inning, Dent smacks a three-run shot against pitcher Mike Torrez into the screen above the Green…
1978 – With 55,091 looking on, the Yankees snap a 2 – 2 tie with a 9th-inning triple by Willie Randolph and a sacrifice fly by Thurman Munson to beat the Red Sox, 3 – 2. New York now leads by 3 1/2 games. The Yanks first score on a Reggie Jackson two-run blast in the 5th. Both starters, Catfish Hunter and Mike Torrez, go the distance.
1978 – The Yankees, four games behind the Red Sox in the American League East, arrive in Boston for a crucial 4-game series. The Yanks begin the “Boston Massacre” with a 15 – 3 route as Willie Randolph drives in five of the runs. The Yanks collect 21 hits off four Sox pitchers, including three hits apiece by Randolph, Thurman Munson and Roy White. Mike Torrez, with one inning of work, takes the loss. Ken Clay, in relief of Catfish Hunter, is the winner.
The Red Sox score two runs in the 17th to win, 7 – 5, on RBIs by Rick Burleson and Jim Rice. Ex-Yankee Mike Torrez then stops New York, 8 – 1, in a rain-shortened game.
Texas Rangers pitcher Fergie Jenkins allows three solo homers – one to Fred Lynn and two to Dwight Evans – in beating Boston, 4 – 3. Bert Campaneris homers off Mike Torrez (11-5).