Frank Torre

Who was Frank Torre?

Frank Joseph Torre was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. Torre, who batted and threw left-handed, played for the Milwaukee Braves and Philadelphia Phillies. He was the older brother of Hall of Famer Joe Torre, himself a former Major League Baseball player and longtime manager.

Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1950, Torre spent four seasons in the Braves' farm system. He debuted with the team in 1956 and played in 111 games, most of them as a backup. He hit .258 in 159 at-bats.

Torre's two best seasons were in 1957 and 1958; in the former year, he batted .272 with 5 home runs and 40 runs batted in. He also tied a National League record that year by scoring six runs in one game, the first game of a September 2 doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, which the Braves won 23–10. The Braves defeated the New York Yankees in that year's World Series; Torre homered twice in the Series, which the Braves won in seven games on the strength of Lew Burdette's three victories. In 1958 Torre established career highs in batting average, home runs and runs batted in as the Braves repeated as National League champions.