Gil Torres
Baseball Player
1915 – 1983
Who was Gil Torres?
Don Gilberto Torres Núñez was a Cuban professional baseball player who appeared in 346 games in the Major Leagues for the 1940 and 1944–1946 Washington Senators. The native of Regla, Cuba, was a shortstop and third baseman who stood 6 feet tall and weighed 155 pounds. He threw and batted right-handed.
Torres' professional career extended for 21 seasons, and he played almost 1,350 games in minor league baseball. He was the Senators' starting third baseman in 1944 and their starting shortstop in 1945, the final two seasons of the World War II manpower shortage in baseball. His 320 MLB hits included 40 doubles and 11 triples.
He was the son of Ricardo Torres, a catcher and first baseman in professional baseball who played in 22 games for the Senators between 1920–1922.
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- Born
- Aug 23, 1915
Regla - Profession
- Lived in
- Regla
- Died
- 1983
Regla
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on July 23, 2013
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