Torrey, Joe

Joseph Paul "Joe" Torrey ( born July 18, 1940) is an American professional baseball player , manager and baseball functionary. Torrey played as a catcher , first and third base player for the Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves , New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals clubs. In 1971, after he knocked out 240 hits in a season, scored 137 RBI and showed an average realization of bit rates of 29.7%, Torrey was named the most valuable player in the National League .

Joe torrey
Catcher / first base player / third base player / manager
Born: July 18, 1940 ( 1940-07-18 ) (79 years old) Brooklyn , New York , United States
Beats: Right	Throws: Right
Professional debut
September 25, 1960 for Milwaukee Braves
Custom statistics
Beat rate	29.7
Home Run	252
Runs batted in	1185
Games was a manager	4329
Wins / losses	2326/1997
Percentage of games won	53,8
Teams
As a player: Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves (1960–1968) St. Louis Cardinals (1969–1974) New York Mets (1975–1977) As a manager: New York Mets (1977–1981) Atlanta Braves (1982–1984) St. Louis Cardinals (1990–1995) New York Yankees (1996–2007) Los Angeles Dodgers (2008–2010)
Awards and achievements
participant of the match of all stars of Major League Baseball (1963–1967, 1970–1973) World Series Champion (1996, 1998–2000) National League MVP (1971) Golden Glove Award (1965) NL Fighting Leader (1971) NL leader in RBI (1971) manager of the year AL (1996, 1998) assigned to him by number 6 in the "New York Yankees"
Member of the National
baseball hall of fame
Included	2014
Voting	100% (Expansion Era Committee)

After completing his gaming career in 1977, Torrey worked as a manager in three teams, where he previously acted as a player, after which he worked for the New York Yankees , and ended his managerial career in 2011 at Los Angeles Dodgers . He achieved the greatest success in this capacity at Yankees, where he worked from 1996 to 2007. At this time, the Yankees went to the playoffs annually, won ten titles of the winner of the Eastern Division of the American League , six times became champions of the American League and won four World Series . During his career as a manager, Torrey scored 2326 wins and is ranked fifth in this history in Major League Baseball. After leaving the Dodgers, he became executive vice president of baseball operations at Major League Baseball.