Joe Torre
Former Manager of the New York Yankees
Prior to the joining the Dodgers, Torre spent the previous 12 seasons as manager of the New York Yankees. The 31st manager in that team's history, Torre joined Casey Stengel, Yogi Berra and Dallas Green as the fourth skipper to wear the uniform of both the Yankees and the New York Mets. The Yankees made the playoffs every year during his tenure. He led the Yankees to six World Series appearances during the 12-year span and they won four championships, most recently in 2000.
The 2000 title was the 26th overall for the Yankees, the most of any team in professional sports. They are just the third baseball team ever to win four titles in five years; the other two were also Yankees teams.
The Bronx Bombers captured four straight titles beginning in 1936 and won five consecutive championships from 1949-53. The Yankees also became the first team since the 1972-74 Oakland Athletics to win three straight world titles.
Torre led the 1996 Yankees to the team's first World Series title since 1978. He was named Sportsman of the Year by Sporting News and Co-American League Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
After a return to post-season competition in 1997, Torre led the Yankees to 114 wins during the 1998 regular season, an American League record, and a four-game sweep of the San Diego Padres in the 1998 World Series. Once again, Torre was named American League Manager of the Year, and the season earned him his second AP Manager of the Year Award. In the 1999 World Series, the Yankees swept the Atlanta Braves, for 12 straight Series game wins.
During his 17-year playing career, Torre compiled a .297 batting average, 2,342 hits, 252 home runs and 1,185 RBIs while playing for Milwaukee, Atlanta, St. Louis and the Mets. He hit over .300 five times in his career and was a nine-time All-Star.
In 1971, Torre was the National League MVP as a member of the Cardinals. By leading the league with a .363 batting average, 230 hits, 137 RBIs and 352 total bases, Torre became the first player to lead the NL in four offensive categories since Stan Musial, with eight, in 1948.
Torre was named catcher on the Sporting News All-Star Team from 1964-66. He received the NL Gold Glove Award in 1965. Torre hit the first regular season home run in Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium and holds the record for most home runs (36) in a single season (1966) by a Braves catcher.
He made his managerial debut on May 31, 1977, as the first player-manager in the majors since 1959. He became the full-time skipper of the Mets 18 days later. In 1982, Torre was named AP Manager of the Year for leading the Atlanta Braves to a division title.
Before returning to manage the St. Louis Cardinals from 1990-95, Torre spent nearly six seasons as a television broadcaster for the California Angels.
He is the co-author of three books: Chasing the Dream: My Lifelong Journey to the World Series (Bantam, 1998) a memoir, and an inspirational management guide, Joe Torre's Ground Rules for Winners: 12 Keys to Managing Team Players, Tough Bosses, Setbacks, and Success (Hyperion, 1999), and The Yankee Years (Doubleday, 2009).
In 2002, Torre and his wife, Ali, launched the Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation, whose mission is to end the cycle of domestic violence and save lives.
Torre was born in Brooklyn, New York. He and his wife reside in California. They have four children.
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On Saturday night, Joe Torre was sitting in the restaurant at Charles Town Races in West Virginia, about 75 miles west of Baltimore. Among those at his table was his friend Bernie Schiappa, and they were there to watch their horse, Game On Dude, run in ...
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