Héctor Torres Notable

b. September 16, 1945 · Houston Astros 1968–1970, 1973, Chicago Cubs 1971, Montreal Expos 1972, San Diego Padres 1975–1976, Toronto Blue Jays 1977

Héctor Torres played for five clubs across 10 seasons as a shortstop, opening with the Houston Astros in 1968 and closing with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1977.

Across 622 games he batted .216, with 375 hits and 148 runs. He finished with 18 home runs, 46 doubles and 7 stolen bases. He went 0 and 0 with a 27.00 earned run average, pitching 0 innings in 1 game.

He played 433 games at shortstop, with 1,204 assists and 67 errors. He turned 190 double plays. He also played 126 games at second base.

He was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México on September 16, 1945. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1968	HOU	128	466	44	104	11	1	1	24	18	64	2	.223
1969	HOU	34	69	5	11	1	0	1	8	2	12	0	.159
1970	HOU	31	65	6	16	1	2	0	5	6	8	0	.246
1971	CHC	31	58	4	13	3	0	0	2	4	10	0	.224
1972	MON	83	181	14	28	4	1	2	7	13	26	0	.155
1973	HOU	38	66	3	6	1	0	0	2	7	13	0	.091
1975	SDP	112	352	31	91	12	0	5	26	22	32	2	.259
1976	SDP	74	215	8	42	6	0	4	15	16	31	2	.195
1977	TOR	91	266	33	64	7	3	5	26	16	33	1	.241
Career	—	622	1738	148	375	46	7	18	115	104	229	7	.216

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1972	MON	0	0	1	0	0	0.2	5	2	0	0	27.00
Career	—	0	0	1	0	0	0.2	5	2	0	0	27.00

On this day & linked events

1945

Born September 16, 1945

Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

1968

Major-league debut: Héctor Torres

Héctor Torres made a major-league debut on April 10, 1968.

1977

Final major-league game: Héctor Torres

Héctor Torres played a final major-league game on October 2, 1977.

Image: Dean's Photo Service, public domain