Jorge Torres (baseball)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Torres and the second or maternal family name is Tur.
Jorge Torres
Infielder / Outfielder
Born: (1918-06-18)June 18, 1918
Havana, Cuba
Died: June 5, 1982(1982-06-05) (aged 63)
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing  Cuba
Amateur World Series
1939 Havana Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
1938 Panama City Team

Jorge Juan Torres Tur[1][a] (June 18, 1918 — June 5, 1982), nicknamed Cocoliso, was a Cuban baseball player. He played on the Cuba national baseball team at the 1939 Amateur World Series, and later played in the professional Cuban Winter League as well as several seasons in the minor leagues.[2][3]

Cocoliso Torres played with the Cubaneleco (Cuban Electric Company) club of the Cuban Amateur League.[4] He was selected to the Cuban squad that won gold at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games in Panama City, going 1–for–5.[5][1] He also appeared with Cuba at the 1939 Amateur World Series, the country's first major international tournament and the first held on home soil. Though he posted a dismal .174 batting average over the course of the series, going 4–for–23, he hit a triple in the ninth inning of the opening match against Nicaragua, eventually scoring the game-winning run; that performance was enough to secure him most valuable player honors.[4][2][6]

Torres made his professional baseball debut in the Cuban Winter League with Almendares. By the 1946–47 season, he played as an infielder with Habana.[7]

Debuting in organized baseball with the Washington Senators organization in 1940, Torres played in the South Atlantic, Appalachian, and Florida State Leagues that year. He went on to play in the Class-A Eastern League before signing with the New York Giants, playing with Jersey City in the International League. He returned to the Washington organization in 1945, playing with the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Southern Association.[3] He went on to play in the Mexican League with Monterrey and San Luis Potosí and in 1946 and 1947.[8][9] Torres returned to organized baseball with the Philadelphia Athletics organization before retiring.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Alternatively listed as Juan J. Torres by Bjarkman and others.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Junta Nacional Panameña de los IV Juegos Deportivos Centro Americanos y del Caribe. "IV Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Panamá 1938" (PDF). Centro Caribe Sports (in Spanish). p. 132. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Bjarkman, Peter (2007). A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864-2006. McFarland. p. 195. ISBN 978-0786428298.
  3. ^ a b c "Jorge Torres". Baseball Reference (minors).
  4. ^ a b Romero, Esteban (8 March 2022). "Detalles de la Segunda Serie Mundial Amateur de Béisbol (La Habana, 1939)". Deportes Cine y Otros. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  5. ^ Romero, Esteban. "El equipo Cubaneleco en la Liga Nacional Amateur". Deportes Cine y Otros. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  6. ^ "MUNDIALIZACIÓN DEL AMATEURISMO (1938-1947)". La Prensa. 26 February 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Jorge Juan Torres, Baseball Card No. L-10 Cuba". Cuba Collectibles. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Lanier Finally Wins, Besting San Luis. 5 to 0". The Sporting News. 30 July 1947. p. 35.
  9. ^ "Mexican Race Tightens; Five in Flag Chase". The Sporting News. June 4, 1947. p. 5.
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