Cristóbal Torriente

⭐ Hall of Fame 2006

Born: 11/16/1893 in Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos, Cuba

Died: 4/11/1938 in New York, NY, USA

MLB Debut: 1913-08-02

Bats: L | Throws: L | Height: 5'10" | Weight: 190 lbs

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Biography

Cristobal Torriente, born in 1893, was a prominent figure in early 20th-century baseball. His career spanned from 1913 until his final game on July 29, 1928. Torriente was known for his exceptional talent as a position player, contributing to the game during a time marked by the integration of players from diverse backgrounds and the evolution of baseball strategies. Though his official Major League statistics reflect 0 games played, he made significant impacts in various leagues, including the Cuban League, where he was celebrated for his athleticism and skill. Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006, Torriente's legacy is particularly noteworthy as he was a key player in the development of the sport in Cuba and played an essential role in the establishment of the game in Latin America. His influence extended beyond the field, as he paved the way for future generations of Hispanic players in Major League Baseball. Cristobal Torriente remains an enduring symbol of the rich history and cultural significance of baseball during a transformative era in the sport's history.

Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
123.0	111.0	24.0	35.0	4.0	3.0	5.0	22.0	9.0	6.0	3.0	0.315	0.361	0.541	0.902

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Season	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1913	5.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	0	0	1.0	3.0	0	0	0	0.200	0.200	0.800	1.000
1920	5.0	5.0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.400	0.400	0.400	0.800
1921	58.0	52.0	15.0	17.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	5.0	4.0	2.0	3.0	0.327	0.368	0.577	0.945
1922	12.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1.0	0	0.111	0.333	0.111	0.444
1924	9.0	8.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	0	2.0	9.0	1.0	0	0	0.375	0.444	1.250	1.694
1926	33.0	31.0	4.0	11.0	2.0	0	0	5.0	1.0	3.0	0	0.355	0.364	0.419	0.783
1928	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
22	17	60	44	26	4	1	373.0	378	164	13	134	149	3.96	0

Career ERA 3.96 vs. league average 3.53 across their career seasons — 12.2% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1913	CSH	WES	1	1	3	1	1	1	0	20.0	11	2	8	8	0.90	3.07 (+71%)	38.0
1914	CSH	WES	4	4	8	8	6	1	0	61.7	75	32	21	32	4.67	2.93 (-60%)	348.8
1915	CSH	WES	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	13.3	7	2	6	8	1.35	2.90 (+53%)	34.9
1916	CSW	WES	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	9.7	11	6	9	4	5.59	2.78 (-101%)	0.0
1918	CSW	WES	2	2	8	5	3	0	0	57.0	41	17	29	21	2.68	2.83 (+5%)	-923.5
1919	CAG	WES	3	1	5	5	4	0	0	40.7	32	13	20	24	2.88	3.09 (+7%)	-591.7
1920	CAG	NNL	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	8.0	5	3	2	1	3.38	—	0.0
1921	CAG	NNL	2	1	6	4	2	0	0	28.3	35	13	3	14	4.13	4.02 (-3%)	1011.3
1922	CAG	NNL	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	9.7	6	4	3	2	3.72	4.18 (+11%)	0.0
1923	CAG	NNL	2	1	4	3	2	1	0	21.0	23	8	6	9	3.43	4.03 (+15%)	200.3
1927	DS	NNL	2	1	3	3	3	0	0	28.0	31	10	8	8	3.21	4.08 (+21%)	-307.2
1928	DS	NNL	6	2	14	9	3	1	1	74.0	101	54	18	18	6.57	4.13 (-59%)	-484.1
1932	LVB	NSL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.7	0	0	1	0	0.00	—	0.0

Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
863	3041	623	1035	193	75	64	686	136	426	16	0.340	0.426	0.516	0.942	18060.2

Career AVG .340 vs. league average .273 across their career seasons — +24.9% above league average.

Career OBP .426 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — +27.1% above league average.

Career SLG .516 vs. league average .373 across their career seasons — +38.6% above league average.

Career OPS 0.942 vs. league average 0.708 across their career seasons — +33.1% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1913	CSH	WES	25	100	15	38	9	6	2	26	8	4	0	0.380	.259 (+46%)	.325 (+26%)	.345 (+88%)	.670 (+58%)	809.2
1914	CSH	WES	33	117	28	46	10	4	2	22	6	21	0	0.393	.255 (+54%)	.322 (+51%)	.339 (+76%)	.661 (+64%)	1235.0
1915	CSH	WES	52	196	35	68	12	3	2	32	12	18	0	0.347	.250 (+38%)	.318 (+27%)	.332 (+41%)	.651 (+34%)	1075.0
1916	CSW	WES	51	183	30	60	10	2	2	38	7	22	0	0.328	.248 (+32%)	.314 (+28%)	.326 (+34%)	.640 (+31%)	954.4
1918	CSW	WES	36	133	31	48	5	9	1	27	3	16	0	0.361	.255 (+41%)	.318 (+35%)	.326 (+70%)	.645 (+53%)	1050.5
1919	CAG	WES	41	143	32	47	10	3	3	35	7	33	0	0.329	.262 (+25%)	.322 (+45%)	.347 (+45%)	.670 (+45%)	1238.4
1920	CAG	NNL	57	211	44	83	18	7	2	50	8	20	2	0.393	.271 (+45%)	.331 (+34%)	.363 (+58%)	.694 (+47%)	1643.4
1921	CAG	NNL	73	248	64	84	7	11	9	61	18	31	7	0.339	.286 (+18%)	.344 (+22%)	.395 (+43%)	.739 (+33%)	1551.7
1922	CAG	NNL	54	187	46	54	9	1	8	35	12	29	6	0.289	.285 (+1%)	.345 (+11%)	.397 (+20%)	.743 (+16%)	584.9
1923	CAG	NNL	74	261	69	101	22	5	4	63	12	44	0	0.387	.282 (+37%)	.344 (+39%)	.390 (+42%)	.734 (+41%)	2173.6
1924	CAG	NNL	75	258	60	94	28	6	8	82	12	46	1	0.364	.283 (+28%)	.345 (+35%)	.389 (+57%)	.734 (+47%)	2357.9
1925	CAG	NNL	88	293	52	77	11	6	9	65	5	54	0	0.263	.288 (-9%)	.349 (+8%)	.407 (+6%)	.756 (+7%)	515.6
1926	KCM	NNL	77	276	58	97	17	6	5	65	18	37	0	0.351	.279 (+26%)	.345 (+29%)	.390 (+31%)	.735 (+30%)	1706.6
1927	DS	NNL	88	322	45	101	17	2	6	60	6	46	0	0.314	.282 (+11%)	.344 (+16%)	.392 (+11%)	.736 (+13%)	966.8
1928	DS	NNL	37	111	14	36	8	3	1	25	2	5	0	0.324	.280 (+15%)	.342 (+3%)	.395 (+21%)	.737 (+13%)	197.2
1932	LVB	NSL	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.500	—	—	—	—	0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
8	31	4	11	2	0	0	5	1	3	0.355

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1926	NNC	KCM	8	31	4	11	2	0	0	5	1	3	0.355

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	10	0	0	0	0	0
2B	2	0	1	3	3	0
3B	20	8	14	24	2	1
C	1	0	1	0	0	0
OF	800	525	1305	91	56	13
P	60	27	23	140	8	1

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1913	CSH	OF	24	0	39	7	3	0
1913	CSH	P	3	0	2	5	1	0
1914	CSH	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1914	CSH	OF	26	0	53	7	4	1
1914	CSH	P	8	0	2	19	0	1
1915	CSH	OF	52	0	86	8	7	2
1915	CSH	P	3	0	0	7	0	0
1916	CSW	OF	50	0	93	13	4	3
1916	CSW	P	2	0	4	7	1	0
1918	CSW	2B	1	0	1	3	3	0
1918	CSW	3B	1	0	0	1	0	0
1918	CSW	C	1	0	1	0	0	0
1918	CSW	OF	31	0	75	5	4	0
1918	CSW	P	8	0	8	22	0	0
1919	CAG	OF	37	36	89	6	4	1
1919	CAG	P	5	5	1	19	2	0
1920	CAG	3B	9	7	9	19	1	0
1920	CAG	OF	49	49	90	8	3	0
1920	CAG	P	1	1	0	1	0	0
1921	CAG	3B	4	1	3	2	0	1
1921	CAG	OF	70	67	137	4	3	0
1921	CAG	P	6	4	3	9	2	0
1922	CAG	3B	1	0	1	0	0	0
1922	CAG	OF	52	50	90	4	2	0
1922	CAG	P	2	2	0	8	0	0
1923	CAG	OF	72	70	147	13	3	4
1923	CAG	P	4	3	2	5	0	0
1924	CAG	3B	1	0	1	0	1	0
1924	CAG	OF	76	75	120	7	6	0
1925	CAG	1B	10	0	0	0	0	0
1925	CAG	3B	3	0	0	0	0	0
1925	CAG	OF	77	0	0	0	0	0
1926	KCM	OF	79	76	146	1	6	0
1927	DS	3B	1	0	0	2	0	0
1927	DS	OF	85	85	121	8	6	2
1927	DS	P	3	3	0	11	2	0
1928	DS	OF	20	17	19	0	1	0
1928	DS	P	14	9	1	27	0	0
1932	LVB	P	1	0	0	0	0	0