{{short description|Puerto Rican baseball player}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Gacho Torres | image = Gacho Torres.png | position = Outfielder | birth_date = {{Birth date|1896|7|2|mf=y}} | birth_place = Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico | death_date = {{death date and age|1963|12|14|1896|7|2|mf=y}} | death_place = Cayey, Puerto Rico | bats = Left | throws = Left | debutleague = Negro league baseball | debutdate = | debutyear = 1926 | debutteam = Newark Stars | finaldate = | finalyear = 1926 | finalteam = Newark Stars | statyear = | statleague = | stat1label = | stat1value = | stat2label = | stat2value = | stat3label = | stat3value = | teams = * Newark Stars (1926) }} '''José Torres Torres''' (July 2, 1896 – December 14, 1963), nicknamed '''Gacho''' was a Puerto Rican outfielder in the Negro leagues in the 1920s.
A native of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, Torres played for the Newark Stars in 1926. In two recorded games, he went hitless in six plate appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=torre01gac |title=Gacho Torres |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=June 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/torrega01.shtml |title=Gacho Torres |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=June 16, 2021}}</ref> With the recognition of certain Negro Leagues as major leagues, Torres is the first player born in Puerto Rico to play in the major leagues.<ref name="sabr">{{cite web |last1=Oliver |first1=Tony |title=Gacho Torres Biography |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/gacho-torres/ |website=SABR |publisher=SABR |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref>
Torres played in the first few seasons of the Puerto Rican Winter League (PRWL) after it was founded in 1938, playing with the Grises ("Grays") de Humacao (1938–1940), the Criollos de Caguas (1940–41), and the Indios de Mayagüez (1941-1943). A fierce competitor, Torres is believed to be the first player to be ejected from a PRWL game on November 13, 1938. Despite playing well into his forties, Torres is credited with 263 at-bats, 64 hits, 30 runs, and a .243 average in his brief professional career on the island.<ref name="sabr" />
Torres died in Cayey, Puerto Rico in 1963 at age 67.
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==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=t/torrega01}} and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=torre01gac Seamheads] *[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/gacho-torres/ Gacho Torres] at SABR Bio Project
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