# Gacho Torres
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{{short description|Puerto Rican baseball player}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name = Gacho Torres
| image = Gacho Torres.png
| position = [Outfielder](/source/Outfielder)
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1896|7|2|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico](/source/Rio_Piedras%2C_Puerto_Rico)
| death_date = {{death date and age|1963|12|14|1896|7|2|mf=y}}
| death_place = [Cayey, Puerto Rico](/source/Cayey%2C_Puerto_Rico)
| bats = Left
| throws = Left
| debutleague = [Negro league baseball](/source/Negro_league_baseball)
| debutdate =
| debutyear = 1926
| debutteam = [Newark Stars](/source/Newark_Stars)
| finaldate =
| finalyear = 1926
| finalteam = [Newark Stars](/source/Newark_Stars)
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* [Newark Stars](/source/Newark_Stars) (1926)
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'''José Torres Torres''' (July 2, 1896 – December 14, 1963), nicknamed '''Gacho''' was a Puerto Rican [outfielder](/source/outfielder) in the [Negro leagues](/source/Negro_leagues) in the 1920s.
A native of [Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico](/source/Rio_Piedras%2C_Puerto_Rico), Torres played for the [Newark Stars](/source/Newark_Stars) in 1926. In two recorded games, he went hitless in six plate appearances.[{{cite web|url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=torre01gac |title=Gacho Torres |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=June 16, 2021}}][{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/torrega01.shtml |title=Gacho Torres |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=June 16, 2021}}] 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.[{{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}}]
Torres played in the first few seasons of the [Puerto Rican Winter League](/source/Puerto_Rican_Winter_League) (PRWL) after it was founded in 1938, playing with the Grises ("Grays") de Humacao (1938–1940), the [Criollos de Caguas](/source/Criollos_de_Caguas_(baseball)) (1940–41), and the [Indios de Mayagüez](/source/Indios_de_Mayag%C3%BCez) (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.