Tony Torcato
Encyclopedia
Anthony Dale Torcato is a professional baseball
player. At the young age of 14, Torcato was an amateur boxer, winning the 1994 California Golden Gloves
boxing championship, and continued to box until the age of 16 before turning to baseball full time.
by the San Francisco Giants
. He was called up by the Giants on July 26, . He had spent his entire career until with the Giants. Torcato played from 2002- in the big leagues with them. After the 2005 MLB season, Torcato had a .298 career batting average
in 43 game
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Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
player. At the young age of 14, Torcato was an amateur boxer, winning the 1994 California Golden Gloves
Golden Gloves
The Golden Gloves is the name given to annual competitions for amateur boxing in the United States. The Golden Gloves is often the term used to refer to the National Golden Gloves competition, but it also can represent several other amateur tournaments, including regional golden gloves...
boxing championship, and continued to box until the age of 16 before turning to baseball full time.
MLB career
Tony was drafted in the 1st round (19th overall) of the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft1998 Major League Baseball Draft
The 1998 First-Year Player Draft, Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft of high school and college baseball players, was held on June 2 and 3, 1998...
by the San Francisco Giants
San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
. He was called up by the Giants on July 26, . He had spent his entire career until with the Giants. Torcato played from 2002- in the big leagues with them. After the 2005 MLB season, Torcato had a .298 career batting average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
in 43 game
Game
A game is structured playing, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements...
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