- Tony Torchia
Anthony Lewis Torchia (born
December 13 ,1943 , inChicago, Illinois ), is a formerminor league baseball player and manager. He was a left-handed throwing, right-handed battingfirst baseman who played 13 seasons in the minors. Originally signed by theLos Angeles Dodgers , he was drafted by theBoston Red Sox after his rookie season, 1962, and he would spend 24 years in the Boston organization.cite news
url=http://www.mwlguide.com/biography/torchia.html
publisher=MWL Guide
title=Tony Torchia Profile
date=March 20, 1999]
Torchia holds the distinction of having been the only man who has served as a player, coach and manager of the
Pawtucket Red Sox . After he retired as a player in 1974, he coached for the "PawSox" in 1975 (under skipper Joe Morgan). He then managed Class A and AA Boston farm clubs from 1976-82. His first team, theWinston-Salem Red Sox , won the 1976Carolina League pennant. He skippered theBristol Red Sox of the Double-A Eastern League for five seasons (1978-82), winning league titles in 1978 and 1981. Torchia returned to Pawtucket as the third manager in the club's Triple-A history in 1983. After two seasons there, he served as the bullpen coach for the Red Sox in 1985, his only full campaign inMajor League Baseball . He then managed Boston's Double-A New Britain farm club in 1986 before leaving the organization for good. He later sued the Red Sox, claiming he was fired because of a medical disability.Beginning in 1987, Torchia coached and managed at the minor league level for the
San Diego Padres ,Colorado Rockies andHouston Astros .cite news
url=http://www.mwlguide.com/biography/torchia.html
publisher=MWL Guide
title=Tony Torchia Profile
date=March 20, 1999] He most recently managed the Mid-Missouri Mavericks in the independent
Frontier League .cite news
url=http://www.showmenews.com/2003/May/20030523Spor051.asp
publisher=Columbia Daily Tribune
title=Meet the Mavericks
date=May 23, 2004]
References
* [http://www.mwlguide.com/biography/torchia.html] Tony Torchia profile on MWLGuide.com
* [http://www.showmenews.com/2003/May/20030523Spor051.asp] Article on Mid-Missouri Mavericks
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