The following article is about how Joe Torre suffered abuse when he was a child and how he overcame it. For those of you who don't know who he is, he was a baseball player and a manager. He managed the New York Yankees to four World Series Championships.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/22/s...s-own-story-that-stands-out.html?ref=baseball
Most folks do not realize just how good a ball player he was...Very respectable...Michael
Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1960 19 MLN NL 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 186 1 0 0 0 0 0
1961 20 MLN NL 113 441 406 40 113 21 4 10 42 3 5 28 60 .278 .330 .424 .754 106 172 10 4 2 1 4 *2 MVP-21,RoY-2
1962 21 MLN NL 80 248 220 23 62 8 1 5 26 1 0 24 24 .282 .355 .395 .750 104 87 6 2 0 2 2 2
1963 ★ 22 MLN NL 142 556 501 57 147 19 4 14 71 1 5 42 79 .293 .350 .431 .781 125 216 19 5 1 7 4 23/7 AS
1964 ★ 23 MLN NL 154 646 601 87 193 36 5 20 109 2 4 36 67 .321 .365 .498 .863 140 299 26 7 0 2 4 23 AS,MVP-5
1965 ★ 24 MLN NL 148 594 523 68 152 21 1 27 80 0 1 61 79 .291 .372 .489 .862 141 256 22 8 0 2 7 23 AS,MVP-11,GG
1966 ★ 25 ATL NL 148 614 546 83 172 20 3 36 101 0 4 60 61 .315 .382 .560 .943 156 306 18 2 2 4 8 *23 AS,MVP-16
1967 ★ 26 ATL NL 135 534 477 67 132 18 1 20 68 2 2 49 75 .277 .345 .444 .790 126 212 22 3 1 4 7 *23 AS
1968 27 ATL NL 115 464 424 45 115 11 2 10 55 1 0 34 72 .271 .332 .377 .709 112 160 15 5 0 1 7 23
1969 28 STL NL 159 678 602 72 174 29 6 18 101 0 0 66 85 .289 .361 .447 .808 126 269 10 5 0 5 13 *32 MVP-23
1970 ★ 29 STL NL 161 704 624 89 203 27 9 21 100 2 2 70 91 .325 .398 .498 .896 137 311 23 7 0 3 10 25/3 AS,MVP-18
1971 ★ 30 STL NL 161 707 634 97 230 34 8 24 137 4 1 63 70 .363 .421 .555 .976 171 352 18 4 1 5 20 *5 AS,MVP-1
1972 ★ 31 STL NL 149 613 544 71 157 26 6 11 81 3 0 54 64 .289 .357 .419 .776 122 228 19 8 0 7 13 *53 AS
1973 ★ 32 STL NL 141 596 519 67 149 17 2 13 69 2 0 65 78 .287 .376 .403 .779 117 209 20 10 1 1 14 *35 AS
1974 33 STL NL 147 611 529 59 149 28 1 11 70 1 2 69 88 .282 .371 .401 .772 117 212 15 8 1 3 9 *35
1975 34 NYM NL 114 400 361 33 89 16 3 6 35 0 0 35 55 .247 .317 .357 .674 91 129 22 2 2 0 3 53
1976 35 NYM NL 114 340 310 36 95 10 3 5 31 1 3 21 35 .306 .358 .406 .764 124 126 16 5 2 2 1 3/5
1977 36 NYM NL 26 54 51 2 9 3 0 1 9 0 0 2 10 .176 .204 .294 .498 36 15 3 0 0 1 1 3/5
18 Yrs 2209 8802 7874 996 2342 344 59 252 1185 23 29 779 1094 .297 .365 .452 .817 129 3560 284 85 13 50 127
162 Game Avg. 162 646 577 73 172 25 4 18 87 2 2 57 80 .297 .365 .452 .817 129 261 21 6 1 4 9
