» December 4, 1974: In a dismal trade for Montreal, the Expos trade OF Ken Singleton and P Mike Torrez to the Orioles for P Dave McNally, OF Rich Coggins, and a minor league pitcher.
» April 2, 1976: The A's trade prospective free agents Reggie Jackson and Ken Holtzman, together with a minor league pitcher, to the Orioles for OF Don Baylor and pitchers Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell.
» April 27, 1977: The Yankees obtain P Mike Torrez from the A's in exchange for P Dock Ellis, infielder Marty Perez, and OF Larry Murray. Torrez will have a fine season in New York before signing with Boston as a free agent.
» June 8, 1977:
On the strength of a 9–2 victory by Mike Torrez over the Brewers, the Yankees move into first place.
» June 18, 1977: New York's Reggie Jackson loafs after a Jim Rice bloop double during a 10–4 loss to Boston and is taken out by manager Billy Martin right after the manager removes starter Mike Torrez. Jackson and Martin nearly come to blows in the dugout as national television cameras watch. Boston connects for five homers in the game, two each by Carl Yastrzemski and Bernie Carbo. Fenway Park sees the largest Saturday afternoon crowd (34,603) in 20 years.
» June 25, 1977: Mike Torrez outduels Luis Tiant to give the Yankees a 5–1 win over the Red Sox. Greg Nettles 3-run homer is the big blow. New York now trails the Sox by three games.
» August 7, 1977: Mike Torrez snaps a 3-game Yankee losing streak with his 3rd straight victory. The Yankees will win 20 of their next 23 games over Western Division opponents.
» August 12, 1977: For the 2nd straight day, Oakland's Manny Sanguillen foils a no-hit bid. Today's single is off the Orioles Jim Palmer, who settles for a 2-hit 6–0 victory. Yesterday's hit was off the Yankees Mike Torrez, who finished with a 3–0 two-hitter.
» August 15, 1977: Mike Torrez throws his 5th straight complete game, a 6–2 win over the White Sox. New York is now just four 1/2 games in back of Boston.
» August 19, 1977: Backed by homers from Reggie Jackson and Bucky Dent, Mike Torrez hurls his 6th complete game in a row and New York beats Texas, 8–1. The Yanks are now two 1/2 games in back of Boston.
» October 14, 1977: Mike Torrez is the winning pitcher as New York prevails in game 3, 5–3. Mickey Rivers slugs three hits, including two doubles.
» November 4, 1977: The 2nd reentry free-agent draft is held at New York's Plaza Hotel. Big names include Lyman Bostock, Goose Gossage, Larry Hisle, Mike Torrez, and Oscar Gamble.
» April 7, 1978:
At Comiskey Park, 50,754 watch as the White Sox edge the Red Sox, 6–5, on Wayne Nordhagen's bloop double in the last of the 9th. Dick Drago, in relief of Mike Torrez, takes the loss, after allowing a game tying homer to Ron Blomberg and single to Chet Lemon. Larrin LeGrow is the winner. Carl Yastrzemski has two singles, the 11th straight opener he has had a hit.
» May 13, 1978: Behind Mike Torrez's 3rd straight win, the Red Sox top the Twins 4–2 and take over sole possession of first place. Fred Lynn hits his 5th homer of the year, a 420 shot to dead center. Geoff Zahn takes the loss.
» June 15, 1978:
At Fenway, Jim Rice knocks in four runs with his 21st homer and a triple to power the Red Sox to a 7–3 win over the A's. Yaz adds his 5th homer of the year. Mike Torrez (10–2) is the winner over Bob Lacey. Oakland has now lost eight in a row, while Boston runs their home record to 26–4.
» June 24, 1978: The Red Sox lose the first of two games with Minnesota, 5–4, to stretch their losing streak to five games. Rod Carew's 2-run double in the 6th inning, off Dick Drago, gives the Twins the 5–3 lead. In the nitecap, the Red Sox score four runs in the 6th inning to win, 4–2, overcoming the loss of starter Mike Torrez, who was tossed in the 1st inning for protesting a balk call. Carl Yastrzemski drives home a run, collecting his 1500th career RBI, and Carlton Fisk hits his 15th homer of the year.
» July 14, 1978:
Texas P Fergie Jenkins allows three solo homers -- one to Fred Lynn and two to Dwight Evans -- in beating Boston, 4–3. Bert Campaneris homers off Mike Torrez (11-5).
» August 3, 1978: Boston and New York pick up where they left off last night, and the Red Sox score two runs in the 17th to win, 7–5, on RBIs by Rick Burleson and Jim Rice. Ex-Yankee Mike Torrez then stops New York, 8–1, in a rain-shortened game. Jim Rice, with only one homer in his last 33 games, hits a 3-run shot off Jim Beattie. Fred Lynn cracks a three run homer in the 7th and Bob Bailey follows with a shot off the upper deck facade in LF. Boston now leads Milwaukee by six games and the Yankees by eight 1/2 games.
» September 7, 1978: The Yankees, four games behind the Red Sox in the American League East, arrive in Boston for a crucial 4-game series. The Yanks begin the "Boston Massacre" with a 15–3 route as Willie Randolph drives in five of the runs. The Yanks collect 21 hits off four Sox pitchers, including three hits apiece by Randolph, Thurman Munson and White. Mike Torrez, with one inning of work, takes the loss. Ken Clay, in relief of Catfish Hunter, is the winner.
» September 16, 1978: With 55,091 looking on, the Yankees snap a 2–2 tie with a 9th inning triple by Willie Randolph and a sacrifice fly by Thurman Munson to beat the Red Sox, 3–2. New York now leads by three 1/2 games. The Yanks first score on a Reggie Jackson 2-run blast in the 5th. Both starters, Catfish Hunter and Mike Torrez, go the distance.
» September 28, 1978: Mike Torrez wins his 1st game in a month, stopping the Tigers on 3-hits to win, 1–0. There are only two putouts by the Sox outfield. Boston's lone run comes on Jim Rice's 45th homer of the year, off Young. It is the most homers by a Red Sox player since Jimmie Foxx in 1938.
» October 2, 1978: The Yankees and Red Sox, tied for first at the end of the regular season, play a dramatic one-game playoff at Fenway for the American League East title. New York prevails 5–4 behind Bucky Dent's 3-run home run off Mike Torrez and Guidry's 25th win against just three losses. Guidry's .893 percentage is a major-league record for a 20-game winner. Goose Gossage saves the game, getting Yaz to pop out with two on and two out in the 9th. Manager Bob Lemon, who took over for Billy Martin, becomes the 1st manager to win a title after starting the season with another club.
» May 12, 1979: Led by Jerry Remy's 5-for-5, the Red Sox use 16 hits to beat the A's, 8–2. Mike Torrez (4–1) goes all the way for the win.
» April 12, 1980:
Milwaukee bombs the Red Sox, 18–1, as they score nine runs in the second inning. Eight of the runs come on two grand slams, Cecil Cooper's knocking out starter Mike Torrez and Don Money ringing his up against Chuck Rainey. This is the 4th time in ML history that two grand slams have been hit in one inning.
» January 13, 1983: The Red Sox trade veteran P Mike Torrez to the Mets for minor leaguer 3B Mike Davis.
» July 31, 1983:
In the nitecap of a doubleheader, Pirates rookie Jose DeLeon holds the Mets hitless for 81/3 innings before Hubie Brooks singles, but Mets starter Mike Torrez pitches 11 shutout innings himself and New York goes on to win 1–0 in 12 innings. In his previous start, DeLeon had held the Padres hitless for 61/3 innings. Mets reliever Jesse Orosco wins both games with four innings of relief in the 11-inning opener, and an inning in the nitecap.
» April 8, 1984:
In a 3–1 loss to the Mets, Astros SS Dickie Thon is hit in the face by a Mike Torrez pitch that breaks the orbital bone around his eye. Thon will be operated on April 11, but will miss the rest of the season. When he returns, the All-Star SS will be plagued with blurred vision and be relegated to a backup role.
» April 9, 1985:
A year and a day after being hit in the face by a Mike Torrez pitch, Astros SS Dickie Thon returns to the Astros lineup and goes 1-for-4 off Fernando Valenzuela in Houston's 2–1 win over the Dodgers. Thon will hit just .207 before going back on the DL with recurring vision problems.
» May 30, 1992: By beating the Milwaukee Brewers, 8–1, Scott Sanderson of the Yankees becomes the 9th pitcher to beat all 26 major league teams in his career. He joins Nolan Ryan, Tommy John, Don Sutton, Mike Torrez, Rick Wise, Gaylord Perry, Doyle Alexander and Rich Gossage as the only pitchers to accomplish the feat.
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