Tony Torcato
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Anthony Dale Torcato (born October 25, 1979, in
Woodland, California Woodland is a city in and the county seat of Yolo County, California, United States. Located approximately northwest of Sacramento, it is a part of the Sacramento metropolitan area. The population continues to grow every year, with a growth ra ...
) is a former Major League
Baseball Player Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...
.


Professional career

Torcato was drafted in the 1st round (19th overall) of the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft by the
San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Div ...
. Before being drafted, Torcato signed a letter of intent to play college baseball at
UNLV The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public land-grant research university in Paradise, Nevada, United States. The campus is about east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969. ...
. He made his MLB debut on July 26, 2002, as the starting
right fielder A right fielder, abbreviated RF, is the outfielder in baseball or softball who plays defense in right field. Right field is the area of the outfield to the right of a person standing at home plate and facing towards the pitcher's mound. In the ...
for the Giants against the
Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Div ...
and singled to right field in his first at-bat off of the Dodgers
Hideo Nomo is a Japanese former baseball pitcher who played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and Major League Baseball (MLB). He achieved early success in his native country, where he played with the Kintetsu Buffaloes from to . He then exploited a ...
. He played in parts of four seasons in
Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...
and a total of 8 years in the
San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Div ...
organization before becoming a free agent after the 2005 season. In 2006, Torcato started the baseball season in the
Italian Baseball League The Italian Baseball League (IBL, ), officially known as the Serie A (), is the top-level baseball league in Italy. Founded in 1948, it is governed by the Italian Baseball & Softball Federation (FIBS), which has its headquarters in Rome. Many o ...
with Bbc Grosseto, then signed with the
Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The club plays its ...
, who assigned him to the AAA
Charlotte Knights The Charlotte Knights are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. They are located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and play their home games at Truist Field ...
. In 2007, Torcato signed with the
Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle. The Mariners compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. The team joined the American ...
but was released toward the end of Spring Training. In 2008, Torcato signed with the
Long Beach Armada The Long Beach Armada were an independent professional baseball team based in Long Beach, California, in the United States. The Armada was a member of the North Division of the now-defunct Golden Baseball League (GBL), which was not affiliated ...
and the
Chico Outlaws The Chico Outlaws were a professional baseball team based in Chico, California, in the United States. The Outlaws were a member of the Northern Division of the independent North American League, which is not affiliated with either Major League ...
of the
Golden Baseball League The Golden Baseball League was an independent baseball league based in San Ramon, California, with teams located in the Western United States, Western Canada and northwest Mexico. The GBL was not affiliated with Major League Baseball or the org ...
. In 2021, Torcato became the
manager Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a government bodies through business administration, nonprofit management, or the political science sub-field of public administra ...
of the
Salem-Keizer Volcanoes The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes are a baseball team located in Keizer, Oregon, who are charter members of the Mavericks Independent Baseball League, a four-team league entirely based in the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area and playing all their ...
in the
Mavericks Independent Baseball League The Mavericks Independent Baseball League is an Independent baseball league based in Keizer, Oregon, founded in 2021. Each team in the Mavericks League plays a 48-game regular season schedule from May through August, with a championship series at ...
based out of Salem Oregon.


External links

* Career statistics and player information fro
Baseball Reference
o

o
Baseball Reference (Minor and Independent Leagues)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Torcato, Tony 1979 births Living people Bakersfield Blaze players Baseball players from Yolo County, California Charlotte Knights players Chico Outlaws players Fresno Grizzlies players Grosseto Baseball Club players American expatriate baseball players in Italy Long Beach Armada players Major League Baseball outfielders Pastora de los Llanos players American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela Sportspeople from Woodland, California Pittsburg Diamonds players Salem-Keizer Volcanoes players San Francisco Giants players San Jose Giants players Shreveport Captains players Shreveport Swamp Dragons players