Joe Torre
Baseball Legend and Executive Vice President for Baseball Operations for Major League Baseball
This baseball legend was named manager of the New York Yankees in November of 1995. After only one year at the helm of the Yankees, Joe Torre led the team to their first World Series title since 1978. Torre led the Yankees to 114 wins during the following regular season, an American League record. He has been named "Sportsman of the Year" by The Sporting News and "Co-Manager of the Year" by the Baseball Writers Association of America. He is also author of Joe Torre's Ground Rules for Winners: 12 Keys to Managing Team Players, Tough Bosses, Setbacks, and Success and Chasing the Dream, My Lifelong Journey to the World Series, an autobiography detailing his 30-year wait as a manager and player to finally win the World Series. A prostate cancer survivor, he is involved with CaP Cure, an organization that raises money for prostrate cancer research. He established the Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation, whose guiding principle is that every child has the right to be safe at home.
Joe Torre leads one of the most fabled franchises in sports history, the New York Yankees, winners of five American League Pennants and four World Series in six years. For all of his success, Torre remains down to earth, good-humored and practical in his approach to leadership and success.
An All-Star catcher in the 1960s, Joe Torre moved to third base during the 1971 season and won the NL MVP award, leading the league with a .363 batting average and 137 RBI. He finished his playing career with a .297 average, 252 HR and 1,185 RBI. Joe Torre made his managerial debut on May 31, 1977 with the Mets, when he became the first player-manager in the Major Leagues since 1959. He is the only person ever to be named both the MVP and Manager of the Year.
In 1996, the Yankees hired Joe Torre to lead the club. Torre was happy to get a chance to return home to the New York area, and proved to be up to the task of managing in the Bronx. In just his first year with the club, Joe Torre led the Yankees to a 92-70 finish and after a tumultuous post-season, his team vanquished the Atlanta Braves for the Yankees' first championship since 1978. Joe Torre has led the New York Yankees to championship after championship. In 1998, Torre and his team capped off one of the greatest seasons in the game of baseball. The Yankees earned an unprecedented 114 victories, breaking the American League record for most victories in one season.
Joe is a three-time recipient of the Manager of the Year Award and, as a player; Joe Torre is a nine-time All-Star, and a winner of the Most Valuable Player Award. He has been named "Sportsman of the Year" by The Sporting News and "Co-Manager of the Year" by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
In the off season, Joe Torre is most comfortable on stage motivating audiences, explaining the challenges of sport, and stressing the importance of team work. He offers an inspiring story of personal and professional triumph. Drawing on championship memories and his own inspiring story of surviving prostate cancer, he energizes people to compete and to find within themselves the will to succeed. He also demonstrates the need for selfless teamwork as a key component to reaching a common goal. He is the author of Joe Torre's Ground Rules for Winners: 12 Keys to Managing Team Players,Tough Bosses, Setbacks, and Success, an autobiography detailing his 30-year wait as a manager and player to finally win the World Series.
Torre is involved with several charities including the Starlight Children's Foundation, the American Heart Association, and CaP Cure, an organization that raises money for prostate cancer research. He established the Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation, whose guiding principle is that every child has the right to be safe at home.
An All-Star catcher in the 1960s, Joe Torre moved to third base during the 1971 season and won the NL MVP award, leading the league with a .363 batting average and 137 RBI. He finished his playing career with a .297 average, 252 HR and 1,185 RBI. Joe Torre made his managerial debut on May 31, 1977 with the Mets, when he became the first player-manager in the Major Leagues since 1959. He is the only person ever to be named both the MVP and Manager of the Year.
In 1996, the Yankees hired Joe Torre to lead the club. Torre was happy to get a chance to return home to the New York area, and proved to be up to the task of managing in the Bronx. In just his first year with the club, Joe Torre led the Yankees to a 92-70 finish and after a tumultuous post-season, his team vanquished the Atlanta Braves for the Yankees' first championship since 1978. Joe Torre has led the New York Yankees to championship after championship. In 1998, Torre and his team capped off one of the greatest seasons in the game of baseball. The Yankees earned an unprecedented 114 victories, breaking the American League record for most victories in one season.
Joe is a three-time recipient of the Manager of the Year Award and, as a player; Joe Torre is a nine-time All-Star, and a winner of the Most Valuable Player Award. He has been named "Sportsman of the Year" by The Sporting News and "Co-Manager of the Year" by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
In the off season, Joe Torre is most comfortable on stage motivating audiences, explaining the challenges of sport, and stressing the importance of team work. He offers an inspiring story of personal and professional triumph. Drawing on championship memories and his own inspiring story of surviving prostate cancer, he energizes people to compete and to find within themselves the will to succeed. He also demonstrates the need for selfless teamwork as a key component to reaching a common goal. He is the author of Joe Torre's Ground Rules for Winners: 12 Keys to Managing Team Players,Tough Bosses, Setbacks, and Success, an autobiography detailing his 30-year wait as a manager and player to finally win the World Series.
Torre is involved with several charities including the Starlight Children's Foundation, the American Heart Association, and CaP Cure, an organization that raises money for prostate cancer research. He established the Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation, whose guiding principle is that every child has the right to be safe at home.
Topics:
- Chasing the Dream: My Lifelong Journey to the World Series
- Joe Torre's Ground Rules for Success: 12 Keys to Managing Setbacks & Success
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