(Lake Buena Vista) Joe Torre was named vice president of the Baseball Hall of Fame on Monday.
The 83-year-old was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2014 and joined the board in 2023. The decision by the board, led by Jane Forbes Clark, filled a position vacant since the death of Joe Morgan , in 2020.
Torre was the National League’s Most Valuable Player in 1971. He had a .297 batting average, hit 252 home runs and hit 2,342 hits in 18 seasons in major league baseball for the Atlanta Braves, Cardinals of St. Louis and the New York Mets.
He also has a record of 2326-1997 as manager of the Mets (1977-81), the Braves (1982-84), the Cardinals (1990-95), the New York Yankees (1996-2007) and the Dodgers. Los Angeles (2008). He won four World Series.