Signed by the
Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in , Torre spent four seasons in the Braves'
farm system. He debuted with the team in (the Braves had since moved to
Milwaukee) and played in 111 games, most of them as a backup. He
hit .258 in 159
at-bats. Torre's two best seasons were in and ; in the former year, he batted .272 with 5
home runs and 40
runs batted in. He also tied a National League record that year by
scoring six runs in one game, the first game of a September 2
doubleheader against the
Chicago Cubs at
Wrigley Field, which the Braves won 23–10. The Braves defeated the
New York Yankees in
that year's World Series; Torre homered twice in the Series, which the Braves won in seven games on the strength of
Lew Burdette's three victories. In Torre established career highs in batting average (.309), home runs (six) and runs batted in (55) as the Braves repeated as National League champions. However, the Yankees defeated Milwaukee in
their World Series rematch after trailing 2–0 and 3–1 in the series. In the second inning of the seventh and final game, the normally sure-handed fielder was charged with throwing errors on consecutive plays, which allowed the Yankees to take a 2–0 lead without the benefit of a hit. The Braves went on to lose the game 6–2 and the series. In his career Torre played 714 games, batting .273 with 13 home runs and 179 RBIs. He was also a difficult man to
strike out, fanning only 64 times in 1482 at-bats, or one per 23.2 at-bats. Torre also was an accomplished gloveman, often replacing
Joe Adcock late in close games. Torre led
National League first basemen in
fielding percentage in 1957 and 1958 and finished his career with a .993 fielding percentage. He committed only 28 errors in 564 games. ==Personal life==