Raymundo Antonio Torres Ruiz (12 April 1958 – 27 October 2012) was a Mexican baseball outfielder who spent 22 seasons in professional baseball, including 20 in the Mexican League.

Personal life

Torres was born in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico and died in Mérida, Yucatán at the age of 54 in a car accident.

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Playing career

He began his career in 1977, playing for the Alacranes de Durango. He remained with them through 1978. From 1979 to 1982, he played in the Chicago White Sox organization, before returning to the Mexican League partway through the 1982 season, where he remained until his retirement in 1998. He spent most of his Mexican League career with the Leones de Yucatán.

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He was elected to the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.

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1958 births

2012 deaths

Alacranes de Campeche players

Alacranes de Durango players

Appleton Foxes players

Baseball players from Sonora

Diablos Rojos del México players

Edmonton Trappers players

Glens Falls White Sox players

Industriales de Monterrey players

Iowa Oaks players

Jalisco BBC players

Knoxville Sox players

Leones de Yucatán players

Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame inductees

Mexican expatriate baseball players in Canada

Mexican expatriate baseball players in the United States

Mexican League baseball pitchers

Naranjeros de Hermosillo players

People from La Colorada Municipality