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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Torres and the second or maternal family name is Ruiz.

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.[1]

Playing career

He began his career in 1977, playing for the Alacranes de Durango.[citation needed] 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.[2]

He was elected to the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.[3]

Sources

  1. ^ "Fallece Ray Torres, gran ídolo de los Leones". MiLB (in Spanish). 27 October 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ BR Minors page
  3. ^ Salon de la Fama


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