Ricardo Torres (baseball)

{{short description|Cuban baseball player (1891-1960)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{family name hatnote|Torres|Martinez|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ricardo Torres

|image=Ricardo Torres.jpg

|position=Catcher and First baseman

|death_date={{death date and age|1960|4|17|1891|4|16}}

|death_place=Regla, Cuba

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1891|4|16}}

|birth_place=Regla, Cuba

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 18

|debutyear=1920

|debutteam=Washington Senators

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 15

|finalyear=1922

|finalteam=Washington Senators

|teams=

Cuban League

• Habana (1913-1915, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1927)
• Orientals (1916)

Negro leagues

• Long Branch Cubans (1915)

Major League Baseball

• Washington Senators ({{mlby|1920}}–{{mlby|1922}})

}}

Ricardo J. Torres Martinez (April 16, 1891 – April 17, 1960) was a professional baseball catcher and first baseman in the Cuban League, Negro league baseball, and Major League Baseball (MLB).

In 22 games over three major league seasons, Torres posted a .297 batting average (11-for-37) with nine runs and three runs batted in. He recorded a .983 fielding percentage playing nine games at catcher and seven games at first base.

Torres was the father of Gil Torres.