The Puerto-Rican born Torres came to live in New York City early in life, attending from NY Vocational High School in Jamaica, Queens. He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 54th round of the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft.\n', '

Torres did not make his professional debut until the following season, starting out 1967 with the rookie league Johnson City Yankees. In all, Torres played for four different teams in the Yankees organization in 1967: Johnson City, the Oneonta Yankees, the Fort Lauderdale Yankees, and the Greensboro Yankees. He batted a combined .247 in 75 games.\n', '

In 1968, Torres returned to Fort Lauderdale, where he batted just .229 in 126 games. He spent his third season at class-A with the Kinston Eagles in 1969, batting .270 with 13 home runs. This performance earned Torres a promotion to Double-A.\n', '

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