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Salomon Ramirez Torres (born March 11, 1972 in San Pedro De Macoris, Dominican Republic) is a pitcher currently with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League. He began his career in 1993 with the San Francisco Giants, and has also played for the Seattle Mariners of the American League and the Montreal Expos of the NL.

Torres is best-known for starting the last game of the 1993 season, when he gave up 3 runs over 3⅓ innings to the Dodgers. The Giants, winners of 103 games that season, ended up in second place behind the 104-win Atlanta Braves, who were still in the National League West division. Giants fans blamed Torres for ruining a promising season, never forgave him, and he is still heckled when he returns as an opposing player. Says Torres: "They come to the park and they pay my salary, so they have the right to heckle me. If that's going to make them feel better and get over what happened in 1993, OK. But it's time to move on...I don't think I was treated fairly by some of my teammates. And I still don't think I'm being treated fairly by the fans."^[1]

After ending the 1997 season with a 9.82 ERA, Torres retired and returned to the Dominican Republic to coach for the Expos' Dominican Summer League team. In 2001, he decided to make a comeback, and spent the year playing in the Dominican Winter League and in Korea. He signed with the Pirates in January of 2002, spending most of the year with the AAA team in Nashville before being called up in September. He split the 2003 season between starting and relief work before being moved to the bullpen full-time in 2004. He served as the Pirates setup reliever in 2006 before closer Mike González was injured. That year his 94 pitching appearances led the major leagues and tied the Pirates record held by Kent Tekulve. González was traded to the Atlanta Braves before the start of the 2007 season, making Torres the Pirates top choice for closer entering the 2007 season.^[2]

Torres currently lives in Pittsburgh year-round.^[3]

References

^ Eagle, Ed (2006-06-10). "Notes: C. Wilson used to trade talk: But Pirate appears to be taking these rumors more seriously". MLB.com. Retrieved 2007-01-31. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Kovacevic, Dejan (2007-01-21). "Hot Stove: Torres ready, willing to face heat". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Retrieved 2007-01-31. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Kovacevic, Dejan (2007-01-07). "Hot Stove: LaRoche remains hot topic with Pirates' ... including players". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Retrieved 2007-01-07. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

MLB Profile
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Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference

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[mlb-fairly-1] Eagle, Ed (2006-06-10). "Notes: C. Wilson used to trade talk: But Pirate appears to be taking these rumors more seriously". MLB.com. Retrieved 2007-01-31. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[torres-ready-2] Kovacevic, Dejan (2007-01-21). "Hot Stove: Torres ready, willing to face heat". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Retrieved 2007-01-31. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[3] Kovacevic, Dejan (2007-01-07). "Hot Stove: LaRoche remains hot topic with Pirates' ... including players". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Retrieved 2007-01-07. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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 Torres is best-known for starting the last game of the [[1993 in sports|1993]] season, when he gave up 3 runs over 3⅓ innings to the Dodgers.  The Giants, winners of 103 games that season, ended up in second place behind the 104-win [[Atlanta Braves]], who were still in the [[National League West]] division.  Giants fans blamed Torres for ruining a promising season, never forgave him, and he is still heckled when he returns as an opposing player.  Says Torres: "They come to the park and they pay my salary, so they have the right to heckle me.  If that's going to make them feel better and get over what happened in 1993, OK. But it's time to move on...I don't think I was treated fairly by some of my teammates.  And I still don't think I'm being treated fairly by the fans."<ref name="mlb-fairly">{{cite web|url = http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060610&content_id=1498818&vkey=news_pit&fext=.jsp&c_id=pit |title = Notes: C. Wilson used to trade talk: But Pirate appears to be taking these rumors more seriously | accessdate = 2007-01-31 |date=[[2006-06-10]] |first = Ed |last = Eagle |work = [[MLB.com]]}}</ref>
-After ending the 1997 season with a 9.82 [[Earned run average|ERA]], Torres retired and returned to the Dominican Republic to coach for the Expos' Dominican Summer League team.  In [[2001]], he decided to make a comeback, and spent the year playing in the Dominican Winter League and in [[Korean Baseball Organization|Korea]].  He signed with the Pirates in January of [[2002]], spending most of the year with the AAA team in [[Nashville Sounds|Nashville]] before being called up in September.  He split the [[2003]] season between starting and relief work before being moved to the bullpen full-time in [[2004]].
+After ending the 1997 season with a 9.82 [[Earned run average|ERA]], Torres retired and returned to the Dominican Republic to coach for the Expos' Dominican Summer League team.  In [[2001]], he decided to make a comeback, and spent the year playing in the Dominican Winter League and in [[Korean Baseball Organization|Korea]].  He signed with the Pirates in January of [[2002]], spending most of the year with the AAA team in [[Nashville Sounds|Nashville]] before being called up in September.  He split the [[2003]] season between starting and relief work before being moved to the bullpen full-time in [[2004]].  He served as the Pirates setup reliever in 2006 before closer [[Mike González (baseball)|Mike González]] was injured.  That year his 94 pitching appearances led the major leagues and tied the Pirates record held by [[Kent Tekulve]].  González was traded to the [[Atlanta Braves]] before the start of the 2007 season, making Torres the Pirates top choice for closer entering the 2007 season.<ref name="torres-ready">{{cite web|url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07021/755633-63.stm |title = Hot Stove: Torres ready, willing to face heat |date=[[2007-01-21]] |accessdate=2007-01-31 | first=Dejan |last = Kovacevic |work=[[Pittsburgh Post Gazette]]}}</ref>
+Torres currently lives in Pittsburgh year-round.<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07007/751907-63.stm |title = Hot Stove: LaRoche remains hot topic with Pirates' ... including players |first = Dejan |last = Kovacevic |date=[[2007-01-07]] |accessdate = 2007-01-07 |work = [[Pittsburgh Post Gazette]]}}</ref>
-As of the end of the [[2005 in baseball|2005]] season, Torres had a 32-43 career record with 5 saves and a 4.48 ERA in 276 games (including 64 starts) over 9 seasons.
-In 2006, his 94 pitching appearances led the major leagues and tied the Pirates record held by [[Kent Tekulve]].
-Torres currently lives in Pittsburgh year-round.<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07007/751907-63.stm |title = Hot Stove: LaRoche remains hot topic with Pirates' ... including players |first = Dejan |last = Kovacevic |date=[[2007-01-07]] |accessdate = 2007-01-07 |work = [[Pittsburgh Post Gazette]]}}</ref>  With the trade of Mike Gonzalez, the Pirates closer last season, Salomón is expected to move into the closing role for the Pirates in the 2007 season.
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