Red Torphy

Walter Anthony Torphy

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 169 lb.

• Debut September 25, 1920
• Final Game October 3, 1920
• Born November 6, 1891 in Fall River, MA USA
• Died February 11, 1980 in Fall River, MA USA

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Biographical Information

Walter "Red" Torphy was in three games with the 1920 Boston Braves. He also played 17 seasons in the minors, pretty much all in the Northeast.

Fall River, MA produced quite a few baseball players for a while. Philip Silvia edited a book about it called Greater Fall River Baseball: Twenty Five Major Leaguers in One Hundred Years. However, in the year 1920, Red was the only major leaguer from Fall River.