Cristóbal Torriente
Full name: Cristóbal Torriente Torriente
Also known as: Bambino cubano · Cristobal · Cristóbal Torriente
- Bats / Throws
- Left / Left
- Height
- 178 cm
- Weight
- 86 kg
- Born
- 1893-11-16 · Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos
- Died
- 1938-04-11
- Debut
- 1913-08-02
Cristóbal Torriente was a Cuban baseball player, born on 16 November 1893 in Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos. His full name is recorded as Cristóbal Torriente Torriente. He is also listed as Bambino cubano. He died on 11 April 1938. He batted and threw left-handed.
The record here covers 7 seasons in the Negro National League, between 1913 and 1928. Most of that was with Chicago American Giants, 4 seasons of it, with the remainder for Cuban Stars (West), Detroit Stars and Kansas City Monarchs.
Across his recorded career he batted .315, with 35 hits, 5 home runs and 22 runs batted in.
Career summary
- Seasons 7 (1913–1928)
- Leagues Negro National League
- TeamsChicago American Giants, Cuban Stars (West), Detroit Stars, Kansas City Monarchs
- AVG / OBP / SLG
.315 / .361 / .541
Batting
| Season | Team | League | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | HBP | IBB | SH | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | Cuban Stars (West) | Negro National League | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .800 | 1.000 |
| 1920 | Chicago American Giants | Negro National League | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 |
| 1921 | Chicago American Giants | Negro National League | 15 | 58 | 52 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | .327 | .368 | .577 | .945 |
| 1922 | Chicago American Giants | Negro National League | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .333 | .111 | .444 |
| 1924 | Chicago American Giants | Negro National League | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .375 | .444 | 1.250 | 1.694 |
| 1926 | Kansas City Monarchs | Negro National League | 8 | 33 | 31 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .355 | .364 | .419 | .783 |
| 1928 | Detroit Stars | Negro National League | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Career total | — | Negro National League | 30 | 123 | 111 | 24 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 60 | .315 | .361 | .541 | .902 |
Frequently asked questions
When was Cristóbal Torriente born?
Cristóbal Torriente was born on 1893-11-16 in Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos.
Which teams did Cristóbal Torriente play for?
Cristóbal Torriente appears for Chicago American Giants, Cuban Stars (West), Detroit Stars, Kansas City Monarchs across 7 recorded seasons.
What are Cristóbal Torriente's career statistics?
In 7 recorded seasons Cristóbal Torriente batted .315 with 35 hits, 5 home runs and 22 runs batted in.
Sources and licences
- Identity data from the Chadwick Bureau Register, made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License v1.0. ODC-By-1.0 (retrieved 2026-08-29)
- Biographical detail from EcuRed, the Cuban encyclopedia, used under its non-commercial licence. custom-noncommercial (retrieved 2026-09-21)
- The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org". custom-permissive (retrieved 2026-09-01)
- Biographical data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0. CC0-1.0 (retrieved 2026-08-29)
