Jorge Torres

Jorge Juan Torres Tur (June 18, 1918 — June 5, 1982), nicknamed Cocoliso, was a Cuban professional baseball player. He played on the Cuba national baseball team at the 1939 Amateur World Series, and later played in the Cuban Winter League as well as several seasons in the minor leagues.

Cocoliso Torres played with the Cubaneleco (Cuban Electric Company) club of the Cuban Amateur League. He was selected to the Cuban squad that won gold at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games in Panama City, going 1–for–5.

Torres made his professional baseball debut in the Cuban Winter League with Almendares. By the 1946–47 season, he played as an infielder with Habana.

Debuting in organized baseball with the Washington Senators organization in 1940, Torres played in the South Atlantic, Appalachian, and Florida State Leagues that year. He went on to play in the Class-A Eastern League before signing with the New York Giants, playing with Jersey City in the International League. He returned to the Washington organization in 1945, playing with the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Southern Association. Torres returned to organized baseball with the Philadelphia Athletics organization before retiring.