Countdown to 2017 HOF Inductions: Cristóbal Torriente

How good was Cristobal Torriente? He out-hit and out-homered Babe Ruth in a nine-game series in Cuba.

Torriente was a force of nature, a stocky, powerful left-handed slugger and five-tool centerfielder who hit for gaudy averages and smacked the ball over the field no mattered where he played.

As we continue the countdown to Ivan ‘Pudge’ Rodríguez’s induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, we celebrate a pioneering star in the Negro Leagues and a true Cuban legend.

How good was Torriente, we ask again? So good that they called him the ‘Black Babe Ruth.’ Yes, that good.