When Gleyber Torres takes the field tonight, he will join exclusive company.
The Detroit Tigers’ second baseman will become the 75th active player to reach 1,000 career games, per Chris McCosky of Detroit News. Perhaps more impressive, he will be one of only 11 primary second basemen in MLB history with 150 career home runs by his 1,000th game.
And Torres, who made his Major League debut in 2018, is just 28 years old.
Milestone for Gleyber Torres tonight: He will play in his 1,000th career game, becoming the 75th active player to reach the mark. And per game notes, he is one of only 11 primary second basemen in MLB history to reach 150 career home runs by his 1,000th career game.
— Chris McCosky (@cmccosky) August 18, 2025
Torres’ journey to 1,000 games
The Venezuela native began his climb to the majors in 2013, when he signed as an international free agent with the Chicago Cubs. Five years later, he made his Major League debut during the 2018 season with the New York Yankees and recorded a .271 batting average with 24 home runs and 77 RBI over 123 games.
That was a good enough rookie year for Torres to be named an All-Star—a feat he also achieved the following season in 2019, when he upped his average to .278 and set career highs in both homers (38) and RBI (90).
After seven years with the Yankees, Torres elected free agency and signed a one-year, $15 million contract with the Detroit Tigers before this season. That proved to be the right choice, as he started his first All-Star game this summer and has helped lead the Tigers to the top of the AL Central with a 73-53 record.
Torres has a slash line of .261/.357/.401 this season with 13 homers and 58 RBI through 111 games. The Tigers will certainly need that type of production as they begin a three-game series vs. the Houston Astros—who lead the AL West—at Comerica Park tonight.
The two teams haven’t faced each other since late April, when the Astros took two out of three games in Houston.
