Andrés Yungo Torres Feliciano Jr.,[1] (born January 26, 1978) is an American former professional baseball center fielder.

He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, New York Mets, and San Francisco Giants.

Born in New Jersey, Torres grew up in Puerto Rico before returning to the United States to attend Miami-Dade Community College.

After the 2011 season (in which Torres battled injuries and lost playing time in September), he was traded to the New York Mets.

He spent one season with the Mets, starting in center field for the most part except for a stretch in which he platooned with Kirk Nieuwenhuis, before re-signing with the Giants in 2013.

After going unsigned to begin 2014, Torres signed a minor league deal with the Boston Red Sox in June, but opted out of his contract in late July after not getting called up.

Torres was born in Paterson, New Jersey, and moved to Aguada, Puerto Rico, with his family when he was one year old.

Detroit switched their Double-A affiliate to the Erie SeaWolves of the Eastern League in 2001; Torres spent the season with them but was limited to 64 games because of shoulder surgery.

[11] He began the season with the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens of the International League but was soon called up by the Detroit Tigers on April 7.

[5] He made his major league debut that same day and notched his first hit, a triple against CC Sabathia in a 5–1 loss to the Cleveland Indians.

"[18] He batted .208 in 23 games on this stint before being sent back to Toledo on August 2 to make room for A. J. Hinch to return from the disabled list.

[5] On September 14, Torres hit his first home run, a solo shot off of Jimmy Gobble of the Royals in a 7–2 loss.

[9][21] Torres was initially sent to the minors to begin 2004 but was recalled on April 7 without playing a game for Toledo when Dmitri Young broke his leg.

[24] He started 2005 with the Triple-A Oklahoma RedHawks of the Pacific Coast League, but he only played in 15 games (due to a sprained right shoulder) before getting called up by the Rangers on May 15 when Gary Matthews Jr., went on the disabled list.

[30] He spent the entire season with the Iowa Cubs of the Pacific Coast League, batting .306 in 118 games with 11 home runs.

[24] After a strong spring training, he was named to the Giants' Opening Day roster as a reserve outfielder.

[38] He finished the year with a career high .270 batting average and tied for eighth (along with Craig Counsell, Gerardo Parra, Everth Cabrera, and Juan Pierre) in the National League (NL) with eight triples despite only playing 75 games.

[40][42] On May 30, he had a game-ending RBI single in the 10th inning against Carlos Rosa to give the Giants a 6–5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

[54][55] On May 30, Torres hit his first career grand slam against Kyle McClellan in a 7–3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

[59][60] After Torres batted just .228 through the beginning of September, he lost quite a bit of playing time to Cody Ross and Justin Christian for the remainder of the year.

[5] On December 7, 2011, the Giants traded Torres and Ramón Ramírez to the New York Mets for Ángel Pagán.

[67] However, though he would receive most of the starts in center field, he began to platoon with Kirk Nieuwenhuis, who had filled in for him when he was on the disabled list.

This continued until July 29, when Nieuwenhuis was returned to the minor leagues, enabling Torres to be the full-time starter for the rest of the season.

[68][69][70] Torres endured a career-worst 0 for 18 streak that he finally snapped with a hit against Rafael Betancourt on August 20 in a 3–1 loss to the Colorado Rockies.

He joined José Reyes as the only players in Mets' history to have two games in a season with a triple and home run.

[24] On December 13, 2012, Torres agreed to a one-year non-conditional contract to return to the San Francisco Giants.

[73][74][77] His season came to an end on August 1, when he was placed on the disabled list with a left Achilles strain, an injury which he acknowledged prevented him from hitting for power in 2013.

[5] In 2002, Torres was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); however, he did not begin taking medication to treat it until 2007.

In 2012, Plan A Films produced a feature-length documentary about Torres titled Gigante, discussing his ADHD.