"La Mala," nicknamed for his similar playing style to Salvador Malacara, won the 1939 Mexican League Rookie of the Year Award.

With Salazar, Monterrey won four Mexican League championships in 1943, 1947, 1948 and 1949; Torres was a key player for the team as the first bat for the Industriales, later known as Sultanes since 1948.

[6][7] On 12 September 1947, Torres achieved his 1000th career hit in a game against the Diablos Rojos del México at Parque Delta, becoming the first player to do so in the history of the Mexican League.

[9] Torres was inducted into the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 1964, alongside Ángel Castro, Martín Dihigo, Lázaro Salazar, Ramón Bragaña and Genaro Casas.

Héctor, nicknamed "La Malita" in honor of his father, played in Major League Baseball for nine seasons between 1968 and 1977, with the Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays.