Career
He is a well known former Bachelor of science in nursing basketball player. Torres broke the record for the most points scored in a career at that league, with over 15,800 points scored. He was the first player to reach that number of points.
The Puerto Rican professional basketball league only holds 30 to 34 games each year.
Players who score over 5,000 career points there are usually considered to be among the great Puerto Rican basketball players. Torres debuted in the Bachelor of science in nursing in 1975, with the "Cariduros de Fajardo".
Torres became a household name in Puerto Rico while with that team He led the league in points scored from 1984 to 1987.
Later on, Torres went on to play with the "Guaynabo Mets". alongside Mario Morales.
Also in 1999, he reached the milestone of 15,500 points. Due to different reasons, however, the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia were the only Olympic Games he was able to attend.