Personal
Joseph Torre is of Italian descent and was born in Brooklyn, New York. He has one son, Michael, by his first wife, Jackie, whom he married in 1963. He has two daughters, Lauren and Christina, by his second wife, Dani, whom he married in 1968. Both marriages ended in divorce. On August 23, 1987, he married Alice (Ali) Wolterman. They have a daughter, Andrea.
His older brother Frank Torre was also a Major League Baseball player. He also had another brother, Rocco, an NYPD officer who died in 1996. His older sister, Marguerite is a Roman Catholic nun and teacher, and was until 2007 principal of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary School in Ozone Park Queens.
Torre was treated for prostate cancer in 1999.
He is an avid thoroughbred horse racing enthusiast. He is a part owner of Game on Dude, one of the top older handicap horses in the country. He also was a part-owner in Sis City, winner of the 2005 Ashland Stakes at Keeneland Race Course. She was the dominant 3-year-old filly that year until finishing fourth in the May 6 Kentucky Oaks. However, a few weeks later on June 26, Wild Desert, in which Torre is also a partner, won the $1 million Queen's Plate, the first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown. Wild Desert is also partially owned by Keith Jones, an NHL player. A horse named Torre and Zim, was named after Torre and his former bench coach Don Zimmer, as both love horse racing.
On December 14, 2005, Torre carried the Olympic Flame in Florence, Italy, as part of the torch relay of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, running it 405 meters and ending at the world famous Ponte Vecchio.
In 1997, Torre's autobiography, Chasing the Dream, was released. Later, he authored an advice book, titled Joe Torre's Ground Rules for Winners. His third book, The Yankee Years, was released in February 2009. The book, co-authored by Sports Illustrated writer Tom Verducci, details Torre's tenure as manager of the New York Yankees.
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