Roberto
Ortiz
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 205
 
Born: June 30, 1915 in Cuba, , CAMAGUEY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1947   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 3 7 6 6
1942 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 5 4 3 4 7 6 6
1943 28 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 7 6 6
1944 29 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 7
1945 30 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 6
1946 31 NYA AL $ 2,642,857   8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 6
1947 32 NYA AL $ 3,057,143   7 7 8 7 7 7 6 5 6 5 5 5 7 6 6
1948 33 BRK NL $ 3,850,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 6 5 6 5 5 5 7 6 6
1949 34 STL NL $ 4,500,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 6 6 6
1950 35 STL NL $ 4,500,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1951 36 STL NL     4 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3
1952 37 BSN NL $ 480,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,500,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1941 26 NYA AL 68 215 33 65 8 1 5 26 8 5 14 32 .302 .351 .419 .769 28.8 4.6
    AAA   27 103 13 24 3 1 4 9 5 0 16 22 .233 .336 .398 .734 15.7  
    AA   54 194 27 59 9 2 7 28 11 2 28 19 .304 .392 .479 .871 37.0  
1942 27 NYA AL 128 455 63 120 17 5 8 48 16 9 24 72 .264 .302 .376 .678 50.3 7.4
    AAA   2 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.4  
1943 28 NYA AL 34 88 10 24 1 0 0 8 1 2 8 11 .273 .337 .284 .621 8.5 0.7
  SDP NL 22 43 8 13 0 0 3 6 0 1 9 9 .302 .426 .512 .938 9.6 2.0
  TOT   56 131 18 37 1 0 3 14 1 3 17 20 .282 .368 .359 .727 18.1 2.7
    AAA   53 202 43 74 6 1 13 44 17 0 35 34 .366 .460 .599 1.059 53.8  
1944 29 SDP NL 101 352 57 100 15 2 10 57 8 2 32 49 .284 .340 .423 .763 52.0 10.0
    AAA   45 183 36 76 10 0 14 45 5 1 19 23 .415 .470 .699 1.170 50.1  
1945 30 SDP NL 140 386 64 101 21 2 13 68 1 1 51 52 .262 .348 .427 .775 55.1 8.9
1946 31 SDP NL 50 192 32 52 7 3 9 31 1 0 18 33 .271 .333 .479 .813 29.5 4.9
  NYA AL 103 393 59 106 19 1 12 61 1 1 38 65 .270 .335 .415 .750 52.7 6.5
  TOT   153 585 91 158 26 4 21 92 2 1 56 98 .270 .334 .436 .770 82.1 11.5
1947 32 NYA AL 105 381 60 118 18 4 19 68 1 1 36 45 .310 .373 .528 .900 70.3 12.8
1948 33 BRK NL 155 579 93 169 24 5 22 117 11 2 59 73 .292 .360 .465 .825 96.3 18.7
1949 34 STL NL 135 323 56 89 11 2 12 54 10 4 25 58 .276 .331 .433 .765 43.9 5.3
1950 35 STL NL 123 292 47 83 12 2 11 52 5 2 29 48 .284 .349 .452 .801 42.0 6.7
1951 36 STL NL 74 175 24 42 4 1 3 26 4 2 20 36 .240 .313 .326 .639 19.2 1.1
1952 37 AA   81 221 28 56 0 1 5 15 7 4 18 47 .253 .310 .330 .640 23.5  
11 Years Sim 1238 3874 606 1082 157 28 127 622 67 32 363 583 .279 .342 .433 .775 558.1 89.7
4 Years AAA 127 498 92 175 19 2 31 98 27 1 70 81 .351 .435 .584 1.020 119.2  
2 Years AA 135 415 55 115 9 3 12 43 18 6 46 66 .277 .360 .400 .760 60.5  
6 Years Minors 262 913 147 290 28 5 43 141 45 7 116 147 .318 .401 .501 .902 179.8  
162 Game Average 506 79 141 20 3 16 81 8 4 47 76 .279 .342 .433 .775 73.0  
Career Highs 155 585 93 169 26 5 22 117 16 9 59 98 .310 .373 .528 .900 96.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2228 356 607 92 17 68 360 33 20 181 331 .272 .329 .421 .750 302.3
vs LH   1646 250 475 65 11 59 262 34 12 182 252 .289 .359 .449 .808 264.9
Home 620 1950 310 515 79 20 58 303 34 15 178 306 .264 .327 .414 .741 264.3
Away 618 1924 296 567 78 8 69 319 33 17 185 277 .295 .358 .451 .809 303.0
RISP   1105 0 305 45 9 36 471 0 0 124 165 .276 .342 .431 .773 166.5
Pinch Hitting   213 41 63 9 2 5 55 4 0 20 23 .296 .353 .427 .780 32.4
Close/Late   488 90 140 24 1 17 86 0 0 50 70 .287 .357 .445 .801 75.4
Mar/Apr 183 580 95 168 26 3 20 105 9 4 54 77 .290 .347 .448 .795 89.3
May 213 666 95 172 21 8 23 95 8 10 58 112 .258 .325 .417 .743 87.1
June 239 802 131 226 30 4 35 144 8 2 72 143 .282 .339 .460 .799 124.6
July 213 641 101 175 26 6 19 100 9 4 74 86 .273 .346 .421 .767 95.1
August 206 654 102 194 30 3 19 106 19 9 51 90 .297 .350 .439 .789 96.8
Sep/Oct 184 531 82 147 24 4 11 72 14 3 54 75 .277 .350 .399 .749 74.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1941 26 NYA AL LF 33 33 262.3 48 2 0 0 1.000 1.72   1.1
    RF 29 21 202.7 41 2 1 0 .977 1.91    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1942 27 NYA AL LF 71 70 587.3 143 5 1 0 .993 2.27   1.5
    RF 39 36 321.3 88 2 4 0 .957 2.52    
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1943 28 NYA AL 1B 8 7 64.5 85 6 0 7 1.000 12.70   0.1
    LF 8 7 60.4 12 1 1 0 .929 1.94   0.4
    RF 7 5 54.8 15 0 1 0 .938 2.46   0.0
  SDP NL 1B 5 5 35.5 47 4 0 4 1.000 12.93   0.1
    LF 5 4 33.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.2
    RF 4 4 30.2 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.68   0.0
  TOT   1B 13 12 100.0 132 10 0 11 1.000 12.78   0.2
      LF 13 11 93.7 19 1 1 0 .952 1.92   0.5
      RF 11 9 85.0 24 0 1 0 .960 2.54   0.0
1944 29 SDP NL LF 95 92 810.0 191 5 1 0 .995 2.18   1.4
    1B 2 1 10.0 15 1 1 0 .941 14.40   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1945 30 SDP NL LF 112 87 819.7 180 6 2 1 .989 2.04   2.1
    1B 6 3 37.0 49 1 0 3 1.000 12.16   0.1
    RF 6 1 19.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.93    
1946 31 SDP NL RF 23 23 202.0 50 2 4 1 .929 2.32   0.9
    LF 17 16 144.3 35 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    1B 9 9 78.8 96 9 0 7 1.000 11.99   0.0
  NYA AL RF 47 47 416.3 102 4 9 3 .922 2.29   2.3
    LF 36 34 297.4 71 1 1 0 .986 2.18   0.0
    1B 20 18 162.5 197 19 1 13 .995 11.96   0.2
  TOT   RF 70 70 618.3 152 6 13 4 .924 2.30   3.1
      LF 53 50 441.7 106 2 1 0 .991 2.20   0.0
      1B 29 27 241.3 293 28 1 20 .997 11.97   0.3
1947 32 NYA AL 1B 61 60 539.7 615 66 4 59 .994 11.36   1.4
    RF 35 34 302.0 74 0 7 0 .914 2.21   0.4
    3B 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
    LF 4 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1948 33 BRK NL LF 143 142 1277.0 271 8 2 3 .993 1.97   3.1
    RF 5 1 15.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20    
    1B 2 0 4.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 15.75   0.0
1949 34 STL NL RF 113 56 598.7 117 4 6 2 .953 1.82   1.5
    LF 3 0 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    1B 2 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1950 35 STL NL RF 44 29 272.3 56 2 3 0 .951 1.92   0.9
    1B 21 21 163.0 193 14 1 15 .995 11.43   0.4
    LF 21 14 133.3 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
1951 36 STL NL RF 53 48 394.0 74 3 4 0 .951 1.76   1.0
    LF 8 2 27.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.65    
  LF 556 501 4469.7 988 29 8 4 .992 2.05   9.7
  RF 406 305 2830.6 631 19 39 6 .943 2.07   6.9
  1B 137 124 1098.0 1309 120 7 109 .995 11.71   2.3
  3B 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1101 931 8409.3 2930 168 54 119 .983 3.32   19.0
Career Highs   152 147 1301.3 691 66 15 59 .993 7.95    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1948-9-155
At-Bats
1948-9-579
Singles
1948-10-118
Triples
1948-9-5
RBIs
1948-3-117
Stolen Bases
1942-7-16
1948-10-11
1949-9-10
Caught Stealing
1942-6-9
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 60th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1941
Had first career hit on 7/9/1941, off Al Milnar (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 7/23/1941, off Nate Andrews (CIN)
Injured on 3/10/1943 with a Broken Finger, out for 6 weeks
Traded from New York (A) to San Diego on 7/1/1943 (Going to SDP: LF Roberto Ortiz. Going to NYA: P Dizzy Dean)
Injured on 4/5/1944 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,642,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1946, hitting .462 with 5 HR, 14 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Cleveland on 6/15/1946
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,057,143 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Injured on 8/6/1947 with a Torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for full season
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,850,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (A) to Brooklyn on 3/3/1948 (Going to BRK: LF Roberto Ortiz, P Russ Bauers. Going to NYA: CF Dom Dallessandro, RF Augie Galan)
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/12/1949 to a 3-year deal worth $4,500,000 per year
Released by St. Louis on 7/31/1951
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/9/1952 to a 1-year deal worth $480,000 per year