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Jorge
Orta		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 190
 
Born: November 26, 1950 in Mexico, , MAZATLAN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1985   
All-Star Selections 1979    1981   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1972 21 BSN NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1973 22 BSN NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1974 23 CLE AL     6 6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 9 8
1975 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1976 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 6 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1977 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 6 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1978 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1979 28 CLE AL $ 2,857,143   9 9 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1980 29 CLE AL $ 2,964,286   9 9 8 6 6 6 6 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1981 30 CLE AL $ 3,478,571   9 9 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1982 31 CLE AL $ 4,900,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1983 32 CLE AL $ 4,900,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 7
1984 33 CLE AL $ 4,900,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1985 34 CLE AL $ 4,900,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 3 4 3 5 6 6
1986 35 BSN NL $ 1,710,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1987 36 BSN NL $ 1,710,000   6 6 6 4 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 5 5
1988 37 TOR AL $ 990,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,900,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 9 8
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
1972 21 AAA   2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7  
    AA   133 510 76 151 27 1 20 57 20 9 60 33 .296 .370 .471 .841 87.4  
1973 22 AAA   132 498 84 130 20 1 13 53 8 6 48 43 .261 .326 .384 .710 62.7  
1974 23 AAA   134 520 96 135 29 4 20 85 13 9 58 40 .260 .334 .446 .780 77.1  
1975 24 AAA   135 534 102 179 34 2 26 116 14 9 69 44 .335 .411 .552 .964 111.5  
1976 25 CLE AL 131 517 63 137 19 7 18 68 4 3 29 46 .265 .306 .433 .739 64.2 9.2
1977 26 CLE AL 155 585 69 176 33 8 6 66 21 14 53 60 .301 .357 .415 .772 81.3 13.8
1978 27 CLE AL 150 558 66 162 22 2 7 61 15 18 46 45 .290 .343 .375 .718 67.2 11.0
1979 28 CLE AL 143 580 79 169 29 9 7 72 11 16 36 35 .291 .331 .409 .740 72.5 13.2
1980 29 CLE AL 154 625 101 189 30 7 15 86 22 12 32 62 .302 .337 .445 .782 85.8 18.0
1981 30 CLE AL 156 576 76 182 32 6 15 81 18 11 37 45 .316 .356 .470 .826 89.9 17.5
1982 31 CLE AL 151 540 78 141 25 5 21 83 2 3 33 47 .261 .301 .443 .743 68.2 11.7
1983 32 CLE AL 118 447 66 132 28 9 11 76 4 2 28 40 .295 .340 .472 .812 65.1 14.4
1984 33 CLE AL 141 530 81 161 41 6 8 84 1 3 33 65 .304 .346 .449 .795 74.0 16.5
1985 34 CLE AL 149 521 57 128 26 3 15 69 2 3 37 67 .246 .293 .393 .687 60.9 9.1
1986 35 BSN NL 117 372 40 89 10 4 9 43 2 3 13 76 .239 .262 .360 .622 34.5 3.3
1987 36 BSN NL 150 520 49 131 20 4 5 57 2 7 33 111 .252 .295 .335 .629 48.8 5.2
1988 37 TOR AL 139 436 49 100 15 0 5 39 6 3 20 105 .229 .263 .298 .561 32.1 1.9
13 Years Sim 1854 6807 874 1897 330 70 142 885 110 98 430 804 .279 .321 .410 .731 844.4 144.8
4 Years AAA 403 1559 282 444 83 7 59 254 35 24 175 127 .285 .355 .461 .816 250.6  
1 Years AA 133 510 76 151 27 1 20 57 20 9 60 33 .296 .372 .471 .843 87.4  
5 Years Minors 536 2069 358 595 110 8 79 311 55 33 235 160 .288 .359 .463 .822 338.0  
162 Game Average 594 76 165 28 6 12 77 9 8 37 70 .279 .321 .410 .731 73.8  
Career Highs 156 625 101 189 41 9 21 86 22 18 53 111 .316 .357 .472 .826 89.9  
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   4952 627 1395 233 46 104 625 87 70 343 563 .282 .327 .410 .738 639.8
vs LH   1855 247 502 97 24 38 260 23 28 87 241 .271 .303 .410 .714 215.9
Home 940 3372 432 943 169 37 63 419 53 40 227 413 .280 .325 .408 .732 428.6
Away 914 3435 442 954 161 33 79 466 57 58 203 391 .278 .317 .413 .730 427.0
RISP   1678 0 504 91 18 33 689 0 0 138 193 .300 .346 .435 .782 247.0
Pinch Hitting   89 14 28 1 1 1 14 0 0 8 9 .315 .360 .382 .742 12.6
Close/Late   821 119 239 29 12 15 103 0 0 63 90 .291 .341 .410 .752 112.0
Mar/Apr 314 1182 168 356 74 11 24 163 15 20 73 140 .301 .339 .443 .782 164.6
May 334 1238 176 351 56 13 33 166 23 12 95 137 .284 .334 .430 .764 173.3
June 322 1202 147 331 51 13 23 170 20 19 74 146 .275 .316 .397 .713 144.4
July 276 1034 120 275 46 11 20 126 19 18 58 121 .266 .304 .390 .694 116.9
August 322 1164 143 319 57 11 22 135 19 11 72 152 .274 .317 .399 .715 141.9
Sep/Oct 286 987 120 265 46 11 20 125 14 18 58 108 .268 .310 .398 .708 114.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1976 25 CLE AL CF 90 87 767.3 225 4 2 1 .991 2.69 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    LF 40 39 336.0 79 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 3.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 26 CLE AL LF 143 143 1269.3 273 10 0 2 1.000 2.01 0 0 .000 0 4.3
    RF 7 0 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 27 CLE AL 2B 146 140 1256.7 267 542 27 122 .968 5.79 0 0 .000 0 5.6
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 28 CLE AL 2B 139 137 1232.7 228 558 24 103 .970 5.74 0 0 .000 0 5.3
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 29 CLE AL 2B 145 144 1303.7 248 557 18 114 .978 5.56 0 0 .000 0 6.4
    RF 3 1 13.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 2 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1981 30 CLE AL 2B 143 142 1244.7 281 517 15 105 .982 5.77 0 0 .000 0 5.2
    RF 4 0 9.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.96 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 1 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 1 8.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 3 0 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1982 31 CLE AL 2B 133 129 1158.3 249 503 11 105 .986 5.84 0 0 .000 0 6.0
    CF 5 3 30.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.05 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 6 2 29.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.62 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 3 1 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
1983 32 CLE AL 2B 111 110 990.3 213 455 5 89 .993 6.07 0 0 .000 0 6.4
    LF 2 1 12.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 5 0 10.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1984 33 CLE AL 2B 135 130 1177.0 235 501 15 109 .980 5.63 0 0 .000 0 6.4
    RF 4 0 8.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1985 34 CLE AL 2B 145 142 1230.3 265 481 13 89 .983 5.46 0 0 .000 0 6.4
    LF 4 0 9.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1986 35 BSN NL 2B 85 66 626.7 138 279 6 61 .986 5.99 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    3B 9 9 77.3 5 18 3 2 .885 2.68 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 4 4 33.0 33 1 0 2 1.000 9.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 6 0 12.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 2 0 7.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.70 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1987 36 BSN NL 2B 139 139 1229.0 256 542 9 96 .989 5.84 0 0 .000 0 4.9
    RF 8 8 69.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.70 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 1 1 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0  
1988 37 TOR AL CF 103 97 803.7 236 7 0 4 1.000 2.72 0 0 .000 0 4.1
    2B 45 40 343.7 60 141 4 32 .980 5.26 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    LF 4 0 11.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.38 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 3 0 10.0 3 7 0 2 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  2B 1370 1319 11802.0 2440 5080 147 1025 .981 5.73 0 0 .000 0 57.4
  LF 205 185 1669.7 368 10 0 2 1.000 2.04 0 0 .000 0 4.4
  CF 213 187 1639.3 485 11 2 5 .996 2.72 0 0 .000 0 7.8
  RF 40 11 155.0 29 1 0 0 1.000 1.74 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  3B 10 10 85.3 5 18 4 2 .852 2.43 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  1B 4 4 33.0 33 1 0 2 1.000 9.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 4 0 13.0 4 9 0 2 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  C 1 1 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1847 1717 15406.2 3368 5130 153 1038 .982 4.96 0 0 .000 0 70.5
Career Highs   156 148 1326.7 304 560 27 122 1.000 5.98 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1979 28 CLE AL 4 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 .158 .158 .158 .316
1980 29 CLE AL 5 20 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 .250 .286 .300 .586
1982 31 CLE AL 19 66 10 19 3 2 2 7 0 0 8 5 .288 .364 .485 .848
1983 32 CLE AL 14 56 13 16 7 0 2 9 0 0 3 4 .286 .317 .518 .835
1984 33 CLE AL 5 17 3 5 4 0 1 2 0 0 4 1 .294 .429 .706 1.134
1985 34 CLE AL 16 60 6 18 4 0 1 13 0 1 3 13 .300 .328 .417 .745
Career Post-Season Batting 63 238 34 66 19 2 6 33 1 3 19 26 .277 .328 .450 .778
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.
Batting Average
1981-7-.316
 Slugging Pct
1981-7-.470
 OPS
1981-8-.826
 Games
1981-2-156
 At-Bats
1980-4-625
 Runs
1980-4-101
Hits
1977-8-176
1980-5-189
1981-7-182
 Total Bases
1980-4-278
1981-8-271
 Singles
1977-8-129
1980-8-137
 Doubles
1984-7-41
 Triples
1976-5-7
1977-5-8
1979-4-9
1983-5-9
 Caught Stealing
1978-6-18
1979-9-16
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Lou Whitaker (899)
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  8. Lou Klein (885)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1972
Injured on 6/25/1972 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 5/16/1973 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days
Traded from Boston (N) to Cleveland (A) on 4/2/1974 (Going to BSN: P Don Sutton, C Carlton Fisk. Going to CLE: C Thurman Munson, CF Jorge Orta)
Had first career hit on 4/2/1976, off Pedro Borbon (CLN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/4/1976, off Dan Schneider (TAM)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/10/1977, hitting .600 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,857,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/5/1979 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,964,286 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,478,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/1981, hitting .522 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Had 6 hits with 2 RBI against Toronto on 7/22/1981
10/29/1981: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $4,900,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1983, hitting .423 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
Injured on 6/25/1983 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 9/8/1983 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 8/4/1984 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Washington on 8/29/1984
Won World Championship with Cleveland (A) in 1985
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/7/1986 to a 2-year deal worth $1,710,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Washington on 4/19/1987
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 2/5/1988 to a 2-year deal worth $990,000 per year
Released by Toronto on 2/14/1989
 
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