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Jose
Ortiz		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 170
 
Born: June 25, 1947 in P.R., , PONCE
 
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
1969 22 SEM AL     7 7 7 1 1 1 9 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8
1970 23 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9 3 3 3 9 9 9
1971 24 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 9 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9
1972 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9 3 2 2 9 9 9
1973 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 9 2 2 2 9 9 9 3 3 3 9 9 9
1974 27 CLN NL $ 1,360,000   9 9 9 2 2 2 9 9 9 3 2 2 9 9 9
1975 28 CLN NL $ 1,360,000   8 8 9 2 2 2 9 9 9 2 2 2 9 9 9
1976 29 CLN NL $ 2,514,286   8 8 9 2 2 2 9 9 9 2 2 2 9 9 9
1977 30 NYA AL $ 2,650,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9 2 2 2 9 8 9
1978 31 NYA AL $ 2,650,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9 2 2 2 9 9 9
1979 32 NYA AL $ 2,650,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 9 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8
1980 33 PHN NL $ 2,650,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 9 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8
1981 34 PHN NL $ 1,250,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 9 9 9 2 2 2 8 8 8
1982 35 PHN NL $ 1,250,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 6 7 2 2 2 6 6 6
1983 36 PHN NL $ 1,250,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,650,000   9 9 9 2 2 2 9 9 9 3 3 3 9 9 9
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
1969 22 AAA   137 511 63 165 33 2 6 63 7 4 25 44 .323 .354 .431 .785 71.7  
1970 23 SEM AL 54 153 15 36 6 0 1 16 0 0 7 12 .235 .270 .294 .564 12.0 0.6
    AAA   54 230 41 77 18 2 4 34 3 2 19 13 .335 .386 .483 .868 39.0  
1971 24 SEM AL 97 255 34 90 19 4 4 50 1 0 16 18 .353 .391 .506 .897 46.0 10.7
1972 25 SEM AL 104 331 35 102 23 3 2 51 1 0 10 13 .308 .334 .414 .748 40.4 6.6
1973 26 SEM AL 97 310 44 92 18 1 2 37 1 1 19 14 .297 .346 .381 .727 37.7 6.1
1974 27 SEM AL 39 130 24 40 7 0 2 25 1 1 12 9 .308 .372 .408 .780 19.1 3.8
  CLN NL 16 39 4 15 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 2 .385 .415 .410 .825 5.9 1.6
  TOT   55 169 28 55 8 0 2 30 1 1 13 11 .325 .382 .408 .790 25.0 5.4
    AAA   29 127 19 40 10 1 2 13 3 0 5 10 .315 .341 .457 .798 18.5  
1975 28 CLN NL 155 616 89 204 44 5 3 65 0 0 25 43 .331 .366 .433 .800 88.4 17.5
1976 29 CLN NL 162 686 80 177 43 3 4 64 0 0 32 60 .258 .303 .347 .650 67.8 7.0
1977 30 CLN NL 80 198 21 54 9 2 1 30 1 0 6 15 .273 .303 .354 .657 20.8 3.4
  NYA AL 30 66 5 28 4 0 0 9 0 0 3 4 .424 .451 .485 .936 12.4 3.1
  TOT   110 264 26 82 13 2 1 39 1 0 9 19 .311 .340 .386 .727 33.3 6.5
1978 31 NYA AL 149 560 70 173 34 2 2 57 3 1 19 41 .309 .344 .388 .732 70.7 12.2
1979 32 NYA AL 126 453 58 137 32 2 1 50 3 7 14 33 .302 .342 .389 .730 53.7 10.9
1980 33 NYA AL 52 184 26 58 12 0 0 12 2 1 7 14 .315 .350 .380 .731 21.5 4.5
  PHN NL 85 251 31 76 19 8 1 30 2 1 13 19 .303 .346 .454 .800 34.0 8.6
  TOT   137 435 57 134 31 8 1 42 4 2 20 33 .308 .348 .423 .771 55.4 13.1
1981 34 PHN NL 80 244 14 57 13 0 1 29 1 4 12 20 .234 .275 .299 .574 16.8 0.4
1982 35 PHN NL 25 77 6 18 2 1 0 6 0 1 3 8 .234 .280 .286 .566 5.7 0.2
1983 36 AAA   127 555 41 124 20 4 0 29 5 9 23 123 .223 .254 .274 .528 33.0  
13 Years Sim 1351 4553 556 1357 286 31 24 536 16 17 199 325 .298 .337 .390 .727 552.8 97.1
4 Years AAA 347 1423 164 406 81 9 12 139 18 15 72 190 .285 .334 .380 .714 162.2  
162 Game Average 545 66 162 34 3 2 64 1 2 23 38 .298 .337 .390 .727 66.3  
Career Highs 162 686 89 204 44 8 4 65 4 7 32 60 .353 .391 .506 .897 88.4  
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   2738 331 809 167 20 10 319 7 10 101 198 .295 .333 .382 .715 308.7
vs LH   1815 225 548 119 11 14 217 9 7 98 127 .302 .343 .403 .746 230.3
Home 667 2203 269 666 136 15 13 251 9 6 99 162 .302 .340 .395 .735 269.0
Away 684 2350 287 691 150 16 11 285 7 11 100 163 .294 .335 .386 .720 270.0
RISP   1101 0 328 71 6 4 459 0 0 59 90 .298 .340 .384 .724 132.5
Pinch Hitting   171 24 66 6 1 1 36 1 0 8 5 .386 .416 .450 .867 28.6
Close/Late   570 66 188 35 6 2 70 0 0 30 32 .330 .373 .423 .796 80.3
Mar/Apr 225 751 99 223 51 4 4 85 7 3 35 50 .297 .333 .391 .725 90.2
May 232 779 96 234 52 2 2 96 0 2 41 51 .300 .348 .380 .728 92.4
June 237 783 87 228 46 5 7 94 3 3 17 55 .291 .315 .390 .704 85.5
July 228 807 108 249 57 7 5 97 3 3 29 57 .309 .344 .415 .759 101.4
August 217 736 92 233 47 8 1 89 2 5 39 51 .317 .358 .406 .764 95.8
Sep/Oct 212 697 74 190 33 5 5 75 1 1 38 61 .273 .323 .356 .679 73.8
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
1970 23 SEM AL LF 38 36 306.0 46 2 0 0 1.000 1.41   0.8
    RF 3 2 19.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.79    
    CF 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1971 24 SEM AL RF 66 59 520.0 117 1 0 0 1.000 2.04   1.4
    LF 12 0 20.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1972 25 SEM AL RF 72 68 583.0 110 1 0 0 1.000 1.71   1.7
    LF 25 2 67.7 12 0 1 0 .923 1.60    
    CF 5 4 36.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.50    
1973 26 SEM AL LF 68 61 536.3 112 5 4 1 .967 1.96   2.1
    CF 16 11 108.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    RF 9 8 66.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.91    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
1974 27 SEM AL LF 23 20 188.1 35 2 0 0 1.000 1.77   0.7
    SS 6 6 55.3 11 19 1 6 .968 4.88   0.3
    CF 5 4 39.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.31   0.0
    3B 1 1 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    RF 2 0 5.2 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.19   0.0
  CLN NL LF 9 8 53.2 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.1
    SS 3 2 15.7 3 5 0 2 1.000 4.59   0.1
    CF 2 2 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.0
    3B 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 32 28 241.3 45 2 0 0 1.000 1.75   0.8
      SS 9 8 71.0 14 24 1 8 .974 4.82   0.3
      CF 7 6 50.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.34   0.0
      3B 1 1 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
      RF 3 0 6.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.03   0.0
1975 28 CLN NL LF 81 75 690.3 129 2 1 2 .992 1.71   2.2
    CF 17 17 151.3 29 1 0 0 1.000 1.78    
1976 29 CLN NL LF 81 73 662.0 114 3 2 0 .983 1.59   1.8
    RF 37 37 296.0 52 1 0 0 1.000 1.61    
1977 30 CLN NL LF 46 33 315.0 64 2 1 2 .985 1.89   0.9
    CF 12 5 66.2 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.18   0.0
    RF 11 6 57.8 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.71   0.0
  NYA AL LF 17 12 105.0 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.97   0.4
    CF 5 2 22.1 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.44   0.0
    RF 4 2 19.2 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.0
  TOT   LF 63 45 420.0 86 3 1 2 .989 1.91   1.3
      CF 17 7 88.3 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.24   0.0
      RF 15 8 77.0 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.75   0.0
1978 31 NYA AL CF 51 50 426.3 113 4 0 1 1.000 2.47   1.1
    RF 3 0 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1979 32 NYA AL LF 122 120 1047.3 218 7 2 0 .991 1.93   1.7
    RF 3 1 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1980 33 NYA AL RF 26 25 240.2 52 0 1 0 .981 1.95   0.9
    LF 12 11 112.3 24 1 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
    CF 12 5 64.4 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.10   0.0
    SS 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  PHN NL RF 42 42 330.8 72 1 1 1 .986 1.99   1.5
    LF 19 19 154.7 33 1 1 0 .971 1.98   0.0
    CF 19 9 88.6 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.03   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.2 0 1 0 0 1.000 7.50   0.0
  TOT   RF 68 67 571.0 124 1 2 1 .984 1.97   2.4
      LF 31 30 267.0 57 2 1 0 .983 1.99   0.0
      CF 31 14 153.0 35 0 0 0 1.000 2.06   0.0
      SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1981 34 PHN NL RF 27 25 209.0 32 2 0 0 1.000 1.46   1.1
    CF 14 14 107.0 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.19    
    LF 13 11 96.3 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.52    
1982 35 PHN NL LF 7 6 48.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.85   0.3
    RF 3 2 21.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 4.71    
  LF 573 487 4402.9 860 27 12 5 .987 1.81   11.1
  RF 309 277 2388.7 489 8 2 1 .996 1.87   6.6
  CF 163 123 1128.0 267 5 0 1 1.000 2.17   1.1
  SS 12 8 76.0 14 26 1 8 .976 4.74   0.4
  3B 2 1 11.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.64   0.0
Career Totals   1059 896 8006.6 1630 68 15 16 .991 1.91   19.2
Career Highs   131 121 1058.3 220 28 4 8 1.000 2.71    
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
1970 23 SEM AL 2 7 2 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .714 .714 1.286 2.000
1971 24 SEM AL 11 40 6 17 5 0 0 6 0 1 4 0 .425 .477 .550 1.027
1972 25 SEM AL 12 35 3 11 3 0 0 5 0 1 3 3 .314 .385 .400 .785
1973 26 SEM AL 6 18 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .222 .318 .333 .652
1974 27 CLN NL 5 16 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .313 .563
1975 28 CLN NL 5 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .368 .200 .568
1977 30 NYA AL 5 20 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .300 .300 .350 .650
1981 34 PHN NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 47 152 16 50 13 0 1 17 0 2 9 9 .329 .387 .434 .821
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
1975-3-.331
1978-10-.309
 Games
1976-1-162
 At-Bats
1975-1-616
1976-1-686
 Runs
1975-9-89
 Hits
1975-1-204
1976-7-177
 Total Bases
1975-8-267
Singles
1975-1-152
1976-7-127
1978-6-135
 Doubles
1975-2-44
1976-1-43
1979-8-32
 Triples
1975-10-5
1980-2-8
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 40th overall pick, by Seattle in 1969
Had first career hit on 6/2/1970, off Al Jackson (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 7/9/1970, off Gary Peters (CLN)
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland (N) on 7/8/1971
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,360,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Seattle to Cleveland (N) on 7/31/1974 (Going to SEM: 2B Cookie Rojas. Going to CLN: 2B Alan Bannister, RF Jose Ortiz)
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,360,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,514,286 through salary arbitration
7/31/1976: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $2,650,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1976, hitting .520 with 0 HR, 3 RBI
Traded from Cleveland (N) to New York (A) on 7/31/1977 (Going to NYA: RF Jose Ortiz, RF Steve Garvey. Going to CLN: LF Curt Blefary)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Cleveland (A) on 7/25/1978
Injured on 8/29/1979 with a Torn Thigh Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Traded from New York (A) to Philadelphia on 6/1/1980 (Going to NYA: P Jerry Augustine. Going to PHN: P Masanori Murakami, RF Jose Ortiz)
10/23/1980: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia, $1,250,000 per year, for 4 years
 
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