Phil Ortega

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Filomeno Coronada Ortega (Kemo)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 175 lb.

• Debut September 10, 1960
• Final Game June 10, 1969
• Born October 7, 1939 in Gilbert, AZ USA

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Phil Ortega was signed in 1959 and spent 1960-64 trying to break into a tough Dodger pitching staff. Then he spent four years as a mainstay of the Washington Senators, managed by his former Dodger teammate Gil Hodges, along with another former Dodger pitcher Pete Richert. He finished his career in 1969 with the California Angels.

Ortega did not appear in post-season play with the Dodgers.

He was part of the trade that brought Frank Howard and Pete Richert to the Senators and Claude Osteen to the Dodgers.

He beat the Chicago White Sox 1-0 near the end of the 1967 season, eliminating them from the pennant race.

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