Rafael Ortega

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 200lb (180cm, 90kg)

Team: Chicago White Sox (majors)

Born: May 15, 1991 in El Tigre, Venezuela ve

Debut: September 30, 2012 (Age 21-138d, 20,326th in major league history)
vs. LAD 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

2024 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2024): 3.035 • Arb Eligible: 2024 • Free Agent: 2027

Full Name: Rafael Angel Ortega

Nicknames: Balita

Pronunciation: \or-TAY-guh\

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.1

1.1

1139

281

.000

.247

138

RBI

110

OBP

.200

.323

SLG

.000

.351

OPS

.200

.675

OPS+

-36

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2022 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2022 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 10	CHC		MIL	L,4-5	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	4	Apr 12	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	6 (1)	Apr 14	CHC	@	COL	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	7	Apr 15	CHC	@	COL	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	9 (1)	Apr 17	CHC	@	COL	W,6-4	GF	20	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	10	Apr 18	CHC		TBR	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	12 (1)	Apr 20	CHC		TBR	L,2-8	CG	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	13	Apr 21	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	14	Apr 22	CHC		PIT	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	25 (10)	May 7 (1)	CHC		LAD	L,0-7	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	28 (2)	May 9	CHC	@	SDP	W,6-0	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	29	May 10	CHC	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
13	30	May 11	CHC	@	SDP	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	31	May 13	CHC	@	ARI	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	32	May 14	CHC	@	ARI	W,4-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	33	May 15	CHC	@	ARI	W,3-2	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	34	May 16	CHC		PIT	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	35	May 17	CHC		PIT	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	36	May 18	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	37	May 19	CHC		ARI	L,1-3	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	38	May 20	CHC		ARI	L,6-10	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	40 (1)	May 22	CHC		ARI	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	41	May 23	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	42	May 24	CHC	@	CIN	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	43	May 25	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	44	May 26	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-20	GF	29	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	45	May 28	CHC	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
28	46	May 29	CHC	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	48	11.1	4	0	0	4	0
29	47	May 30 (1)	CHC		MIL	L,6-7	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	49 (1)	May 31	CHC		MIL	W,8-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	52 (2)	Jun 3	CHC		STL	L,5-14	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	53	Jun 4 (1)	CHC		STL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	54	Jun 4 (2)	CHC		STL	L,4-7	CG	45	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	57 (2)	Jun 10	CHC	@	NYY	L,1-2	GF	8	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
35	58	Jun 11	CHC	@	NYY	L,0-8	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	59	Jun 12	CHC	@	NYY	L,4-18	GS	48	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
37	62 (2)	Jun 15	CHC		SDP	L,5-19	GF	23	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	63	Jun 16	CHC		SDP	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	64	Jun 17	CHC		ATL	W,1-0	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	68 (3)	Jun 21	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-7	GS	24	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	69	Jun 22	CHC	@	PIT	W,14-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	70	Jun 23	CHC	@	PIT	L,7-8	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
43	72 (1)	Jun 25	CHC	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	73	Jun 26	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	74	Jun 28	CHC		CIN	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	75	Jun 29	CHC		CIN	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	76	Jun 30	CHC		CIN	W,15-7	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	77	Jul 1	CHC		BOS	W,6-5		6	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
49	78	Jul 2	CHC		BOS	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	79	Jul 3	CHC		BOS	L,2-4	CG	49	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	80	Jul 4	CHC	@	MIL	L,2-5	GF	14	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
52	82 (1)	Jul 6	CHC	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	86 (3)	Jul 10	CHC	@	LAD	L,9-11	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	87	Jul 12	CHC		BAL	L,2-4	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	89 (1)	Jul 14	CHC		NYM	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	90	Jul 16 (1)	CHC		NYM	L,1-2	CG	41	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	91	Jul 16 (2)	CHC		NYM	L,3-4	GS	27	6.0	0	0	1	1	0
58	93 (1)	Jul 22	CHC	@	PHI	W,15-2	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	94	Jul 23	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-2	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	95	Jul 24	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	96	Jul 25	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	97	Jul 26	CHC		PIT	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	98	Jul 28	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	99	Jul 29	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-2	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	100	Jul 30	CHC	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	102 (1)	Aug 2	CHC	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	103	Aug 4 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
68	105 (1)	Aug 5	CHC		MIA	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	106	Aug 6	CHC		MIA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
70	108 (1)	Aug 8	CHC		WSN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	109	Aug 9	CHC		WSN	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	110	Aug 10	CHC		WSN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	111	Aug 11	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	113 (1)	Aug 14	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-8	GS	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	115 (1)	Aug 16	CHC	@	WSN	W,7-5	GF	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	116	Aug 17	CHC	@	WSN	W,3-2	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	117	Aug 18	CHC	@	BAL	W,3-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	119 (1)	Aug 20	CHC		MIL	W,6-5	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	120	Aug 21	CHC		MIL	L,2-5	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	122 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	CHC		STL	W,2-0	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	123	Aug 23 (2)	CHC		STL	L,3-13	GF	23	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	124	Aug 24	CHC		STL	W,7-1	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	127 (2)	Aug 27	CHC	@	MIL	L,0-7	GS	24	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
84	128	Aug 28	CHC	@	MIL	L,7-9	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	129	Aug 29	CHC	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	45	10.1	0	0	0	0	0
86	131 (1)	Aug 31	CHC	@	TOR	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	133 (1)	Sep 3	CHC	@	STL	L,4-8	GS	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	134	Sep 4	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	135	Sep 6	CHC		CIN	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	137 (1)	Sep 8	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	140 (2)	Sep 11	CHC		SFG	L,2-4	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	141	Sep 12	CHC	@	NYM	W,5-2	GS	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
93	142	Sep 13	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-1	GS	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
							97gm		592.2	133	4	1	138	0