Luis Ordaz

Luis Javier Ordaz

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 12, 1975 in Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela
High School: Maracaibo (Maracaibo, VE)
Signed
by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1997
Teams (by GP): Royals/Cardinals/DevilRays 1997-2006

Final Game: April 3, 2006
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1997 21 STL NL 12 23 22 3 6 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 .273 .304 .318 .623 65 7 0 0 0 0 0 6
1998 22 STL NL 57 169 153 9 31 5 0 0 8 2 0 12 18 .203 .261 .235 .496 32 36 3 0 4 0 1 6/54
1999 23 STL NL 10 11 9 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 -18 1 0 0 1 0 0 /645
2000 24 KCR AL 65 117 104 17 23 2 0 0 11 4 2 5 10 .221 .257 .240 .497 26 25 6 1 4 3 0 64
2001 25 KCR AL 28 63 56 8 14 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 8 .250 .295 .304 .599 55 17 1 1 2 1 0 4/65D
2002 26 KCR AL 33 111 94 11 21 2 0 0 4 2 3 12 13 .223 .308 .245 .553 45 23 2 0 4 1 0 4/56
2006 30 TBD AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /6
7 Yrs 206 496 440 51 96 13 0 0 30 12 5 34 53 .218 .274 .248 .522 36 109 12 2 15 5 1
162 Game Avg. 162 390 346 40 75 10 0 0 24 9 4 27 42 .218 .274 .248 .522 36 86 9 2 12 4 1
KCR (3 yrs) 126 291 254 36 58 7 0 0 19 6 5 20 31 .228 .285 .256 .541 39 65 9 2 10 5 0
STL (3 yrs) 79 203 184 15 38 6 0 0 11 6 0 14 22 .207 .263 .239 .502 33 44 3 0 5 0 1
TBD (1 yr) 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (4 yrs) 127 293 256 36 58 7 0 0 19 6 5 20 31 .227 .283 .254 .537 38 65 9 2 10 5 0
NL (3 yrs) 79 203 184 15 38 6 0 0 11 6 0 14 22 .207 .263 .239 .502 33 44 3 0 5 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1997 21 STL NL 12 23 -1 1 0 1 0 0 0.1 1 1 0.1 .504 .500 0.1 0.1 0 $ 6
1998 22 STL NL 57 169 -15 0 0 -2 2 -14 -1.5 5 -10 -1.0 .474 .491 -0.8 0.0 -7 $172,500 6/54
1999 23 STL NL 10 11 -1 0 0 -0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $210,000 /645
2000 24 KCR AL 65 117 -13 -0 -0 -7 2 -19 -1.7 4 -15 -1.4 .473 .489 -0.7 -0.4 -8 $ 64
2001 25 KCR AL 28 63 -4 0 0 4 1 1 0.1 2 3 0.3 .503 .501 0.0 0.5 -1 $235,000 4/65D
2002 26 KCR AL 33 111 -7 -1 0 -4 1 -10 -1.0 4 -7 -0.7 .469 .494 -0.3 -0.2 -3 $ 4/56
2006 30 TBD AL 1 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .439 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $375,000 /6
7 Seasons 206 496 -41 0 1 -9 6 -43 -4.1 15 -27 -2.8 .480 .496 -1.8 -0.1 -19 $992,500
KCR (3 yrs) 126 291 -24 -1 0 -7 3 -28 -2.6 10 -19 -1.8 .479 .494 -1.0 -0.2 -11 $235,000
STL (3 yrs) 79 203 -17 1 0 -2 3 -14 -1.5 5 -8 -0.9 .482 .497 -0.7 0.1 -7 $382,500
TBD (1 yr) 1 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .439 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $375,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1997 21 STL NL 23 16 3 5.0 107 .300 .273 .269 .304 .341 .318 .423 .623 .764 65 .514 -1.2 -0.1 .688 .227 .045 .0
1998 22 STL NL 169 129 10 2.1 107 .230 .203 .269 .261 .340 .235 .424 .496 .764 32 .175 -15.4 -1.5 .400 .124 .033 .0
1999 23 STL NL 11 9 0 0.0 117 .143 .111 .277 .200 .352 .111 .446 .311 .798 -18 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .375 .222 .000 .0
2000 24 KCR AL 117 96 6 1.7 118 .237 .221 .280 .257 .353 .240 .450 .497 .804 26 .101 -12.0 -1.1 .371 .087 .019 .0
2001 25 KCR AL 63 46 5 2.9 112 .286 .250 .274 .295 .342 .304 .440 .599 .782 55 .266 -3.7 -0.4 .488 .107 .054
2002 26 KCR AL 111 83 8 2.6 114 .256 .223 .276 .308 .344 .245 .443 .553 .788 45 .234 -7.8 -0.8 .436 .138 .021 .0
2006 30 TBD AL 2 2 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .274 .000 .338 .000 .436 .000 .774 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
7 Yrs 496 381 32 2.2 112 .245 .218 .274 .274 .344 .248 .437 .522 .781 36 .184 -42.3 -4.0 .421 .123 .030 .0
162 Game Avg. 390 300 25 2.2 112 .245 .218 .274 .274 .344 .248 .437 .522 .781 36 .184 -42.3 -4.0 .421 .123 .030
KCR (3 yrs) 291 225 19 2.3 115 .254 .228 .277 .285 .347 .256 .445 .541 .793 39 .178 -23.4 -2.2 .419 .110 .028 .0
STL (3 yrs) 203 154 13 2.3 108 .235 .207 .269 .263 .340 .239 .425 .502 .765 33 .197 -18.2 -1.8 .430 .141 .033 .0
TBD (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .274 .000 .338 .000 .436 .000 .774 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
AL (4 yrs) 293 227 19 2.2 115 .252 .227 .277 .283 .347 .254 .445 .537 .793 38 .176 -24.0 -2.2 .415 .109 .027 .0
NL (3 yrs) 203 154 13 2.3 108 .235 .207 .269 .263 .340 .239 .425 .502 .765 33 .197 -18.2 -1.8 .430 .141 .033 .0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1997 21 STL NL 23 0.0% 8.7% 4.4% 4.4% 17% 2.00 11.0 22.0 1.22 0.75 87% 5% 0.0% 44%
1998 22 STL NL 169 0.0% 10.7% 7.1% 3.0% 16% 1.50 8.5 19.1 1.29 1.60 80% 18% 0.0% 25%
1999 23 STL NL 11 0.0% 18.2% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 2.00 4.5 4.5 6.00 5.00 64% 0% 0.0% 0%
2000 24 KCR AL 117 0.0% 8.6% 4.3% 1.7% 9% 2.00 10.4 9.5 1.20 1.93 83% 20% 0.0% 7%
2001 25 KCR AL 63 0.0% 12.7% 4.8% 4.8% 21% 2.67 7.0 14.0 1.58 2.55 78% 22% 0.0% 11%
2002 26 KCR AL 111 0.0% 11.7% 10.8% 1.8% 10% 1.08 7.2 23.5 1.10 1.67 74% 21% 0.0% 5%
2006 30 TBD AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
7 Yrs 496 0.0% 10.7% 6.9% 2.6% 14% 1.56 8.3 14.7 1.29 1.77 79% 18% 0.0% 15%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.8% 8.8% 8.0% 34% 1.92 5.3 31.6 7.5 0.79 1.08 70% 21% 8.1% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1997 21 STL NL -1.2 -0.1 26 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .76 -0.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0.0 0.82 -0.6 1.83 1
1998 22 STL NL -15.4 -1.5 172 -1.4 1.6 -3.1 .95 -1.3 -0.2 -12.0 -1.2 0.93 -15.0 0.20 2
1999 23 STL NL -1.7 -0.2 14 0.0 0.4 -0.4 1.77 0.0 -0.0 0.9 0.1 1.09 0.2 0
2000 24 KCR AL -12.0 -1.1 123 -0.8 1.1 -1.9 .83 -1.1 0.1 -13.5 -1.2 0.98 -13.3 0.05 7
2001 25 KCR AL -3.8 -0.4 65 0.0 0.7 -0.7 .75 -0.4 0.4 -4.2 -0.4 0.90 -4.2 1
2002 26 KCR AL -7.8 -0.8 118 -0.4 1.5 -1.9 1.05 -0.6 0.1 -5.6 -0.5 0.89 -6.6 0.01 1
2006 30 TBD AL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .64 -0.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.50 -0.6 0
7 Yrs -42.3 -4.0 520 -2.8 5.5 -8.3 .93 -3.4 0.4 -35.2 -3.3 0.93 -39.9 0.22 12

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1997 21 STL NL 0 0 43% 9 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1998 22 STL NL 2 0 21% 51 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 39% 6 5 1 2 1 1 5 2 3
1999 23 STL NL 1 0 150% 10 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 24 KCR AL 1 0 59% 50 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 48% 12 9 3 2 0 2 7 2 5
2001 25 KCR AL 0 0 44% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 38% 3 2 1 0 0 0 5 2 2
2002 26 KCR AL 2 0 33% 51 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 67% 6 3 3 2 0 2 4 1 3
2006 30 TBD AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 6 0 39% 195 12 5 71% 12 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 10 47% 30 21 9 6 1 5 22 8 13

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1997 21 STL NL 23 9% 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 9 1 11% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1998 22 STL NL 169 34% 31 16 0 2 0 0 0 0.20 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 29 3 10% 13 5 38% 97 8 8% 9 4 44% 3 3 100% 0
1999 23 STL NL 11 45% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 8 2 25% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
2000 24 KCR AL 117 27% 23 3 0 7 2 0 0 0.05 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 30 6 20% 18 11 61% 86 11 13% 8 7 88% 3 3 100% 0
2001 25 KCR AL 63 27% 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 11 1 9% 8 4 50% 34 4 12% 4 2 50% 3 2 67% 0
2002 26 KCR AL 111 26% 21 3 0 1 0 0 0 0.01 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 21 2 10% 9 6 67% 56 6 11% 4 3 75% 4 3 75% 0
2006 30 TBD AL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 496 28% 96 23 0 12 2 0 0 0.22 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 100% 95 12 13% 52 28 54% 290 32 11% 27 17 63% 14 12 86% 0
MLB Averages 54% 71% 11% 34% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1997 21 STL NL 23 71 3.09 49 69% 24% 18% 16% 41% 76% 0% 52% 76% 35% 4% 1 0 9% 2 1 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1998 22 STL NL 170 531 3.12 333 63% 26% 10% 22% 42% 74% 2% 46% 87% 29% 4% 7 0 16% 27 9 8% 14 7 11% -1 0 0
1999 23 STL NL 11 45 4.09 28 62% 25% 11% 36% 29% 75% 0% 47% 86% 9% 9% 1 0 27% 3 1 18% 2 1 0% 0 0 0
2000 24 KCR AL 117 410 3.50 259 63% 30% 9% 22% 39% 70% 0% 44% 87% 16% 3% 4 0 14% 16 7 8% 9 6 0% 0 0 0
2001 25 KCR AL 63 220 3.49 154 70% 30% 11% 26% 33% 70% 0% 49% 84% 21% 5% 3 0 16% 10 4 3% 2 1 25% 0 0 0
2002 26 KCR AL 113 430 3.81 264 61% 36% 8% 23% 33% 64% 0% 39% 87% 12% 7% 8 0 15% 17 1 11% 12 4 31% -2 0 0
2006 30 TBD AL 2 5 2.50 4 80% 50% 0% 0% 50% 50% 0% 40% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 499 1712 3.43 1091 64% 30% 10% 23% 37% 70% 1% 45% 86% 21% 5% 24 0 15% 75 23 8% 39 19 15% -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.73 62% 27% 15% 27% 32% 73% 2% 46% 80% 29% 5% 15% 9% 27%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1997 21 12 23 22 3 6 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 .273 .304 .318 .623 65 7 0 0 0 0 0
1998 22 69 192 175 12 37 6 0 0 9 5 0 13 20 .211 .266 .246 .512 36 43 3 0 4 0 1
1999 23 79 203 184 15 38 6 0 0 11 6 0 14 22 .207 .263 .239 .502 33 44 3 0 5 0 1
2000 24 144 320 288 32 61 8 0 0 22 10 2 19 32 .212 .260 .240 .500 31 69 9 1 9 3 1
2001 25 172 383 344 40 75 11 0 0 26 10 2 22 40 .218 .266 .250 .516 35 86 10 2 11 4 1
2002 26 205 494 438 51 96 13 0 0 30 12 5 34 53 .219 .276 .249 .524 37 109 12 2 15 5 1
2003 27 205 494 438 51 96 13 0 0 30 12 5 34 53 .219 .276 .249 .524 37 109 12 2 15 5 1
2004 28 205 494 438 51 96 13 0 0 30 12 5 34 53 .219 .276 .249 .524 37 109 12 2 15 5 1
2005 29 205 494 438 51 96 13 0 0 30 12 5 34 53 .219 .276 .249 .524 37 109 12 2 15 5 1
2006 30 206 496 440 51 96 13 0 0 30 12 5 34 53 .218 .274 .248 .522 36 109 12 2 15 5 1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1997 21 12 23 22 3 6 1 0 0 1 3 1 2 .273 .304 .318 .623 2 12
1998 22 57 168 152 9 30 5 0 0 8 2 12 18 .197 .256 .230 .486 9 57
1999 23 10 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 10
2000 24 65 116 103 16 22 2 0 0 10 4 5 10 .214 .250 .233 .483 6 65
2001 25 28 61 54 7 12 3 0 0 3 0 3 8 .222 .271 .278 .549 4 28
2002 26 33 108 92 9 19 2 0 0 3 2 11 13 .207 .288 .228 .517 6 33
2006 30 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
7 Yrs 206 489 434 44 89 13 0 0 25 12 33 53 .205 .262 .235 .497 27 206
162 Game Avg. 162 385 341 35 70 10 0 0 20 9 26 42 .205 .262 .235 .497 21 206

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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