Hector Ortiz
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 14, 1969 in Rio Piedras, P.R.
High School: Luis Hernaiz Verone (Canovanas, PR)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 35th round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1998
Final Game: May 15, 2002
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Standard Batting

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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
1998 28 KCR AL 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /23
2000 30 KCR AL 26 99 88 15 34 6 0 0 5 0 0 8 8 .386 .443 .455 .898 126 40 0 1 2 0 1 2
2001 31 KCR AL 56 166 154 12 38 6 1 0 11 1 3 9 24 .247 .293 .299 .591 53 46 5 1 2 0 0 2/D
2002 32 TEX AL 7 15 14 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .214 .267 .500 .767 93 7 1 0 0 0 0 /2
4 Seasons 93 284 260 29 75 13 1 1 18 1 3 18 33 .288 .339 .358 .697 78 93 6 2 4 0 1
162 Game Avg. 162 495 453 51 131 23 2 2 31 2 5 31 57 .288 .339 .358 .697 78 162 10 3 7 0 2
KCR (3 yrs) 86 269 246 28 72 12 1 0 16 1 3 17 32 .293 .343 .350 .693 78 86 5 2 4 0 1
TEX (1 yr) 7 15 14 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .214 .267 .500 .767 93 7 1 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1998 28 KCR AL 4 4 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .273 .000 .342 .000 .434 .000 .776 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2000 30 KCR AL 99 56 19 9.0 118 .425 .386 .280 .443 .353 .455 .450 .898 .804 126 .712 4.1 0.4 .907 .159 .068
2001 31 KCR AL 166 126 12 2.6 113 .292 .247 .275 .293 .343 .299 .442 .591 .785 53 .222 -11.3 -1.1 .435 .097 .052 .0
2002 32 TEX AL 15 12 1 2.2 110 .167 .214 .271 .267 .339 .500 .436 .767 .776 93 .189 -0.2 -0.0 .667 .357 .286 .0
4 Seasons 284 198 32 4.3 114 .327 .288 .277 .339 .346 .358 .444 .697 .791 78 .414 -8.6 -0.8 .572 .131 .069 1.0
162 Game Avg. 495 345 56 4.3 114 .327 .288 .277 .339 .346 .358 .444 .697 .791 78 .414 -8.6 -0.8 .572 .131 .069 2
KCR (3 yrs) 269 186 31 4.5 115 .336 .293 .277 .343 .347 .350 .445 .693 .792 78 .427 -8.4 -0.8 .566 .118 .057 .0
TEX (1 yr) 15 12 1 2.2 110 .167 .214 .271 .267 .339 .500 .436 .767 .776 93 .189 -0.2 -0.0 .667 .357 .286 .0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1998 28 KCR AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.00 3.00 100% 0% 100%
2000 30 KCR AL 99 0.0% 8.1% 8.1% 6.1% 18% 1.00 11.0 17.6 0.54 0.88 81% 39% 0.0% 10%
2001 31 KCR AL 166 0.0% 14.5% 5.4% 4.2% 18% 2.67 6.4 14.0 0.91 1.45 78% 27% 0.0% 19%
2002 32 TEX AL 15 6.7% 6.7% 6.7% 13.3% 67% 1.00 14.0 14.0 7.0 1.40 1.75 80% 8% 33.3% 40%
4 Seasons 284 0.4% 11.6% 6.3% 5.3% 20% 1.83 7.9 260.0 14.4 0.79 1.29 80% 30% 1.0% 17%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1998 28 KCR AL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 30 KCR AL 1 0 35% 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 33% 6 5 1 2 2 0 7 3 4
2001 31 KCR AL 3 0 25% 53 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 60% 6 3 3 1 0 1 8 2 5
2002 32 TEX AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 4 0 30% 114 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 7 45% 13 9 4 3 2 1 15 5 9
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1998 28 KCR AL 4 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2000 30 KCR AL 99 51% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 18 0 0% 7 3 43% 45 5 11% 4 1 25% 3 2 67% 0
2001 31 KCR AL 166 37% 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 36 5 14% 16 7 44% 96 12 13% 5 3 60% 11 6 55% 0
2002 32 TEX AL 15 0% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.10 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 12 1 8% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 284 40% 75 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.10 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 100% 58 6 10% 26 11 42% 155 18 12% 9 4 44% 14 8 57% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
1998 28 KCR AL 4 14 3.50 10 71% 20% 10% 30% 40% 80% 0% 57% 88% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2000 30 KCR AL 99 362 3.66 205 57% 35% 3% 21% 40% 65% 3% 37% 95% 15% 7% 7 0 18% 18 5 14% 14 12 50% 0 0 0
2001 31 KCR AL 166 618 3.72 419 68% 33% 7% 28% 32% 67% 0% 46% 89% 14% 4% 7 1 10% 16 5 5% 8 5 38% 0 0 0
2002 32 TEX AL 15 59 3.93 38 64% 37% 5% 24% 34% 63% 0% 41% 92% 13% 0% 0 0 13% 2 2 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 284 1053 3.71 672 64% 33% 6% 26% 34% 67% 1% 42% 91% 15% 5% 14 1 13% 36 12 8% 22 17 42% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1998 28 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 29 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 30 30 103 92 16 34 6 0 0 5 0 0 8 8 .370 .426 .435 .861 117 40 0 1 2 0 1
2001 31 86 269 246 28 72 12 1 0 16 1 3 17 32 .293 .343 .350 .693 78 86 5 2 4 0 1
2002 32 93 284 260 29 75 13 1 1 18 1 3 18 33 .288 .339 .358 .697 78 93 6 2 4 0 1

Neutralized Batting

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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
1998 28 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
2000 30 26 95 86 13 32 6 0 0 4 0 8 8 .372 .432 .442 .873 16 26
2001 31 56 159 150 11 34 5 1 0 10 1 8 24 .227 .270 .273 .544 11 56
2002 32 7 14 13 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 .154 .214 .462 .676 1 7
4 Seasons 93 272 253 26 68 12 1 1 15 1 17 33 .269 .320 .336 .656 28 93
162 Game Avg. 162 474 441 45 118 21 2 2 26 2 30 57 .269 .320 .336 .656 49 93

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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