Héctor Ortiz

Hector (Montanez) Ortiz

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 14, 1969 in Rio Piedras, P.R.
High School: Luis Hernaiz Verone HS (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
Teams (by GP): Royals/Rangers 1998-2002

Final Game: May 15, 2002
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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
1988	18	LAD-min	A-	32	84	77	5	11	1	0	0	4	0	2	5	16	.143	.205	.156	.361		12		1	1	0	0		SLM · NORW
1989	19	LAD-min	A-,A	86	244	225	18	44	3	2	0	16	2	1	10	39	.196	.239	.227	.466		51	7	3	6	0	0		SLM,VRO · NORW,FLOR
1990	20	LAD-min	A-	52	180	173	16	47	3	1	0	12	1	1	5	15	.272	.296	.301	.597		52		1	1	0	1		YAK · NORW
1991	21	LAD-min	A+	42	131	123	3	28	2	0	0	8	0	0	5	8	.228	.275	.244	.519		30	2	3	0	0	0		VRO · FLOR
1992	22	LAD-min	A+,AA	89	309	265	20	70	9	1	1	36	2	3	32	29	.264	.354	.317	.671		84	10	6	4	2	0		BAK,SAN · CALL,TL
1993	23	LAD-min	AA,AAA	67	190	175	6	36	6	1	1	9	0	2	9	23	.206	.249	.269	.517		47	4	1	5	0	2		SAN,ABQ · TL,PCL
1994	24	LAD-min	AAA,AA	58	177	168	11	37	1	1	0	14	0	0	5	19	.220	.243	.238	.481		40	11	1	0	3	0		ABQ,SAN · PCL,TL
1995	25	CHC-min	AA	96	325	299	13	70	12	0	0	18	0	5	20	39	.234	.281	.274	.555		82	10	1	1	4	0		ORL · SOUL
1996	26	CHC-min	AA,AAA	105	329	295	22	66	10	0	0	18	1	2	29	39	.224	.290	.258	.547		76	17	0	1	4	3		ORL,IWA · SOUL,AA
1997	27	KCR-min	AA,AAA	80	285	243	27	57	6	0	1	28	1	2	34	30	.235	.331	.272	.603		66	11	2	4	2	0		WCH,OMA · TL,AA
1998	28	KCR-min	AAA,AA	67	218	204	18	45	7	0	0	12	0	1	11	27	.221	.264	.255	.519		52	10	1	2	0	0		OMA,WCH · PCL,TL
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

1999	29	LAD-min	AAA,AA	95	309	285	31	79	13	0	6	33	2	4	17	44	.277	.314	.386	.700		110	10	1	0	6	1		ABQ,SAN · PCL,TL
2000	30	KCR-min	AAA	68	254	227	30	73	12	0	6	24	4	3	22	18	.322	.382	.454	.836		103	8	1	3	1	2		OMA · PCL
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-min	AAA	42	170	150	19	39	7	0	2	15	0	3	15	26	.260	.320	.347	.666		52	5	0	1	4	0		OMA · PCL
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	KCR-TEX-min	AAA	60	213	181	13	42	7	0	1	12	1	1	22	31	.232	.320	.287	.608		52	5	2	7	1	0		OMA,OKC · PCL
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
2003	33	TBD-min	AAA	68	249	221	26	54	14	0	0	25	0	1	20	23	.244	.310	.308	.618		68	11	1	7	0	0		DHM · IL
2004	34	COL-min	AAA	46	169	155	18	41	7	0	1	15	1	1	10	26	.265	.315	.329	.645		51	8	2	1	1	2		CSP · PCL
2005	35	WSN-min	AAA	74	272	254	13	63	6	0	1	28	0	1	13	33	.248	.286	.283	.570		72	14	1	3	1	1		NOR · PCL
4 Yrs				93	284	260	29	75	13	1	1	18	1	3	18	33	.288	.339	.358	.697	79	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	79	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

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
1998	28	KCR	AL	4	4	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.452	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$170,000	/23

2000	30	KCR	AL	26	99	5	0	0	0	1	7	0.6	3	10	0.9	.523	.504	0.9	0.2	10	$220,000	2
2001	31	KCR	AL	56	166	-9	-1	0	2	2	-6	-0.5	6	-0	0.0	.489	.496	-0.2	0.5	-2	$230,000	2/D
2002	32	TEX	AL	7	15	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2
4 Seasons				93	284	-6	-1	1	1	4	-1	-0.1	9	8	0.7	.498	.500	0.6	0.6	7	$620,000

KCR (3 yrs)				86	269	-6	-1	1	1	4	-1	-0.1	9	8	0.7	.498	.500	0.6	0.6	7	$620,000
TEX (1 yr)				7	15	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
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	112	.292	.247	.274	.293	.342	.299	.440	.591	.782	53	.222	-11.1	-1.0	.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 Yrs				284	198	32	4.3	114	.327	.288	.276	.339	.346	.358	.443	.697	.789	79	.414	-8.4	-0.8	.572	.131	.069	1.0
162 Game Avg.				495	345	56	4.3	114	.327	.288	.276	.339	.346	.358	.443	.697	.789	79	.414	-8.4	-0.8	.572	.131	.069	2

KCR (3 yrs)				269	186	31	4.5	114	.336	.293	.276	.343	.346	.350	.444	.693	.790	78	.427	-8.2	-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*

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 Yrs				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					2.9%	16.8%	9.0%	8.0%	34%	1.87	5.3	31.1	7.4	0.76	1.07	70%	23%	8.3%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1998	28	KCR	AL	-1.2	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.90	-0.1	0.0	-1.3	-0.1	1.11	-1.2		0

2000	30	KCR	AL	4.1	0.4	102	0.9	1.9	-1.1	.92	0.3	0.6	6.8	0.6	0.89	4.8		0
2001	31	KCR	AL	-11.3	-1.1	169	-0.8	2.2	-2.9	.92	-0.7	-0.1	-7.8	-0.7	0.92	-9.0		1
2002	32	TEX	AL	-0.2	-0.0	15	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.81	0.1	-0.2	-1.6	-0.2	0.95	0.8	0.14	1
4 Yrs				-8.6	-0.8	290	-0.1	4.3	-4.3	.92	-0.3	0.3	-3.8	-0.4	0.92	-4.6	0.07	2

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
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 Yrs				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

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
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%	4	4	100%	0
2001	31	KCR	AL	166	37%	38	1	0	1	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%	5	5	100%	0
2002	32	TEX	AL	15	0%	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.14	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 Yrs				284	40%	75	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	4	4	100%	58	6	10%	26	11	42%	155	18	12%	9	4	44%	9	9	100%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			75%			11%			34%			15%			53%			56%

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
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	167	620	3.71	420	68%	33%	7%	28%	31%	67%	0%	45%	89%	14%	4%	7	1	10%	16	5	5%	8	5	38%	-1	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 Yrs				285	1055	3.70	673	64%	34%	6%	26%	34%	66%	1%	42%	91%	15%	5%	14	1	13%	36	12	8%	22	17	42%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			16%			9%			28%

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	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
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
2000	30	30	103	92	16	34	6	0	0	5	0	0	8	8	.370	.426	.435	.861	117	40	0	1	2	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	1
2002	32	93	284	260	29	75	13	1	1	18	1	3	18	33	.288	.339	.358	.697	79	93	6	2	4	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	85	13	31	5	0	0	4	0	7	8	.365	.419	.424	.843	15	26
2001	31	56	164	152	11	36	6	1	0	10	1	9	24	.237	.284	.289	.573	12	56
2002	32	7	15	14	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	.214	.267	.500	.767	2	7
4 Yrs		93	278	255	26	70	12	1	1	16	1	17	33	.275	.325	.341	.666	29	93
162 Game Avg.		162	484	444	45	122	21	2	2	28	2	30	57	.275	.325	.341	.666	51	93

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