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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1998 KCR AL 28 C 3 1 12.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -100.0 -1 3.00 1.33 1.000 7.12 6.17 0 3 0 0
1998 KCR AL 28 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.00 8.30
2000 KCR AL 30 C 26 26 223.0 149 130 18 1 1 .993 0.0 0.0 0 5.97 5.69 .991 6.93 6.02 0 11 17 7 29%
2001 KCR AL 31 C 55 46 410.0 311 280 28 3 1 .990 2.0 5.9 2 6.76 5.60 .990 7.17 6.12 1 23 27 17 39%
2001 KCR AL 31 DH 1
2002 TEX AL 32 C 7 4 38.0 23 22 0 1 0 .957 0.0 0.0 0 5.21 3.14 .991 6.96 6.16 0 1 0 0
4 Seasons C 91 77 683.0 487 436 46 5 2 .990 1.0 1.8 1 6.35 5.30 .991 7.08 6.10 1 38 44 24 35%
1 Season 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.00 8.30
1 Season DH 1
4 Seasons TOT 92 77 684.0 487 436 46 5 2 .990 1.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 6.34 5.24 .980 7.08 6.12 1 38 44 24 35%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1998 KCR AL 28 4 1 4 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 KCR AL 30 26 26 26 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 KCR AL 31 56 46 56 55 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2002 TEX AL 32 7 4 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Seasons 93 77 93 92 0 91 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1998 KCR AL 28 66 12.75 15.00 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 KCR AL 30 1018 5.45 5.73 8 75% 0 0 131 4 2 4 120 17 2 0 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 33%
2001 KCR AL 31 1884 5.31 5.77 16 100% 0 0 280 10 1 4 265 28 5 0 0 6 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
2002 TEX AL 32 141 1.89 2.13 2 100% 1 0 22 2 0 1 19 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 3109 5.30 5.72 26 92% 1 0 437 16 3 9 408 45 7 0 0 12 5 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 5 60%
MLB Averages 4.51 4.93 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1998 KCR AL 28 0 3 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2000 KCR AL 30 0 11 375 17 7 6 29% 14 5 3 0 0 2 1 0 33 11 1.46 1.08
2001 KCR AL 31 1 23 667 27 17 16 39% 22 14 5 3 0 0 0 0 65 21 1.08 1.00
2002 TEX AL 32 0 1 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Seasons 1 38 1110 44 24 22 35% 36 19 8 3 0 2 1 0 103 32 1.23 1.02
MLB Averages 31% 1.28 1.23

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1998 KCR AL 28 4 50% 50% 25% 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
1 Season 4 50% 50% 25% 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
MLB Averages 56% 74% 29% 93% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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