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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:12AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1998 28 KCR AL 4 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $170,000 /23
2000 30 KCR AL 99 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 10 1.0 10 1.0 0.0 $220,000 2
2001 31 KCR AL 166 -10 -1 1 0 2 3 6 1 0.1 -1 -0.1 0.2 $230,000 2
2002 32 TEX AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /2
4 Seasons 284 -6 -1 1 0 1 5 10 10 1.0 9 0.9 0.1 $620,000
KCR (3 yrs) 269 -6 -1 1 0 1 5 9 9 0.9 8 0.8 0.1 $620,000
TEX (1 yr) 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1998 KCR AL 28 C 3 1 1 12.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -100 3.00 1.33 .990 7.12 7.07 0 3 0 0 0
1998 KCR AL 28 1B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.00 9.30
2000 KCR AL 30 C 26 26 23 223.0 149 130 18 1 1 .993 0 0 5.97 5.69 .991 6.93 6.85 0 11 17 7 29% 1
2001 KCR AL 31 C 55 46 40 410.0 311 280 28 3 1 .990 2 6 6.76 5.60 .990 7.17 7.11 1 23 27 17 39% 0
2002 TEX AL 32 C 7 4 3 38.0 23 22 0 1 0 .957 0 0 5.21 3.14 .993 6.96 6.89 0 1 0 0 0
4 Seasons C 91 77 67 683.0 487 436 46 5 2 .990 1 2 6.35 5.30 .990 7.08 7.02 1 38 44 24 35% 1
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.00 9.30
4 Seasons TOT 92 77 67 684.0 487 436 46 5 2 .990 1 2 6.34 5.24 .990 7.08 7.04 1 38 44 24 35% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
2001 AL  38.6 (4th)

                                         

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199828Kansas City Royals$170,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
200030Kansas City Royals$220,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
200131Kansas City Royals$230,0004/6/01 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$620,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Hector (Montanez) Hector oritz Ortiz

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