Javier Ortiz

Javier Victor Ortiz

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: January 22, 1963 in Boston, MA
School: University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 1990
Team: Astros 1990-1991

Final Game: October 6, 1991
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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
1983	20	TEX-min	A	101	427	378	72	133	23	4	16	79	10	6	42	94	.352	.416	.561	.977		212		2	2	3	3		BUR · MIDW
1984	21	TEX-min	AA	94	385	325	42	97	21	3	8	53	4	5	47	67	.298	.391	.455	.846		148		5	4	4	2		TUL · TL
1985	22	TEX-min	AA	86	361	304	47	75	12	3	5	31	11	3	52	75	.247	.363	.355	.718		108		4	0	1	2		TUL · TL
1986	23	TEX-min	AA	110	443	378	52	114	29	3	14	65	15	10	54	94	.302	.398	.505	.903		191		7	3	1	2		TUL · TL
1987	24	TEX-min	AAA	119	454	381	58	105	23	7	15	69	5	2	58	99	.276	.369	.491	.859		187		4	1	10	2		OKC · AA
1988	25	LAD-min	AA	51	214	182	35	53	13	2	8	33	6	3	22	38	.291	.374	.516	.890		94	5	5	0	5	0		SAN · TL
1989	26	HOU-LAD-min	AAA	81	301	260	47	66	10	0	11	36	2	2	36	63	.254	.353	.419	.773		109		4	1	0	1		TUC,ABQ · PCL
1990	27	HOU-min	AAA	49	205	179	36	63	16	2	5	39	2	3	22	36	.352	.420	.547	.967		98		1	0	3	1		TUC · PCL
1990	27	HOU	NL	30	90	77	7	21	5	1	1	10	1	1	12	11	.273	.367	.403	.769	115	31	1	0	0	1	0	7/98
1991	28	HOU-min	AAA	34	139	127	20	41	13	0	3	22	0	3	10	22	.323	.367	.496	.863		63	4	0	0	2	0		TUC · PCL
1991	28	HOU	NL	47	97	83	7	23	4	1	1	5	0	0	14	14	.277	.381	.386	.767	124	32	3	0	0	0	0	79
1993	30	PIT-KCR-min	AA,Rk,AAA	44	170	139	22	46	13	1	5	32	1	2	24	26	.331	.424	.547	.970		76	1	2	0	5	3		CAR,PRA,OMA · SOUL,GULF,AA
1994	31	CHW-min	AAA	111	388	346	49	95	20	2	16	55	8	1	36	56	.275	.344	.483	.826		167	10	2	1	3	2		NVL · AA
1995	32	CHW-min	AAA	7	25	24	3	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	.167	.200	.292	.492		7	1	0	0	0	0		NVL · AA
2 Yrs				77	187	160	14	44	9	2	2	15	1	1	26	25	.275	.374	.394	.768	120	63	4	0	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	393	337	29	93	19	4	4	32	2	2	55	53	.275	.374	.394	.768	120	133	8	0	0	2	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
1990	27	HOU	NL	30	90	3	-2	0	1	-1	0	0.1	2	3	0.3	.501	.500	0.2	-0.0	2	$100,000	7/98
1991	28	HOU	NL	47	97	2	-1	-0	-0	-1	-1	-0.1	3	2	0.2	.499	.500	0.3	-0.2	3	$115,000	79
2 Seasons				77	187	5	-3	0	0	-2	-0	-0.0	5	5	0.5	.499	.500	0.5	-0.2	5	$215,000

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
1990	27	HOU	NL	90	59	12	5.4	95	.303	.273	.261	.367	.327	.403	.392	.769	.718	115	.598	2.1	0.2	.741	.286	.130	1.0
1991	28	HOU	NL	97	63	12	5.1	88	.324	.277	.249	.381	.316	.386	.374	.767	.690	124	.591	3.2	0.3	.730	.277	.108	.0
2 Yrs				187	122	24	5.3	91	.313	.275	.255	.374	.321	.394	.382	.768	.703	120	.594	5.4	0.5	.736	.281	.119	1.3
162 Game Avg.				393	257	50	5.3	91	.313	.275	.255	.374	.321	.394	.382	.768	.703	120	.594	11	1	.736	.281	.119	3

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
1990	27	HOU	NL	90	1.1%	12.2%	13.3%	7.8%	33%	0.92	7.0	77.0	7.7	0.76	0.91	73%	25%	3.3%	21%
1991	28	HOU	NL	97	1.0%	14.4%	14.4%	6.2%	26%	1.00	5.9	83.0	16.6	0.64	0.88	70%	25%	2.9%	17%
2 Yrs				187	1.1%	13.4%	13.9%	7.0%	30%	0.96	6.4	80.0	10.7	0.70	0.90	72%	25%	3.1%	19%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.0%	8.7%	6.7%	29%	1.73	5.9	42.6	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.2%	18%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1990	27	HOU	NL	2.1	0.2	95	0.4	1.9	-1.6	1.11	0.4	-0.1	4.0	0.4	0.99	4.2	1.03	6
1991	28	HOU	NL	3.2	0.3	101	0.4	2.1	-1.7	1.06	0.4	-0.1	1.0	0.1	0.94	3.0	1.46	21
2 Yrs				5.4	0.5	196	0.8	4.0	-3.3	1.08	0.8	-0.1	4.9	0.5	0.96	7.2	1.36	27

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1990	27	HOU	NL	2	19%	54	1	1	50%	1	1	1	5	3	21%	9	6	2	1	1	4	1	1
1991	28	HOU	NL	0	17%	38	0	0		0	0	3	1	1	20%	5	5	0	3	3	2	0	2
2 Yrs				2	18%	92	1	1	50%	1	1	4	6	4	21%	14	11	2	4	4	6	1	3

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
1990	27	HOU	NL	90	49%	21	3	0	6	2	0	0	1.03	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		20	1	5%	8	2	25%	60	9	15%	9	6	67%	5	2	40%	0
1991	28	HOU	NL	97	60%	23	7	0	21	5	0	1	1.46	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		18	3	17%	8	1	13%	64	4	6%	3	0	0%	4	2	50%	0
2 Yrs				187	55%	44	10	0	27	7	0	1	1.36	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		38	4	11%	16	3	19%	124	13	10%	12	6	50%	9	4	44%	0
MLB Averages					61%																			73%			10%			35%			14%			52%			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
1990	27	HOU	NL	60	215	3.58	133	62%	23%	17%	26%	34%	77%	0%	47%	78%	30%	12%	7	0	18%	11	3	5%	3	0	43%	30	0	0
1991	28	HOU	NL	97	345	3.56	199	58%	22%	23%	20%	35%	78%	0%	45%	70%	30%	8%	8	0	16%	16	5	14%	14	7	29%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				157	560	3.57	332	59%	23%	20%	23%	34%	77%	0%	46%	74%	30%	10%	15	0	17%	27	8	11%	17	7	33%	30	0	0
MLB Averages						3.64		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			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
1990	27	30	90	77	7	21	5	1	1	10	1	1	12	11	.273	.367	.403	.769	115	31	1	0	0	1	0
1991	28	77	187	160	14	44	9	2	2	15	1	1	26	25	.275	.374	.394	.768	120	63	4	0	0	1	0

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
1990	27	30	92	78	7	22	5	1	1	10	1	13	11	.282	.380	.410	.791	12	30
1991	28	47	100	85	8	25	4	1	1	6	0	15	14	.294	.400	.400	.800	14	47
2 Yrs		77	192	163	15	47	9	2	2	16	1	28	25	.288	.391	.405	.796	26	77
162 Game Avg.		162	404	343	32	99	19	4	4	34	2	59	53	.288	.391	.405	.796	55	77

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