José Ortiz

Jose Luis (Irizarry) Ortiz

Positions: Centerfielder and Pinch Runner
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: June 25, 1947 in Ponce, P.R.
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1969
Teams (by GP): Cubs/WhiteSox 1969-1971

Final Game: June 16, 1971
Died: January 20, 2011 in Yabucoa, P.R.
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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
1966	19	CHW-min	Rk	35	104	104		30	3	1	1						.288	.288	.365	.654		38							WHS · GULF
1967	20	CHW-min	A	113	458	458		129	14	8	1						.282	.282	.354	.635		162							APP · MIDW
1968	21	CHW-min	AA,AAA	134	537	488	77	138	22	3	1	31	44	15	38	59	.283	.341	.346	.688		169		6	4	1			EVN,HAW · SOUL,PCL
1969	22	CHW-min	AAA	121	453	430	65	126	13	4	0	26	22	5	16	23	.293	.320	.342	.662		147		2	3	2			TUC · PCL
1969	22	CHW	AL	16	12	11	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.273	.333	.364	.697	91	4	0	0	0	0	1	/879
1970	23	CHW-min	AAA	143	662	611	97	188	32	2	0	42	20	6	32	43	.308	.351	.367	.717		224		9	9	1			TUC · PCL
1970	23	CHW	AL	15	28	24	4	8	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	.333	.407	.375	.782	117	9	0	1	1	0	0	/897
1971	24	CHC-min	AAA	64	280	251	46	82	8	2	2	19	8	3	24	18	.327	.390	.398	.788		100		2	3	0			TAC · PCL
1971	24	CHC	NL	36	96	88	10	26	7	1	0	3	2	2	4	10	.295	.347	.398	.745	101	35	0	3	1	0	0	8
1972	25	CHC-min	AAA	110	334	284	53	68	13	1	1	29	6	6	40	39	.239	.339	.303	.642		86		4	4	2			WCH · AA
1973	26	CHC-min	AAA,AA	103	387	365	14	84	14	5	4	17	6	0	17	13	.230	.267	.329	.596		120		2	1	2			WCH,MDL · AA,TL
1974	27	CHC-min	AA	120	387	387		105	19	4	10						.271	.271	.419	.690		162							MDL · TL
1975	28	CHC-min	AA	107	482	399	80	129	17	3	5	51	45	4	73	46	.323	.432	.419	.851		167	8	6	1	3	4		MDL · TL
1976	29	CHC-min	AA	109	468	361	67	103	10	2	5	30	25	8	93	42	.285	.432	.366	.797		132		3	7	4			MDL · TL
3 Yrs				67	136	123	14	37	9	1	0	6	3	2	7	12	.301	.358	.390	.748	103	48	0	4	2	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	329	297	34	89	22	2	0	15	7	5	17	29	.301	.358	.390	.748	103	116	0	10	5	0	2

CHW (2 yrs)				31	40	35	4	11	2	0	0	3	1	0	3	2	.314	.385	.371	.756	109	13	0	1	1	0	1
CHC (1 yr)				36	96	88	10	26	7	1	0	3	2	2	4	10	.295	.347	.398	.745	101	35	0	3	1	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				31	40	35	4	11	2	0	0	3	1	0	3	2	.314	.385	.371	.756	109	13	0	1	1	0	1
NL (1 yr)				36	96	88	10	26	7	1	0	3	2	2	4	10	.295	.347	.398	.745	101	35	0	3	1	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
1969	22	CHW	AL	16	12	0	-0	0	-0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/879
1970	23	CHW	AL	15	28	1	1	0	-1	-0	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.504	.500	0.3	-0.2	3	$	/897
1971	24	CHC	NL	36	96	-0	-1	0	-4	-0	-4	-0.5	3	-2	-0.2	.486	.497	0.2	-0.4	2	$	8
3 Seasons				67	136	1	-0	1	-5	-1	-4	-0.5	4	-0	-0.1	.493	.499	0.5	-0.6	5	$

CHW (2 yrs)				31	40	1	1	0	-1	-0	1	0.0	1	2	0.1	.502	.500	0.3	-0.2	3	$
CHC (1 yr)				36	96	-0	-1	0	-4	-0	-4	-0.5	3	-2	-0.2	.486	.497	0.2	-0.4	2	$

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
1969	22	CHW	AL	12	8	1	3.4	100	.273	.273	.261	.333	.339	.364	.394	.697	.733	91	.398	-0.1	-0.0	.625	.182	.091
1970	23	CHW	AL	28	17	4	6.3	98	.364	.333	.259	.407	.333	.375	.395	.782	.729	117	.670	0.7	0.1	.813	.167	.042	.0
1971	24	CHC	NL	96	65	12	5.0	102	.333	.295	.274	.347	.342	.398	.401	.745	.744	101	.590	0.2	0.0	.656	.148	.102	.0
3 Yrs				136	90	17	5.1	101	.333	.301	.270	.358	.340	.390	.400	.748	.740	103	.593	0.8	0.1	.682	.154	.089	.0
162 Game Avg.				329	218	41	5.1	101	.333	.301	.270	.358	.340	.390	.400	.748	.740	103	.593	2	0	.682	.154	.089

CHW (2 yrs)				40	25	5	5.4	99	.333	.314	.260	.385	.335	.371	.395	.756	.730	109	.604	0.6	0.1	.750	.171	.057	.0
CHC (1 yr)				96	65	12	5.0	102	.333	.295	.274	.347	.342	.398	.401	.745	.744	101	.590	0.2	0.0	.656	.148	.102	.0

AL (2 yrs)				40	25	5	5.4	99	.333	.314	.260	.385	.335	.371	.395	.756	.730	109	.604	0.6	0.1	.750	.171	.057	.0
NL (1 yr)				96	65	12	5.0	102	.333	.295	.274	.347	.342	.398	.401	.745	.744	101	.590	0.2	0.0	.656	.148	.102	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1969	22	CHW	AL	12	0.0%	0.0%	8.3%	8.3%	33%	0.00			5.5	1.33	92%
1970	23	CHW	AL	28	0.0%	7.1%	7.1%	3.6%	13%	1.00	12.0		24.0	0.40	79%
1971	24	CHC	NL	96	0.0%	10.4%	4.2%	8.3%	31%	2.50	8.8		29.3	0.59	81%
3 Yrs				136	0.0%	8.8%	5.2%	7.4%	27%	1.71	10.3		20.5	0.60	82%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.8%	8.9%	6.1%	27%	1.66	6.0	41.9	8.9	1.12	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1969	22	CHW	AL	-0.1	-0.0	12	0.1	0.3	-0.2	1.07	-0.0	0.1	0.8	0.1	1.10	0.4	3.65	1
1970	23	CHW	AL	0.7	0.1	31	0.2	0.5	-0.3	1.03	0.2	0.0	2.1	0.2	0.81	1.9	0.39	1
1971	24	CHC	NL	0.2	0.0	101	-0.6	1.3	-1.9	.99	-0.2	-0.4	-6.8	-0.7	1.01	-3.0	2.15	1
3 Yrs				0.8	0.1	144	-0.3	2.1	-2.4	1.00	-0.0	-0.3	-3.9	-0.4	0.98	-0.7	2.06	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SBH	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1969	22	CHW	AL	1	0%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1970	23	CHW	AL	1	36%	25	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	50%	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0
1971	24	CHC	NL	0	30%	52	2	2	50%	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	42%	4	2	1	1	1	7	3	4
3 Yrs				2	29%	92	3	2	60%	2	1	1	1	1	3	5	53%	10	3	6	1	1	8	4	4

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
1969	22	CHW	AL	12	58%	3			1	0	0	0	3.65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	11	2	18%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1970	23	CHW	AL	28	36%	8			1	0	0	0	0.39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	9	1	11%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1971	24	CHC	NL	96	42%	26			1	0	0	0	2.15	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	17	0	0%	8	1	13%	71	3	4%	3	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
3 Yrs				136	42%	37			3	0	0	0	2.06	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	21	0	0%	11	2	18%	91	6	7%	4	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			75%			11%			30%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	IBB
1969	22	16	12	11	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	.273	.333	.364	.697	91	4	0	0	1
1970	23	31	40	35	4	11	2	0	3	1	0	3	2	.314	.385	.371	.756	109	13	1	1	1
1971	24	67	136	123	14	37	9	1	6	3	2	7	12	.301	.358	.390	.748	103	48	4	2	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	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1969	22	16	12	11	0	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	.273	.333	.364	.697	1	16
1970	23	15	29	25	5	9	1	0	1	1	2	2	.360	.429	.400	.829	4	15
1971	24	36	95	87	10	25	7	1	3	2	4	10	.287	.340	.391	.731	11	36
3 Yrs		67	136	123	15	37	9	1	6	3	7	12	.301	.358	.390	.748	16	67
162 Game Avg.		162	329	297	36	89	22	2	15	7	17	29	.301	.358	.390	.748	39	67

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