Junior Ortiz
Adalberto Colon Ortiz
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 176 lb.

Born: October 24, 1959 in Humacao, P.R.
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1982
Final Game: August 8, 1994
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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1982 PIT NL 22 C 7 4 45.0 30 27 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.00 4.29 .983 6.28 5.51 0 3 2 1 33%
1983 TOT NL 23 C 71 58 499.4 335 293 31 11 2 .967 -9.0 -21.6 -9 5.84 4.56 .984 6.57 5.55 6 23 70 23 25%
1983 PIT NL 23 C 4 2 20.2 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 8.71 5.00 .985 6.58 5.55 0 0 0 0
1983 NYM NL 23 C 67 56 478.2 315 273 31 11 2 .965 -9.0 -22.6 -9 5.72 4.54 .984 6.57 5.55 6 23 70 23 25%
1984 NYM NL 24 C 32 23 214.2 152 136 13 3 3 .980 -1.0 -5.6 -1 6.25 4.66 .986 6.53 5.68 3 9 22 9 29%
1985 PIT NL 25 C 23 20 178.1 131 115 14 2 3 .985 0.0 0.0 0 6.51 5.61 .987 6.42 5.45 0 8 18 10 36%
1986 PIT NL 26 C 36 28 253.2 181 165 13 3 2 .983 -3.0 -14.2 -3 6.32 4.94 .985 6.93 5.88 7 12 27 10 27%
1987 PIT NL 27 C 72 55 491.0 361 313 39 9 2 .975 -4.0 -9.8 -4 6.45 4.89 .987 6.94 5.91 6 29 57 26 31%
1988 PIT NL 28 C 40 33 290.2 178 152 23 3 2 .983 -7.0 -28.9 -7 5.42 4.38 .987 6.56 5.58 1 23 33 5 13%
1989 PIT NL 29 C 84 65 594.1 368 334 32 2 2 .995 -6.0 -12.1 -6 5.54 4.36 .986 6.67 5.56 9 22 74 23 24%
1990 MIN AL 30 C 68 45 432.0 272 247 25 0 6 1.000 3.0 8.3 3 5.67 4.00 .991 6.42 5.36 6 16 21 15 42%
1990 MIN AL 30 DH 3
1991 MIN AL 31 C 60 41 370.2 221 203 17 1 2 .995 3.0 9.7 3 5.34 3.67 .990 6.49 5.28 3 18 15 13 46%
1992 CLE AL 32 C 86 69 652.2 445 402 38 5 2 .989 -3.0 -5.5 -3 6.07 5.12 .989 6.20 5.26 5 31 59 27 31%
1993 CLE AL 33 C 95 84 707.2 504 441 58 5 13 .990 6.0 10.2 6 6.35 5.25 .991 6.56 5.46 2 25 47 39 45%
1994 TEX AL 34 C 28 18 185.1 125 106 18 1 1 .992 2.0 12.9 2 6.02 4.43 .991 6.79 5.73 2 15 10 10 50%
13 Seasons C 702 543 4915.1 3303 2934 324 45 40 .986 -19.0 -4.6 -19 5.97 4.64 .988 6.57 5.53 50 234 455 211 32%
1 Season DH 3
13 Seasons TOT 702 543 4915.1 3303 2934 324 45 40 .986 -19.0 -4.6 -19 5.97 4.64 .974 6.57 5.53 50 234 455 211 32%

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
1982 PIT NL 22 7 4 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 NYM NL 23 68 56 68 67 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1983 PIT NL 23 5 2 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1984 NYM NL 24 40 23 40 32 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1985 PIT NL 25 23 20 23 23 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1986 PIT NL 26 49 28 49 36 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1987 PIT NL 27 75 55 75 72 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1988 PIT NL 28 49 33 49 40 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1989 PIT NL 29 91 65 91 84 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1990 MIN AL 30 71 47 71 68 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
1991 MIN AL 31 61 41 61 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1992 CLE AL 32 86 69 86 86 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1993 CLE AL 33 95 84 95 95 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1994 TEX AL 34 29 18 29 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
13 Seasons 749 545 749 702 0 702 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 81 1
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%
1982 PIT NL 22 191 3.40 3.80 1 100% 0 0 27 1 0 0 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 NYM NL 23 2201 4.00 4.44 22 100% 2 0 272 9 5 11 247 32 7 1 0 1 11 0 4 7 0 3 0 2 3 7 100%
1983 PIT NL 23 85 5.23 5.23 2 100% 0 0 20 1 2 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 NYM NL 24 968 3.35 4.36 6 83% 0 0 138 4 1 4 129 11 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 1 0
1985 PIT NL 25 853 5.49 6.20 7 100% 0 0 117 6 2 6 103 14 2 0 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 100%
1986 PIT NL 26 1160 4.01 4.26 13 100% 1 0 164 11 2 6 145 14 2 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 100%
1987 PIT NL 27 2240 4.66 5.28 17 100% 1 1 319 10 4 14 290 36 5 0 0 8 9 0 1 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1988 PIT NL 28 1333 4.03 4.61 17 88% 0 0 153 7 2 5 139 22 7 0 1 6 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 2 7 86%
1989 PIT NL 29 2711 3.85 4.47 17 100% 0 0 334 8 0 13 313 33 7 1 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7 100%
1990 MIN AL 30 1898 3.46 4.29 24 92% 0 0 248 17 2 6 223 25 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 5 80%
1991 MIN AL 31 1599 3.64 3.98 8 100% 0 0 202 7 0 3 192 18 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
1992 CLE AL 32 2959 4.44 4.81 20 100% 2 0 402 17 1 11 373 39 4 0 0 8 5 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 100%
1993 CLE AL 33 3197 4.27 4.74 31 94% 1 1 441 16 3 14 408 57 12 0 1 4 5 1 1 3 0 13 0 2 2 8 75%
1994 TEX AL 34 885 6.46 7.14 6 83% 0 0 106 0 0 3 103 18 5 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 75%
13 Seasons 22280 4.19 4.73 191 96% 7 2 2943 114 24 97 2707 321 59 2 2 50 45 1 15 29 2 41 0 9 12 43 88%
MLB Averages 3.93 4.38 95% 88%

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
1982 PIT NL 22 0 3 63 2 1 1 33% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0.80 0.70
1983 NYM NL 23 6 23 783 70 23 21 25% 68 21 2 1 0 1 0 0 120 26 1.09 1.28
1983 PIT NL 23 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 NYM NL 24 3 9 366 22 9 8 29% 21 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 45 10 1.25 1.16
1985 PIT NL 25 0 8 339 18 10 7 36% 17 7 1 2 0 1 1 0 31 12 0.82 0.93
1986 PIT NL 26 7 12 401 27 10 6 27% 24 10 3 0 0 0 1 0 57 14 1.19 1.03
1987 PIT NL 27 6 29 728 57 26 21 31% 51 20 4 3 2 3 0 0 116 30 1.30 1.29
1988 PIT NL 28 1 23 468 33 5 4 13% 27 4 5 1 1 0 0 0 67 8 1.08 1.19
1989 PIT NL 29 9 22 943 74 23 17 24% 65 16 9 5 0 2 0 0 135 30 1.22 1.49
1990 MIN AL 30 6 16 708 21 15 11 42% 20 14 1 0 0 1 4 0 58 19 1.32 1.26
1991 MIN AL 31 3 18 577 15 13 10 46% 14 11 1 1 0 1 1 0 42 14 1.30 1.52
1992 CLE AL 32 5 31 1101 59 27 25 31% 53 25 5 1 1 1 2 0 114 31 1.34 1.40
1993 CLE AL 33 2 25 1174 47 39 37 45% 45 30 2 6 0 3 0 0 99 38 1.14 1.24
1994 TEX AL 34 2 15 339 10 10 8 50% 10 8 0 2 0 0 2 1 36 12 1.07 1.27
13 Seasons 50 234 8012 455 211 176 32% 417 176 34 22 4 13 11 1 926 245 1.19 1.29
MLB Averages 32% 1.30 1.27

* 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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