Luis Ortiz

Luis Alberto (Galarza) Ortiz

Positions: Third Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 25, 1970 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
School: Union University (Jackson, TN)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 31, 1993
Teams (by GP): Rangers/RedSox 1993-1996

Final Game: September 28, 1996
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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
1991	21	BOS-min	Rk	42	164	153	21	51	11	2	4	29	2	1	8	9	.333	.372	.510	.882		78	1	2	0	1	0		RES · GULF
1992	22	BOS-min	A+	94	384	355	43	103	27	1	10	61	4	2	22	55	.290	.331	.456	.787		162	8	2	0	5	3		LBG · CARL
1993	23	BOS-min	AAA	102	421	402	45	118	28	1	18	81	1	1	13	74	.294	.316	.502	.818		202	10	2	0	4	3		PAW · IL
1993	23	BOS	AL	9	12	12	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	/5D
1994	24	BOS-min	AAA	81	346	317	47	99	15	3	6	36	1	4	29	29	.312	.370	.435	.805		138	9	0	0	0	5		PAW · IL
1994	24	BOS	AL	7	23	18	3	3	2	0	0	6	0	0	1	5	.167	.182	.278	.460	15	5	0	0	1	3	0	/D
1995	25	TEX-min	AAA	47	182	170	19	52	10	5	2	20	1	1	8	20	.306	.331	.459	.790		78	7	0	1	3	2		OKC · AA
1995	25	TEX	AL	41	115	108	10	25	5	2	1	18	0	1	6	18	.231	.270	.343	.612	57	37	7	0	0	1	0	5/D
1996	26	TEX-min	AAA	124	533	501	70	159	25	0	14	73	0	5	22	36	.317	.347	.451	.798		226	17	4	0	6	2		OKC · AA
1996	26	TEX	AL	3	7	7	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	1.000	1.286	200	7	0	0	0	0	0	/D
1997	27	TEX-min	AAA,Fgn	22	90	82	9	25	5	0	1	11	1	1	5	7	.305	.333	.402	.736		33	2	0	0	3	0		OKC,YKU · AA,JPCL
1998	28	KCR-min	AAA	44	148	138	27	42	13	0	5	22	0	2	10	11	.304	.351	.507	.859		70	6	0	0	0	1		OMA · PCL
1999	29	MIL-min	AAA	96	331	304	36	80	11	0	11	33	0	2	23	41	.263	.311	.408	.719		124	8	0	0	4	0		LOU · IL
2000	30	ARI-min	AAA,Rk	93	341	311	53	96	27	3	10	67	0	0	17	17	.309	.346	.511	.857		159	17	4	3	6	0		TUC,DBK · PCL,ARIZ
2001	31	WSN-min	AAA	44	165	160	15	47	10	1	2	21	1	0	4	19	.294	.309	.406	.715		65	7	0	0	1	1		TAB,MTY,OTT · MEX,IL
2002	32	WSN-min	AAA	106	410	382	47	111	38	0	5	63	1	0	22	35	.291	.329	.429	.759		164	13	2	0	4	2		OTT · IL
2003	33	WSN-min	AAA	59	207	190	30	58	13	0	10	39	1	0	14	26	.305	.357	.532	.889		101	10	2	0	1	1		EDM · PCL
2004	34	STL-WSN-min	AAA	97	236	214	19	50	6	1	4	25	0	0	18	26	.234	.294	.327	.621		70	13	1	1	2	0		MEM,EDM · PCL
4 Yrs				60	157	145	14	33	7	3	2	26	0	1	7	26	.228	.256	.359	.615	56	52	7	0	1	4	0
162 Game Avg.				162	424	392	38	89	19	8	5	70	0	3	19	70	.228	.256	.359	.615	56	140	19	0	3	11	0

BOS (2 yrs)				16	35	30	3	6	2	0	0	7	0	0	1	7	.200	.206	.267	.473	21	8	0	0	1	3	0
TEX (2 yrs)				44	122	115	11	27	5	3	2	19	0	1	6	19	.235	.270	.383	.653	66	44	7	0	0	1	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
1993	23	BOS	AL	9	12	-1	-0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.478	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$109,000	/5D
1994	24	BOS	AL	7	23	-3	0	0	0	-1	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.459	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	/D
1995	25	TEX	AL	41	115	-4	-1	-1	-8	0	-14	-1.3	4	-10	-0.9	.468	.492	-0.2	-0.7	-2	$116,500	5/D
1996	26	TEX	AL	3	7	1	0	0	0	-0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.521	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	/D
4 Seasons				60	157	-7	-1	-1	-8	-1	-18	-1.7	5	-13	-1.2	.471	.497	-0.4	-0.8	-5	$225,500

BOS (2 yrs)				16	35	-4	0	0	-0	-1	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.469	.498	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$109,000
TEX (2 yrs)				44	122	-3	-1	-1	-8	-0	-13	-1.2	4	-9	-0.8	.472	.496	-0.1	-0.7	-1	$116,500

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
1993	23	BOS	AL	12	9	1	3.0	108	.300	.250	.274	.250	.345	.250	.418	.500	.764	32	.292	-1.2	-0.1	.333	.000	.000
1994	24	BOS	AL	23	19	1	1.4	115	.188	.167	.277	.182	.350	.278	.442	.460	.792	15	.080	-2.2	-0.2	.400	.167	.111
1995	25	TEX	AL	115	92	8	2.3	112	.267	.231	.274	.270	.348	.343	.433	.612	.781	57	.185	-7.5	-0.7	.462	.157	.111	.0
1996	26	TEX	AL	7	5	2	10.7	120	.200	.286	.283	.286	.357	1.000	.455	1.286	.812	200	.767	0.8	0.1	1.400	.714	.714	.0
4 Yrs				157	125	12	2.6	112	.256	.228	.275	.256	.349	.359	.434	.615	.782	56	.214	-10.1	-1.0	.483	.172	.131	.0
162 Game Avg.				424	338	32	2.6	112	.256	.228	.275	.256	.349	.359	.434	.615	.782	56	.214	-10.1	-1.0	.483	.172	.131

BOS (2 yrs)				35	28	2	1.9	112	.231	.200	.276	.206	.348	.267	.432	.473	.781	21	.139	-3.4	-0.3	.375	.100	.067
TEX (2 yrs)				122	97	10	2.8	113	.263	.235	.274	.270	.349	.383	.434	.653	.783	66	.235	-6.7	-0.6	.510	.191	.148	.0

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
1993	23	BOS	AL	12	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		6.0		12.0	0.67	1.33	83%	20%	0.0%	50%
1994	24	BOS	AL	23	0.0%	21.7%	4.4%	8.7%	67%	5.00	3.6		3.0	0.78	0.75	70%	12%	0.0%	22%
1995	25	TEX	AL	115	0.9%	15.7%	5.2%	7.0%	32%	3.00	6.0	108.0	6.0	0.75	1.12	78%	27%	2.7%	29%
1996	26	TEX	AL	7	14.3%	14.3%	0.0%	28.6%	100%		7.0	7.0	7.0	0.50	1.00	71%	33%	25.0%	0%
4 Yrs				157	1.3%	16.6%	4.5%	7.6%	36%	3.71	5.6	72.5	5.6	0.73	1.07	77%	25%	3.9%	28%
MLB Averages					2.6%	15.9%	8.9%	7.6%	32%	1.78	5.6	34.2	7.5	0.83	1.10	71%	21%	7.8%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1993	23	BOS	AL	-1.2	-0.1	12	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	1.14	-0.0	-0.1	-0.6	-0.1	1.04	-0.3	0.55	5
1994	24	BOS	AL	-2.2	-0.2	23	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	1.31	-0.2	-0.2	-1.8	-0.2	1.03	-2.2	3.85	1
1995	25	TEX	AL	-7.5	-0.7	116	0.0	2.3	-2.2	1.00	-0.6	0.6	-2.3	-0.2	0.97	-7.6	2.05	10
1996	26	TEX	AL	0.8	0.1	8	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	1.14	0.1	-0.2	-2.1	-0.2	1.27	1.0	1.86	2
4 Yrs				-10.1	-1.0	159	-0.6	2.9	-3.5	1.06	-0.6	0.1	-6.8	-0.6	1.00	-9.0	1.71	18

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1993	23	BOS	AL	0	0%	9	0		0	1	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1994	24	BOS	AL	1	75%	6	0		0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	25	TEX	AL	5	30%	36	1	0%	1	1	1	50%	3	2	1	1	1	2	2
1996	26	TEX	AL	0	0%	0	0		0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				6	32%	51	1	0%	1	3	2	38%	5	4	1	1	1	2	2

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
1993	23	BOS	AL	12	50%	3	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	1	50%	10	1	10%	0	0		3	2	67%	0
1994	24	BOS	AL	23	39%	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.85	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	5	4	80%	21	6	29%	4	3	75%	1	1	100%	0
1995	25	TEX	AL	115	57%	25	1	0	10	1	0	1	2.05	1	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		29	7	24%	11	2	18%	83	18	22%	7	3	43%	0	0		0
1996	26	TEX	AL	7	71%	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.86	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	10	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
4 Yrs				157	54%	33	1	0	18	2	0	1	1.71	2	0	8	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	100%	35	7	20%	19	8	42%	124	25	20%	11	6	55%	5	4	80%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			71%			11%			35%			15%			52%			57%

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
1993	23	BOS	AL	12	33	2.75	22	67%	9%	14%	32%	45%	91%	0%	61%	85%	50%	8%	1	0	17%	2	1	8%	1	1	0%	0	0	0
1994	24	BOS	AL	23	74	3.22	52	70%	8%	27%	33%	33%	92%	0%	65%	71%	43%	4%	1	0	9%	2	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1995	25	TEX	AL	104	326	3.13	223	68%	14%	18%	31%	37%	86%	0%	59%	79%	58%	5%	5	0	13%	14	3	4%	4	2	6%	11	0	0
1996	26	TEX	AL	7	28	4.00	18	64%	22%	17%	28%	33%	78%	0%	50%	79%	14%	0%	0	0	43%	3	2	29%	2	2	0%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				146	461	3.16	315	68%	13%	19%	31%	37%	87%	0%	59%	78%	53%	5%	7	0	14%	21	7	5%	7	5	4%	11	0	0
MLB Averages						3.68		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1993	23	9	12	12	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	32	3	0	0	0
1994	24	16	35	30	3	6	2	0	0	7	0	1	7	.200	.206	.267	.473	21	8	0	1	3
1995	25	57	150	138	13	31	7	2	1	25	1	7	25	.225	.255	.326	.581	49	45	7	1	4
1996	26	60	157	145	14	33	7	3	2	26	1	7	26	.228	.256	.359	.615	56	52	7	1	4

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1993	23	9	13	13	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	.308	.308	.308	.615	1	9
1994	24	10	31	25	4	4	3	0	0	8	1	7	.160	.167	.280	.447	1	7
1995	25	46	126	119	10	26	5	2	1	18	6	20	.218	.254	.319	.573	10	41
1996	26	3	7	7	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	.286	.286	1.000	1.286	2	3
4 Yrs		68	177	164	15	36	8	3	2	28	7	30	.220	.244	.341	.586	14	60
162 Game Avg.		162	422	391	36	86	19	7	5	67	17	71	.220	.244	.341	.586	33	60

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