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Roberto Ortiz

Roberto Gonzalo (Nunez) Ortiz

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 30, 1915 in Camaguey, Camaguey, Cuba
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1941
Teams (by GP): Senators/Athletics 1941-1950

Final Game: September 2, 1950
Died: September 15, 1971 in Miami, FL
Buried: Flagler Memorial Park, Miami, FL
Relatives: Brother of Baby Ortiz
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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	Pos	Awards
1939	24	MIN-min	B	60	183	183		55	7	6	2						.301	.301	.437	.738		80						CHR · PIED
1940	25	MIN-min	B	51	179	179		55	8	6	3						.307	.307	.469	.777		84						CHR · PIED
1941	26	MIN-min	B	132	468	468		141	35	13	5						.301	.301	.464	.765		217						CHR · PIED
1941	26	WSH	AL	22	82	79	10	26	1	2	1	17	0	1	3	10	.329	.354	.430	.784	111	34	2	0	0		O9
1942	27	MIN-min	A1	95	322	322		116	22	6	6						.360	.360	.522	.882		168						CNG · SOUA
1942	27	WSH	AL	20	48	42	4	7	1	3	1	4	0	0	5	11	.167	.271	.405	.676	89	17	0	1	0		/O97
1943	28	LAD-min	AA	152	618	560	85	170	40	11	10	86	11	5	44	58	.304	.368	.468	.836		262		13	1			MTL · IL
1943	28	WSH	AL	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	49	1	0	0	0		/O9
1944	29	WSH	AL	85	348	316	36	80	11	4	5	35	4	1	19	47	.253	.312	.361	.673	96	114	2	8	5		O97

1949	34	WSH	AL	40	138	129	12	36	3	0	1	11	0	0	9	12	.279	.326	.326	.652	75	42	4	0	0		O9/7
1950	35	TOT	AL	45	98	89	5	18	2	1	0	11	0	0	7	15	.202	.268	.247	.515	35	22	3	1	1		9/7
1950	35	WSH	AL	39	83	75	4	17	2	1	0	8	0	0	7	12	.227	.301	.280	.581	53	21	2	1	0		O9
1950	35	PHA	AL	6	15	14	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.071	.071	.071	.143	-63	1	1	0	1		/O97
1951	36	BOS-min	AA	115	343	343		91	25	3	14						.265	.265	.478	.743		164						BIR · SOUA
1952	37	MIN-min	B	63	221	221		50	10	2	7						.226	.226	.385	.611		85						HAV · FLIN
1954	39	HAV	AAA	64	138	124	15	33	7	2	3	28	0		6	16	.266	.304	.427	.732		53		3	0	5		HAV · IL
1955	40	YUC	AA	72																								YUC · MEX
1956	41	YUC	AA	48	70	70		15	3	2	0						.214	.214	.314	.529		22						YUC · MEX
6 Yrs				213	718	659	67	168	18	10	8	78	4	3	43	95	.255	.310	.349	.659	84	230	11	10	6
162 Game Avg.				162	546	501	51	128	14	8	6	59	3	2	33	72	.255	.310	.349	.659	84	175	8	8	5

WSH (6 yrs)				207	703	645	66	167	18	10	8	75	4	3	43	92	.259	.315	.355	.670	87	229	10	10	5
PHA (1 yr)				6	15	14	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.071	.071	.071	.143	-63	1	1	0	1

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
1941	26	WSH	AL	22	82	1	-0	0	-3	-1	-4	-0.3	2	-2	-0.1	.484	.498	0.2	-0.4	2	$	O9
1942	27	WSH	AL	20	48	-1	0	0	-1	-0	-2	-0.3	1	-1	-0.1	.487	.498	0.0	-0.1	-0	$	/O97
1943	28	WSH	AL	1	4	-0	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.426	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/O9
1944	29	WSH	AL	85	348	-2	1	0	-1	-4	-6	-0.7	7	1	0.0	.492	.496	0.2	-0.5	2	$	O97

1949	34	WSH	AL	40	138	-4	1	-0	-2	-2	-8	-0.8	4	-4	-0.4	.481	.495	-0.2	-0.3	-2	$	O9/7
1950	35	WSH	AL	39	83	-5	0	0	-2	-1	-8	-0.7	2	-5	-0.5	.482	.496	-0.3	-0.3	-3	$	O9
1950	35	PHA	AL	6	15	-4	0	0	0	-0	-4	-0.4	0	-4	-0.3	.436	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-4	$	/O97
6 Seasons				213	718	-16	1	0	-9	-8	-32	-3.2	16	-15	-1.5	.485	.497	-0.5	-1.7	-6	$

WSH (6 yrs)				207	703	-12	1	0	-9	-8	-28	-2.8	16	-12	-1.2	.486	.497	-0.2	-1.7	-3	$
PHA (1 yr)				6	15	-4	0	0	0	-0	-4	-0.4	0	-4	-0.3	.436	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-4	$

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
1941	26	WSH	AL	82	56	12	5.7	102	.368	.329	.269	.354	.345	.430	.397	.784	.742	111	.587	0.7	0.1	.643	.127	.101	.0
1942	27	WSH	AL	48	35	4	3.1	94	.200	.167	.264	.271	.339	.405	.370	.676	.709	89	.369	-1.1	-0.1	.657	.357	.238	.0
1943	28	WSH	AL	4	4	0	0.0	84	.250	.250	.252	.250	.325	.250	.347	.500	.672	49	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	-.250	.000
1944	29	WSH	AL	348	244	34	3.8	87	.284	.253	.262	.312	.328	.361	.358	.673	.686	96	.468	-2.4	-0.2	.603	.177	.108	4.4

1949	34	WSH	AL	138	97	14	3.8	104	.302	.279	.267	.326	.358	.326	.388	.652	.746	75	.420	-5.0	-0.5	.526	.116	.047	.0
1950	35	TOT	AL	98	75	6	2.1	109	.243	.202	.273	.268	.359	.247	.409	.515	.768	35	.174	-8.8	-0.8	.405	.124	.045
1950	35	WSH	AL	83	60	6	2.6	109	.270	.227	.272	.301	.358	.280	.408	.581	.766	53	.241	-5.3	-0.5	.483	.147	.053
1950	35	PHA	AL	15	15	0	0.0	112	.091	.071	.276	.071	.363	.071	.414	.143	.776	-63	.000	-3.5	-0.3	.071	.000	.000
6 Yrs				718	511	70	3.7	96	.288	.255	.265	.310	.341	.349	.376	.659	.717	84	.424	-16.9	-1.7	.562	.161	.094	5.3
162 Game Avg.				546	389	53	3.7	96	.288	.255	.265	.310	.341	.349	.376	.659	.717	84	.424	-16.9	-1.7	.562	.161	.094	4

WSH (6 yrs)				703	496	70	3.8	95	.292	.259	.265	.315	.340	.355	.375	.670	.716	87	.439	-13.4	-1.3	.576	.164	.096	5.3
PHA (1 yr)				15	15	0	0.0	112	.091	.071	.276	.071	.363	.071	.414	.143	.776	-63	.000	-3.5	-0.3	.071	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1941	26	WSH	AL	82	1.2%	12.2%	3.7%	4.9%	15%	3.33	7.9	79.0	4.6		83%
1942	27	WSH	AL	48	2.1%	22.9%	10.4%	10.4%	71%	2.20	3.8	42.0	10.5		63%
1943	28	WSH	AL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%
1944	29	WSH	AL	348	1.4%	13.5%	5.5%	5.8%	25%	2.47	6.7	63.2	9.0		76%

1949	34	WSH	AL	138	0.7%	8.7%	6.5%	2.9%	11%	1.33	10.8	129.0	11.7	0.57	84%
1950	35	TOT	AL	98	0.0%	15.3%	7.1%	3.1%	17%	2.14	5.9		8.1	0.44	76%
1950	35	WSH	AL	83	0.0%	14.5%	8.4%	3.6%	18%	1.71	6.3		9.4	0.47	76%
1950	35	PHA	AL	15	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.7		4.7	0.00	73%
6 Yrs				718	1.1%	13.2%	6.0%	5.0%	21%	2.21	6.9	82.4	8.4	0.52	77%
MLB Averages					1.4%	9.3%	9.4%	6.0%	26%	0.99	9.6	62.9	8.5	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1941	26	WSH	AL	0.7	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	27	WSH	AL	-1.1	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1943	28	WSH	AL	-0.3	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	29	WSH	AL	-2.4	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1949	34	WSH	AL	-5.2	-0.5	119	-0.1	2.0	-2.1	.95	-0.4	0.3	-3.1	-0.3	0.96	-3.6	1.24	4
1950	35	TOT	AL	-8.8	-0.8	89	-0.5	1.6	-2.1	1.27	-0.3	-0.1	-4.6	-0.4	1.02	-4.5	2.20	20
1950	35	WSH	AL	-5.3	-0.5	84	-0.6	1.5	-2.0	1.28	-0.3	-0.1	-5.5	-0.5	1.03	-4.8	2.23	19
1950	35	PHA	AL	-3.5	-0.3	5	0.1	0.1	-0.1	1.06	0.0	0.1	0.9	0.1	0.86	0.3	1.66	1
6 Yrs				-17.0	-1.7	208	-0.6	3.6	-4.2	1.09	-0.8	0.2	-7.7	-0.8	0.99	-8.1	2.04	24

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1949	34	WSH	AL	3	25%	53	0	0		1	29%	11	8	3	1	1	0	2	1	1
1950	35	TOT	AL	1	19%	27	0	0		1	50%	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
1950	35	WSH	AL	0	16%	26	0	0		1	50%	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
1950	35	PHA	AL	1	100%	1	0	0		0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				4	28%	80	4	3	57%	2	33%	14	10	4	2	1	1	2	1	1

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
1949	34	WSH	AL	138	52%	36			4	2	0	0	1.24	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		28	4	14%	10	2	20%	82	12	15%	11	6	55%	4	1	25%	0
1950	35	TOT	AL	98	81%	18			20	2	0	1	2.20	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		25	3	12%	10	3	30%	71	11	15%	9	3	33%	2	0	0%	0
1950	35	WSH	AL	83	80%	17			19	2	0	1	2.23	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		23	2	9%	10	3	30%	67	9	13%	8	2	25%	2	0	0%	0
1950	35	PHA	AL	15	100%	1			1	0	0	0	1.66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	50%	0	0		4	2	50%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
6 Yrs				236	64%	168			24	4	0	1	2.04	8	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	6		53	11	21%	20	5	25%	153	23	15%	20	9	45%	6	1	17%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			419%			44%			33%			15%			51%			55%

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
1941	26	22	82	79	10	26	1	2	1	17	0	1	3	10	.329	.354	.430	.784	111	34	2	0	0
1942	27	42	130	121	14	33	2	5	2	21	0	1	8	21	.273	.323	.421	.745	103	51	2	1	0
1943	28	43	134	125	14	34	2	5	2	21	0	2	8	21	.272	.321	.416	.737	101	52	2	1	0
1944	29	128	482	441	50	114	13	9	7	56	4	3	27	68	.259	.314	.376	.691	98	166	4	9	5
1945	30	128	482	441	50	114	13	9	7	56	4	3	27	68	.259	.314	.376	.691	98	166	4	9	5
1946	31	128	482	441	50	114	13	9	7	56	4	3	27	68	.259	.314	.376	.691	98	166	4	9	5
1947	32	128	482	441	50	114	13	9	7	56	4	3	27	68	.259	.314	.376	.691	98	166	4	9	5
1948	33	128	482	441	50	114	13	9	7	56	4	3	27	68	.259	.314	.376	.691	98	166	4	9	5
1949	34	168	620	570	62	150	16	9	8	67	4	3	36	80	.263	.317	.365	.682	92	208	8	9	5
1950	35	213	718	659	67	168	18	10	8	78	4	3	43	95	.255	.310	.349	.659	84	230	11	10	6

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1941	26	23	85	82	10	27	1	2	1	18	0	3	10	.329	.353	.427	.780	12	22
1942	27	21	52	45	5	8	1	3	1	5	0	6	12	.178	.288	.400	.688	5	20
1943	28	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1944	29	89	372	337	42	90	12	4	6	41	4	21	49	.267	.327	.380	.707	40	85

1949	34	42	142	133	12	36	3	0	1	11	0	9	13	.271	.317	.316	.633	14	40
1950	35	47	102	93	5	19	2	1	0	11	0	7	16	.204	.267	.247	.515	6	45
6 Yrs		223	757	694	74	180	19	10	9	86	4	46	100	.259	.316	.354	.670	77	213
162 Game Avg.		162	550	504	54	131	14	7	7	62	3	33	73	.259	.316	.354	.670	56	213

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