Russ Ortiz
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 5, 1974 in Encino, CA
High School: Montclair Prep (Chatsworth, CA)
School: University of Oklahoma
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 2, 1998
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1998 SFG NL 24 P 22 13 88.1 23 9 13 1 2 .957 2.24 1.00 .961 1.85 0.54
1999 SFG NL 25 P 33 33 207.2 44 13 31 0 2 1.000 1.91 1.33 .948 1.72 0.48
2000 SFG NL 26 P 33 32 195.2 44 11 33 0 4 1.000 2.02 1.33 .961 1.74 0.48
2001 SFG NL 27 P 33 33 218.2 47 12 34 1 4 .979 1.89 1.39 .957 1.75 0.46
2002 SFG NL 28 P 33 33 214.1 63 15 47 1 2 .984 2.60 1.88 .962 1.83 0.48
2003 ATL NL 29 P 34 34 212.1 39 13 25 1 5 .974 1.61 1.12 .956 1.85 0.48 AS,CYA-4,MVP-27
2004 ATL NL 30 P 34 34 204.2 45 7 38 0 5 1.000 1.98 1.32 .964 1.84 0.47
2005 ARI NL 31 P 22 22 115.0 24 7 17 0 2 1.000 1.88 1.09 .958 1.75 0.46
2006 TOT MLB 32 P 26 11 63.0 13 5 8 0 1 1.000 1.86 0.50 .954 1.61 0.42
2006 ARI NL 32 P 6 6 22.2 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 3.18 1.33 .950 1.71 0.43
2006 BAL AL 32 P 20 5 40.1 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.12 0.25 .960 1.56 0.41
2007 SFG NL 33 P 12 8 49.0 15 6 9 0 1 1.000 2.76 1.25 .967 1.67 0.40
2009 HOU NL 35 P 23 13 85.2 19 8 10 1 1 .947 1.89 0.78 .958 1.72 0.42
11 Seasons P 305 266 1654.1 376 106 265 5 29 .987 2.02 1.22 .959 1.78 0.47
11 Seasons TOT 305 266 1654.1 376 106 265 5 29 .987 2.02 1.22 .945 1.78 0.47

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
1998 SFG NL 24 22 13 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 SFG NL 25 33 31 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 SFG NL 26 33 30 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 SFG NL 27 33 32 32 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 SFG NL 28 33 31 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 ATL NL 29 35 32 33 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2004 ATL NL 30 34 32 32 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 ARI NL 31 24 21 23 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2006 BAL AL 32 20 1 1 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 ARI NL 32 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 SFG NL 33 12 8 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 HOU NL 35 25 13 24 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
11 Seasons 310 250 278 305 305 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1998 SFG NL 24 412 70% 27% 13 100% 0 8 0 8 13 10 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 5 100%
1999 SFG NL 25 960 69% 29% 32 100% 0 14 1 11 31 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 4 100%
2000 SFG NL 26 906 68% 25% 32 100% 1 11 0 10 33 23 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 0 7 100%
2001 SFG NL 27 928 72% 29% 39 95% 2 12 1 7 34 23 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 4 0 6 83%
2002 SFG NL 28 931 75% 30% 47 96% 1 3 1 2 44 42 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 13 92%
2003 ATL NL 29 944 73% 29% 29 93% 0 12 3 6 25 18 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 4 5 0 3 100%
2004 ATL NL 30 925 72% 27% 41 98% 1 7 2 5 38 31 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 8 100%
2005 ARI NL 31 563 80% 28% 20 90% 0 7 0 4 17 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6 83%
2006 BAL AL 32 195 78% 26% 3 100% 0 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 ARI NL 32 119 63% 22% 5 80% 0 2 1 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0%
2007 SFG NL 33 228 77% 31% 11 100% 0 6 1 2 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 100%
2009 HOU NL 35 401 71% 32% 11 91% 0 8 1 6 10 8 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
11 Seasons 7512 72% 28% 283 96% 5 93 12 63 262 205 31 5 0 0 5 2 29 24 29 0 60 93%
MLB Averages 74% 30% 90% 83%

* 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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