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Russ Ortiz

Russell Reid Ortiz

All-Star Player

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: June 5, 1974 in Van Nuys, 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
Teams (by GP): Giants/Braves/Diamondbacks/Astros/Orioles 1998-2009
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1998 24 SFG NL 4 4 .500 4.99 22 13 3 0 0 0 88.1 90 51 49 11 46 1 75 4 0 3 394 81 1.540 9.2 1.1 4.7 7.6 1.63
1999 25 SFG NL 18 9 .667 3.81 33 33 0 3 0 0 207.2 189 109 88 24 125 5 164 6 0 13 922 113 1.512 8.2 1.0 5.4 7.1 1.31
2000 26 SFG NL 14 12 .538 5.01 33 32 0 0 0 0 195.2 192 117 109 28 112 1 167 7 0 8 871 85 1.554 8.8 1.3 5.2 7.7 1.49
2001 27 SFG NL 17 9 .654 3.29 33 33 0 1 1 0 218.2 187 90 80 13 91 3 169 0 1 8 911 122 1.271 7.7 0.5 3.7 7.0 1.86
2002 28 SFG NL 14 10 .583 3.61 33 33 0 2 0 0 214.1 191 89 86 15 94 5 137 4 0 5 911 107 1.330 8.0 0.6 3.9 5.8 1.46
2003 29 ATL NL 21 7 .750 3.81 34 34 0 1 1 0 212.1 177 101 90 17 102 7 149 4 0 5 912 112 1.314 7.5 0.7 4.3 6.3 1.46 AS,CYA-4,MVP-27
2004 30 ATL NL 15 9 .625 4.13 34 34 0 2 1 0 204.2 197 98 94 23 112 7 143 3 1 4 896 104 1.510 8.7 1.0 4.9 6.3 1.28
2005 31 ARI NL 5 11 .313 6.89 22 22 0 0 0 0 115.0 147 92 88 18 65 3 46 4 0 5 551 64 1.843 11.5 1.4 5.1 3.6 0.71
2006 32 TOT MLB 0 8 .000 8.14 26 11 5 0 0 0 63.0 86 60 57 18 40 1 44 3 0 2 303 57 2.000 12.3 2.6 5.7 6.3 1.10
2006 32 ARI NL 0 5 .000 7.54 6 6 0 0 0 0 22.2 27 21 19 3 22 1 21 1 0 0 113 63 2.162 10.7 1.2 8.7 8.3 0.95
2006 32 BAL AL 0 3 .000 8.48 20 5 5 0 0 0 40.1 59 39 38 15 18 0 23 2 0 2 190 54 1.909 13.2 3.3 4.0 5.1 1.28
2007 33 SFG NL 2 3 .400 5.51 12 8 1 0 0 0 49.0 57 32 30 4 20 1 27 6 0 0 223 81 1.571 10.5 0.7 3.7 5.0 1.35
2009 35 HOU NL 3 6 .333 5.57 23 13 3 0 0 0 85.2 95 56 53 8 48 2 65 4 0 3 387 75 1.669 10.0 0.8 5.0 6.8 1.35
11 Seasons 113 88 .562 4.48 305 266 12 9 3 0 1654.1 1608 895 824 179 855 36 1186 45 2 56 7281 94 1.489 8.7 1.0 4.7 6.5 1.39
162 Game Avg. 13 10 .562 4.48 36 32 1 1 0 0 197 191 107 98 21 102 4 141 5 0 7 867 94 1.489 8.7 1.0 4.7 6.5 1.39
SFG (6 yrs) 69 47 .595 4.09 166 152 4 6 1 0 973.2 906 488 442 95 488 16 739 27 1 37 4232 101 1.432 8.4 0.9 4.5 6.8 1.51
ARI (2 yrs) 5 16 .238 7.00 28 28 0 0 0 0 137.2 174 113 107 21 87 4 67 5 0 5 664 64 1.896 11.4 1.4 5.7 4.4 0.77
ATL (2 yrs) 36 16 .692 3.97 68 68 0 3 2 0 417.0 374 199 184 40 214 14 292 7 1 9 1808 108 1.410 8.1 0.9 4.6 6.3 1.36
HOU (1 yr) 3 6 .333 5.57 23 13 3 0 0 0 85.2 95 56 53 8 48 2 65 4 0 3 387 75 1.669 10.0 0.8 5.0 6.8 1.35
BAL (1 yr) 0 3 .000 8.48 20 5 5 0 0 0 40.1 59 39 38 15 18 0 23 2 0 2 190 54 1.909 13.2 3.3 4.0 5.1 1.28
NL (11 yrs) 113 85 .571 4.38 285 261 7 9 3 0 1614.0 1549 856 786 164 837 36 1163 43 2 54 7091 96 1.478 8.6 0.9 4.7 6.5 1.39
AL (1 yr) 0 3 .000 8.48 20 5 5 0 0 0 40.1 59 39 38 15 18 0 23 2 0 2 190 54 1.909 13.2 3.3 4.0 5.1 1.28

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2000 26 SFG NL NLDS L NYM 0 0 1.69 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 21 1.125 3.4 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
2002 28 SFG NL NLDS W ATL 2 0 1.000 2.19 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 9 3 3 0 8 1 8 0 0 2 53 1.378 6.6 0.0 5.8 5.8 1.00
2002 28 SFG NL NLCS W STL 0 0 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 5 4 4 2 3 0 3 0 0 1 23 1.714 9.6 3.9 5.8 5.8 1.00
2002 28 SFG NL WS L ANA 0 0 10.12 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 13 9 9 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 38 1.875 14.6 1.1 2.3 2.3 1.00
2003 29 ATL NL NLDS L CHC 1 1 .500 5.06 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.2 15 6 6 1 7 1 9 0 0 0 52 2.063 12.7 0.8 5.9 7.6 1.29
2004 30 ATL NL NLDS L HOU 0 0 15.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 7 5 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 17 2.667 21.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
4 Seasons (6 Series) 3 1 .750 5.73 9 9 0 0 0 0 44.0 51 28 28 5 25 3 27 0 0 3 204 1.727 10.4 1.0 5.1 5.5 1.08
4 NLDS 3 1 .750 4.31 6 6 0 0 0 0 31.1 33 15 15 2 20 3 22 0 0 2 143 1.691 9.5 0.6 5.7 6.3 1.10
1 NLCS 0 0 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 5 4 4 2 3 0 3 0 0 1 23 1.714 9.6 3.9 5.8 5.8 1.00
1 WS 0 0 10.12 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 13 9 9 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 38 1.875 14.6 1.1 2.3 2.3 1.00

Standard Batting

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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
1998 24 SFG NL 22 32 25 3 7 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 9 .280 .333 .400 .733 97 10 0 0 5 0 0 1
1999 25 SFG NL 31 81 71 7 14 2 0 1 8 0 0 3 17 .197 .230 .268 .497 28 19 1 0 7 0 0 1
2000 26 SFG NL 31 75 61 7 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 8 16 .197 .290 .230 .519 38 14 2 0 6 0 0 1
2001 27 SFG NL 32 81 67 6 13 6 0 0 6 0 0 5 19 .194 .247 .284 .530 41 19 1 0 8 1 0 1
2002 28 SFG NL 31 84 69 11 17 5 0 2 9 0 0 6 17 .246 .299 .406 .704 88 28 1 0 7 2 0 1
2003 29 ATL NL 33 82 70 6 18 4 0 2 10 0 0 4 17 .257 .303 .400 .703 81 28 1 1 6 1 0 1 AS,CYA-4,MVP-27
2004 30 ATL NL 32 71 59 1 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 .102 .131 .136 .267 -31 8 1 1 10 0 0 1
2005 31 ARI NL 23 43 34 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 .206 .270 .235 .506 33 8 1 0 6 0 0 1
2006 32 TOT MLB 7 9 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 119 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
2006 32 ARI NL 6 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -43 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
2006 32 BAL AL 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 425 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 33 SFG NL 12 19 17 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .176 .176 .235 .412 5 4 0 0 2 0 0 1
2009 35 HOU NL 24 31 28 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 9 .179 .207 .286 .493 29 8 1 0 2 0 0 1
11 Seasons 278 608 507 45 104 23 0 7 49 0 0 35 135 .205 .257 .292 .549 44 148 9 2 60 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 354 295 26 61 13 0 4 29 0 0 20 79 .205 .257 .292 .549 44 86 5 1 35 2 0
SFG (6 yrs) 159 372 310 34 66 16 0 4 33 0 0 24 82 .213 .267 .303 .570 50 94 5 0 35 3 0
ARI (2 yrs) 29 49 38 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 10 .184 .262 .211 .472 25 8 1 0 7 0 0
ATL (2 yrs) 65 153 129 7 24 6 0 2 11 0 0 5 34 .186 .226 .279 .505 30 36 2 2 16 1 0
HOU (1 yr) 24 31 28 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 9 .179 .207 .286 .493 29 8 1 0 2 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 425 2 0 0 0 0 0
NL (11 yrs) 277 605 505 44 102 23 0 7 47 0 0 34 135 .202 .253 .289 .542 42 146 9 2 60 4 0
AL (1 yr) 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 425 2 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2000 26 SFG NL NLDS NYM L 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 28 SFG NL NLDS ATL W 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
2002 28 SFG NL NLCS STL W 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 1 0 0
2003 29 ATL NL NLDS CHC L 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
2004 30 ATL NL NLDS HOU L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (5 Series) 7 17 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .188 .188 .188 .375 3 0 0 1 0 0
4 NLDS 6 15 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .133 .133 .133 .267 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 1 0 0

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 1.84 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 0.42
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 1.73 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2003 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2003 NL (27, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1469th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2003 NL (4, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (194th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2001 NL  3.29 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1999 NL  18 (4th)
2001 NL  17 (5th)
2003 NL  21 (1st)
2004 NL  15 (9th)
Active  113 (31st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1999 NL  .667 (7th)
2001 NL  .654 (10th)
2003 NL  .750 (2nd)
Active  .562 (31st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1999 NL  8.191 (8th)
2001 NL  7.697 (6th)
2003 NL  7.502 (5th)
Active  8.748 (28th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2000 NL  7.681 (10th)
Active  6.452 (49th)
Career  6.452 (151st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2003 NL  212.3 (9th)
Active  1654.3 (41st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Active  1186 (46th)

Games Started s c a p y
1999 NL  33 (10th)
2003 NL  34 (3rd)
2004 NL  34 (5th)
Active  266 (36th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1999 NL  3 (9th)
2004 NL  2 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2001 NL  1 (7th)
2004 NL  1 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
Active  179 (42nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1999 NL  125 (1st)
2000 NL  112 (3rd)
2001 NL  91 (5th)
2002 NL  94 (4th)
2003 NL  102 (1st)
2004 NL  112 (2nd)
Active  855 (13th)
Career  855 (185th)

Hits s c a p y
Active  1608 (46th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2001 NL  .535 (2nd)
2002 NL  .630 (3rd)
2003 NL  .721 (8th)
Active  .974 (42nd)

Losses s c a p y
Active  88 (40th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2000 NL  109 (9th)
Active  824 (34th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1999 NL  13 (3rd)
2001 NL  8 (9th)
Active  56 (35th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2003 NL  912 (6th)
Active  7281 (37th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
Active  60 (30th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (459), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 47 (533), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 28 (458), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (815), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1995.

December 17, 2002: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Atlanta Braves for Damian Moss and Merkin Valdez.

October 29, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 11, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

June 13, 2006: Released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

June 25, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

October 30, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

January 12, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

October 30, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

January 13, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

July 30, 2009: Released by the Houston Astros.

August 6, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

August 17, 2009: Released by the New York Yankees.

August 24, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

September 5, 2009: Released by the Colorado Rockies.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1998San Francisco Giants$170,000
1999San Francisco Giants$220,000
2000San Francisco Giants$462,500
2001San Francisco Giants$912,500
2002San Francisco Giants$2,862,500
2003Atlanta Braves$4,662,500
2004Atlanta Braves$6,200,000
2005Arizona Diamondbacks$7,375,000
2006Arizona Diamondbacks$7,875,000
2007San Francisco Giants$380,000
2009Houston Astros$750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$31,870,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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