John Orton

John Andrew Orton

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 8, 1965 in Santa Cruz, CA
High School: Soquel HS (Soquel, CA)
School: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 1989
Team: Angels 1989-1993

Final Game: July 4, 1993
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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
1987	21	ANA-min	A-,AA	56	234	189	32	48	9	1	8	36	6	2	34	64	.254	.386	.439	.825		83		8	1	2	1		SLM,MDL · NORW,TL
1988	22	ANA-min	A	68	287	230	42	46	6	1	1	28	5	2	45	79	.200	.354	.248	.602		57	4	10	2	0	0		PSP · CALL
1989	23	ANA-min	AA	99	401	344	51	80	20	6	10	53	2	1	37	102	.233	.314	.413	.727		142		7	6	7	1		MDL · TL
1989	23	CAL	AL	16	42	39	4	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	17	.179	.220	.205	.425	22	8	0	0	1	0	0	2
1990	24	ANA-min	AAA	50	195	174	29	42	8	0	6	26	4	2	19	63	.241	.314	.391	.705		68		0	1	1	1		EDM · PCL
1990	24	CAL	AL	31	92	84	8	16	5	0	1	6	0	1	5	31	.190	.244	.286	.530	50	24	2	1	2	0	0	2
1991	25	ANA-min	AAA	76	287	245	39	55	14	1	5	32	5	0	31	66	.224	.322	.351	.673		86	4	5	4	2	1		EDM · PCL
1991	25	CAL	AL	29	84	69	7	14	4	0	0	3	0	1	10	17	.203	.313	.261	.573	62	18	2	1	4	0	0	2/D
1992	26	ANA-min	AAA	49	186	149	28	38	9	3	3	25	3	5	28	32	.255	.379	.416	.795		62	3	3	4	2	0		EDM · PCL
1992	26	CAL	AL	43	125	114	11	25	3	0	2	12	1	1	7	32	.219	.276	.298	.575	62	34	1	2	2	0	0	2
1993	27	ANA-min	A+	2	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125		0	0	0	0	0	0		PSP · CALL
1993	27	CAL	AL	37	105	95	5	18	5	0	1	4	1	2	7	24	.189	.252	.274	.526	41	26	1	1	2	0	0	2/7
1994	28	ATL-min	AAA	36	87	81	3	10	3	0	1	2	0	0	5	30	.123	.172	.198	.370		16	3	0	0	1	0		RMD · IL
1995	29	ATL-NYM-min	AAA	73	243	220	26	58	11	0	4	26	3	5	17	67	.264	.326	.368	.695		81	5	4	1	1	0		RMD,NFK · IL
1996	30	ANA-min	AAA	6	20	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.056	.150	.056	.206		1	0	0	0	0	0		VAN · PCL
5 Yrs				156	448	401	35	80	18	0	4	29	2	5	31	121	.200	.265	.274	.540	51	110	6	5	11	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	465	416	36	83	19	0	4	30	2	5	32	126	.200	.265	.274	.540	51	114	6	5	11	0	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
1989	23	CAL	AL	16	42	-3	0	0	1	1	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.494	.499	-0.1	0.2	-1	$	2
1990	24	CAL	AL	31	92	-5	-0	-0	0	1	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.487	.497	-0.1	0.2	-1	$100,000	2
1991	25	CAL	AL	29	84	-2	0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	3	2	0.2	.497	.499	0.2	0.2	2	$120,000	2/D
1992	26	CAL	AL	43	125	-5	0	0	3	2	1	0.2	4	5	0.5	.502	.501	0.2	0.6	2	$130,000	2
1993	27	CAL	AL	37	105	-9	-0	1	0	2	-7	-0.6	4	-3	-0.3	.482	.496	-0.3	0.2	-3	$160,000	2/7
5 Seasons				156	448	-23	-0	1	4	7	-11	-1.0	15	4	0.3	.493	.499	-0.1	1.3	-0	$510,000

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
1989	23	CAL	AL	42	33	2	1.6	92	.318	.179	.258	.220	.323	.205	.380	.425	.703	22	.142	-4.1	-0.4	.313	.077	.026
1990	24	CAL	AL	92	73	5	1.8	92	.288	.190	.256	.244	.324	.286	.382	.530	.706	50	.168	-5.6	-0.6	.408	.143	.095	.0
1991	25	CAL	AL	84	62	6	2.6	96	.269	.203	.259	.313	.328	.261	.393	.573	.721	62	.266	-3.2	-0.3	.483	.188	.058
1992	26	CAL	AL	125	93	10	2.9	94	.288	.219	.259	.276	.328	.298	.385	.575	.713	62	.317	-6.2	-0.6	.473	.140	.079	1.3
1993	27	CAL	AL	105	82	6	2.0	104	.243	.189	.269	.252	.340	.274	.411	.526	.751	41	.162	-8.3	-0.8	.413	.147	.084	1.0
5 Yrs				448	343	29	2.3	96	.275	.200	.261	.265	.329	.274	.392	.540	.721	51	.221	-27.4	-2.8	.431	.145	.075	2.7
162 Game Avg.				465	356	30	2.3	96	.275	.200	.261	.265	.329	.274	.392	.540	.721	51	.221	-27.4	-2.8	.431	.145	.075	3

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
1989	23	CAL	AL	42	0.0%	40.5%	4.8%	2.4%	14%	8.50	2.3		9.8	1.20	1.17	52%	13%	0.0%	0%
1990	24	CAL	AL	92	1.1%	33.7%	5.4%	6.5%	38%	6.20	2.7	84.0	14.0	0.66	0.86	57%	22%	3.3%	6%
1991	25	CAL	AL	84	0.0%	20.2%	11.9%	4.8%	29%	1.70	4.1		23.0	1.08	1.80	62%	14%	0.0%	8%
1992	26	CAL	AL	125	1.6%	25.6%	5.6%	4.0%	20%	4.57	3.6	57.0	9.5	0.59	0.79	64%	15%	4.9%	20%
1993	27	CAL	AL	105	1.0%	22.9%	6.7%	5.7%	33%	3.43	4.0	95.0	23.8	0.97	1.48	67%	22%	3.7%	25%
5 Yrs				448	0.9%	27.0%	6.9%	4.9%	28%	3.90	3.3	100.3	13.8	0.81	1.14	62%	18%	3.1%	15%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.9%	8.6%	6.7%	29%	1.74	6.0	43.1	8.5	0.80	1.05	73%	20%	6.1%	17%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1989	23	CAL	AL	-4.1	-0.4	44	-0.1	0.7	-0.9	1.05	-0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.89	-2.7		0
1990	24	CAL	AL	-5.6	-0.6	93	-0.3	1.0	-1.3	.75	-0.5	0.1	-3.2	-0.3	0.88	-5.4		0
1991	25	CAL	AL	-3.2	-0.3	88	-0.4	1.0	-1.5	.93	-0.4	-0.1	-4.6	-0.5	0.95	-4.4		0
1992	26	CAL	AL	-6.2	-0.6	129	-0.1	1.7	-1.8	.88	-0.7	0.6	-3.5	-0.4	0.98	-6.2		0
1993	27	CAL	AL	-8.4	-0.8	110	-1.0	0.9	-1.9	.89	-0.9	-0.2	-10.4	-1.0	0.90	-10.2	1.68	2
5 Yrs				-27.5	-2.8	464	-1.9	5.4	-7.3	.88	-2.7	0.5	-21.5	-2.1	0.93	-28.9	1.68	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1989	23	CAL	AL	2	44%	16	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	1	50%	4	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
1990	24	CAL	AL	2	33%	26	0	1	0%	0	0	1	0	0	0	57%	4	2	2	0	0	0	3	1	2
1991	25	CAL	AL	2	28%	26	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	4	17%	4	3	1	1	1	0	1	1	0
1992	26	CAL	AL	2	28%	33	1	1	50%	1	1	0	1	1	1	18%	6	5	1	1	0	1	4	4	0
1993	27	CAL	AL	0	16%	31	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	2	3	29%	3	1	2	1	1	0	3	2	0
5 Yrs				8	28%	132	2	5	29%	2	4	1	2	4	9	32%	21	14	7	3	2	1	13	8	4

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
1989	23	CAL	AL	42	36%	7	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	22	4	18%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1990	24	CAL	AL	92	28%	16	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	12	2	17%	3	3	100%	50	6	12%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1991	25	CAL	AL	84	27%	14	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	16	2	13%	10	4	40%	48	3	6%	4	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1992	26	CAL	AL	125	24%	25	9	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	4	1	1	1	1	0	3	2	67%	27	1	4%	11	6	55%	79	10	13%	11	6	55%	2	1	50%	0
1993	27	CAL	AL	105	40%	18	3	0	2	0	0	0	1.68	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	19	1	5%	9	3	33%	56	3	5%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
5 Yrs				448	30%	80	19	0	2	0	0	0	1.68	4	0	5	3	1	1	3	0	12	11	92%	78	6	8%	34	16	47%	255	26	10%	22	7	32%	6	3	50%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			10%			36%			14%			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
1989	23	CAL	AL	40	169	4.23	107	63%	21%	27%	29%	21%	77%	0%	49%	63%	40%	3%	1	0	10%	4	3	10%	4	3	14%	2	0	2
1990	24	CAL	AL	92	355	3.86	227	64%	24%	27%	24%	24%	75%	0%	48%	63%	41%	1%	1	0	14%	13	8	7%	6	5	37%	0	1	2
1991	25	CAL	AL	84	314	3.74	188	60%	23%	16%	31%	30%	77%	0%	46%	79%	43%	4%	3	0	11%	9	6	10%	8	3	35%	0	0	0
1992	26	CAL	AL	125	481	3.85	301	63%	25%	19%	28%	28%	75%	0%	47%	74%	45%	1%	1	1	7%	9	4	10%	12	8	25%	0	0	0
1993	27	CAL	AL	102	405	3.97	231	57%	29%	19%	22%	31%	71%	0%	40%	73%	28%	5%	5	0	15%	15	7	13%	13	10	30%	3	0	1
5 Yrs				443	1724	3.89	1054	61%	25%	21%	26%	27%	75%	0%	46%	71%	39%	2%	11	1	11%	50	28	10%	43	29	29%	5	1	5
MLB Averages						3.64		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1989	23	16	42	39	4	7	1	0	4	0	0	2	17	.179	.220	.205	.425	22	8	0	0	1
1990	24	47	134	123	12	23	6	1	10	0	1	7	48	.187	.237	.260	.497	41	32	2	1	3
1991	25	76	218	192	19	37	10	1	13	0	2	17	65	.193	.265	.260	.526	49	50	4	2	7
1992	26	119	343	306	30	62	13	3	25	1	3	24	97	.203	.269	.275	.544	54	84	5	4	9
1993	27	156	448	401	35	80	18	4	29	2	5	31	121	.200	.265	.274	.540	51	110	6	5	11

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1989	23	16	43	40	5	8	1	0	5	0	2	17	.200	.238	.225	.463	2	16
1990	24	31	93	85	8	17	5	1	6	0	5	31	.200	.253	.294	.547	6	31
1991	25	29	86	70	8	15	4	0	3	0	11	17	.214	.329	.271	.601	6	29
1992	26	43	128	116	12	27	3	2	13	1	8	32	.233	.294	.310	.604	10	43
1993	27	37	104	94	5	17	5	1	4	1	7	24	.181	.245	.266	.511	6	37
5 Yrs		156	454	405	38	84	18	4	31	2	33	121	.207	.275	.281	.557	30	156
162 Game Avg.		162	471	421	39	87	19	4	32	2	34	126	.207	.275	.281	.557	31	156

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