John Orton
John Andrew Orton
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 192 lb.

Born: December 8, 1965 in Santa Cruz, CA
High School: Soquel (Soquel, CA)
School: California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 1989
Final Game: July 4, 1993
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1989 CAL AL 23 C 16 13 118.0 84 76 7 1 3 .988 1.0 10.2 1 6.33 5.19 .989 6.24 5.20 0 4 7 5 42%
1990 CAL AL 24 C 31 23 222.0 156 139 15 2 1 .987 0.0 0.0 0 6.24 4.97 .991 6.42 5.36 1 10 15 8 35%
1991 CAL AL 25 C 28 22 205.2 169 145 23 1 3 .994 0.0 0.0 0 7.35 6.00 .990 6.49 5.28 1 10 16 11 41%
1991 CAL AL 25 DH 1
1992 CAL AL 26 C 43 40 344.1 266 238 23 5 3 .981 3.0 10.5 3 6.82 6.07 .989 6.20 5.26 1 11 22 18 45%
1993 CAL AL 27 C 35 33 268.0 205 184 17 4 4 .980 0.0 0.0 0 6.75 5.74 .991 6.56 5.46 1 5 17 9 35%
1993 CAL AL 27 LF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.80
1993 CAL AL 27 OF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 2.40 2.10
5 Seasons C 153 131 1158.0 880 782 85 13 14 .985 4.0 4.1 4 6.74 5.67 .990 6.38 5.32 4 40 77 51 40%
1 Season DH 1
1 Season LF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.80
1 Season OF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 2.40 2.10
5 Seasons TOT 154 131 1161.0 881 783 85 13 14 .985 4.0 4.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4 6.73 5.64 .975 6.37 5.30 4 40 77 51 40%

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
1989 CAL AL 23 16 13 16 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 CAL AL 24 31 23 31 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 CAL AL 25 29 22 29 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 CAL AL 26 43 40 43 43 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 CAL AL 27 37 33 37 36 0 35 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
5 Seasons 156 131 156 154 0 153 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1989 CAL AL 23 496 2.21 2.44 1 100% 0 0 76 1 1 3 71 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0
1990 CAL AL 24 1012 4.38 5.19 9 100% 0 0 139 7 0 1 131 15 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1991 CAL AL 25 924 3.72 4.24 9 89% 0 0 145 5 2 2 136 23 4 0 0 9 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 100%
1992 CAL AL 26 1517 3.63 4.05 15 80% 1 0 238 7 1 5 225 23 5 0 0 5 5 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 50%
1993 CAL AL 27 1167 3.26 3.63 16 94% 0 1 183 12 2 8 161 19 2 0 0 7 4 0 1 3 0 4 0 1 1 4 75%
5 Seasons 5116 3.56 4.04 50 90% 1 1 781 32 6 19 724 87 13 0 0 27 13 1 4 8 0 14 0 2 3 8 75%
MLB Averages 3.88 4.31 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1989 CAL AL 23 0 4 171 7 5 5 42% 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 5 1.65 1.07
1990 CAL AL 24 1 10 389 15 8 8 35% 13 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 31 9 1.22 1.11
1991 CAL AL 25 1 10 354 16 11 10 41% 14 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 31 14 1.52 1.45
1992 CAL AL 26 1 11 565 22 18 12 45% 19 15 3 2 0 1 0 0 53 25 1.29 1.28
1993 CAL AL 27 1 5 418 17 9 6 35% 16 7 1 1 0 1 1 0 28 13 1.34 1.03
5 Seasons 4 40 1897 77 51 41 40% 69 43 8 6 0 2 2 0 157 66 1.37 1.22
MLB Averages 33% 1.31 1.28

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1993 CAL AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 73% 67% 47% 3 33%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 73% 67% 47% 3 33%
MLB Averages 60.2% 2.5% 56% 77% 39% 52%

* 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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