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José Ortega

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: October 12, 1988 in Caja Seca, Venezuela ve

Last Game: April 26, 2014 (Age 25-196d)
vs. MIN 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER, L

Full Name: José Antonio Ortega

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Career

WAR

0.0

ERA

5.74

15.2

WHIP

1.532

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2007	18	-0.5	Tigers	VESL	FRk	DET	0	0		2.45	2.45	10	0	4	0	0	0	11.0	9	3	3	1	3	0	11	4	0	3	51	1.091	7.4	0.8	2.5	9.0	3.67
2008	19	0.4	Tigers	VESL	FRk	DET	1	1	.500	2.20	3.60	23	0	17	0	0	5	45.0	43	18	11	5	15	0	27	8	1	7	195	1.289	8.6	1.0	3.0	5.4	1.80
2009	20	-1.4	Oneonta	NYPL	A-	DET	2	2	.500	3.97	5.03	25	0	13	0	0	1	34.0	28	19	15	2	23	2	32	1	0	3	152	1.500	7.4	0.5	6.1	8.5	1.39
2009-10	20	-6.6	Magallanes	VEWL	FgW		0	0		13.50	13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	3.750	20.3	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
2010	21		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A-AA-A+	DET	3	4	.429	3.03	3.16	43	1	21	0	0	1	68.1	64	24	23	3	31	3	61	2	0	4	294	1.390	8.4	0.4	4.1	8.0	1.97
2010	21	-3.2	Erie	EL	AA	DET	1	0	1.000	3.04	3.04	15	1	4	0	0	0	23.2	22	8	8	2	7	1	19	1	0	1	100	1.225	8.4	0.8	2.7	7.2	2.71
2010	21	-1.9	Lakeland	FLOR	A+	DET	2	1	.667	0.95	0.95	10	0	6	0	0	0	19.0	14	2	2	0	7	1	20	1	0	1	74	1.105	6.6	0.0	3.3	9.5	2.86
2010	21	-0.7	West Michigan	MIDW	A	DET	0	3	.000	4.56	4.91	18	0	11	0	0	1	25.2	28	14	13	1	17	1	22	0	0	2	120	1.753	9.8	0.4	6.0	7.7	1.29
2010-11	21	-5.1	Magallanes	VEWL	FgW		0	0		3.77	5.65	12	0	1	0	0	0	14.1	17	9	6	2	9	4	14	3	0	4	70	1.814	10.7	1.3	5.7	8.8	1.56
2011	22	-4.7	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	1	3	.250	6.30	7.38	33	0	11	0	0	0	50.0	61	41	35	7	27	1	44	3	0	2	233	1.760	11.0	1.3	4.9	7.9	1.63
2011-12	22	-4.3	Magallanes	VEWL	FgW		0	0		8.44	10.13	6	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	10	6	5	3	2	0	5	0	0	2	29	2.250	16.9	5.1	3.4	8.4	2.50
2012	23	-4.2	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	5	8	.385	5.74	6.32	45	0	13	0	0	1	62.2	76	44	40	4	51	4	68	2	0	12	308	2.027	10.9	0.6	7.3	9.8	1.33
2012	23	-5.2	DET	AL	Maj	DET	0	0		3.38	3.38	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	3	1	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	13	1.500	10.1	3.4	3.4	13.5	4.00
2012-13	23	-3.9	Magallanes	VEWL	FgW		1	0	1.000	5.32	6.14	14	0	4	0	0	0	22.0	27	15	13	2	11	0	17	1	0	6	104	1.727	11.0	0.8	4.5	7.0	1.55
2013	24	-3.2	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	4	3	.571	1.86	2.42	40	0	14	0	0	4	48.1	28	13	10	2	33	2	56	1	0	3	203	1.262	5.2	0.4	6.1	10.4	1.70
2013	24	-4.7	DET	AL	Maj	DET	0	2	.000	3.86	3.86	11	0	5	0	0	0	11.2	10	5	5	2	6	1	10	1	0	0	52	1.371	7.7	1.5	4.6	7.7	1.67
2013-14	24	-3.1	Magallanes	VEWL	FgW		1	1	.500	1.08	3.24	17	0	7	0	0	1	16.2	15	6	2	0	7	1	10	1	0	0	73	1.320	8.1	0.0	3.8	5.4	1.43
2014	25	-1.9	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	2	2	.500	3.57	3.88	43	1	14	0	0	1	58.0	50	25	23	4	36	1	48	3	0	7	258	1.483	7.8	0.6	5.6	7.4	1.33
2014	25	-3.5	DET	AL	Maj	DET	0	1	.000	27.00	27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	4	4	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	9	3.000	0.0	0.0	27.0	6.8	0.25
2014-15	25	-2.4	Aragua	VEWL	FgW		2	0	1.000	4.66	4.66	19	0	2	0	0	0	19.1	15	10	10	2	9	0	9	3	0	3	79	1.241	7.0	0.9	4.2	4.2	1.00
2015	26	1.4	New Britain	EL	AA	COL	0	1	.000	4.19	4.70	45	0	14	0	0	1	53.2	47	28	25	3	31	0	40	1	0	12	231	1.453	7.9	0.5	5.2	6.7	1.29
2015-16	26	-1.0	Aragua	VEWL	FgW		0	0		11.57	19.29	4	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	3	5	3	0	5	0	1	1	0	2	14	3.429	11.6	0.0	19.3	3.9	0.20
2016	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW-AAA		2	1	.667	5.59	7.45	11	0	1	0	0	0	9.2	12	8	6	1	6	1	6	2	0	2	49	1.862	11.2	0.9	5.6	5.6	1.00
2016	27		2 Teams	AA	Ind		3	2	.600	2.93	3.56	40	0	16	0	0	5	43.0	35	17	14	4	23	1	44	4	0	5	195	1.349	7.3	0.8	4.8	9.2	1.91
2016	27	-1.7	Laguna	MEX	AAA		1	0	1.000	12.46	14.54	5	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	7	6	1	4	1	3	0	0	1	23	2.308	12.5	2.1	8.3	6.2	0.75
2016	27	0.9	Joplin	AA	Ind		3	2	.600	3.58	4.13	29	0	5	0	0	0	32.2	31	15	13	4	19	1	33	3	0	4	152	1.531	8.5	1.1	5.2	9.1	1.74
2016	27	0.9	Sioux Falls	AA	Ind		0	0		0.87	1.74	11	0	11	0	0	5	10.1	4	2	1	0	4	0	11	1	0	1	43	0.774	3.5	0.0	3.5	9.6	2.75
2016-17	27	-0.7	Zulia	VEWL	FgW		1	1	.500	0.00	1.69	6	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	6	1	0	0	2	0	3	2	0	1	26	1.500	10.1	0.0	3.4	5.1	1.50
2017	28	1.6	Sioux Falls	AA	Ind		4	8	.333	4.82	5.40	45	1	36	0	0	17	46.2	46	28	25	2	23	3	44	4	0	5	208	1.479	8.9	0.4	4.4	8.5	1.91
2017-18	28	-0.2	Zulia	VEWL	FgW		0	1	.000	14.40	16.20	8	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	11	9	8	2	7	0	4	0	0	0	33	3.600	19.8	3.6	12.6	7.2	0.57
2018	29		2 Teams	ATLL	Ind		0	2	.000	4.39	4.73	50	0	18	0	0	2	53.1	59	28	26	2	33	1	52	1	0	12	247	1.725	10.0	0.3	5.6	8.8	1.58
2018	29	-0.6	Sugar Land	ATLL	Ind		0	0		3.00	3.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	4	1	1	0	4	0	3	0	0	1	17	2.667	12.0	0.0	12.0	9.0	0.75
2018	29	-0.6	Road Warriors	ATLL	Ind		0	2	.000	4.47	4.83	47	0	17	0	0	2	50.1	55	27	25	2	29	1	49	1	0	11	230	1.669	9.8	0.4	5.2	8.8	1.69
2019	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Ind		0	0		11.57	12.86	9	0	4	0	0	3	7.0	11	10	9	1	10	1	9	1	0	3	42	3.000	14.1	1.3	12.9	11.6	0.90
2019	30	3.4	Lincoln	AA	Ind		0	0		9.00	9.00	5	0	4	0	0	3	4.0	4	4	4	0	5	1	7	1	0	2	22	2.250	9.0	0.0	11.3	15.8	1.40
2019	30	0.9	York	ATLL	Ind		0	0		15.00	18.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	7	6	5	1	5	0	2	0	0	1	20	4.000	21.0	3.0	15.0	6.0	0.40
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (3 seasons)					Majors		0	3	.000	5.74	5.74	14	0	5	0	0	0	15.2	13	10	10	3	11	1	15	2	0	0	74	1.532	7.5	1.7	6.3	8.6	1.36
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		18	24	.429	3.86	4.49	307	2	121	0	0	14	431.0	406	215	185	31	250	13	387	25	1	53	1925	1.522	8.5	0.6	5.2	8.1	1.55
Foreign (9 seasons)					Foreign		6	3	.667	5.16	6.56	92	0	17	0	0	1	96.0	113	70	55	12	58	6	66	11	0	19	460	1.781	10.6	1.1	5.4	6.2	1.14
Other (4 seasons)					Other		7	12	.368	4.44	4.98	144	1	74	0	0	27	150.0	151	83	74	9	89	6	149	10	0	25	692	1.600	9.1	0.5	5.3	8.9	1.67
All Levels (13 Seasons)							31	42	.425	4.21	4.91	557	3	217	0	0	42	692.2	683	378	324	55	408	26	617	48	1	97	3151	1.575	8.9	0.7	5.3	8.0	1.51

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		12	16	.429	4.44	5.05	161	1	52	0	0	6	219.0	215	123	108	17	147	8	216	9	0	24	1002	1.653	8.8	0.7	6.0	8.9	1.47
AAA (1 season)					Foreign		1	0	1.000	12.46	14.54	5	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	7	6	1	4	1	3	0	0	1	23	2.308	12.5	2.1	8.3	6.2	0.75
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		1	1	.500	3.84	4.19	60	1	18	0	0	1	77.1	69	36	33	5	38	1	59	2	0	13	331	1.384	8.0	0.6	4.4	6.9	1.55
A+ (1 season)					Minors		2	1	.667	0.95	0.95	10	0	6	0	0	0	19.0	14	2	2	0	7	1	20	1	0	1	74	1.105	6.6	0.0	3.3	9.5	2.86
A (1 season)					Minors		0	3	.000	4.56	4.91	18	0	11	0	0	1	25.2	28	14	13	1	17	1	22	0	0	2	120	1.753	9.8	0.4	6.0	7.7	1.29
A- (1 season)					Minors		2	2	.500	3.97	5.03	25	0	13	0	0	1	34.0	28	19	15	2	23	2	32	1	0	3	152	1.500	7.4	0.5	6.1	8.5	1.39
FgW (9 seasons)					Foreign		5	3	.625	4.81	6.19	87	0	17	0	0	1	91.2	107	63	49	11	54	5	63	11	0	18	437	1.756	10.5	1.1	5.3	6.2	1.17
FRk (2 seasons)					Minors		1	1	.500	2.25	3.38	33	0	21	0	0	5	56.0	52	21	14	6	18	0	38	12	1	10	246	1.250	8.4	1.0	2.9	6.1	2.11