John Orton

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: December 8, 1965 in Santa Cruz, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 17th round of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft from Soquel HS (Soquel, CA) and the California Angels in the 1st round (25th) of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, CA).

High School: Soquel HS (Soquel, CA)

School: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, CA)

Debut: August 20, 1989 (Age 23-255d, 15,672nd in major league history)
vs. CLE 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 4, 1993 (Age 27-208d)
vs. CLE 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1991 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: John Andrew Orton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.5

401

.200

RBI

OBP

.265

SLG

.274

OPS

.540

OPS+

Summary of 4 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 2 go ahead

1 Tm
CAL	4

Platoon
vs RHP	3
vs LHP	1

Home/Road
Away	3
Home	1

Outs
0	2
1	2

4 Opps
CHW	1
OAK	1
MIL	1
NYY	1

4 Pitchers
Shawn Hillegas	1
Wilson Álvarez	1
Jaime Navarro	1
Tim Leary	1

4 Parks
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1

Where Hit
7	3
9	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	1
3	1
1	1
4	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	3
1-3	1

6 RBI
RISP	1
0 on	3
2 on	1
Any on	1

Inning
2	1
3	1
5	1
8	1

1-3	2
4-6	1
7-end	1

RelScore
Tied	2
-3	1
-4..	1

Tied	2
Behind	2

Before event,
for batter

Count
2-1	1
1-1	1
0-1	1
0-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	4

OrderPos
9th	3
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	1
Medium Lev	1
Low Lev	2

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1990-04-27	CAL	@	NYY	Tim Leary	behind 0-3	t 5	1	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	8	2	0.079	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1992-09-08	CAL		OAK	Shawn Hillegas	behind 0-10	b 8	0	---	4,(2-1) ....BSBX	1	9	2	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Orton Scores
3	3	2	1	1992-09-25	CAL	@	CHW	Wilson Álvarez	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1-3	3,(1-1) SBX	3	9	2	0.204	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Sojo Scores; G. Disarcina Scores; J. Orton Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1993-04-14	CAL	@	MIL	Jaime Navarro	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	9	2	0.111	61%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)