Héctor Ortiz

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 205lb (183cm, 92kg)

Born: October 14, 1969 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico pr

Died: February 28, 2024 in Phoenix, AZ

Buried: Desert Hills Memorial Park, Scottsdale, AZ

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 35th round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from Ranger College (Ranger, TX).

High School: Luis Hernaiz Verone HS (Canovanas, Puerto Rico)

Schools: Paris Junior College (Paris, TX), Ranger College (Ranger, TX)

Debut: September 14, 1998 (Age 28-335d, 17,369th in major league history)
vs. OAK 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 15, 2002 (Age 32-213d)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2001 season

Full Name: Héctor Ortiz

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.9

260

.289

RBI

OBP

.339

SLG

.358

OPS

.697

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2001 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2001 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 2	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 4	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
3	3	Apr 5	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
4	4	Apr 6	KCR		MIN	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
5	5	Apr 7	KCR		MIN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
6	8 (2)	Apr 10	KCR		NYY	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	9	1	2	12	0	C
7	9	Apr 11	KCR		NYY	L,5-8	GS	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	10	Apr 13	KCR	@	TOR	L,1-2	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	11	Apr 14	KCR	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	9	0	0	9	0	C
10	13 (1)	Apr 16	KCR	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	14	Apr 17	KCR	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	40	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
12	15	Apr 18	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
13	16	Apr 20	KCR		TOR	L,4-12	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
14	18 (1)	Apr 22	KCR		TOR	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
15	19	Apr 24	KCR	@	TBD	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
16	20	Apr 25	KCR	@	TBD	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
17	23 (2)	Apr 28	KCR	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	24	Apr 29	KCR	@	BOS	W,11-8	CG	51	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
19	25	Apr 30	KCR	@	TOR	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	26	May 1	KCR		CLE	L,2-13	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	27	May 2	KCR		CLE	L,4-8	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
22	28	May 3	KCR		CLE	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	29	May 4	KCR		MIN	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	14	2	0	16	0	C
24	30	May 5	KCR		MIN	W,12-10	GS	44	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
25	31	May 6	KCR		MIN	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
26	32	May 8	KCR	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
27	33	May 9	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
28	34	May 10	KCR	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	35	May 11	KCR	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	47	10.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	38 (2)	May 14	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	40 (1)	May 16	KCR		TBD	W,9-5	GS	28	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
32	42 (1)	May 18	KCR		BOS	L,3-6	GF	17	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	43	May 19	KCR		BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	44	May 20	KCR		BOS	L,3-10	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
35	45	May 22	KCR		OAK	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
36	48 (2)	May 26	KCR		SEA	L,2-7	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
37	49	May 27	KCR		SEA	L,4-5	GS	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	51 (1)	May 29	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
39	52	May 30	KCR	@	TEX	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	54 (1)	Jun 1	KCR	@	ANA	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
41	57 (2)	Jun 5	KCR		CHW	L,2-6	GS	32	7.0	3	2	1	6	0	C
42	60 (2)	Jun 8	KCR		ARI	L,4-11	CG	49	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	65 (4)	Jun 14	KCR		STL	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
44	66	Jun 15 susp	KCR	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
45	71 (4)	Jun 20	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
46	72	Jun 22	KCR		CLE	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	88 (15)	Jul 12	KCR	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
48	90 (1)	Jul 14	KCR	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
49	93 (2)	Jul 17	KCR	@	CHC	L,4-7	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
50	94	Jul 18	KCR		SEA	L,0-2	CG	41	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
51	98 (3)	Jul 22	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	141 (42)	Sep 7	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	148 (6)	Sep 22	KCR	@	CHW	L,4-5	GF	12	2.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	149	Sep 23	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-10	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
55	157 (7)	Oct 2	KCR		CLE	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
							55gm		410.0	280	28	3	311	1