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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-20 / in Starts: 15-18
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 105 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	56 (29-18-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 105 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	65 (32-21-11)

Most Driven In
G Disarcina	2
D Easley	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
C Curtis	2
T Lovullo	1
Self	1
J Snow	1
L Polonia	0

1993 Batting Game Log

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1993 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	120	1	Apr 6	CAL		MIL	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.60	-0.024	.74	-0.02%	-0.10	C
2	121	4 (2)	Apr 10	CAL		DET	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	1.02	0.029	1.27	0.02%	0.22	C
3	122	5	Apr 11	CAL		DET	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9	.93	-0.116	1.11	-0.08%	-1.46	C
4	123	7 (1)	Apr 14	CAL	@	MIL	W,12-2	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.357	.357	.643	1.000	9	.67	0.104	.97	0.09%	1.32	C
5	124	9 (1)	Apr 17	CAL	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.389	.389	.611	1.000	9	1.10	0.005	1.62	0.01%	0.47	C
6	125	10	Apr 18	CAL	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.524	.857	9	.86	-0.073	1.35	-0.07%	-0.57	C
7	126	11	Apr 20	CAL		CLE	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.360	.360	.600	.960	9	.98	0.067	1.44	0.06%	1.43	C
8	127	14 (2)	Apr 23	CAL		BOS	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.321	.536	.857	9	.46	-0.036	.80	-0.04%	-0.62	C
9	128	16 (1)	Apr 25	CAL		BOS	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.290	.484	.774	9	.63	-0.049	1.20	-0.06%	-0.54	C
10	129	17	Apr 27	CAL		NYY	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.265	.441	.706	9	.85	-0.061	1.70	-0.07%	-0.60	C
11	130	18	Apr 28	CAL		NYY	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.243	.405	.649	9	.53	-0.041	1.01	-0.05%	-0.68	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	131	20 (1)	May 1	CAL	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.425	.675	9	.68	-0.015	1.33	-0.02%	-0.15	C
13	132	22 (1)	May 3	CAL	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.233	.395	.628	9	.98	-0.083	1.81	-0.09%	-1.13	C
14	133	23	May 4	CAL	@	CLE	L,3-5	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.227	.386	.614	7	1.73	-0.045	2.99	-0.05%	-0.25	PH C
15	134	25 (1)	May 6	CAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.239	.391	.630	9	1.02	0.006	1.82	0.01%	0.06	C
16	135	27 (1)	May 8	CAL		OAK	L,2-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.229	.375	.604	9	1.45	-0.077	2.90	-0.09%	-0.65	C
17	136	28	May 9	CAL		OAK	W,7-6	10-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.229	.375	.604	6	3.16	-0.014	6.17	-0.02%	-0.22	PH
18	137	30 (1)	May 11	CAL		MIN	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.235	.235	.373	.608	9	.53	-0.042	.97	-0.05%	-0.63	C
19	138	32 (1)	May 14	CAL		KCR	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.226	.358	.585	9	1.66	-0.115	3.13	-0.13%	-0.94	C
20	139	35 (2)	May 17	CAL	@	CHW	W,11-4	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.259	.368	.627	9	.66	0.080	1.44	0.10%	0.32	C
21	140	36	May 18	CAL	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.237	.262	.356	.618	9	1.24	-0.057	2.92	-0.08%	-0.32	C
22	141	37	May 19	CAL	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.254	.344	.598	9	1.62	-0.078	3.61	-0.10%	-0.62	C
23	142	38	May 21	CAL	@	TEX	L,4-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.246	.333	.579	9	.59	-0.032	1.25	-0.04%	-0.47	C
24	143	39	May 22	CAL	@	TEX	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.239	.323	.562	9	1.02	-0.044	2.12	-0.06%	-0.44	C
25	144	41 (1)	May 24	CAL	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.243	.324	.566	9	.82	-0.024	1.58	-0.03%	-0.16	C
26	145	42	May 25	CAL	@	SEA	W,6-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.239	.319	.558	7	.16	-0.004	.32	-0.01%	-0.11	PH C
27	146	43	May 26	CAL	@	SEA	L,0-2	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.247	.314	.561	9	.81	0.015	1.71	0.02%	0.10	C
28	147	44	May 27	CAL	@	SEA	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.234	.297	.531	9	.36	-0.047	.73	-0.06%	-1.40	C
29	148	45	May 28	CAL		BAL	W,8-4	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.235	.295	.529	9	.48	-0.023	.91	-0.03%	-0.36	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	149	49 (3)	Jun 1	CAL		TOR	L,0-8	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.238	.288	.526	9	.54	0.039	1.15	0.05%	0.37	C
31	150	50	Jun 2	CAL		TOR	L,6-7	7-GF	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.256	.288	.543	2	1.55	0.101	3.26	0.13%	0.61	LF
32	151	68 (17)	Jun 22	CAL	@	KCR	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.270	.313	.583	9	1.09	0.048	2.94	0.08%	0.57	C
33	152	70 (1)	Jun 24	CAL	@	KCR	L,1-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.264	.306	.570	9	1.22	-0.065	3.33	-0.11%	-0.73	C
34	153	73 (2)	Jun 27	CAL	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.255	.295	.551	9	1.21	-0.091	2.64	-0.12%	-0.73	C
35	154	74	Jun 29	CAL	@	OAK	L,7-8	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.202	.260	.292	.553	9	.49	-0.022	.96	-0.03%	-0.42	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	155	77 (2)	Jul 2	CAL		CLE	L,8-10	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.265	.289	.554	9	.66	-0.004	1.09	0.00%	0.06	C
37	156	79 (1)	Jul 4	CAL		CLE	W,7-6	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.252	.274	.526	9	1.37	-0.175	1.87	-0.14%	-1.55	C
							17-20		105	95	5	18	5	0	1	4	7	0	24	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	.189	.252	.274	.526		.89	-0.963	1.66	-1.06%	-10.35

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