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

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.5

401

.200

RBI

OBP

.265

SLG

.274

OPS

.540

OPS+

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

1993 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1993 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	CAL		MIL	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
2	4 (2)	Apr 10	CAL		DET	L,2-5	GS	33	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	5	Apr 11	CAL		DET	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
4	7 (1)	Apr 14	CAL	@	MIL	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
5	9 (1)	Apr 17	CAL	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
6	10	Apr 18	CAL	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
7	11	Apr 20	CAL		CLE	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
8	14 (2)	Apr 23	CAL		BOS	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
9	16 (1)	Apr 25	CAL		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
10	17	Apr 27	CAL		NYY	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
11	18	Apr 28	CAL		NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	20 (1)	May 1	CAL	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
13	22 (1)	May 3	CAL	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
14	23	May 4	CAL	@	CLE	L,3-5	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
15	25 (1)	May 6	CAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	GS	21	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
16	27 (1)	May 8	CAL		OAK	L,2-6	GS	34	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	30 (2)	May 11	CAL		MIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
18	32 (1)	May 14	CAL		KCR	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
19	35 (2)	May 17	CAL	@	CHW	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
20	36	May 18	CAL	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
21	37	May 19	CAL	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	C
22	38	May 21	CAL	@	TEX	L,4-6	GS	18	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
23	39	May 22	CAL	@	TEX	L,2-4	GS	22	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
24	41 (1)	May 24	CAL	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
25	42	May 25	CAL	@	SEA	W,6-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
26	43	May 26	CAL	@	SEA	L,0-2	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
27	44	May 27	CAL	@	SEA	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	45	May 28	CAL		BAL	W,8-4	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	49 (3)	Jun 1	CAL		TOR	L,0-8	CG	39	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
30	50	Jun 2	CAL		TOR	L,6-7	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	68 (17)	Jun 22	CAL	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
32	70 (1)	Jun 24	CAL	@	KCR	L,1-7	GS	32	7.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
33	73 (2)	Jun 27	CAL	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
34	74	Jun 29	CAL	@	OAK	L,7-8	GS	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	77 (2)	Jul 2	CAL		CLE	L,8-10	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
36	79 (1)	Jul 4	CAL		CLE	W,7-6	CG	47	11.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
							36gm		271.0	185	17	4	206	4