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Cortez
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 240
 
Born: October 23, 1949 in Venezuela
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 23 LOU JL   2 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 3 3 3 3 3 5 4 5
1974 24 LOU JL $ 300,000 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 4 4
1975 25 LOU JL   3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 4 4
1976 26 LOU JL   2 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 4 4
1977 27 LV FL $ 300,000 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 4
1978 28 LV FL   2 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 4
1979 29 LV FL   2 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 5 4 4
1980 30 MAN FL $ 300,000 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 3 3 3 3 3 5 4 5
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 31 MAN FL     7 7 6 6 7 7 10 11 11 3 5 4 11 9 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings     7 7 6 6 7 7 10 11 11 3 5 4 11 9 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings     7 7 6 6 7 7 10 11 11 3 5 4 11 9 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 23 AAA   42 164 20 45 8 2 5 21 0 5 9 23 .274 .312 .439 .751 20.1  
    AA   67 278 35 94 13 3 4 41 4 3 28 37 .338 .399 .450 .848 46.9  
    A   1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.2  
1974 24 LOU JL 6 13 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .154 .154 .308 .462 0.4 0.0
    AAA   117 439 56 114 16 5 4 28 6 3 39 86 .260 .320 .346 .666 49.2  
    AA   1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8  
1975 25 AAA   135 467 65 146 16 4 9 64 2 5 33 67 .313 .358 .422 .780 66.3  
1976 26 AAA   131 495 66 153 20 3 10 70 2 5 39 95 .309 .360 .422 .782 71.1  
1977 27 LV FL 56 189 15 48 11 1 0 19 0 0 9 52 .254 .291 .323 .614 14.7 1.3
    AAA   69 268 35 91 19 1 7 48 1 0 14 38 .340 .372 .496 .869 44.7  
1978 28 AAA   123 468 48 125 27 2 5 42 1 1 31 85 .267 .313 .365 .678 51.7  
1979 29 AA   137 497 44 139 16 4 12 63 5 2 30 93 .280 .321 .400 .721 62.6  
1980 30 MAN FL 98 196 18 40 7 3 3 18 0 0 7 54 .204 .234 .316 .550 12.4 0.0
1981 31 MAN FL 70 205 18 44 11 1 3 33 0 0 8 53 .215 .250 .322 .572 13.2 0.0
4 Years Sim 230 603 53 134 31 5 6 70 0 0 24 160 .222 .256 .320 .576 40.7 1.3
6 Years AAA 617 2301 290 674 106 17 40 273 12 19 165 394 .293 .340 .406 .746 303.1  
3 Years AA 205 779 79 235 29 7 16 104 9 5 58 130 .302 .352 .418 .770 110.2  
1 Years A 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.2  
10 Years Minors 823 3084 369 910 135 24 56 377 21 25 224 524 .295 .343 .409 .752 413.5  
162 Game Average 424 37 94 21 3 4 49 0 0 16 112 .222 .256 .320 .576 28.7  
Career Highs 98 205 18 48 11 3 3 33 0 0 9 54 .254 .291 .323 .614 14.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   456 39 105 22 4 6 61 0 0 19 131 .230 .265 .336 .601 37.9
vs LH   147 14 29 9 1 0 9 0 0 5 29 .197 .227 .272 .499 7.4
Home 116 297 32 73 19 3 3 37 0 0 10 65 .246 .273 .360 .634 27.0
Away 114 306 21 61 12 2 3 33 0 0 14 95 .199 .239 .281 .520 18.3
RISP   170 0 43 11 2 1 61 0 0 12 45 .253 .303 .359 .662 17.8
Pinch Hitting   87 9 17 5 1 1 7 0 0 3 26 .195 .231 .310 .541 5.4
Close/Late   79 5 11 5 1 1 7 0 0 2 25 .139 .160 .266 .426 2.2
Mar/Apr 33 75 9 16 2 0 2 9 0 0 1 20 .213 .234 .320 .554 5.0
May 46 125 6 28 8 2 1 23 0 0 6 30 .224 .263 .344 .607 10.5
June 29 65 6 13 4 0 1 4 0 0 2 23 .200 .224 .308 .532 4.0
July 44 100 12 24 4 1 2 12 0 0 8 23 .240 .309 .360 .669 10.7
August 37 112 10 28 8 1 0 17 0 0 5 27 .250 .280 .339 .619 9.9
Sep/Oct 41 126 10 25 5 1 0 5 0 0 2 37 .198 .211 .254 .465 5.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1974 24 LOU JL C 3 3 26.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 7.96 0 0 .000 1 0.1
1977 27 LV FL C 53 53 446.4 396 28 5 3 .988 8.55 44 16 .364 0 2.6
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 30 MAN FL C 35 35 298.0 232 12 2 0 .992 7.37 29 6 .207 2 1.4
    SS 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 31 MAN FL C 47 46 408.0 328 30 3 1 .992 7.90 71 22 .310 2 2.9
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 138 137 1178.4 979 70 10 4 .991 8.01 144 44 .306 5 7.0
  SS 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   143 137 1190.4 980 70 10 4 .991 7.94 144 44 .306 5 7.0
Career Highs   54 53 448.4 396 30 5 3 1.000 8.51 71 22 .364 2  
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History
Injured on 5/18/1973 with a Inflamed Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 6 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 9/3/1974, off Stu Pidaczo (HON)
Traded from Louisville to Las Vegas on 6/21/1977 (Going to LV: P B. Emberton, C R. Cortez. Going to LOU: P T. Gravy, P V. Almanza)
Injured on 5/8/1978 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Las Vegas to Manhattan on 2/15/1980 (Going to MAN: P L. Hardy, C R. Cortez. Going to LV: C N. Robinson)
Hit first career homerun on 4/20/1980, off Junior Gomez (AUS)
Released by Manhattan on 10/9/1981