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Nathaniel
Ortiz		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 175
 
Born: October 23, 1952 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 20 LEX FL   0 1 0 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 3
1974 21 JAX JL $ 300,000 0 1 1 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 3
1975 22 JAX JL   1 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 3 3 2 3 3 5 3 4
1976 23 JAX JL   3 4 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 2 2 2 5 3 4
1977 24 JAX JL   3 4 4 6 7 7 6 6 6 3 4 4 2 2 2 6 4 5
1978 25 AUS FL $ 300,000 3 4 4 6 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 5 5
1979 26 AUS FL $ 300,000 4 5 4 6 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 3 2 7 5 6
1980 27 AUS FL $ 300,000 4 5 4 6 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 3 2 7 5 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 1 0 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 4 5 4 6 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 3 3 7 5 6
                                             
  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 28 AUS FL $ 300,000   11 11 10 11 11 11 15 16 16 5 6 6 16 13 14
1982 29 AUS FL $ 350,000   13 13 12 11 11 11 15 15 15 5 6 6 16 13 14
1983 30 OMA JL $ 2,000,000   13 13 12 12 12 12 14 15 15 6 7 7 17 14 15
1984 31 OMA JL $ 2,000,000   13 13 12 12 12 12 15 15 15 6 7 7 16 13 14
1985 32 OMA JL $ 2,000,000   13 13 12 12 12 12 15 16 16 6 7 7 16 13 14
1986 33 OMA JL $ 2,000,000   13 13 12 12 12 12 14 15 14 6 7 7 15 12 13
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   11 11 10 11 11 11 14 15 14 5 6 6 15 12 13
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000   13 13 12 12 12 12 15 16 16 6 7 7 17 14 15
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 20 A   159 679 94 185 36 4 13 72 30 7 43 152 .272 .316 .395 .710 85.2  
1974 21 A   127 528 76 137 37 11 14 60 25 6 30 93 .259 .299 .451 .750 71.0  
1975 22 A   137 546 74 153 41 2 11 77 31 7 41 95 .280 .330 .423 .754 76.5  
1976 23 AA   73 267 42 85 19 2 10 40 14 4 31 48 .318 .389 .517 .906 51.5  
    A   65 263 52 82 17 5 8 50 13 0 20 39 .312 .360 .506 .866 46.7  
1977 24 AAA   57 205 27 49 13 6 6 34 5 3 16 39 .239 .294 .449 .743 26.6  
    AA   81 323 50 96 27 2 10 51 24 2 19 61 .297 .336 .486 .822 52.8  
1978 25 AUS FL 29 36 13 12 5 1 1 2 4 0 1 7 .333 .351 .611 .962 7.1 1.9
    AAA   106 398 55 116 36 5 7 64 21 5 30 65 .291 .341 .460 .801 60.5  
1979 26 AUS FL 72 105 25 21 3 2 1 9 23 3 6 15 .200 .246 .295 .541 11.4 1.1
1980 27 AUS FL 64 90 24 23 12 2 3 15 17 4 3 15 .256 .295 .533 .828 15.0 3.0
    AAA   38 171 37 63 24 1 7 26 6 2 9 20 .368 .400 .643 1.043 37.0  
1981 28 AUS FL 50 56 15 12 2 0 2 4 12 5 7 14 .214 .313 .357 .670 7.2 0.7
    AAA   81 333 78 95 27 4 16 70 32 4 32 35 .285 .348 .535 .882 63.2  
1982 29 AUS FL 98 140 32 38 8 4 2 16 19 4 6 17 .271 .304 .429 .733 18.9 3.1
1983 30 AUS FL 16 25 6 8 3 0 0 4 2 1 1 5 .320 .346 .440 .786 3.5 0.8
  DM FL 62 199 25 47 7 4 11 31 13 8 9 41 .236 .265 .477 .743 26.4 3.4
  OMA JL 52 179 27 47 11 3 6 33 12 8 11 29 .263 .301 .458 .759 24.4 3.5
  TOT   130 403 58 102 21 7 17 68 27 17 21 75 .253 .286 .467 .753 54.3 7.7
    AAA   8 9 4 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 .333 .455 .889 1.343 3.3  
1984 31 OMA JL 155 568 85 145 35 8 19 64 42 21 34 94 .255 .297 .445 .742 76.8 10.6
1985 32 OMA JL 124 321 51 80 27 7 11 38 21 13 21 65 .249 .296 .480 .775 42.8 5.8
1986 33 OMA JL 99 192 20 44 10 3 4 23 9 6 12 42 .229 .282 .375 .657 18.6 0.9
9 Years Sim 821 1911 323 477 123 34 60 239 174 73 111 344 .250 .292 .444 .736 252.1 34.8
5 Years AAA 290 1116 201 326 100 17 37 195 65 14 89 159 .292 .344 .512 .856 190.6  
2 Years AA 154 590 92 181 46 4 20 91 38 6 50 109 .307 .367 .500 .867 104.2  
4 Years A 488 2016 296 557 131 22 46 259 99 20 134 379 .276 .323 .432 .755 279.4  
11 Years Minors 932 3722 589 1064 277 43 103 545 202 40 273 647 .286 .337 .466 .803 574.2  
162 Game Average 377 63 94 24 6 11 47 34 14 21 67 .250 .292 .444 .736 49.7  
Career Highs 155 568 85 145 35 8 19 68 42 21 34 94 .333 .351 .611 .962 76.8  
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   1394 234 355 91 17 45 175 121 55 88 274 .255 .300 .441 .741 183.4
vs LH   517 89 122 32 17 15 64 52 18 23 70 .236 .272 .451 .722 64.8
Home 406 937 160 229 61 20 23 100 83 37 56 162 .244 .288 .426 .714 114.5
Away 415 974 163 248 62 14 37 139 90 36 55 182 .255 .296 .461 .757 133.7
RISP   450 0 102 32 2 15 164 0 0 20 73 .227 .255 .407 .662 46.6
Pinch Hitting   173 35 42 14 2 5 26 8 4 14 35 .243 .302 .434 .736 22.2
Close/Late   244 73 61 16 2 8 39 0 0 10 48 .250 .279 .430 .709 28.5
Mar/Apr 124 289 47 75 23 7 5 24 21 16 10 52 .260 .289 .439 .728 32.6
May 131 359 50 79 22 6 11 43 27 9 28 59 .220 .279 .407 .685 42.5
June 123 289 63 83 24 9 14 46 28 9 13 57 .287 .321 .578 .899 51.6
July 141 325 52 76 21 3 10 39 29 14 22 58 .234 .285 .409 .694 38.0
August 159 366 59 98 16 6 13 56 40 13 20 70 .268 .303 .451 .753 52.1
Sep/Oct 143 283 52 66 17 3 7 31 28 12 18 48 .233 .279 .389 .667 31.4
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 21 JAX JL CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 25 AUS FL CF 13 7 63.0 19 0 1 0 .950 2.71 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 2 2 15.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 26 AUS FL CF 20 13 120.3 37 1 0 0 1.000 2.84 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    RF 17 8 88.3 17 1 1 1 .947 1.83 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 16 6 66.0 16 1 1 0 .944 2.32 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 5.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 27 AUS FL CF 20 18 156.0 50 0 0 0 1.000 2.88 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 17 2 43.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.51 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 10 1 20.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.10 0 0 .000 0  
1981 28 AUS FL LF 11 5 51.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.47 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 6 3 31.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.99 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 5 2 27.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.65 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 29 AUS FL RF 18 10 88.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 19 9 84.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.71 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 11 5 62.7 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.72 0 0 .000 0  
1983 30 AUS FL RF 7 6 27.5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 5 5 21.5 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.51 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 1 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  DM FL RF 27 24 224.1 50 1 1 0 .981 2.05 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    CF 20 19 175.0 49 2 0 0 1.000 2.62 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 5 5 41.1 9 0 1 0 .900 1.97 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  OMA JL RF 23 20 205.0 46 1 1 0 .979 2.06 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    CF 16 16 160.1 45 2 0 0 1.000 2.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 4 4 37.6 9 0 1 0 .900 2.15 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 57 50 456.6 102 2 2 0 .981 2.05   3.2
      CF 41 40 356.6 100 4 0 0 1.000 2.62   0.0
      LF 10 10 83.7 19 0 2 0 .905 2.04   0.0
      1B 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1984 31 OMA JL CF 103 97 865.3 220 4 9 1 .961 2.33 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    LF 50 48 407.0 68 4 1 0 .986 1.59 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 8.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
1985 32 OMA JL LF 78 60 502.3 113 2 7 0 .943 2.06 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    CF 17 4 71.7 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.39 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 9 2 33.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 5.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 33 OMA JL LF 37 34 291.7 54 1 2 0 .965 1.70 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 11 5 52.7 11 0 1 0 .917 1.88 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 7 3 26.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.77 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 238 189 1749.9 469 10 10 1 .980 2.46 0 0 .000 0 6.3
  LF 233 175 1521.0 313 8 13 0 .961 1.90 0 0 .000 0 1.9
  RF 140 81 807.3 174 3 4 1 .978 1.97 0 0 .000 0 3.6
  2B 2 0 13.0 2 6 0 2 1.000 5.54 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  3B 1 0 5.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   616 445 4102.8 959 28 27 4 .973 2.17 0 0 .000 0 11.9
Career Highs   157 145 1286.3 290 12 10 2 1.000 2.83 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1980 27 AUS FL 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1982 29 AUS FL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1983 30 OMA JL 4 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .071 .071 .071 .143
1984 31 OMA JL 5 16 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 .188 .188 .375 .563
1985 32 OMA JL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 13 36 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 7 .139 .139 .222 .361
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Caught Stealing
1984-5-21
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. William J. Blazcowicz Jr. (971)
  2. Bobby Rayburn (967)
  3. Jim Weaver (954)
  4. Ellis Valentine (952)
  5. Jorge Orta (948)
  6. Andrew Backstrom (948)
  7. Kevin Werden (946)
  8. Steve Sakis (943)
  9. Bobby Bonilla (943)
  10. Raymond Miner (942)
History
Drafted in 42nd round, 997th overall pick, by Charlotte in 1973
Traded from Charlotte to Lexington on 6/21/1973 (Going to CHA: CF J. Elliott, P R. Malone. Going to LEX: P R. Nugent, CF N. Ortiz)
Traded from Lexington to Jacksonville on 3/2/1974 (Going to JAX: CF N. Ortiz, RF H. Hamilton. Going to LEX: CF W. Wambold)
Traded from Jacksonville to Austin on 7/31/1978 (Going to AUS: 1B J. Kelly, P J. Furlow, LF N. Ortiz. Going to JAX: 1B B. Malbrough, P P. Hutson, LF K. Stroudt, 1B L. Reynolds, P O. Desjardins)
Had first career hit on 8/1/1978, off Jesus Calabro (SLC)
Hit first career homerun on 9/3/1978, off Robert Quinton (MON)
 
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