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Jorge Orta

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Full Name: Jorge (Nunez) Orta Primary Position: 2B,DH,OF,RF
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/170 First Game: April 15, 1972
Birthdate: November 26, 1950 Final Game: June 10, 1987
Birthplace: Mazatlan, Sinaloa (Mexico) MLB Experience: 16 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Jorge Orta (Jorge (Nunez) Orta) was born on November 26, 1950 in Mazatlan, Sinaloa (Mexico). He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1972 for the Chicago White Sox. In 1973, his rookie year, he hit .266 with 6 home runs and 40 RBI. Orta played for the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 16 year career.

Most people believe that Jorge Orta's best season was 1976, when he knocked in 72 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1972 CHI A 51 124 20 25 3 11 .202 .244 .315 3 1 6 37 1 2 3 0 2
1973 CHI A 128 425 46 113 6 40 .266 .323 .376 9 10 37 87 1 1 8 3 7
1974 CHI A 139 525 73 166 10 67 .316 .365 .440 31 2 40 88 3 6 9 1 8
1975 CHI A 140 542 64 165 11 83 .304 .363 .450 26 10 48 67 4 4 16 7 17
1976 CHI A 158 636 74 174 14 72 .274 .316 .410 29 8 38 77 5 1 24 2 15
1977 CHI A 144 564 71 159 11 84 .282 .334 .417 27 8 46 49 2 2 4 3 12
1978 CHI A 117 420 45 115 13 53 .274 .340 .421 19 2 42 39 4 4 1 3 9
1979 CHI A 113 325 49 85 11 46 .262 .348 .437 18 3 44 33 1 3 1 2 6
1980 CLE A 129 481 78 140 10 64 .291 .379 .403 18 3 71 44 2 2 6 2 8
1981 CLE A 88 338 50 92 5 34 .272 .312 .376 14 3 21 43 1 5 4 3 11
1982 LA N 86 115 13 25 2 8 .217 .295 .313 5 0 12 13 1 0 0 3 1
1983 TOR A 103 245 30 58 10 38 .237 .287 .408 6 3 19 29 0 0 1 0 6
1984 KC A 122 403 50 120 9 50 .298 .343 .457 23 7 28 39 2 1 0 8 6
1985 KC A 110 300 32 80 4 45 .267 .317 .383 21 1 22 28 2 2 2 5 8
1986 KC A 106 336 35 93 9 46 .277 .321 .411 14 2 23 34 0 0 0 3 9
1987 KC A 21 50 3 9 2 4 .180 .226 .380 4 0 3 8 0 0 0 1 0
Total NL 86 115 13 25 2 8 .217 .295 .313 5 0 12 13 1 0 0 3 1
Total AL 1669 5714 720 1594 128 737 .279 .335 .414 262 63 488 702 28 33 79 43 124
Total 1755 5829 733 1619 130 745 .278 .334 .412 267 63 500 715 29 33 79 46 125

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1972 CHI A 2B 14 8 85 20 26 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1972 CHI A 3B 9 6 56 2 18 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .870
1972 CHI A SS 19 14 130 28 41 3 13 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1973 CHI A SS 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1973 CHI A 2B 122 116 1036 254 300 18 75 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1974 CHI A SS 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1974 CHI A 2B 123 116 1058 297 313 18 93 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1974 CHI A DH 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1975 CHI A 2B 134 133 1201.1 354 354 16 95 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1975 CHI A DH 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1976 CHI A OF 77 76 667.2 156 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1976 CHI A DH 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1976 CHI A LF 76 74 651.2 149 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1976 CHI A RF 2 2 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1976 CHI A 3B 49 49 436 31 102 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 .930
1977 CHI A 2B 139 136 1202 287 335 19 64 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1978 CHI A 2B 114 114 974.1 275 290 9 62 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1978 CHI A DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 CHI A DH 64 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 CHI A 2B 41 34 279 57 75 3 17 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1980 CLE A RF 118 118 1010 260 10 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1980 CLE A DH 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1980 CLE A OF 120 120 1027 269 10 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1980 CLE A CF 2 2 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 CLE A OF 86 80 742.1 150 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1981 CLE A RF 86 80 738.1 148 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1981 CLE A CF 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1982 LA N OF 18 16 118 35 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .947
1982 LA N RF 16 16 113 32 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1982 LA N LF 2 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 TOR A DH 69 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1983 TOR A LF 5 3 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 TOR A OF 17 12 77 16 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 TOR A RF 12 9 58 13 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 KC A LF 14 14 114 24 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1984 KC A DH 83 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1984 KC A RF 12 12 98.2 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 KC A OF 26 26 212.2 48 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1984 KC A 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1985 KC A DH 85 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1986 KC A DH 87 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1987 KC A DH 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 2B 688 657 5836.2 1544 1693 85 414 0 0 0 0 0 .974
Total DH 452 404 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 246 237 2034 485 23 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 .984
Total 3B 58 55 492 33 120 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 .922
Total LF 97 91 789.2 178 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .969
Total SS 23 14 138 29 42 3 13 0 0 0 0 0 .959
Total CF 3 2 21 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 344 330 2844.2 674 32 14 6 0 0 0 0 0 .981

[edit] Transactions

  • Sold by Mexicali (Mexican Northern) to Chicago White Sox (November 30, 1971).
  • Granted free agency (November 1, 1979).
  • Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 19, 1979).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians with Larry White and Jack Fimple to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Rick Sutcliffe and Jack Perconte (December 9, 1981).
  • Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers to New York Mets in exchange for Pat Zachry (December 28, 1982).
  • Traded by New York Mets to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Steve Senteney (February 4, 1983).
  • Traded by Toronto Blue Jays to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Willie Aikens (December 20, 1983).
  • Released by Kansas City Royals (December 22, 1986).
  • Signed by Kansas City Royals (January 12, 1987).
  • Released by Kansas City Royals (June 17, 1987).

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