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Name	Team	Age
Fred Ortiz	Retired (1995, Age 41)	Died (2025, Age 71)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 10 (1973)	C	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Mike Piazza League	0	19 years (86 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
C+	B+	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	B+	C-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C+	C-	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A	F	F
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C	0	2/4/1954
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	6
Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
D+ (26.9 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1973

Minors

62.00

3 / 5

8 / 10

12 / 13

7 / 9

9 / 9

8 / 8

6 / 8

53 / 62

1974

Minors

58.00

3 / 4

4 / 6

5 / 8

3 / 4

12 / 12

6 / 9

10 / 15

43 / 58

1975

Minors

50.00

7 / 11

4 / 8

6 / 8

6 / 8

7 / 7

2 / 4

3 / 4

35 / 50

1975

Majors

2.22

7

5

0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 2

1976

Majors

54.55

162

107

0

2 / 8

3 / 6

6 / 10

2 / 6

2 / 5

3 / 9

3 / 10

21 / 54

1977

Majors

54.13

162

121

0

0 / 7

2 / 7

3 / 7

4 / 10

5 / 7

2 / 8

1 / 8

17 / 54

1978

Majors

58.60

162

135

0

2 / 9

2 / 10

3 / 10

3 / 7

7 / 9

1 / 6

2 / 7

20 / 58

1979

Majors

59.55

162

135

0

3 / 6

3 / 12

6 / 12

2 / 6

1 / 9

1 / 7

2 / 7

18 / 59

1980

Majors

64.79

162

135

0

3 / 13

3 / 9

4 / 11

0 / 6

4 / 9

1 / 7

3 / 9

18 / 64

1981

Majors

67.93

162

135

0

3 / 13

3 / 9

2 / 6

1 / 11

3 / 7

1 / 9

2 / 12

15 / 67

1982

Majors

61.25

162

135

0

0 / 11

1 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 5

1 / 10

0 / 12

0 / 6

2 / 61

1983

Majors

52.38

134

102

28

0 / 7

1 / 10

0 / 12

0 / 5

2 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 5

3 / 52

1984

Majors

57.86

150

117

12

0 / 5

0 / 8

0 / 11

0 / 7

1 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 16

1 / 57

1985

Majors

54.96

143

120

19

0 / 7

1 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 12

0 / 8

1 / 54

1986

Majors

61.74

162

135

0

0 / 5

0 / 11

0 / 4

1 / 10

1 / 9

0 / 11

1 / 11

3 / 61

1987

Majors

61.53

162

135

0

0 / 12

0 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 12

0 / 6

0 / 9

0 / 61

1988

Majors

61.24

162

135

0

0 / 11

-5 / 6

-2 / 13

-7 / 7

-4 / 9

-1 / 9

-1 / 6

-20 / 61

1989

Majors

58.86

154

123

8

-3 / 8

-5 / 5

-2 / 12

-5 / 6

-8 / 7

0 / 14

-4 / 6

-27 / 58

1990

Majors

61.08

162

130

0

-2 / 8

-3 / 4

-1 / 9

-1 / 12

-10 / 8

-1 / 13

-3 / 7

-21 / 61

1991

Majors

40.19

162

55

0

-2 / 8

-7 / 7

-2 / 3

-1 / 3

0 / 8

-1 / 4

-4 / 7

-17 / 40

1992

Majors

53.82

148

97

14

0 / 5

-1 / 6

-1 / 10

-6 / 8

-5 / 7

0 / 7

-3 / 10

-16 / 53

1993

Majors

48.63

162

83

0

-2 / 8

-7 / 8

-2 / 4

-3 / 4

-1 / 11

-3 / 6

-3 / 7

-21 / 48

1994

Majors

44.35

162

56

0

-3 / 5

-6 / 8

-3 / 8

-3 / 3

-4 / 9

-3 / 7

-4 / 4

-26 / 44

1995

Minors

9.00

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 3

1 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 9

1995

Majors

7.41

54

9

0

-3 / 2

-7 / 1

-4 / 2

-6 / 2

-3 / 0

-1 / 0

-1 / 0

-25 / 7

Total

3058

2205

81

11 / 180

-6 / 177

30 / 195

-3 / 153

20 / 186

16 / 182

10 / 182

78 / 1255

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1995-11-01	Fred Ortiz has retired from the Arizona MudSharks
1995-09-10	The Arizona MudSharks have re-claimed Fred Ortiz from the waiver wire.
1995-09-10	The Arizona MudSharks have designated Fred Ortiz for assignment.
1995-08-26	The Arizona MudSharks have promoted Fred Ortiz to the major league team.
1995-08-26	The Arizona MudSharks have acquired Fred Ortiz from the waiver wire.
1995-08-16	The Chicago 1969ers have waived Fred Ortiz.
1995-05-09	The Chicago 1969ers have acquired Fred Ortiz from the waiver wire.
1995-04-25	The New York Rotties have promoted Tom Bennett to the major league team. The New York Rotties have waived Fred Ortiz.
1992-05-20	Fred Ortiz of the New York Rotties is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1989-09-07	Fred Ortiz of the New York Rotties is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1985-07-13	Fred Ortiz of the New York Rotties is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1984-08-15	Fred Ortiz of the New York Rotties is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1983-04-19	Fred Ortiz of the New York Rotties is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
1975-09-24	The New York Rotties have promoted Fred Ortiz to the major league team. The New York Rotties have sent Russ Stephenson to the minors.
1973-04-08	The New York Rotties have renamed Fred Cornett to Fred Ortiz.