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Russ Ortiz

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 210 lb.
School University of Oklahoma

Debut April 2, 1998
  vs. HOU 2.0 IP, 0 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER
Born June 5, 1974 in Encino, CA

Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1995. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1998 24 SFG NL   4   4  22  13   0   0   3  0   88.3   90   51   49  11   46   75   4   3   394   1   0  4.99  4.03   81 1.540
 1999 25 SFG NL  18   9  33  33   3   0   0  0  207.7  189  109   88  24  125  164   6  13   922   5   0  3.81  4.29  113 1.512
 2000 26 SFG NL  14  12  33  32   0   0   0  0  195.7  192  117  109  28  112  167   7   8   871   1   0  5.01  4.27   85 1.554
 2001 27 SFG NL  17   9  33  33   1   1   0  0  218.7  187   90   80  13   91  169   0   8   911   3   1  3.29  4.01  122 1.271
 2002 28 SFG NL  14  10  33  33   2   0   0  0  214.3  191   89   86  15   94  137   4   5   911   5   0  3.61  3.87  107 1.330
 2003 29 ATL NL  21   7  34  34   1   1   0  0  212.3  177  101   90  17  102  149   4   5   912   7   0  3.81  4.29  112 1.314 MVP-27,CYA-4,AS
 2004 30 ATL NL  15   9  34  34   2   1   0  0  204.7  197   98   94  23  112  143   3   4   896   7   1  4.13  4.31  104 1.510
 2005 31 ARI NL   5  11  22  22   0   0   0  0  115.0  147   92   88  18   65   46   4   5   551   3   0  6.89  4.44   64 1.843
 2006 32 TOT      0   8  26  11   0   0   5  0   63.0   86   60   57  18   40   44   3   2   303   1   0  8.14  4.62   57 2.000
         ARI NL   0   5   6   6   0   0   0  0   22.7   27   21   19   3   22   21   1   0   113   1   0  7.54  4.72   63 2.162
         BAL AL   0   3  20   5   0   0   5  0   40.3   59   39   38  15   18   23   2   2   190   0   0  8.48  4.56   54 1.909
 2007 33 SFG NL   2   3  12   8   0   0   1  0   49.0   57   32   30   4   20   27   6   0   223   1   0  5.51  4.44   81 1.571
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .573 110  82 282 253   9   3   9  0 1568.7 1513  839  771 171  807 1121  41  53  6894  34   2  4.42  4.21   95 1.479
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  10  35  32   1   0   1  0  199.3  192  106   97  21  102  142   5   6   876   4   0  4.42  4.21   95 1.479
 Career High     21  12  34  34   3   1   5  0  218.7  197  117  109  28  125  169   7  13   922   7   1  3.29  4.62  122 1.271

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1998 24 SFG NL  22   25    3    7   0  0   1    2   0  0   2   9  .280  .333  .400   97   10   5   0   0   0   0
 1999 25 SFG NL  31   71    7   14   2  0   1    8   0  0   3  17  .197  .230  .268   28   19   7   0   0   0   1
 2000 26 SFG NL  31   61    7   12   2  0   0    5   0  0   8  16  .197  .290  .230   38   14   6   0   0   0   2
 2001 27 SFG NL  32   67    6   13   6  0   0    6   0  0   5  19  .194  .247  .284   41   19   8   1   0   0   1
 2002 28 SFG NL  31   69   11   17   5  0   2    9   0  0   6  17  .246  .299  .406   88   28   7   2   0   0   1
 2003 29 ATL NL  33   70    6   18   4  0   2   10   0  0   4  17  .257  .303  .400   81   28   6   1   0   1   1 MVP-27,AS
 2004 30 ATL NL  32   59    1    6   2  0   0    1   0  0   1  17  .102  .131  .136  -31    8  10   0   0   1   1
 2005 31 ARI NL  24   34    1    7   1  0   0    1   0  0   3   9  .206  .270  .235   33    8   6   0   0   0   1
 2006 32 TOT     26    6    1    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   2   1  .333  .500  .333  119    2   1   0   0   0   0
         ARI NL   6    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .200  .000  -43    0   1   0   0   0   0
         BAL AL  20    2    1    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  425    2   0   0   0   0   0
 2007 33 SFG NL  12   17    0    3   1  0   0    3   0  0   0   4  .176  .176  .235    6    4   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     274  479   43   99  23  0   6   47   0  0  34 126  .207  .260  .292   45  140  58   4   0   2   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        283   25   59  14  0   4   28   0  0  20  74  .207  .260  .292   45   83  34   2   0   1   5
 Career High     33   71   11   18   6  0   2   10   0  0   8  19                          28  10   2   0   1   2
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1998 24 SFG NL   32   23    4   4.7   103| .280  .263| .333  .333| .400  .415| .733  .747|  97  .482  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1999 25 SFG NL   81   65    5   2.1   111| .197  .270| .230  .344| .268  .434| .498  .778|  28  .150  -7.8  -0.7   0%
 2000 26 SFG NL   75   57    5   2.3   110| .197  .264| .290  .341| .230  .432| .520  .773|  38  .181  -5.4  -0.5   0%
 2001 27 SFG NL   81   64    5   2.1   105| .194  .260| .247  .330| .284  .426| .531  .756|  41  .167  -5.4  -0.5   0%
 2002 28 SFG NL   84   62    9   3.9   103| .246  .260| .299  .333| .406  .413| .705  .746|  88  .405  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 2003 29 ATL NL   82   60    9   4.0   110| .257  .270| .303  .342| .400  .433| .703  .775|  81  .408  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 2004 30 ATL NL   71   64    1   0.4   112| .102  .271| .131  .343| .136  .439| .267  .782| -31  .011 -11.8  -1.1   0%
 2005 31 ARI NL   43   34    2   1.6   111| .206  .272| .270  .343| .235  .433| .505  .776|  33  .114  -3.4  -0.3   0%
 2006 32 TOT       9    5    2  10.7   115| .333  .277| .500  .346| .333  .446| .833  .792| 119  .793   0.3   0.0   0%
         ARI NL    6    5    0   0.0   117| .000  .278| .200  .350| .000  .452| .200  .801| -43  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
         BAL AL    3    0    2         110|1.000  .274|1.000  .339|1.000  .436|2.000  .775| 425         1.3   0.1   0%
 2007 33 SFG NL   19   16    1   1.7   111| .176  .273| .176  .342| .235  .436| .411  .778|   6  .117  -2.4  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      577  450   43   2.6   108| .207  .266| .260  .339| .292  .429| .552  .768|  45  .224 -39.2  -3.6   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1998 24 SFG NL P 22 9 13 1 2 .957 .961 1.00 0.54 2.24 1.86 13 88.3 1999 25 SFG NL P 33 13 31 0 2 1.000 .950 1.33 0.48 1.91 1.72 33 207.7 2000 26 SFG NL P 33 11 33 0 4 1.000 .963 1.33 0.48 2.02 1.74 32 195.7 2001 27 SFG NL P 33 12 34 1 4 .979 .958 1.39 0.46 1.89 1.75 33 218.7 2002 28 SFG NL P 33 15 47 1 2 .984 .963 1.88 0.48 2.60 1.83 33 214.3 2003 29 ATL NL P 34 13 25 1 5 .974 .957 1.12 0.48 1.61 1.85 34 212.3 AS 2004 30 ATL NL P 34 7 38 0 5 1.000 .966 1.32 0.47 1.98 1.84 34 204.7 2005 31 ARI NL P 22 7 17 0 2 1.000 .960 1.09 0.46 1.88 1.75 22 115.0 2006 32 TOT P 26 5 8 0 1 1.000 .956 0.50 0.42 1.86 1.61 11 63.0 ARI NL P 6 2 6 0 1 1.000 .952 1.33 0.43 3.17 1.70 6 22.7 BAL AL P 20 3 2 0 0 1.000 .962 0.25 0.41 1.12 1.56 5 40.3 2007 33 SFG NL P 12 6 9 0 1 1.000 .968 1.25 0.40 2.76 1.67 8 49.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1998 24 SFG NL P 22 9 13 1 2 .957 .961 1.00 0.54 2.24 1.86 13 88.3 1999 25 SFG NL P 33 13 31 0 2 1.000 .950 1.33 0.48 1.91 1.72 33 207.7 2000 26 SFG NL P 33 11 33 0 4 1.000 .963 1.33 0.48 2.02 1.74 32 195.7 2001 27 SFG NL P 33 12 34 1 4 .979 .958 1.39 0.46 1.89 1.75 33 218.7 2002 28 SFG NL P 33 15 47 1 2 .984 .963 1.88 0.48 2.60 1.83 33 214.3 2003 29 ATL NL P 34 13 25 1 5 .974 .957 1.12 0.48 1.61 1.85 34 212.3 2004 30 ATL NL P 34 7 38 0 5 1.000 .966 1.32 0.47 1.98 1.84 34 204.7 2005 31 ARI NL P 22 7 17 0 2 1.000 .960 1.09 0.46 1.88 1.75 22 115.0 2006 32 TOT P 26 5 8 0 1 1.000 .956 0.50 0.42 1.86 1.61 11 63.0 ARI NL P 6 2 6 0 1 1.000 .952 1.33 0.43 3.17 1.70 6 22.7 BAL AL P 20 3 2 0 0 1.000 .962 0.25 0.41 1.12 1.56 5 40.3 2007 33 SFG NL P 12 6 9 0 1 1.000 .968 1.25 0.40 2.76 1.67 8 49.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 282 98 255 4 28 .989 .960 1.25 0.47 2.03 1.78 253 1568.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 282 98 255 4 28 .989 .960 1.25 0.47 2.02 1.78 253 1569
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2000   NLDS  SFG NYM     L   1   1   1.69  0  0  0  0   5.1   2   1   4   4 
 2002   NLDS  SFG ATL     W   2   2   2.19  2  0  0  0  12.1   9   3   8   8 
        NLCS  SFG STL     W   1   1   7.71  0  0  0  0   4.2   5   4   3   3 
        WS    SFG ANA     L   2   2  10.12  0  0  0  0   8    13   9   2   2 
 2003   NLDS  ATL CHC     L   2   2   5.06  1  1  0  0  10.2  15   6   7   9 
 2004   NLDS  ATL HOU     L   1   1  15.00  0  0  0  0   3     7   5   1   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Div Series       1-3   6   6   4.31  3  1  0  0  31.1  33  15  20  22 
  6 Postseason Ser      2-4   9   9   5.73  3  1  0  0  44    51  28  25  27 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2000   NLDS  SFG NYM     L   1   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 2002   NLDS  SFG ATL     W   2   6   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   4  .167  .167  .167   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  SFG STL     W   1   1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0  0   1   0   0 
        WS    SFG ANA     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2003   NLDS  ATL CHC     L   2   5   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .200  .200  .200   0  0   0   0   0 
 2004   NLDS  ATL HOU     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Div Series       1-3   6  15   1   2  0  0  0   0   0   8  .133  .133  .133   0  0   0   0   0 
  6 Postseason Series   2-4   9  16   1   3  0  0  0   0   0   8  .188  .188  .188   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 2003   ATL NL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   1   2  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2003   ATL NL       Replaced by designated hitter.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1                                                                              
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2003 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2003-NL-27-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2003-NL-4-0.06
Car-185-0.06 shares

ERA
2001 NL-3.29-7

Wins
1999 NL-18-4
2001 NL-17-5
2003 NL-21-1
2004 NL-15-9

Won-Loss %
1999 NL-.667-9
2003 NL-.750-2

Hits Allowed/9IP
1999 NL-8.19-8
2001 NL-7.70-6
2003 NL-7.50-5
Act-8.68-28

Strikeouts/9IP
2000 NL-7.68-10

Innings
2003 NL-212.3-9

Games Started
1999 NL-33-10
2003 NL-34-3
2004 NL-34-5

Comp. Games
1999 NL-3-9
2004 NL-2-7

Shutouts
2001 NL-1-7
2004 NL-1-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1999 NL-125-1
2000 NL-112-3
2001 NL-91-5
2002 NL-94-4
2003 NL-102-1
2004 NL-112-2
Act-807-16

Earned Runs Allow.
2000 NL-109-9

Wild Pitches
1999 NL-13-3
2001 NL-8-9

Batters Faced
2003 NL-912-6

   

Black Ink: Pitching - 4 (458) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 44 (565) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 11.0 (708) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 28.0 (452) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1995.

December 17, 2002: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Atlanta Braves for Damian Moss and Merkin Valdez.

October 29, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 11, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

June 13, 2006: Released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

June 25, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

October 31, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

January 9, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1998San Francisco Giants$170,000
1999San Francisco Giants$220,000
2000San Francisco Giants$462,500
2001San Francisco Giants$912,500
2002San Francisco Giants$2,862,500
2003Atlanta Braves$4,662,500
2004Atlanta Braves$6,200,000
2005Arizona Diamondbacks$7,375,000
2006Arizona Diamondbacks$7,875,000
2007San Francisco Giants$380,000
Career (may be incomplete)$31,120,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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