Junior
Ortiz
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 186
 
Born: October 24, 1959 in P.R., , HUMACAO
 
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1986 26 STL NL 77 189 13 42 10 1 0 19 0 0 11 14 .222 .262 .286 .548 11.9 0.2
1987 27 STL NL 162 690 67 143 31 4 4 50 1 3 32 43 .207 .242 .281 .523 41.7 0.0
1988 28 STL NL 133 475 38 133 16 0 3 51 0 0 13 39 .280 .297 .333 .629 40.1 4.6
1989 29 STL NL 132 401 30 118 13 0 2 34 2 0 17 30 .294 .322 .342 .664 41.5 7.1
1990 30 STL NL 63 163 14 35 4 1 0 11 0 0 7 28 .215 .247 .252 .499 9.0 0.0
1991 31 STL NL 62 133 9 46 6 1 0 15 0 0 5 24 .346 .364 .406 .770 17.5 3.7
1992 32 STL NL 16 34 3 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .206 .229 .294 .523 1.0 0.0
7 Years Sim 645 2085 174 524 83 7 9 182 3 3 86 183 .251 .280 .311 .590 162.7 15.5
162 Game Average 523 43 131 20 1 2 45 0 0 21 45 .251 .280 .311 .590 40.9  
Career Highs 162 690 67 143 31 4 4 51 2 3 32 43 .346 .364 .406 .770 41.7  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1986 26 STL NL C 48 48 389.0 203 24 2 0 .991 5.25 37 16 .432 1 2.0
    3B 1 0 1.7 0 2 0 1 1.000 10.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 27 STL NL C 162 162 1450.0 791 75 10 5 .989 5.38 162 44 .272 4 8.6
1988 28 STL NL C 125 125 1059.7 750 61 6 4 .993 6.89 95 30 .316 3 6.6
1989 29 STL NL C 116 99 929.0 769 39 5 2 .994 7.83 87 21 .241 6 4.5
1990 30 STL NL C 41 36 341.7 288 15 1 0 .997 7.98 38 10 .263 2 1.4
1991 31 STL NL C 27 27 223.0 178 9 0 0 1.000 7.55 16 5 .313 2 1.3
    1B 4 4 33.7 40 1 0 2 1.000 10.96 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1992 32 STL NL C 8 8 66.0 59 6 2 0 .970 8.86 9 2 .222 0 0.4
  C 527 505 4458.3 3038 229 26 11 .992 6.60 444 128 .288 18 24.7
  1B 4 4 33.7 40 1 0 2 1.000 10.96 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  3B 1 0 1.7 0 2 0 1 1.000 10.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   533 509 4494.6 3078 232 26 14 .992 6.63 444 128 .288 18 24.9
Career Highs   162 162 1450.0 791 75 10 5 1.000 8.86 162 44 .432 6  
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
1988 28 STL NL 4 8 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625
1989 29 STL NL 14 41 3 14 2 0 0 7 0 0 1 3 .341 .349 .390 .739
1992 32 STL NL 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167
Career Post-Season Batting 24 54 5 16 3 0 0 10 0 0 2 4 .296 .316 .352 .668
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.
Games
1987-1-162
At-Bats
1987-1-690
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Ron Hassey (980)
  2. Rick Cerone (964)
  3. Mark Salas (959)
  4. Bo Diaz (958)
  5. Terry McGriff (957)
  6. Steve Lake (952)
  7. Darryl Cias (949)
  8. Fred Kendall (948)
  9. Ron Hodges (947)
  10. Milt May (944)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 87th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1982
Had first career hit (double) on 5/1/1986, off Mario Soto (PHI)
Hit first career homerun on 4/21/1987, off Jim Wright (SFG)
1/31/1992: Gets a new one-year contract worth $464,286 through salary arbitration
5/1/1992: Signed a minor league contract extension with St. Louis