1973
Born May 23, 1973
Cotuí, Sánchez Ramírez, D.R.
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b. May 23, 1973 · Anaheim Angels 1999–2004, Cincinnati Reds 2005, Washington Nationals 2006, Minnesota Twins 2007, Colorado Rockies 2007, Los Angeles Dodgers 2010, Chicago Cubs 2011, Toronto Blue Jays 2013
Ramón Ortiz won fifteen games for the Anaheim Angels in 2002 and started Game 3 of the League Championship Series and Game 3 of the World Series they went on to win. It was the high point of a fourteen-year career spent mostly giving clubs innings.
He gave up a great many home runs doing it — the fastball was straight and he was not shy about it — and his career earned run average of 4.95 reflects that. He pitched for eight organizations and spent time in the Dominican and Mexican leagues around the major league seasons.
Born in Cotuí in the Dominican Republic in 1973, Ortiz struck out 895 batters across 1,448 innings and finished 87-86, closing out with Toronto in 2013.
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | ANA | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | ANA | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | ANA | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| 2002 | ANA | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| 2003 | ANA | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| 2004 | ANA | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2005 | CIN | 30 | 54 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | .074 |
| 2006 | WSN | 38 | 56 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 0 | .107 |
| 2007 | COL/MIN | 38 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| 2010 | LAD | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| 2011 | CHC | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| 2013 | TOR | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Career | — | 308 | 144 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 62 | 0 | .076 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | ANA | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 48.1 | 50 | 35 | 25 | 44 | 6.52 |
| 2000 | ANA | 8 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 111.1 | 96 | 63 | 55 | 73 | 5.09 |
| 2001 | ANA | 13 | 11 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 208.2 | 223 | 101 | 76 | 135 | 4.36 |
| 2002 | ANA | 15 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 217.1 | 188 | 91 | 68 | 162 | 3.77 |
| 2003 | ANA | 16 | 13 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 180.0 | 209 | 104 | 63 | 94 | 5.20 |
| 2004 | ANA | 5 | 7 | 34 | 14 | 0 | 128.0 | 139 | 63 | 38 | 82 | 4.43 |
| 2005 | CIN | 9 | 11 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 171.1 | 206 | 102 | 51 | 96 | 5.36 |
| 2006 | WSN | 11 | 16 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 190.2 | 230 | 118 | 64 | 104 | 5.57 |
| 2007 | COL/MIN | 5 | 4 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 104.0 | 127 | 63 | 22 | 51 | 5.45 |
| 2010 | LAD | 1 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 30.0 | 33 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 6.30 |
| 2011 | CHC | 1 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 33.1 | 31 | 18 | 11 | 25 | 4.86 |
| 2013 | TOR | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 25.1 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 6.04 |
| Career | — | 87 | 86 | 303 | 218 | 0 | 1448.1 | 1566 | 796 | 500 | 895 | 4.95 |
On this day & linked events
1999
Major-league debut: Ramón Ortiz
Ramón Ortiz made a major-league debut on August 19, 1999.
1999
Eric Milton's No-Hitter
Eric Milton threw a no-hitter for the Minnesota Twins against the Anaheim Angels on September 11, 1999, winning 7–0.
2013
Final major-league game: Ramón Ortiz
Ramón Ortiz played a final major-league game on June 2, 2013.