Luis Ortiz (third baseman)
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| Luis Ortiz | |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 28 | |
| Third baseman/Coach | |
| Born: May 25, 1970 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 31, 1993, for the Boston Red Sox | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 28, 1996, for the Texas Rangers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .228 |
| Home runs | 2 |
| Runs batted in | 26 |
| Teams | |
Luis Alberto Ortiz (born May 25, 1970 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a former third baseman/designated hitter in Major League Baseball who played from 1993 through 1996 for the Boston Red Sox (1993–94) and Texas Rangers (1995–96). He also played one season in Japan for the Yakult Swallows (1997). Listed at 6' 0", 190 lb., he batted and threw right-handed.
In a four-season career, Ortiz was a .228 hitter (33-for-145) with two home runs and 26 RBI in 60 games, including 14 runs, seven doubles and three triples.
Following his majors career, Ortiz played in Japanese baseball with the 1997 Yakult Swallows. He also played in the Red Sox, Rangers, Diamondbacks, Expos and Cardinals minor league systems. (1991–2004).
Before retitring in 2004, Ortiz went back to school and graduated from Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. Doing so, he became the first player from the Dominican Republic to play in the Major Leagues and graduate from college. After retiring from baseball, Ortiz opened a baseball school in Keller, Texas. He has published four hitting books (The Natural Hitter Handbook plus three drills books). Ortiz was a hitting coordinator with the Texas Rangers from 2009 till 2012 and the Lower Level hitting coordinator and the Cultural Development Coordinator for the Cleveland Indians in 2013. In 2014, Ortiz was promoted to Assistant Field coordinator while performing the role of hitting coordinator. From 2015 to 2017, Ortiz was the Field and Hitting Coordinator of the San Diego Padres, who made him their major league hitting coach for the final month of the 2017 season. On December 1, 2017, he was hired by the Los Angeles Dodgers to share the dual role of assistant hitting coach / minor league hitting coordinator with Brant Brown.[1]
References
- ^ Gurnick, Ken (December 1, 2017). "Brown, Ortiz hired as asst. hitting coaches". mlb.com. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com
- Retrosheet
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