José Ortiz (outfielder), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

José Ortiz (outfielder)

Puerto Rican baseball player

Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1947

Place of Birth: Ponce, Puerto Rico, United States

Date of Death: 20-Jan-2011

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About José Ortiz (outfielder)

  • José Luis Ortiz Irizarry (June 25, 1947 – January 20, 2011) was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player, an outfielder who played in the Major Leagues between 1969 to 1971 for the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox.
  • Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Ortiz threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and weighed 155 pounds (70 kg). Ortiz appeared in 67 Major League games played over parts of those three seasons, including 36 for the 1971 Cubs.
  • He collected 37 hits, including nine doubles and one triple.
  • He had a .301 career average in 123 at bats.
  • He played eleven seasons and 1,159 games in minor league baseball, retiring after the 1976 season.

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