#48 Russ Ortiz, Starting Pitcher, 30 yrs, St. Louis Cardinals

#48 Russ Ortiz, Starting Pitcher, 30 yrs, St. Louis Cardinals
Friday, 10/15/2004

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Russ Ortiz

6/5/1974
30
Encino, Ca.
6"1
210

Starting Pitcher
R
R

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Strong
Loyal
None at all
Good
Normal
Durable
3.0 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 5,700,000
2004
7 Year(s), 45 Days (1249 total Days)
172 Day(s)
7 Year(s), 45 Days (1249 total Days)
8 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Movement	Control	Velocity
Overall	63	76	47	91-94 Mph
Versus LHB	54	80	41
Versus RHB	71	72	52
Talent	59	72	52

Pitching Ratings
Endurance :
Groundball Pct. :
Holding Runners :

81
68
2

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Screwball
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	44	21	6	1	33
Versus LHP	48	21	6	1	33
Versus RHP	42	21	6	1	33
Talent	32	32	32	52	32

Running & Bunting Ratings
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8
10
3
1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 56 (Range), .974 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 3
Outfield Arm : 6

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
8/20	PIT	L 4-9	*	1.2	7	6	6	0	2	L
8/25	@CIN	W 6-3	*	8.1	6	3	3	3	5	W
9/1	SDN	L 1-5	*	7	10	4	4	2	3	L
9/6	@SDN	L 4-5	*	5.2	7	3	0	2	4
9/11	@LAN	L 1-2	*	7	2	1	1	0	5
9/16	HOU	L 0-1	*	8	2	0	0	1	5
9/20	@MIL	W 11-4	*	6	3	2	2	3	6
9/24	@COL	W 12-2	*	8	5	0	0	4	6	W	PoG
9/28	@HOU	W 4-2	*	7.2	5	2	1	2	8	W	PoG
10/3	MIL	W 10-4	*	6	8	3	3	2	5	W

Pitching Stats 2004

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
	31	31	13	7	0	3.66	186.2	181	88	76	70	154	0	.0	0	18	58.1

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	0	0	12.2	8.7	7.4	3.4	18	2	11.1	0	0	.0	3.81

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	338	93	18	1	9	35	36	42	62	0	0	1	.275	.356	.414	.770
vs. RHB	380	88	17	3	10	48	52	28	92	0	0	2	.232	.285	.371	.656

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	12	12	4	3	0	4.50	64.0	66	34	32	25	52
Road	19	19	9	4	0	3.23	122.2	115	54	44	45	102
Postseason	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	6	6	3	2	0	5.00	36.0	37	21	20	19	33
May	4	4	1	1	0	8.78	13.1	25	19	13	8	14
June	5	5	3	1	0	2.45	36.2	33	10	10	8	24
July	3	3	1	1	0	5.02	14.1	15	9	8	8	12
August	5	5	2	1	0	4.06	31.0	29	14	14	11	29
Sept./Oct.	8	8	3	1	0	1.79	55.1	42	15	11	16	42

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	Teams
1998	22	13	4	4	0	4.99	88.1	90	0	49	0	46	75	0	0	1.54	SFN
1999	33	33	18	9	0	3.81	207.2	189	0	88	0	125	164	3	0	1.51	SFN
2000	33	32	14	12	0	5.01	195.2	192	0	109	0	112	167	0	0	1.55	SFN
2001	33	33	17	9	0	3.29	218.2	187	0	80	0	91	169	1	1	1.27	SFN
2002	33	33	14	10	0	3.61	214.1	191	0	86	0	94	137	2	0	1.33	SFN
2003	34	34	21	7	0	3.81	212.1	177	101	90	0	102	149	1	1	1.31	ATL
2004	31	31	13	7	0	3.66	186.2	181	88	76	19	70	154	0	0	1.34	ATL ARI STL
Total	219	209	101	58	0	3.93	1323.2	1207	189	578	19	640	1015	7	2	1.40

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

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ERA

SHO

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1998	22	25	7	0	0	1	2	3	2	9	0	0	.280	.333	.400	.733	SFN
1999	31	71	14	2	0	1	8	7	3	17	0	0	.197	.230	.268	.498	SFN
2000	31	61	12	2	0	0	5	7	8	16	0	0	.197	.290	.230	.520	SFN
2001	32	67	13	6	0	0	6	6	5	19	0	0	.194	.250	.284	.534	SFN
2002	31	69	17	5	0	2	9	11	6	17	0	0	.246	.307	.406	.713	SFN
2003	33	70	18	4	0	2	10	6	4	17	0	0	.257	.297	.400	.697	ATL
2004	29	55	13	3	0	0	3	9	5	16	0	0	.236	.300	.291	.591	ATL ARI STL
Total	209	418	94	22	0	6	43	49	33	111	0	0	.225	.282	.321	.602

Fielding Stats 2004

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

186.2

2.22

Player History

Traded from Atlanta to Arizona on 5/25/2004 (Going to ATL: P Randy Johnson, P Curt Schilling, LF Brad Wilkerson. Going to ARI: P Horacio Ramirez, RF Juan Gonzalez, P Russ Ortiz)...
Traded from Arizona to St. Louis on 6/25/2004 (Going to ARI: 1B Albert Pujols, 3B Hank Blalock. Going to STL: P Russ Ortiz, 1B Richie Sexson, 2B Mark Loretta)...

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