Jorge Orta
Jorge Orta
Full name: Jorge (Nunez) Orta
Born: November 26, 1950, Mazatlan, Sinaloa (Mexico)
First Game: April 15, 1972 ; Final Game: June 10, 1987
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 170
Photo by Lou Sauritch, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com
Jorge Orta
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1972 CHI A Daily Splits 51 124 20 25 3 1 3 11 6 0 37 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 3 .202 .244 .315 -0.4 1972 CHI A
1973 CHI A Daily Splits 128 425 46 113 9 10 6 40 37 3 87 1 1 5 0 4 7 8 8 .266 .323 .376 -2.1 1973 CHI A
1974 CHI A Daily Splits 139 525 73 166 31 2 10 67 40 1 88 3 6 4 0 9 8 9 5 .316 .365 .440 2.4 1974 CHI A
1975 CHI A Daily Splits 140 542 64 165 26 10 11 83 48 7 67 4 4 4 0 10 17 16 9 .304 .363 .450 2.5 1975 CHI A
1976 CHI A Daily Splits 158 636 74 174 29 8 14 72 38 2 77 5 1 8 0 12 15 24 8 .274 .316 .410 0.5 1976 CHI A
1977 CHI A Daily Splits 144 564 71 159 27 8 11 84 46 3 49 2 2 7 0 7 12 4 4 .282 .334 .417 -3.0 1977 CHI A
1978 CHI A Daily Splits 117 420 45 115 19 2 13 53 42 3 39 4 4 7 0 5 9 1 2 .274 .340 .421 0.2 1978 CHI A
1979 CHI A Daily Splits 113 325 49 85 18 3 11 46 44 2 33 1 3 4 0 6 6 1 5 .262 .348 .437 -0.7 1979 CHI A
1980 CLE A Daily Splits 129 481 78 140 18 3 10 64 71 2 44 2 2 8 0 7 8 6 5 .291 .379 .403 1.6 1980 CLE A
1981 CLE A Daily Splits 88 338 50 92 14 3 5 34 21 3 43 1 5 5 0 6 11 4 3 .272 .312 .376 -0.5 1981 CLE A
1982 LA N Daily Splits 86 115 13 25 5 0 2 8 12 3 13 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .217 .295 .313 -0.4 1982 LA N
1983 TOR A Daily Splits 103 245 30 58 6 3 10 38 19 0 29 0 0 4 0 3 6 1 2 .237 .287 .408 -0.9 1983 TOR A
1984 KC A Daily Splits 122 403 50 120 23 7 9 50 28 8 39 2 1 4 0 5 6 0 1 .298 .343 .457 0.3 1984 KC A
1985 KC A Daily Splits 110 300 32 80 21 1 4 45 22 5 28 2 2 4 0 3 8 2 1 .267 .317 .383 -0.5 1985 KC A
1986 KC A Daily Splits 106 336 35 93 14 2 9 46 23 3 34 0 0 2 0 6 9 0 3 .277 .321 .411 -0.6 1986 KC A
1987 KC A Daily Splits 21 50 3 9 4 0 2 4 3 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .180 .226 .380 -0.4 1987 KC A
Total NL 86 115 13 25 5 0 2 8 12 3 13 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .217 .295 .313 -0.4 Total NL
Total AL 1669 5714 720 1594 262 63 128 737 488 43 702 28 33 66 0 84 124 79 59 .279 .335 .414 -1.6 Total AL
Total Splits 1755 5829 733 1619 267 63 130 745 500 46 715 29 33 67 0 84 125 79 60 .278 .334 .412 -2.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
League Championship Series Batting Record League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1984 KC A Daily Splits 3 10 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .100 .300 1984 KC A
1985 KC A Daily Splits 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1985 KC A
Total Splits 5 15 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067 .067 .200 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1985 KC A Daily Splits 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1985 KC A
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1972 CHI A Daily SS 19 14 11 130 28 41 3 13 0 .958
1972 CHI A 2B 14 8 6 85 20 26 2 8 0 .958
1972 CHI A 3B 9 6 5 56 2 18 3 2 0 .870
1973 CHI A Daily 2B 122 116 107 1036 254 300 18 75 0 .969
1973 CHI A SS 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1974 CHI A Daily 2B 123 116 115 1058 297 313 18 93 0 .971
1974 CHI A DH 10 10 8 -
1974 CHI A SS 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 -
1975 CHI A Daily 2B 134 133 131 1201.1 354 354 16 95 0 .978
1975 CHI A DH 2 2 1 -
1976 CHI A Daily OF 77 76 67 667.2 156 9 5 1 0 .971 76 0 2
1976 CHI A LF 76 74 66 651.2 149 9 5 1 0 .969
1976 CHI A 3B 49 49 43 436 31 102 10 9 0 .930
1976 CHI A DH 31 31 30 -
1976 CHI A RF 2 2 1 16 6 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 CHI A Daily 2B 139 136 131 1202 287 335 19 64 0 .970
1978 CHI A Daily 2B 114 114 108 974.1 275 290 9 62 0 .984
1978 CHI A DH 2 0 0 -
1979 CHI A Daily DH 64 53 45 -
1979 CHI A 2B 41 34 23 279 57 75 3 17 0 .978
1980 CLE A Daily OF 120 120 110 1027 269 10 5 1 0 .982 0 2 118
1980 CLE A RF 118 118 108 1010 260 10 5 1 0 .982
1980 CLE A DH 7 5 4 -
1980 CLE A CF 2 2 2 17 8 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 CLE A Daily OF 86 80 75 742.1 150 11 1 2 0 .994 0 1 86
1981 CLE A RF 86 80 75 738.1 148 11 1 2 0 .994
1981 CLE A CF 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 -
1982 LA N Daily OF 18 16 5 118 35 1 2 1 0 .947 2 0 16
1982 LA N RF 16 16 5 113 32 1 2 1 0 .943
1982 LA N LF 2 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 TOR A Daily DH 69 58 27 -
1983 TOR A OF 17 12 1 77 16 1 0 1 0 1.000 5 0 12
1983 TOR A RF 12 9 1 58 13 1 0 1 0 1.000
1983 TOR A LF 5 3 0 19 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 KC A Daily DH 83 77 66 -
1984 KC A OF 26 26 15 212.2 48 0 1 0 0 .980 14 0 12
1984 KC A LF 14 14 10 114 24 0 1 0 0 .960
1984 KC A RF 12 12 5 98.2 26 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 KC A 2B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1985 KC A Daily DH 85 74 54 -
1986 KC A Daily DH 87 83 67 -
1987 KC A Daily DH 12 11 11 -
Total 2B 688 657 621 5836.2 1544 1693 85 414 0 .974
Total DH 452 404 313 -
Total OF 344 330 273 2844.2 674 32 14 6 0 .981 97 3 246
Total RF 246 237 195 2034 485 23 8 5 0 .984
Total LF 97 91 76 789.2 178 9 6 1 0 .969
Total 3B 58 55 48 492 33 120 13 11 0 .922
Total SS 23 14 11 138 29 42 3 13 0 .959
Total CF 3 2 2 21 8 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
League Championship Series Fielding Record League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1984 KC A Daily DH 3 3 2 -
1985 KC A Daily DH 1 1 1 -
Total DH 4 4 3 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Transactions Transactions
Sold by Mexicali (Mexican Northern) to Chicago White Sox (November 30, 1971 ).
Granted free agency (November 1, 1979 ).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 19, 1979 ).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Larry White and Jack Fimple to Los Angeles Dodgers
in exchange for Rick Sutcliffe and Jack Perconte (December 9, 1981 ).
Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers to New York Mets in exchange for Pat Zachry (December
28, 1982 ).
Traded by New York Mets to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Steve Senteney
(February 4, 1983 ).
Traded by Toronto Blue Jays to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Willie Aikens
(December 20, 1983 ).
Released by Kansas City Royals (December 22, 1986 ).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (January 12, 1987 ).
Released by Kansas City Royals (June 17, 1987 ).
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