José Ortiz Baseball player

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.

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 25, 1947
Birth place
Ponce Puerto Rico
Date of deathJanuary 20, 2011
Place of death
Yabucoa Puerto Rico

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 04, 1969
Career endJune 16, 1971
batting sideRight
former teams
Chicago Cubs
Chicago White Sox
position
Outfielder
teams
Chicago Cubs
Chicago White Sox
throwing sideRight

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