José Luis Ortiz Irizarry (June 25, 1947 – January 20, 2011) was a Puerto Rican

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who played in the Major Leagues between and for the Chicago Cubs and

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. Born in

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, Ortiz threw and batted

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, stood tall and weighed . He was traded along with Ossie Blanco by the White Sox to the Chicago Cubs for Dave Lemonds,

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and Pat Jacquez on November 30, 1970."Center Fielders Are Exchanged," ''The New York Times'', Tuesday, December 1, 1970.
Retrieved March 10, 2020 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

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. He had a .301 career average in 123 at bats. Defensively, Ortiz also accepted 72

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(67 putouts, 5 assists) as an outfielder without an error for a 1.000 fielding percentage. He played eleven seasons and 1,159 games in minor league baseball, retiring after the 1976 season. Ortiz was manager for the Tucson Mexican All-Stars of the

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from 1999 to 2000.

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