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

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player, an

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who played in the Major Leagues between and for the

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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

for Dave Lemonds, Roe Skidmore and

Pat Jacquez Patrick Thomas Jacquez (born April 23, 1947) is a former right-handed pitcher who played for the Chicago White Sox in 1971. Jacquez only pitched in two games in his major league career. He was drafted in 1967 by the Chicago Cubs and played for ...

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

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over parts of those three seasons, including 36 for the 1971 Cubs. He collected 37

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, 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

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. He played eleven seasons and 1,159 games in

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, retiring after the 1976 season. Ortiz was manager for the

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of the

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from 1999 to 2000.

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