Roberto Ortiz (baseball)
Cuban baseball player (1915–1971)
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Roberto Gonzalo Ortiz Núñez (June 30, 1915 – September 15, 1971) was a Cuban professional baseball player. He was an outfielder over parts of six major-league seasons between 1941 and 1950 with the Washington Senators and Philadelphia Athletics. For his career, he compiled a .255 batting average with eight home runs and 78 runs batted in in 213 games played.[1]
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| Outfielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: June 30, 1915 Camagüey, Cuba | |||||||||||||||
| Died: September 15, 1971 (aged 56) Miami, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| September 6, 1941, for the Washington Senators | |||||||||||||||
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| September 2, 1950, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |||||||||||||||
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| Batting average | .255 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 78 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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| Member of the Mexican Professional | |||||||||||||||
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||
| Induction | 1973 | ||||||||||||||
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In the Cuban League, he won the batting title in the 1943–44 season, hitting .337.[2]
Ortiz was born in Camagüey, Cuba, in 1915 and died in Miami in 1971, aged 56.[1] He was inducted to the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973.[3]
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