Jorge Orta

2B/DH/RF · L/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 1972–1987 BORN: MAZATLAN, MÉXICO
All-Star ×2
Career
1619 H · 130 HR · 745 RBI · 79 SB
.278 AVG · .746 OPS · 1755 G
1987 Season
.180 AVG · 2 HR · 4 RBI · 0 SB
.226 OBP · .380 SLG · .606 OPS
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Jorge Orta was a second baseman in MLB. Across 1755 career games, with a .278 batting average and 130 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

Deep Data

Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1972 CWS 51 124 20 25 3 1 3 11 3 6 37 .202 .244 .315 .559
1973 CWS 128 425 46 113 9 10 6 40 8 37 87 .266 .323 .376 .699
1974 CWS 139 525 73 166 31 2 10 67 9 40 88 .316 .365 .440 .805
1975 CWS 140 542 64 165 26 10 11 83 16 48 67 .304 .363 .450 .813
1976 CWS 158 636 74 174 29 8 14 72 24 38 77 .274 .316 .410 .726
1977 CWS 144 564 71 159 27 8 11 84 4 46 49 .282 .334 .417 .751
1978 CWS 117 420 45 115 19 2 13 53 1 42 39 .274 .340 .421 .762
1979 CWS 113 325 49 85 18 3 11 46 1 44 33 .262 .348 .437 .785
1980 CLE 129 481 78 140 18 3 10 64 6 71 44 .291 .379 .403 .782
1981 CLE 88 338 50 92 14 3 5 34 4 21 43 .272 .312 .376 .688
1982 LAD 86 115 13 25 5 0 2 8 0 12 13 .217 .295 .313 .608
1983 TOR 103 245 30 58 6 3 10 38 1 19 29 .237 .287 .408 .695
1984 KC 122 403 50 120 23 7 9 50 0 28 39 .298 .343 .457 .800
1985 KC 110 300 32 80 21 1 4 45 2 22 28 .267 .317 .383 .700
1986 KC 106 336 35 93 14 2 9 46 0 23 34 .277 .321 .411 .732
1987 KC 21 50 3 9 4 0 2 4 0 3 8 .180 .226 .380 .606
Career Totals 1755 5829 733 1619 267 63 130 745 79 500 715 .278 .334 .412 .746
Awards & Achievements
  • Player of the Week (3): 1974, 1975, 1976
All-Star Selections

1975, 1980

Salary & Contract
Year Salary
1985$450,000
1986$450,000

Career Total: $900,000 (2 seasons)

Average: $450,000

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.