Jorge Orta

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jorge Orta
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 26, 1950(1950-11-26)
Age	74
Birthplace	Mazatlán
Country	Mexico
Birth City	Sinaloa
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Jorge Orta Biography

Jorge Orta is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on November 26, 1950 in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico.

Jorge Orta Núñez (born November 26, 1950) is a Mexican former professional baseball second baseman and outfielder. He played fifteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1972 to 1987 for the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Toronto Blue Jays, and Kansas City Royals. He is best remembered for being at the center of one of the most controversial plays in World Series history.

Orta signed with the Chicago White Sox out of the Mexican Baseball League, and made the team out of Spring training 1972 at shortstop without having played in the minor leagues for the Chisox. He batted just .211 through the middle of May to lose his starting job to Rich Morales. He hung around for an additional two months as a utility infielder, but was optioned to the Southern League’s Knoxville Sox in mid-July with a .191 batting average, one home run and seven runs batted in. After batting .316 with seven home runs at Knoxville, he returned to Chicago when rosters expanded that September. His second major league home run was an extra innings game winner on September 19 against Gary Waslewski and the Oakland A’s.

Jorge Orta Net Worth

Jorge Orta is one of the richest Baseball Player from Mexico. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jorge Orta 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1755 games over 16 seasons, Orta posted a .278 batting average (1619-for-5829) with 733 runs, 267 doubles, 63 triples, 130 home runs, 745 RBI, 79 stolen bases, 500 bases on balls, .334 on-base percentage and .412 slugging percentage. He finished his career with a .973 fielding percentage. In 8 postseason games, he hit only .111 (2-for-18) with 1 run, 1 triple and 1 RBI.

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Orta returned to second base when Bob Lemon replaced Richards at the helm in

1977. The Chisox returned to their winning ways as they won ninety games to finish third in the American League West. Orta, now batting third in the line- up, finished second on the team (to Richie Zisk) with a career high 84 RBIs. He remained at second in 1978, but was used as the designated hitter by Don Kessinger when he took over as player-manager in 1979. Orta failed to put up the numbers expected of a DH (.212 batting average, 3 home runs, 21 RBIs through June 27). Meanwhile, second base had become something of a revolving door, with Kessinger, Alan Bannister, Joe Gates, Jim Morrison and Greg Pryor all manning the position at one point or another. He returned to second base in the middle of July, and batted .313 with seven home runs and 22 RBIs the rest of the way.

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Jovan Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Mexico. Jorge Orta celebrates birthday on November 26 of every year.

On June 15, 1980, he tied an A.L. record for the most hits in one game with six. The feat raised his season average to .339, and likely played a part in his being named Cleveland’s sole representative at the 1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. He did not, however, appear in the game.