What years did Ramon Ortiz play?

Ramon Ortiz played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2013.

Was Ramon Ortiz a pitcher?

Yes. Ramon Ortiz pitched in the major leagues, recording 87 wins and 895 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Ramon Ortiz hit?

Ramon Ortiz hit 1 career home run with 11 hits.

What were Ramon Ortiz's career stats?

In 303 games, Ramon Ortiz went 87-86 with a 4.95 ERA, 895 strikeouts, and 1,448.1 innings pitched.

What was Ramon Ortiz's salary?

Ramon Ortiz's last recorded salary was $1,000,000, in 2010. His highest recorded salary was $3,550,000, in 2005, and his lowest was $200,000, in 1999. The Salary History table lists each season from 1999 to 2010.

What position did Ramon Ortiz play?

Ramon Ortiz played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Ramon Ortiz and how much did he weigh?

Ramon Ortiz was listed at 6 feet and 175 pounds.

What was Ramon Ortiz's career ERA?

Ramon Ortiz finished with a 4.95 career ERA, going 87-86 with 895 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Ramon Ortiz have?

Ramon Ortiz recorded 895 career strikeouts.

Is Ramon Ortiz in the Hall of Fame?

No. Ramon Ortiz has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Ramon Ortiz

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1999-2013)

Ramon Ortiz was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2013 for 8 teams, including the Anaheim Angels, a span of 15 seasons. Across 303 career appearances, he went 87-86 with a 4.95 ERA and 895 strikeouts.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

W–L 87–86

ERA 4.95

WHIP 1.43

SO 895

Pitcher PIV -25608.9

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 175 lb
Born: 5/23/1973 in Cotuí, Sánchez Ramírez, D.R.
MLB Debut: 1999-08-19
Last Game: 2013-06-02

Full name: Ramon Diogenes Ortiz

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Career Pitching Statistics

Ramon Ortiz — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
87	86	303	218	10	1	0	1448.1	1,566	796	235	500	895	4.95	-25608.9

Career ERA 4.95 vs. league average 4.35 across their career seasons — 13.7% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Ramon Ortiz Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1999	ANA	AL	2	3	9	9	0	0	48.1	50	35	25	44	6.52	4.71 (-38%)	-197.5
2000	ANA	AL	8	6	18	18	2	0	111.1	96	63	55	73	5.09	4.77 (-7%)	-1923.2
2001	ANA	AL	13	11	32	32	2	0	208.2	223	101	76	135	4.36	4.42 (+1%)	-836.6
2002	ANA	AL	15	9	32	32	4	1	217.1	188	91	68	162	3.77	4.28 (+12%)	-3224.7
2003	ANA	AL	16	13	32	32	1	0	180.0	209	104	63	94	5.20	4.40 (-18%)	-3868.1
2004	ANA	AL	5	7	34	14	0	0	128.0	139	63	38	82	4.43	4.46 (+1%)	-370.7
2005	CIN	NL	9	11	30	30	1	0	171.1	206	102	51	96	5.36	4.29 (-25%)	-5156.2
2006	WAS	NL	11	16	33	33	0	0	190.2	230	118	64	104	5.57	4.53 (-23%)	-4446.6
2007	MIN	AL	4	4	28	10	0	0	91.0	112	52	15	44	5.14	4.47 (-15%)	-393.8
2007	COL	NL	1	0	10	0	0	0	13.0	15	11	7	7	7.62	4.47 (-70%)	-1149.1
2010	LAN	NL	1	2	16	2	0	0	30.0	33	21	16	21	6.30	4.08 (-54%)	-1024.4
2011	CHN	NL	1	2	22	2	0	0	33.1	31	18	11	25	4.86	3.94 (-23%)	-760.8
2013	TOR	AL	1	2	7	4	0	0	25.1	34	17	11	8	6.04	3.87 (-56%)	-2257.2
Career · 13 seasons			87	86	303	218	10	1	1,448.1	1,566	796	500	895	4.95	—	-25,609

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Ramon Ortiz — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
308	144	8	11	2	0	1	4	0	5	62	.076	.107	.111	.218	-1,210

Career AVG .076 vs. league average .264 across their career seasons — 71.0% below league average.

Career OBP .107 vs. league average .332 across their career seasons — 67.7% below league average.

Career SLG .111 vs. league average .420 across their career seasons — 73.5% below league average.

Career OPS .218 vs. league average .752 across their career seasons — 70.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Ramon Ortiz Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1999	ANA	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	ANA	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	ANA	AL	32	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	ANA	AL	32	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	ANA	AL	32	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	ANA	AL	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	CIN	NL	30	54	1	4	2	0	0	1	23	.074	.264 (-72%)	.330 (-72%)	.418 (-73%)	.749 (-73%)	-651.7
2006	WAS	NL	38	56	5	6	0	1	3	3	26	.107	.269 (-60%)	.336 (-55%)	.431 (-63%)	.768 (-59%)	-558.6
2007	MIN	AL	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	COL	NL	10	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	LAN	NL	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	CHN	NL	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	TOR	AL	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			308	144	8	11	2	1	4	5	62	.076	—	—	—	—	-1,210

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Ramon Ortiz — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Ramon Ortiz — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2004	ALDS1	ANA	1	0	0	.000
2002	ALCS	ANA	1	0	0	.000
2002	ALDS1	ANA	1	0	0	.000
2002	WS	ANA	1	3	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Ramon Ortiz — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	0	4	3	0	15.0	20	14	10	7	8.40

Playoff Pitching by Year

Ramon Ortiz — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2004	ALDS1	ANA	0	1	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	4.50
2002	ALCS	ANA	1	1	1	5.1	10	3	1	3	5.06
2002	ALDS1	ANA	0	1	1	2.2	3	6	4	1	20.25
2002	WS	ANA	1	1	1	5.0	5	4	4	3	7.20

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Ramon Ortiz — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	154	60	4	7	1	2	.117
Away	153	84	4	4	0	2	.048

Pitching — Home / Away

Ramon Ortiz — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	149	738.0	793	400	250	466	4.88
Away	153	709.1	773	396	250	428	5.02

Last 10 Games — Batting

Ramon Ortiz — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	SO
2013-06-02	TOR	SDP	W	1	1
2013-05-28	TOR	ATL	L	0	0
2013-05-24	TOR	BAL	L	0	0
2013-05-21	TOR	TBR	L	0	0
2013-05-15	TOR	SFG	W	0	0
2013-05-10	TOR	BOS	L	0	0
2013-04-17	TOR	CHW	L	0	0
2011-09-28	CHC	SDP	L	0	0
2011-09-26	CHC	SDP	L	0	0
2011-09-20	CHC	MIL	L	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Ramon Ortiz — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2013-06-02	TOR	SDP	—	2.0	5	4	4	1	0	1
2013-05-28	TOR	ATL	—	3.0	5	2	2	1	1	2
2013-05-24	TOR	BAL	—	2.2	3	3	3	1	2	2
2013-05-21	TOR	TBR	L	2.1	6	4	4	1	1	2
2013-05-15	TOR	SFG	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	1	0
2013-05-10	TOR	BOS	L	5.0	4	1	1	5	1	0
2013-04-17	TOR	CHW	—	3.1	5	2	2	1	2	0
2011-09-28	CHC	SDP	—	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2011-09-26	CHC	SDP	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011-09-20	CHC	MIL	—	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Ramon Ortiz — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	303	218	87	171	29	11

Season-by-Season Fielding

Ramon Ortiz — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1999	ANA	P	9	9	4	6	0	0
2000	ANA	P	18	18	1	12	0	1
2001	ANA	P	32	32	18	20	6	1
2002	ANA	P	32	32	8	19	4	1
2003	ANA	P	32	32	12	18	4	1
2004	ANA	P	34	14	6	13	2	1
2005	CIN	P	30	30	10	28	7	2
2006	WAS	P	33	33	12	22	3	0
2007	MIN	P	28	10	9	11	2	3
2007	COL	P	10	0	1	1	0	0
2010	LAN	P	16	2	1	13	0	0
2011	CHN	P	22	2	2	6	0	0
2013	TOR	P	7	4	3	2	1	1

Career Games by Position

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Ramon Ortiz Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	303

Salary History

Ramon Ortiz's recorded salaries total $16,915,834 over 10 seasons, 1999 to 2010. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Ortiz's career ran from 1999 to 2013. No salary is recorded for 2011 and 2013.

Ramon Ortiz — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2010	LAN	NL	$1,000,000
2007	MIN	AL	$3,100,000
2006	WAS	NL	$2,500,000
2005	CIN	NL	$3,550,000
2004	ANA	AL	$3,266,667
2003	ANA	AL	$2,266,667
2002	ANA	AL	$575,000
2001	ANA	AL	$250,000
2000	ANA	AL	$207,500
1999	ANA	AL	$200,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$16,915,834

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Ramon Ortiz: the record in brief

According to the bio, Ramon Ortiz debuted on August 19, 1999 and played a final game on June 2, 2013. Ortiz played for the Anaheim Angels (1999 through 2004), the Cincinnati Reds (2005), the Washington Nationals (2006), the Minnesota Twins (2007), the Colorado Rockies (2007), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2010), the Chicago Cubs (2011), and the Toronto Blue Jays (2013). Born on May 23, 1973, in Cotuí, Sánchez Ramírez, D.R., Ortiz is listed as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. Size on record: 6 feet, 0 inches and 175 pounds. Ortiz's full given name, per the bio, is Ramon Diogenes Ortiz.

Ortiz pitched in 303 games, starting 218, and finished with a 87-86 record and 4.95 ERA. The same table counts 895 strikeouts and 10 complete games. Against a 4.35 league ERA for the same seasons, the 4.95 mark was 13.7% worse. No season topped the 16 wins of 2003. Ortiz struck out 162 batters in 2002, a career high. 2002 was Ortiz's sharpest full season, a 3.77 ERA against the league's 4.28.

Frequently Asked Questions about Ramon Ortiz

What years did Ramon Ortiz play?: Ramon Ortiz played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2013.
Was Ramon Ortiz a pitcher?: Yes. Ramon Ortiz pitched in the major leagues, recording 87 wins and 895 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Ramon Ortiz hit?: Ramon Ortiz hit 1 career home run with 11 hits.
What teams did Ramon Ortiz play for?: Ramon Ortiz played for 8 teams: the Anaheim Angels (1999–2004), the Cincinnati Reds (2005), the Washington Nationals (2006), the Minnesota Twins (2007), the Colorado Rockies (2007), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2010), the Chicago Cubs (2011), and the Toronto Blue Jays (2013).
What were Ramon Ortiz's career stats?: In 303 games, Ramon Ortiz went 87-86 with a 4.95 ERA, 895 strikeouts, and 1,448.1 innings pitched.
How much did Ramon Ortiz earn in his career?: Ramon Ortiz's recorded salaries total $16,915,834 over 10 seasons, 1999 to 2010. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Ortiz's career ran from 1999 to 2013. No salary is recorded for 2011 and 2013.
What was Ramon Ortiz's salary?: Ramon Ortiz's last recorded salary was $1,000,000, in 2010. His highest recorded salary was $3,550,000, in 2005, and his lowest was $200,000, in 1999. The Salary History table lists each season from 1999 to 2010.
What position did Ramon Ortiz play?: Ramon Ortiz played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Ramon Ortiz and how much did he weigh?: Ramon Ortiz was listed at 6 feet and 175 pounds.
What was Ramon Ortiz's career ERA?: Ramon Ortiz finished with a 4.95 career ERA, going 87-86 with 895 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Ramon Ortiz have?: Ramon Ortiz recorded 895 career strikeouts.
Is Ramon Ortiz in the Hall of Fame?: No. Ramon Ortiz has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.