Luis Ordaz

Luis Javier Ordaz MLB 1997-2006 | 1993-2010

Speed
67

Contact
86

Patience
13

Batting
55

Power
25

Tags: Major League Comebacks | Top Prospect

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Positions SS-873, 2B-316, 3B-110, P-1, DH-1 Born Aug 12, 1975 (36) Place Maracaibo,Venezuela Ht/Wt 5-11 / 170 Bats/Throws: Right / Right High School Santa Maria Gorette (Maracaibo,VZ) College None listed
Drafted Signed as UDFA 1993 by CINMLB Debut: September 3,1997 box

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Batting Statistics

Data Products Career Cumulative Career Home Run Log About the Stats

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip	SA	ISO	bb/k	HR%	XBH%	BB%	SO%	G/F	P/PA	Pit	Str	Bal	Swg	Record	TR	Year	Team
1993	Princeton	App	Rk	-	cin	17	3b-ss	26	57	217	28	65	9	7	2	39	3	1	7	32	2	2	0	5	0	.300	.320	.433	754	-	-	94	231	158	34	5.9	.335	.175	.134	0.22	0.9	27.7	3.0	13.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	26-42	4	1993	Princeton
1994	Princeton	App	Rk	-	cin	18	ss	33	60	211	33	52	12	3	0	12	7	5	10	27	2	1	5	1	2	.246	.286	.332	617	-	-	70	229	172	22	3.4	.281	.142	.085	0.37	0.0	28.8	4.4	11.8	--	--	--	--	--	--	41-25	1	1994	Princeton
	Charleston (Wv)	SAL	A		cin	18	ss	-	9	31	3	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	0	1	.226	.273	.226	499	-	-	7	34	26	2	1.6	.259	.065	.000	0.25	0.0	0.0	2.9	11.8	--	--	--	--	--	--	65-75	5		Charleston (Wv)
1995	Charleston (Wv)	SAL	A	-	cin	19	ss	58	112	359	43	83	14	7	2	42	12	5	13	47	6	1	8	4	10	.231	.267	.326	593	-	-	117	390	303	32	2.8	.258	.150	.095	0.28	0.5	27.7	3.3	12.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	77-65	3	1995	Charleston (Wv)
1996	St. Petersburg	FSL	A+		stl	20	ss	67	126	423	46	115	13	3	3	49	10	5	30	53	1	0	7	6	10	.272	.317	.338	655	-	-	143	467	336	48	3.8	.300	.149	.066	0.57	0.6	16.5	6.4	11.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	75-63	4	1996	St. Petersburg
1997	Arkansas	Tex	AA	-	stl	21	ss	38	115	390	44	112	20	6	4	58	11	10	22	39	2	1	7	6	19	.287	.324	.400	724	-	-	156	427	320	51	4.3	.306	.172	.113	0.56	0.9	26.8	5.2	9.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	68-72	2	1997	Arkansas
	St. Louis	NL	MLB	52	stl	21	ss	-	12	22	3	6	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.304	.318	623	6	50	7	23	16	3	4.8	.300	.227	.045	0.50	0.0	16.7	4.3	8.7	1.22	3.1	72	69.4	30.6	12.5	73-89	4		St. Louis
1998	Memphis	PCL	AAA	-	stl	22	ss	-	59	214	29	62	9	2	6	35	3	3	16	20	1	0	4	1	6	.290	.341	.435	775	-	-	93	236	166	34	5.5	.296	.220	.145	0.80	2.5	27.4	6.8	8.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	74-70	2	1998	Memphis
	St. Louis	NL	MLB	11,23,52	stl	22	ss	-	57	153	9	31	5	0	0	8	2	0	12	18	0	1	4	0	3	.203	.261	.235	496	47	82	36	169	129	9	1.8	.230	.124	.033	0.67	0.0	16.1	7.1	10.7	1.36	3.2	536	62.7	37.3	6.2	83-79	3		St. Louis
1999	Memphis	PCL	AAA	18	stl	23	ss	58	107	362	31	103	25	4	1	45	3	4	24	40	4	2	3	9	12	.285	.328	.384	712	-	-	139	402	287	50	4.7	.309	.163	.099	0.60	0.2	29.1	6.0	10.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	74-64	3	1999	Memphis
	St. Louis	NL	MLB	13	stl	23	ss	-	10	9	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	.111	.200	.111	311	2	20	1	11	9	0	0.1	.143	.222	.000	0.50	0.0	0.0	9.1	18.2	7.00	3.6	40	62.5	37.5	7.5	75-86	4		St. Louis
2000	KC Royals	AL	MLB	8	kc	24	ss-2b	-	65	104	17	23	2	0	0	11	4	2	5	10	1	0	4	3	6	.221	.257	.240	497	27	42	25	117	96	5	1.3	.237	.087	.019	0.50	0.0	8.7	4.3	8.5	1.79	3.5	410	63.2	36.8	5.6	77-85	4	2000	KC Royals
2001	Omaha	PCL	AAA	-	kc	25	ss-2b	-	14	52	5	16	1	0	1	4	3	0	2	10	3	0	2	0	2	.308	.368	.385	753	-	-	20	59	40	7	5.1	.366	.173	.077	0.20	1.7	12.5	3.4	16.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	70-74	3	2001	Omaha
	KC Royals	AL	MLB	8	kc	25	2b-ss	-	28	56	8	14	3	0	0	4	0	0	3	8	1	0	2	1	1	.250	.295	.304	599	16	57	17	63	46	5	3.2	.286	.107	.054	0.38	0.0	21.4	4.8	12.7	2.70	3.5	222	70.3	29.7	8.6	65-97	5		KC Royals
2002	Iowa	PCL	AAA	8	chc	26	ss	-	61	194	22	53	10	0	1	14	5	2	9	21	1	1	4	0	2	.273	.309	.340	649	-	-	66	208	149	22	4.1	.302	.129	.067	0.43	0.5	20.8	4.3	10.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	71-73	3	2002	Iowa
	Omaha	PCL	AAA		kc	26	2b-ss	-	35	136	25	42	11	4	2	19	4	1	9	16	1	0	2	2	6	.309	.351	.493	844	-	-	67	150	105	26	6.6	.333	.272	.184	0.56	1.3	40.5	6.0	10.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	76-68	2		Omaha
	KC Royals	AL	MLB	1	kc	26	2b-3b	-	33	94	11	21	2	0	0	4	2	3	12	13	0	0	4	1	2	.223	.308	.245	553	28	85	23	111	83	7	2.2	.256	.138	.021	0.92	0.0	9.5	10.8	11.7	1.71	3.8	423	61.5	38.5	4.3	62-100	4		KC Royals
2003	Omaha	PCL	AAA		kc	27	ss-3b	-	49	178	15	43	13	0	0	21	3	0	11	19	1	0	3	4	8	.242	.284	.315	598	-	-	56	197	150	17	3	.264	.152	.073	0.58	0.0	30.2	5.6	9.6	--	--	--	--	--	--	59-63	4	2003	Omaha
2004	Durham	IL	AAA	-	tb	28	ss-2b	54	103	361	39	92	27	6	3	34	1	4	11	51	2	0	8	4	11	.255	.278	.388	666	-	-	140	386	296	41	3.7	.286	.155	.133	0.22	0.8	39.1	2.8	13.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	77-67	2	2004	Durham
2005	Durham	IL	AAA	-	tb	29	2b-3b	-	39	125	17	36	8	0	1	19	0	0	6	13	0	0	2	3	4	.288	.313	.376	689	-	-	47	136	98	16	4.4	.307	.136	.088	0.46	0.7	25.0	4.4	9.6	--	--	--	--	--	--	65-79	2	2005	Durham
2006	Durham	IL	AAA		tb	30	ss	-	17	59	5	20	4	1	1	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	1	3	.339	.344	.492	836	-	-	29	62	44	11	6.6	.339	.186	.153	0.33	1.6	30.0	1.6	4.8	--	--	--	--	--	--	64-78	2	2006	Durham
	Tampa Bay	AL	MLB	62,10	tb	30	ss	-	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	2	2	--	--	.000	.000	.000	--	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	--	2.5	5	80.0	20.0	0.0	61-101	5		Tampa Bay
2007	Indianapolis	IL	AAA		pit	31	2b	66	102	351	39	106	21	1	3	36	9	5	19	53	3	3	5	7	8	.302	.337	.393	730	-	-	138	385	270	49	4.9	.341	.157	.091	0.36	0.8	23.6	4.9	13.8	--	--	--	--	--	--	70-73	3	2007	Indianapolis
2008	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	19	pit	32	2b	-	41	132	10	41	10	0	3	17	1	0	6	18	2	1	3	2	7	.311	.345	.455	800	-	-	60	145	103	21	5.5	.336	.197	.144	0.33	2.1	31.7	4.1	12.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	68-76	4	2008	Indianapolis
2010	Syracuse	IL	AAA	19	wan	34	3b-2b	-	29	83	10	22	4	1	1	12	4	0	1	17	2	0	0	2	2	.265	.284	.373	658	-	-	31	88	65	9	3.9	.313	.169	.108	0.06	1.1	27.3	1.1	19.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	76-67	3	2010	Syracuse
MLB Totals (7 years)									206	440	51	96	13	0	0	30	12	5	34	53	2	1	15	5	12	.218	.274	.248	522	126	61	109	496	381	28	2	.245	.123	.030	0.64	0.0	13.5	6.9	10.7	1.66	3.44	--	63.8	36.2	6.1	.438	--	--	--
Minor League Totals (16 years)									1135	3878	444	1070	211	45	34	462	81	45	198	483	34	12	65	57	113	.276	.312	.380	692	--	--	1473	4232	3088	490	4.3	.303	.164	.104	0.41	0.8	27.1	4.7	11.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	.500	--	--	--
AAA Totals (11 years)									656	2247	247	636	143	19	23	262	37	19	115	281	20	7	37	35	71	.283	.319	.394	713	--	--	886	2454	1773	303	4.6	.310	.170	.111	0.41	0.9	29.1	4.7	11.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	.498	--	--	--
AA Totals (1 year)									115	390	44	112	20	6	4	58	11	10	22	39	2	1	7	6	19	.287	.324	.400	724	--	--	156	427	320	51	4.3	.306	.172	.113	0.56	0.9	26.8	5.2	9.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	.486	--	--	--
A+ Totals (1 year)									126	423	46	115	13	3	3	49	10	5	30	53	1	0	7	6	10	.272	.317	.338	655	--	--	143	467	336	48	3.8	.300	.149	.066	0.57	0.6	16.5	6.4	11.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	.543	--	--	--
A Totals (2 years)									121	390	46	90	14	7	2	42	13	5	14	51	7	1	9	4	11	.231	.267	.318	585	--	--	124	424	329	33	2.7	.258	.144	.087	0.27	0.5	25.6	3.3	12.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	.504	--	--	--
Rookie Totals (2 years)									117	428	61	117	21	10	2	51	10	6	17	59	4	3	5	6	2	.273	.303	.383	686	--	--	164	460	330	56	4.6	.308	.159	.110	0.29	0.4	28.2	3.7	12.8	--	--	--	--	--	--	.500	--	--	--

Pitching Statistics

Data Products Career Cumulative Career Strikeout Log About the Stats

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Rk	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	GB/FB	QS	HB	AB	Bavg	TBF	Pit/B	Bal	Str	Sw	Record	TR
2010	Syracuse	IL	AAA	-	wan	34	-	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	76-67	3
Minor League Totals (1 year)								0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.531	--
AAA Totals (1 year)								0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.531	--

Fielding Statistics

Data Products

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	P %	C %	1B %	2B %	3B %	SS %	LF %	CF %	RF %	OF %	PO	A	E
1993	Princeton	App	Rk	cin	17	0	0	0	11	30	13	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	.963	.914	.925	--	--	--	--	58	117	13
1994	Princeton	App	Rk	cin	18	0	0	0	1	0	59	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	1.000	--	.913	--	--	--	--	81	173	24
1994	Charleston (Wv)	SAL	A	cin	18	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	.829	--	--	--	--	16	18	7
1995	Charleston (Wv)	SAL	A	cin	19	0	0	0	0	0	111	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	.954	--	--	--	--	164	290	22
1996	St. Petersburg	FSL	A+	stl	20	0	0	0	0	0	123	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	.963	--	--	--	--	228	317	21
1997	St. Louis	NL	MLB	stl	21	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	.964	--	--	--	--	9	18	1
1997	Arkansas	Tex	AA	stl	21	0	0	0	0	0	111	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	.935	--	--	--	--	149	327	33
1998	St. Louis	NL	MLB	stl	22	0	0	0	1	2	54	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	1.000	--	.945	--	--	--	--	70	157	13
1998	Memphis	PCL	AAA	stl	22	0	0	0	1	0	58	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	1.000	--	.952	--	--	--	--	104	174	14
1999	Memphis	PCL	AAA	stl	23	0	0	0	0	0	103	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	.956	--	--	--	--	150	346	23
1999	St. Louis	NL	MLB	stl	23	0	0	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	1.000	--	.786	--	--	--	--	4	8	3
2000	KC Royals	AL	MLB	kc	24	0	0	0	22	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	1.000	--	.986	--	--	--	--	64	65	1
2001	Omaha	PCL	AAA	kc	25	0	0	0	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	1.000	.800	.952	--	--	--	--	13	23	2
2001	KC Royals	AL	MLB	kc	25	0	0	0	19	1	8	0	0	0	0	1	--	--	--	.987	--	.905	--	--	--	--	27	66	3
2002	Iowa	PCL	AAA	chc	26	0	0	0	6	0	52	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	.970	--	.944	--	--	--	--	88	129	12
2002	KC Royals	AL	MLB	kc	26	0	0	0	28	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	.982	1.000	1.000	--	--	--	--	47	75	2
2002	Omaha	PCL	AAA	kc	26	0	0	0	26	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	.992	--	.956	--	--	--	--	75	98	3
2003	Omaha	PCL	AAA	kc	27	0	0	0	8	21	23	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	1.000	.936	.982	--	--	--	--	65	130	5
2004	Durham	IL	AAA	tb	28	0	0	0	36	25	41	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	.972	.944	.968	--	--	--	--	136	269	14
2005	Durham	IL	AAA	tb	29	0	0	0	21	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	.959	.971	.900	--	--	--	--	58	96	8
2006	Durham	IL	AAA	tb	30	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	21	30	0
2006	Tampa Bay	AL	MLB	tb	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	1	1	0
2007	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	pit	31	0	0	0	91	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	.993	--	.971	--	--	--	--	173	286	4
2008	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	pit	32	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	1.000	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	38	75	0
2010	Syracuse	IL	AAA	wan	34	1	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	1.000	.957	--	--	--	--	--	23	40	1
MLB Totals						0	0	0	71	10	122	0	0	0	0	1	--	--	--	.988	1.000	.948	--	--	--	--	222	390	23
Minor League Totals						1	0	0	245	100	751	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	.986	.935	.949	--	--	--	--	1640	2938	206

Transactions

1992-12-17 - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Reds. 1995-12-04 - Traded by Reds with Mike Remlinger to Cardinals for Andre King. 1999-12-15 - Traded by Cardinals to Diamondbacks for Dante Powell. 2000-04-05 - Claimed on waivers by Royals from Diamondbacks. 2001-10-15 - Granted Free Agency. 2001-12-07 - Signed as Free Agent by Cubs. 2002-01-20 - Signed by Cubs 2002-07-01 - Released by Cubs. 2002-07-01 - Signed as Free Agent by Royals. 2002-10-15 - Granted Free Agency. 2003-01-22 - Signed as Free Agent by Royals. 2003-10-15 - Granted Free Agency. 2004-02-09 - Signed as Free Agent by Devil Rays. 2004-10-15 - Granted Free Agency. 2004-11-03 - Signed as Free Agent by Devil Rays. 2007-03-14 - Signed by Pirates to minor league contract

Awards

1994 - Appalachian League All-Star SS;

Contracts

2006-2006 - Signed by TB to 1-year contract worth $0.375m (1/11/2006) -- minor league contract

Disabled List

2001-07-01 - Activated; 2006-04-04 - Disabled (bruising under the left knee cap); 2006-04-06 - Transferred; 2006-08-22 - Activated;

Salaries

$150,000

$172,500

$200,000

$215,000

$235,000

$200,000

$375,000

Salary data is available for Major Leaguers since 1985. Players not on opening day roster, for the most part, are assumed to have earned the minimum salary for that year. MLB rank in parentheses.

Jobs

Year	Job	Team	League	Level
2011	Hitting Coach	Auburn	NYPL	A-
2012	Hitting Coach	Auburn	NYPL	A-

Ebay Auctions

Leaderboard History (Top Tens)

Hover over year/rank to see Stat value and Team/League.

Stat Category	Freq	MLB	Minor	College
TPL	3x		1993-2 1994-10 1995-9
CS	1x		1997-6
IBB	1x		1993-8
SH	3x		1994-6 1995-9 1997-10
SF	5x		1993-6 1996-9 1997-9 1999-3 2007-7
GDP	1x		1997-1
DOUBLEUP	2x		1993-8 1994-8

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