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Daniel Ortmeier 
Free Agent — No. -- First baseman / Outfielder Born: May 11, 1981 Bats: Switch Throws: Left MLB debut September 5, 2005 for the San Francisco Giants Career statistics
(through 2008 season)Batting average .255 Home runs 6 Runs batted in 24 Teams Daniel David Ortmeier (born May 11, 1981 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is a Major League Baseball outfielder and first baseman who is currently a Free Agent. He made his major league debut on September 5, 2005, with the San Francisco Giants.
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High school
Ortmeier played baseball at Lewisville High School in Lewisville, Texas. He was drafted by the White Sox in the 27th round out of high school, but opted to play for Coach Clay Gould at UT Arlington. He was redrafted in the 3rd round his collegiate junior year by the SF Giants and signed. His brother, Chris, was drafted by the Cubs out of high school, but went on to pitch at Navaro and Texas Tech.
Professional career
2005
In his Double-A campaign in 2005, he hit 20 home runs with 35 stolen bases. He made his major league debut on September 5, 2005, with the Giants.
2006
Ortmeier started off 2006 with the Triple-A Fresno Grizzlies. He was called up briefly to the Giants and then returned to Triple-A. He struggled with a knee and a wrist injury, he finished the year with the Double-A Connecticut Defenders.
2007
Ortmeier had knee surgery prior to the 2007 season, but was fully recovered by spring training. He was assigned to the Grizzlies for the start of the 2007 season, but was called up to the Giants twice. Ortmeier switched from playing outfield to first base due to the Giants' glut of outfielders.
On September 7, he hit a walk-off home run to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers at AT&T Park.
2008
Ortmeier competed for the starting first base job in 2008 spring training, but lost the competition to Rich Aurilia. At the request of the team, Ortmeier gave up switch hitting in favor of batting exclusively from the right side. In 2007, he batted .240 at the Triple-A level as a left-handed hitter. On April 9, 2008, Ortmeier batted as a right-handed hitter against a right-handed pitcher for the first time since 2002 and hit a game winning RBI double against Heath Bell.[1] In August 2008, he went back to switch-hitting.
2009
On January 14, 2009, he signed a minor league contract with the Colorado Rockies. In November 2009, Ortmeier was granted free agency.[2]
References
- ^ Henry Schulman (2008-04-10). "GIANTS RIGHT-ON In first righty-righty at-bat since 2002, Ortmeier delivers". The San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/10/SPSJ102JG2.DTL. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
- ^ Troy Renck (2009-01-14). "Rockies re-sign Podsednik on minor-league deal". denverpost.com. http://blogs.denverpost.com/rockies/2009/01/14/rockies-re-sign-podsednik-on-minor-league-deal/. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
Categories:- 1981 births
- Living people
- San Francisco Giants players
- Baseball players from Tennessee
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Major League Baseball first basemen
- People from Chattanooga, Tennessee
- University of Texas at Arlington alumni
- Salem-Keizer Volcanoes players
- San Jose Giants players
- Norwich Navigators players
- Connecticut Defenders players
- Fresno Grizzlies players
- Colorado Springs Sky Sox players
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