How Russ Ortiz's Base Runs Compares to Similar Players

Russ Ortiz totaled 39 career Base Runs, well below the league average of 238.4 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Base Runs season came in 2002, posting 9, well below the league average of 29.8 that year. The lowest point came in 2007 at 1, well below the league average of 32.0 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The Base Runs total went from 1 in 2007 to 2 in 2009. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Base Runs profile — ranging from 1 to 9 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Russ Ortiz Lifetime Base Runs

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Russ Ortiz Base Runs Per Season

Russ Ortiz's Base Runs for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Russ Ortiz Base Runs per season line chart

Russ Ortiz Base Runs by Team

Russ Ortiz's career Base Runs totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Russ Ortiz career Base Runs by team bar chart

Russ Ortiz Cumulative Base Runs — Career Progression

A running total of Russ Ortiz's career Base Runs, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Russ Ortiz Base Runs year-over-year waterfall chart

Russ Ortiz Base Runs Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Russ Ortiz's seasonal Base Runs alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Russ Ortiz Base Runs distribution box chart versus comparable players

Russ Ortiz Base Runs — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Russ Ortiz's MLB career with Base Runs alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Russ Ortiz Base Runs season-by-season breakdown table