John Orton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

John Orton

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1965

Place of Birth: Santa Cruz, California, United States

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About John Orton

  • John Andrew Orton (born December 8, 1965 in Santa Cruz, California) is an American professional baseball coach and a former Major League catcher.
  • In 2015, Orton will serve his tenth season as roving minor league catching coordinator for the Chicago White Sox.
  • He is an alumnus of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where he was an all conference catcher.
  • As a player, he threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 195 pounds (88 kg). Drafted by the California Angels in the first round of the 1987 Major League Baseball Draft, Orton had a decade-long professional career, including parts of five seasons (1989–1993) with the Angels.
  • In 1992, he set personal bests in games played (43), plate appearances (125), hits (25), home runs (2), runs batted in (12) and batting average (.219).
  • All told, he collected 80 hits in 156 MLB games played, with 18 doubles and four home runs. He became a manager in the White Sox' system in 2001, working for five years at the Rookie and Class A levels, before becoming a roving instructor.

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