Daniel Ortmeier
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| San Francisco Giants — No. 40 | |
| First baseman, Outfielder | |
| Born: May 11, 1981 Chattanooga, Tennessee |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Left |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| September 5, 2005 for the San Francisco Giants | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through May 8, 2008) |
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| Batting average | .272 |
| Home runs | 6 |
| RBI | 21 |
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Daniel David Ortmeier (born May 11, 1981 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is a corner outfielder and first baseman for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He made his major league debut on September 5, 2005 with the Giants.
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[edit] High school
Ortmeier played baseball at Lewisville High School in Lewisville, Texas. His father David "Doc" Ortmeier was a teacher as well as the head trainer at the school during Dan's high school career. Ortmeier credits his early success in high school to hours of practice with childhood friend and Lewisville High teammate Matt "Rambo" Ramsey, who dedicated his first career no-hitter to his friend Dan. The two are still best friends today. Coach Campbell gives shed talks.
[edit] Professional career
[edit] 2005
In his AA 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.
[edit] 2006
Ortmeier started off 2006 with the AAA Fresno Grizzlies. He was called up briefly to the Giants and then returned to AAA. He struggled with a knee and a wrist injury and finished the year with the AA Connecticut Defenders.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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] Ortmeier is hitting .462 (5 for 12) so far in May, increasing his season average from .250 to .295.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Henry Schulman. "GIANTS RIGHT-ON In first righty-righty at-bat since 2002, Ortmeier delivers", The San Francisco Chronicle, 2008-04-10. Retrieved on 2008-04-10.
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
