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A 6'4" reserve outfielder from Cuba, Ortiz jumped to the Mexican League after WWII. Among those suspended, he was reinstated in 1949, and returned to the Senators. His younger brother, Oliverio "Baby" Ortiz, pitched and lost two games for Washington in 1944. (EW)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » January 7, 1945: In the most violent incident in Cuban baseball history, OF Roberto Ortiz of Almendares attacks umpire Bernardino Rodriguez in a dispute at home plate and knocks the umpire unconscious.