{"id":721,"date":"2024-02-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/hector-ortiz-obituary-7e549f5bdeb088438859a46ae0cabfd1\/"},"modified":"2024-02-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T00:00:00","slug":"hector-ortiz-obituary-7e549f5bdeb088438859a46ae0cabfd1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/hector-ortiz-obituary-7e549f5bdeb088438859a46ae0cabfd1\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Rangers coach Hector Ortiz dies at 54 after long battle with cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"
PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 Hector Ortiz, who spent the past 18 years as a manager and coach in the Texas Rangers organization, died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. He was 54.<\/p>\n
The Rangers said Ortiz died at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, not far from the club\u2019s spring training home in the suburb of Surprise.<\/p>\n
Ortiz was a coach on the minor league player development staff the past three years after serving on the major league staff under two previous managers, Jeff Banister and Chris Woodward.<\/p>\n
Ortiz spent four seasons as the first base coach and one each as a bullpen coach and catching coordinator. He also managed and coached in the Rangers\u2019 minor league system and was a manager for several years in the Puerto Rican Winter League. <\/p>\n
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