William Ortega Bobadilla (born July 24, 1975 in Havana, Cuba) is a former Major League Baseball

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 player. Ortega played in five games for the St. Louis Cardinals

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 in the 2001 season

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, all as a pinch hitter

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. He batted and threw right-handed.

Signed by St. Louis as an amateur free agent in 1997, Ortega was an outfielder

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 in the minor leagues. In his five major league pinch-hitting appearances, Ortega had one hit in five at-bats.

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