Orta signed with the Chicago White Sox out of the Mexican Baseball League, and made the team out of Spring training 1972 at shortstop without having played in the minor leagues for the Chisox. He batted just .211 through the middle of May to lose his starting job to Rich Morales. He hung around for an additional two months as a utility infielder, but was optioned to the Southern League\'s Knoxville Sox in mid-July with a .191 batting average, one home run and seven runs batted in. After batting .316 with seven home runs at Knoxville, he returned to Chicago when rosters expanded that September. His second major league home run was an extra innings game winner on September 19 against Gary Waslewski and the Oakland A\'s.\n', '

He was shifted over to second base for the 1973 season after batting over .500 in Spring training. Playing through injuries for much of the year, he batted .266 and tied for second in the AL with eighteen errors committed at second base.\n', '

After beginning the 1974 season batting at the bottom of the White Sox line-up, he was moved up to the number two spot in manager Chuck Tanner\'s batting order, and batted .411 with 23 runs scored in the month of June. More specifically, he batted .516 with four home runs from June 17 to June 23 to earn AL "Player of the Week" honors. For the season, his .316 batting average was second only to Minnesota Twins second baseman Rod Carew in the American League.\n', '

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