# Jess Orndorff

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{{short description|American baseball player (1881-1960)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Jess Orndorff
|position=[Catcher](/source/Catcher)
|image=Jess Orndorff 1909.jpeg
|width=150px
|bats=Both
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1881|1|15}}
|birth_place=[Chicago](/source/Chicago), Illinois, U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1960|9|28|1881|1|15}}
|death_place=[Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California](/source/Cardiff-by-the-Sea%2C_California), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 18
|debutyear=1907
|debutteam=Boston Doves
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=April 24
|finalyear=1907
|finalteam=Boston Doves
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Games played](/source/Games_played)
|stat1value=5
|stat2label=[At bat](/source/At_bat)s
|stat2value=17
|stat3label=[Hit](/source/Hit_(baseball))s
|stat3value=2
|teams=
* [Boston Doves](/source/Boston_Doves) ({{mlby|1907}})
}}
'''Jesse Walworth Thayer Orndorff ''' (January 15, 1881 – September 28, 1960) was an American [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [catcher](/source/catcher). He played for the [Boston Doves](/source/Boston_Doves) in {{Baseball year|1907}}. He played parts of nine seasons in the minor leagues from 1904 to 1917.

Orndorff wrote a booklet called "The Fundamentals of How to Play Baseball" in 1936 when he was head instructor of the National Baseball School in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles).{{cn|date=January 2024}}

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== External links ==
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Category:Peoria Distillers players
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Category:Sioux City Packers players
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Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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