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David Ortiz
Full name David Americo (Arias) Ortiz Born November 18, 1975, Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional (Dominican Republic) First Game: September 2, 1997 ; Final Game: October 10, 2016 Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 4" Weight: 230 Selected to the Hall of Fame in 2022 Named AL League Championship Series Most Valuable Player (2004) Named World Series Most Valuable Player (2013) Named designated hitter on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (2004 to 2007 and 2011) Named designated hitter on The Sporting News AL Silver Slugger Team (2004 to 2007, 2011, 2013 and 2016) Ejections: 1998 (1), 2000 (1), 2001 (1), 2004 (1), 2005 (1), 2007 (1), 2008 (1), 2010 (1), 2011 (1), 2013 (1), 2015 (2), 2016 (1). Total: 13 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1997 MIN A Daily Splits 15 49 10 16 3 0 1 6 2 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .327 .353 .449 0.1 1997 MIN A
1998 MIN A Daily Splits 86 278 47 77 20 0 9 46 39 3 72 5 0 4 0 3 8 1 0 .277 .371 .446 0.0 1998 MIN A
1999 MIN A Daily Splits 10 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .200 .000 -0.4 1999 MIN A
2000 MIN A Daily Splits 130 415 59 117 36 1 10 63 57 2 81 0 0 6 0 5 13 1 0 .282 .364 .446 -0.6 2000 MIN A
2001 MIN A Daily Splits 89 303 46 71 17 1 18 48 40 8 68 1 1 2 0 2 6 1 0 .234 .324 .475 -0.4 2001 MIN A
2002 MIN A Daily Splits 125 412 52 112 32 1 20 75 43 0 87 3 0 8 0 3 5 1 2 .272 .339 .500 0.3 2002 MIN A
2003 BOS A Daily Splits 128 448 79 129 39 2 31 101 58 8 83 1 0 2 0 3 9 0 0 .288 .369 .592 2.0 2003 BOS A
2004 BOS A Daily Splits 150 582 94 175 47 3 41 139 75 8 133 4 0 8 0 2 12 0 0 .301 .380 .603 2.8 2004 BOS A
2005 BOS A Daily Splits 159 601 119 180 40 1 47 148 102 9 124 1 0 9 0 5 13 1 0 .300 .397 .604 4.3 2005 BOS A
2006 BOS A Daily Splits 151 558 115 160 29 2 54 137 119 23 117 4 0 5 0 5 12 1 0 .287 .413 .636 4.2 2006 BOS A
2007 BOS A Daily Splits 149 549 116 182 52 1 35 117 111 12 103 4 0 3 0 1 16 3 1 .332 .445 .621 5.2 2007 BOS A
2008 BOS A Daily Splits 109 416 74 110 30 1 23 89 70 12 74 1 1 3 0 2 11 1 0 .264 .369 .507 1.0 2008 BOS A
2009 BOS A Daily Splits 150 541 77 129 35 1 28 99 74 5 134 5 0 7 0 5 9 0 2 .238 .332 .462 -0.4 2009 BOS A
2010 BOS A Daily Splits 145 518 86 140 36 1 32 102 82 14 145 2 0 4 0 0 12 0 1 .270 .370 .529 1.8 2010 BOS A
2011 BOS A Daily Splits 146 525 84 162 40 1 29 96 78 12 83 1 0 1 0 4 24 1 1 .309 .398 .554 3.0 2011 BOS A
2012 BOS A Daily Splits 90 324 65 103 26 0 23 60 56 13 51 0 0 3 0 1 6 0 1 .318 .415 .611 2.7 2012 BOS A
2013 BOS A Daily Splits 137 518 84 160 38 2 30 103 76 27 88 1 0 5 0 6 21 4 0 .309 .395 .564 3.8 2013 BOS A
2014 BOS A Daily Splits 142 518 59 136 27 0 35 104 75 22 95 3 0 6 0 3 18 0 0 .263 .355 .517 2.2 2014 BOS A
2015 BOS A Daily Splits 146 528 73 144 37 0 37 108 77 16 95 0 0 9 0 6 16 0 1 .273 .360 .553 2.5 2015 BOS A
2016 BOS A Daily Splits 151 537 79 169 48 1 38 127 80 15 86 2 0 7 0 3 22 2 0 .315 .401 .620 4.3 2016 BOS A
Total (20 Years) Splits 2408 8640 1419 2472 632 19 541 1768 1319 209 1750 38 2 92 0 59 236 17 9 .286 .380 .552 38.4 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
Division Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
2002 MIN A Daily Splits 4 13 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .231 .385 2002 MIN A
2003 BOS A Daily Splits 5 21 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .095 .174 .143 2003 BOS A
2004 BOS A Daily Splits 3 11 4 6 2 0 1 4 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .545 .688 1.000 2004 BOS A
2005 BOS A Daily Splits 3 12 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .750 2005 BOS A
2007 BOS A Daily Splits 3 7 5 5 0 0 2 3 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .714 .846 1.571 2007 BOS A
2008 BOS A Daily Splits 4 17 1 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 .350 .294 2008 BOS A
2009 BOS A Daily Splits 3 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 2009 BOS A
2013 BOS A Daily Splits 4 13 4 5 1 0 2 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .385 .556 .923 2013 BOS A
2016 BOS A Daily Splits 3 9 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .250 .222 2016 BOS A
Total ( 9 Years) Splits 32 115 16 31 10 0 6 17 23 6 29 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .270 .388 .513 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
2002 MIN A Daily Splits 5 16 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313 .313 .375 2002 MIN A
2003 BOS A Daily Splits 7 26 4 7 1 0 2 6 3 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .269 .367 .538 2003 BOS A
2004 BOS A Daily Splits 7 31 6 12 0 1 3 11 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .387 .457 .742 2004 BOS A
2007 BOS A Daily Splits 7 24 7 7 3 0 1 3 6 0 5 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 .292 .424 .542 2007 BOS A
2008 BOS A Daily Splits 7 26 3 4 1 1 1 4 6 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .313 .385 2008 BOS A
2013 BOS A Daily Splits 6 22 1 2 0 0 1 4 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .200 .227 2013 BOS A
Total ( 6 Years) Splits 39 145 21 37 6 2 8 30 22 1 38 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 .255 .357 .490 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
2004 BOS A Daily Splits 4 13 3 4 1 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .471 .615 2004 BOS A
2007 BOS A Daily Splits 4 15 4 5 3 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .412 .533 2007 BOS A
2013 BOS A Daily Splits 6 16 7 11 2 0 2 6 8 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .688 .760 1.188 2013 BOS A
Total ( 3 Years) Splits 14 44 14 20 6 0 3 14 14 4 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .455 .576 .795 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
2004 AL Daily Splits 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 2004 AL
2005 AL Daily Splits 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 2005 AL
2006 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 2006 AL
2007 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 2007 AL
2010 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 2010 AL
2011 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 2011 AL
2012 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 2012 AL
2013 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 2013 AL
2016 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 2016 AL
Total ( 9 Years) Splits 9 17 2 5 0 0 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .294 .400 .471 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1997 MIN A Daily Splits 1B 11 10 9 87 84 10 1 10 0 .989
1997 MIN A DH 1 1 1 -
1998 MIN A Daily Splits 1B 70 68 58 586.2 503 46 6 51 0 .989
1998 MIN A DH 10 10 8 -
1999 MIN A Daily Splits DH 5 4 4 -
1999 MIN A 1B 1 0 0 5 7 0 0 1 0 1.000
2000 MIN A Daily Splits DH 88 84 70 -
2000 MIN A 1B 27 25 22 215.1 210 12 1 17 0 .996
2001 MIN A Daily Splits DH 80 75 67 -
2001 MIN A 1B 8 7 5 55 60 2 0 2 0 1.000
2002 MIN A Daily Splits DH 95 94 77 -
2002 MIN A 1B 15 13 6 103 90 6 1 8 0 .990
2003 BOS A Daily Splits DH 74 73 64 -
2003 BOS A 1B 45 44 31 378 342 30 3 20 0 .992
2004 BOS A Daily Splits DH 115 114 104 -
2004 BOS A 1B 34 31 14 260.1 253 21 4 23 0 .986
2005 BOS A Daily Splits DH 148 146 138 -
2005 BOS A 1B 10 10 6 78 69 11 2 8 0 .976
2006 BOS A Daily Splits DH 138 138 130 -
2006 BOS A 1B 10 10 2 68 62 6 2 8 0 .971
2007 BOS A Daily Splits DH 140 140 125 -
2007 BOS A 1B 7 7 0 48 37 3 0 3 0 1.000
2008 BOS A Daily Splits DH 109 108 96 -
2009 BOS A Daily Splits DH 139 138 131 -
2009 BOS A 1B 6 6 2 39 42 6 1 2 0 .980
2010 BOS A Daily Splits DH 136 134 126 -
2010 BOS A 1B 4 4 0 26.2 23 1 0 1 0 1.000
2011 BOS A Daily Splits DH 136 136 120 -
2011 BOS A 1B 2 2 1 13 18 0 0 4 0 1.000
2012 BOS A Daily Splits DH 81 81 74 -
2012 BOS A 1B 7 7 2 52 54 2 0 4 0 1.000
2013 BOS A Daily Splits DH 129 129 113 -
2013 BOS A 1B 6 6 2 39 36 1 0 4 0 1.000
2014 BOS A Daily Splits DH 131 131 120 -
2014 BOS A 1B 5 5 5 43 37 2 0 9 0 1.000
2015 BOS A Daily Splits DH 134 134 109 -
2015 BOS A 1B 9 9 1 60 51 5 1 2 0 .982
2016 BOS A Daily Splits DH 140 139 118 -
2016 BOS A 1B 1 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total (20 Years) Splits DH 2029 2009 1795 -
Total (19 Years) 1B 278 265 166 2162 1983 164 22 177 0 .990
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Division Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
2002 MIN A Daily Splits DH 4 3 1 -
2003 BOS A Daily Splits DH 5 5 3 -
2004 BOS A Daily Splits DH 3 3 3 -
2005 BOS A Daily Splits DH 3 3 3 -
2007 BOS A Daily Splits DH 3 3 2 -
2008 BOS A Daily Splits DH 4 4 3 -
2009 BOS A Daily Splits DH 3 3 2 -
2013 BOS A Daily Splits DH 4 4 3 -
2016 BOS A Daily Splits DH 3 3 1 -
Total ( 9 Years) Splits DH 32 31 21 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
2002 MIN A Daily Splits DH 5 4 3 -
2003 BOS A Daily Splits DH 7 7 6 -
2004 BOS A Daily Splits DH 7 7 7 -
2007 BOS A Daily Splits DH 7 7 6 -
2008 BOS A Daily Splits DH 7 7 7 -
2013 BOS A Daily Splits DH 6 6 6 -
Total ( 6 Years) Splits DH 39 38 35 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
2004 BOS A Daily Splits 1B 2 2 0 12 14 1 0 1 0 1.000
2004 BOS A DH 2 2 2 -
2007 BOS A Daily Splits 1B 2 2 0 12 7 0 0 0 0 1.000
2007 BOS A DH 2 2 1 -
2013 BOS A Daily Splits 1B 3 3 1 23.1 23 0 0 1 0 1.000
2013 BOS A DH 3 3 3 -
Total ( 3 Years) Splits 1B 7 7 1 47.1 44 1 0 2 0 1.000
Total ( 3 Years) DH 7 7 6 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
2004 AL Daily Splits 1B 1 0 0 6 3 1 0 0 0 1.000
2005 AL Daily Splits DH 1 1 0 -
2006 AL Daily Splits 1B 1 1 0 5 6 0 0 2 0 1.000
2007 AL Daily Splits 1B 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
2010 AL Daily Splits DH 1 0 0 -
2011 AL Daily Splits DH 1 1 0 -
2012 AL Daily Splits DH 1 1 0 -
2013 AL Daily Splits DH 1 1 0 -
2016 AL Daily Splits DH 1 1 0 -
Total ( 6 Years) Splits DH 6 5 0 -
Total ( 3 Years) 1B 3 2 0 14 10 1 0 2 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
8-15-1998 BOX MIN A Terry Craft Fair/foul call (Broke bat over leg)
6-21-2000 BOX MIN A Mike Winters Balls and strikes
8-26-2001 BOX MIN A Paul Schrieber Called third strike
7-16-2004 BOX BOS A Matt Hollowell Called third strike
8-19-2005 BOX BOS A Bill Welke Called third strike
6-15-2007 BOX BOS A Tony Randazzo Called third strike
5-13-2008 BOX BOS A Laz Diaz Balls and strikes
4- 9-2010 BOX BOS A Mike Estabrook Check swing
7- 8-2011 BOX BOS A Mike Estabrook Charging mound
7-27-2013 BOX BOS A Tim Timmons Balls and strikes
4-19-2015 BOX BOS A John Tumpane Check swing
6-20-2015 BOX BOS A Bruce Dreckman Balls and strikes
5- 6-2016 BOX BOS A Ron Kulpa Balls and strikes
Transaction Information
Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Seattle Mariners (November 28, 1992 ).
Traded by Seattle Mariners to Minnesota Twins (September 13, 1996 ) completing trade
in which Minnesota Twins traded Dave Hollins to Seattle Mariners in exchange for a
player to be named later (August 29, 1996 ).
Released by Minnesota Twins (December 16, 2002 ).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (January 22, 2003 ).
Granted free agency (October 30, 2011 ).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (December 7, 2011 ).
Granted free agency (October 29, 2012 ).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (November 5, 2012 ).
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