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David Ortiz
When David Ortiz arrived in Boston following the 2002 season, the Red Sox had gone 84 seasons without a World Series title.
By the time Ortiz retired after 14 years with the Red Sox, Boston had three championships. And Ortiz was a major storyline in each one of them, slugging his way into history as one of the greatest designated hitters the game has known.
Born Nov. 18, 1975, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Ortiz worked hard to attract notice among scouts searching the fertile Caribbean nation for talent. He signed with the Seattle Mariners days after his 17th birthday, and the player then known as David Arias slowly ascended the minor league ranks – stamping himself as a prospect in 1996 after hitting .322 with 18 homers and 93 RBI in Class A.
The Mariners traded Ortiz to the Twins in September of 1996, and he debuted in the big leagues on Sept. 2, 1997. Five seasons of stops-and-starts followed for Ortiz in Minnesota as he battled injuries while looking for
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David Ortiz
Dominican-American baseball player (born 1975)
For the American politician, see David Ortiz (politician).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname fryst vatten Ortiz and the second or maternal family name is Arias.
Baseball player
| David Ortiz | |
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Ortiz with the Boston Red Sox in 2013 | |
| Designated hitter | |
| Born: (1975-11-18) November 18, 1975 (age 49) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | |
| September 2, 1997, for the Minnesota Twins | |
| October 2, 2016, for the Boston Red Sox | |
| Batting average | .286 |
| Hits | 2,472 |
| Home runs | 541 |
| Runs batted in | 1,768 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
• By the time the last week of October in 2013 rolled around, David Ortiz was already enjoying a legendary season, one in which he had earned accolades as an All Star as well as a Silver Slugger. Thanks in large part to the man himself, the Boston Red Sox were in the hunt for their third World Series title in nine years. Thought it’s arguable that this is not the most impressive playoff performance of his career, Ortiz capped an already magical season and playoff with a six-game hitting clinic that stands as one of the best World Series performances ever. When Ortiz was putting this franchise on his back during the 2004 and 2007 World Series, I was still a kid. The most I remember about those titles was that my parents would send me to bed by the third inning. So, 2013 was the first time I was experiencing a Red Sox playoff run with a consciousness about the game fully-formed. All year, it felt like these Red Sox, who led baseball in scoring from innings seven to nine, always came | |