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David Ortiz
David Americo (Arias) Ortiz (Papi or Cookie Monster)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 4", Weight 230 lb.

Debut September 2, 1997

Born November 18, 1975 in Santo Domingo, D.R.

Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 1992. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1997 21 MIN AL  15   49   10   16   3  0   1    6   0  0   2  19  .327  .353  .449  107   22   0   0   0   0   1
 1998 22 MIN AL  86  278   47   77  20  0   9   46   1  0  39  72  .277  .371  .446  111  124   0   4   3   5   8
 1999 23 MIN AL  10   20    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   5  12  .000  .200  .000  -43    0   0   0   0   0   2
 2000 24 MIN AL 130  415   59  117  36  1  10   63   1  0  57  81  .282  .364  .446  101  185   0   6   2   0  13
 2001 25 MIN AL  89  303   46   71  17  1  18   48   1  0  40  68  .234  .324  .475  106  144   1   2   8   1   6
 2002 26 MIN AL 125  412   52  112  32  1  20   75   1  2  43  87  .272  .339  .500  120  206   0   8   0   3   5
 2003 27 BOS AL 128  448   79  129  39  2  31  101   0  0  58  83  .288  .369  .592  144  265   0   2   8   1   9 MVP-5
 2004 28 BOS AL 150  582   94  175  47  3  41  139   0  0  75 133  .301  .380  .603  145  351   0   8   8   4  12 SS,MVP-4,AS
 2005 29 BOS AL 159  601  119  180  40  1  47  148   1  0 102 124  .300  .397  .604  158  363   0   9   9   1  13 SS,MVP-2,AS
 2006 30 BOS AL 151  558  115  160  29  2  54  137   1  0 119 117  .287  .413  .636  161  355   0   5  23   4  12 SS,MVP-3,AS
 2007 31 BOS AL 149  549  116  182  52  1  35  117   3  1 111 103  .332  .445  .621  171  341   0   3  12   4  16 SS,MVP-4,AS
 2008 32 BOS AL 109  416   74  110  30  1  23   89   1  0  70  74  .264  .369  .507  123  211   1   3  12   1  11 AS
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1301 4631  812 1329 345 13 289  969  10  3 721 973  .287  .382  .554  138 2567   2  50  85  24 108
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        577  101  165  43  2  36  121   1  0  90 121  .287  .382  .554  138  320   0   6  11   3  13
 Career High    159  601  119  182  52  3  54  148   3  2 119 133  .332  .445  .636  171  363   1   9  23   5  16
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1997 21 MIN AL   51   34    8   6.3   110| .327  .272| .353  .342| .449  .431| .802  .773| 107  .590   0.4   0.0   0%
 1998 22 MIN AL  326  213   48   6.0   111| .277  .273| .371  .342| .446  .434| .817  .776| 111  .567   6.4   0.6 100%
 1999 23 MIN AL   25   22    0   0.0   116| .000  .279| .200  .352| .000  .446| .200  .798| -43  .000  -4.6  -0.4   0%
 2000 24 MIN AL  478  317   68   5.7   119| .282  .281| .364  .355| .446  .452| .810  .807| 101  .516   2.5   0.2 100%
 2001 25 MIN AL  347  241   47   5.2   109| .234  .270| .324  .337| .475  .433| .799  .770| 106  .514   2.1   0.2 100%
 2002 26 MIN AL  466  315   72   6.1   105| .272  .264| .339  .332| .500  .425| .839  .757| 120  .596  12.6   1.2  33%
 2003 27 BOS AL  509  330   98   7.9   111| .288  .274| .369  .340| .592  .438| .961  .778| 144  .697  28.8   2.7   0%
 2004 28 BOS AL  669  427  135   8.5   115| .301  .277| .380  .346| .603  .446| .983  .792| 145  .711  40.1   3.7   0%
 2005 29 BOS AL  713  443  149   9.0   108| .300  .273| .397  .336| .604  .433|1.001  .769| 158  .752  53.5   5.0 100%
 2006 30 BOS AL  686  415  152   9.8   115| .287  .281| .413  .347| .636  .447|1.049  .794| 161  .759  54.5   4.9 100%
 2007 31 BOS AL  667  387  156  10.8   112| .332  .278| .445  .346| .621  .435|1.066  .781| 171  .800  64.0   5.9  75%
 2008 32 BOS AL  491  321   79   6.6   112| .264  .277| .369  .346| .507  .435| .876  .782| 123  .626  15.1   1.4 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     5428 3465 1012   7.8   112| .287  .275| .382  .343| .554  .438| .936  .781| 138  .685 275.5  25.4  76%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1997 21 MIN AL 1B 11 84 10 1 10 .989 .992 8.55 8.04 9.72 9.31 10 87.0 DH 1 1998 22 MIN AL 1B 70 503 46 6 51 .989 .992 7.84 8.30 8.41 9.43 69 587.7 DH 10 1999 23 MIN AL DH 5 1B 1 7 0 0 1 1.000 .986 7.00 8.30 12.60 9.54 0 5.0 2000 24 MIN AL DH 88 1B 27 210 12 1 17 .996 .993 8.22 8.17 9.28 9.37 25 215.3 2001 25 MIN AL DH 78 1B 8 60 2 0 2 1.000 .994 7.75 8.28 10.15 9.39 7 55.0 2002 26 MIN AL DH 95 1B 15 90 6 1 8 .990 .993 6.40 8.02 8.39 9.33 13 103.0 2003 27 BOS AL DH 74 1B 45 342 30 3 20 .992 .993 8.27 8.29 8.86 9.55 44 378.0 2004 28 BOS AL DH 115 AS 1B 34 253 21 4 23 .986 .994 8.06 8.01 9.47 9.31 31 260.3 AS 2005 29 BOS AL DH 148 AS 1B 10 69 11 2 8 .976 .994 8.00 8.11 9.23 9.60 10 78.0 AS 2006 30 BOS AL DH 138 AS 1B 10 62 6 2 8 .971 .994 6.80 7.99 9.00 9.52 10 68.0 AS 2007 31 BOS AL DH 140 AS 1B 7 37 3 0 3 1.000 .995 5.71 7.93 7.50 9.38 7 48.0 AS 2008 32 BOS AL DH 108 AS
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1997 21 MIN AL 1B 11 84 10 1 10 .989 .992 8.55 8.04 9.72 9.31 10 87.0 1998 22 MIN AL 1B 70 503 46 6 51 .989 .992 7.84 8.30 8.41 9.43 69 587.7 1999 23 MIN AL 1B 1 7 0 0 1 1.000 .986 7.00 8.30 12.60 9.54 0 5.0 2000 24 MIN AL 1B 27 210 12 1 17 .996 .993 8.22 8.17 9.28 9.37 25 215.3 2001 25 MIN AL 1B 8 60 2 0 2 1.000 .994 7.75 8.28 10.15 9.39 7 55.0 2002 26 MIN AL 1B 15 90 6 1 8 .990 .993 6.40 8.02 8.39 9.33 13 103.0 2003 27 BOS AL 1B 45 342 30 3 20 .992 .993 8.27 8.29 8.86 9.55 44 378.0 2004 28 BOS AL 1B 34 253 21 4 23 .986 .994 8.06 8.01 9.47 9.31 31 260.3 2005 29 BOS AL 1B 10 69 11 2 8 .976 .994 8.00 8.11 9.23 9.60 10 78.0 2006 30 BOS AL 1B 10 62 6 2 8 .971 .994 6.80 7.99 9.00 9.52 10 68.0 2007 31 BOS AL 1B 7 37 3 0 3 1.000 .995 5.71 7.93 7.50 9.38 7 48.0 1997 21 MIN AL DH 1 1998 22 MIN AL DH 10 1999 23 MIN AL DH 5 2000 24 MIN AL DH 88 2001 25 MIN AL DH 78 2002 26 MIN AL DH 95 2003 27 BOS AL DH 74 2004 28 BOS AL DH 115 2005 29 BOS AL DH 148 2006 30 BOS AL DH 138 2007 31 BOS AL DH 140 2008 32 BOS AL DH 108
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total DH 1000 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 238 1717 147 20 151 .989 .993 7.83 8.18 8.90 9.43 226 1885.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 238 1717 147 20 151 .989 .993 7.83 8.18 8.90 9.43 226 1885
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2002   ALDS  MIN OAK     W   4  13   0   3  2  0  0   2   0   5  .231  .231  .385   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  MIN ANA     L   5  16   0   5  1  0  0   2   0   5  .313  .313  .375   0  0   0   0   0 
 2003   ALDS  BOS OAK     W   5  21   0   2  1  0  0   2   2   7  .095  .174  .143   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  BOS NYY     L   7  26   4   7  1  0  2   6   3   8  .269  .367  .538   0  0   0   0   1 
 2004   ALDS  BOS ANA     W   3  11   4   6  2  0  1   4   5   2  .545  .688 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  BOS NYY     W   7  31   6  12  0  1  3  11   4   7  .387  .457  .742   0  1   0   0   0 
        WS    BOS STL     W   4  13   3   4  1  0  1   4   4   1  .308  .471  .615   0  0   0   0   0 
 2005   ALDS  BOS CHW     L   3  12   2   4  2  0  1   1   0   3  .333  .333  .750   0  0             
 2007   ALDS  BOS LAA     W   3   7   5   5  0  0  2   3   6   1  .714  .846 1.571   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  BOS CLE     W   7  24   7   7  3  0  1   3   6   5  .292  .424  .542   0  0   0   2   1 
        WS    BOS COL     W   4  15   4   5  3  0  0   4   2   3  .333  .412  .533   0  0   0   0   0 
 2008   ALDS  BOS LAA     W   4  17   1   4  1  0  0   1   3   4  .235  .350  .294   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  BOS TBR     L   7  26   3   4  1  1  1   4   6   9  .154  .313  .385   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  6 Lg Div Series       5-1  22  81  12  24  8  0  4  13  16  22  .296  .412  .543   0  0   0   0   0 
  5 Lg Champ Series     2-3  33 123  20  35  6  2  7  26  19  34  .285  .384  .537   0  1   0   2   2 
  2 World Series        2-0   8  28   7   9  4  0  1   8   6   4  .321  .441  .571   0  0   0   0   0 
 13 Postseason Series   9-4  63 232  39  68 18  2 12  47  41  60  .293  .401  .543   0  1   0   2   2 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2004   BOS AL       1   2   1  0  0  1   2   2   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 2005   BOS AL   *   3   0   2  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting DH 
 2006   BOS AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 2007   BOS AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 2008   BOS AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 4/5      3   8   2   3  0  0  1   3   2   1   0  0   0   0   0  .375  .500  .750 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2004 *
2005 (DH)
2006 (1B)
2007 (1B)
2008

Awards
2004-ALCS MVP
2005-AL-Hank Aaron Award

Silver Sluggers
2004-AL--DH
2005-AL--DH
2006-AL--DH
2007-AL--DH
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2003-AL-5-0.33
2004-AL-4-0.44
2005-AL-2-0.78
2006-AL-3-0.49
2007-AL-4-0.45
Car-52-2.49 shares

Batting Average
2007 AL-.332-5

On-base %
2005 AL-.397-4
2006 AL-.413-7
2007 AL-.445-1
Act-.382-20

Slugging %
2003 AL-.592-3
2004 AL-.603-2
2005 AL-.604-2
2006 AL-.636-2
2007 AL-.621-3
Act-.554-10
Car-.554-26

OPS
2003 AL-.961-5
2004 AL-.983-4
2005 AL-1.001-3
2006 AL-1.049-3
2007 AL-1.066-2
Act-.937-12
Car-.937-33

Games
2005 AL-159-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
2005 AL-713-7

Runs
2005 AL-119-3
2006 AL-115-3
2007 AL-116-6

Total Bases
2004 AL-351-2
2005 AL-363-3
2006 AL-355-1
2007 AL-341-3

Doubles
2003 AL-39-10
2004 AL-47-3
2005 AL-40-8
2007 AL-52-2

Home Runs
2004 AL-41-2
2005 AL-47-2
2006 AL-54-1
2007 AL-35-3
Act-289-28

RBI
2004 AL-139-2
2005 AL-148-1
2006 AL-137-1
2007 AL-117-6

Bases on Balls
2005 AL-102-2
2006 AL-119-1
2007 AL-111-1

Strikeouts
2004 AL-133-8
2005 AL-124-9

Adjusted OPS+
2003 AL-144-10
2004 AL-145-5
2005 AL-158-4
2006 AL-161-3
2007 AL-171-3
Act-138-20
Car-138-88

Runs Created
2004 AL-135-4
2005 AL-149-2
2006 AL-152-1
2007 AL-156-2

Adjusted Batting Runs
2004 AL-40-5
2005 AL-54-2
2006 AL-55-2
2007 AL-64-2
Act-276-22

Batting Wins
2004 AL-3.7-5
2005 AL-5.0-2
2006 AL-4.9-2
2007 AL-5.9-2
Act-25.4-22

Extra-Base Hits
2004 AL-91-1
2005 AL-88-1
2006 AL-85-2
2007 AL-88-1

Times on Base
2005 AL-283-3
2006 AL-283-2
2007 AL-297-2

Offensive Win%
2003 AL-.697-9
2004 AL-.711-5
2005 AL-.752-4
2006 AL-.759-3
2007 AL-.800-1
Act-.685-17

Sac. Flies
2002 AL-8-9
2004 AL-8-4
2005 AL-9-4

Intentional Walks
2005 AL-9-7
2006 AL-23-2
2007 AL-12-5
2008 AL-12-5
Act-85-25

At Bats per Home Run
2003 AL-14.5-5
2004 AL-14.2-3
2005 AL-12.8-3
2006 AL-10.3-1
2007 AL-15.7-5
Act-16.0-11
Car-16.0-26

Youngest Player
1997 AL-21-7

   

Black Ink: Batting - 16 (140) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 75 (312) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 30.2 (266) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 87.5 (186) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

November 28, 1992: Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent.

September 13, 1996: Sent by the Seattle Mariners to the Minnesota Twins to complete an earlier deal made on August 29, 1996. The Seattle Mariners sent a player to be named later to the Minnesota Twins for Dave Hollins. The Seattle Mariners sent David Ortiz (September 13, 1996) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

December 16, 2002: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

January 22, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1998Minnesota Twins$170,000
2000Minnesota Twins$220,000
2001Minnesota Twins$260,000
2002Minnesota Twins$950,000
2003Boston Red Sox$1,250,000
2004Boston Red Sox$4,587,500
2005Boston Red Sox$5,250,000
2006Boston Red Sox$6,500,000
2007Boston Red Sox$13,250,000
2008Boston Red Sox$13,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$45,437,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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