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'''David Ortiz''' (] {{IPA|/or.ˈtis/}}, or roughly 'or-TEES', according to ] pronunciation) (], ] in ]), born '''David Américo Ortiz Arias''', is a ] ] who plays for the ] (since ]). Previously, Ortiz played for the ] (]-]). Nicknamed '''"Big Papi"''', Ortiz bats and throws ]. He wears the number 34 in honor of ], a Hall of Famer who also played for the Minnesota Twins.

==Career==
===Early career===
] of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.]]
In ], at the age of 17, Ortiz was signed by the ]. He was traded to ] in ], and made his debut in September ], then known as David Arias. After moving up and down from the majors to the ], Ortiz hit .272 with 20 home runs and 75 RBI in ], when the Twins lost in the ] to the ]. In that postseason, Ortiz batted .241 with 3 RBI and 9 strikeouts in 9 games. But Ortiz, whose left knee and right wrist had been surgically repaired, had not played in more than 130 games in a season. Thinking he was injured too often, and also fearing his salary would increase dramatically in arbitration, ] non-tendered Ortiz, letting the ] take a chance on the slugger. In six seasons with ], Ortiz batted .266 with 58 home runs and 238 RBI in 455 games. In four seasons with ], he has collected a .294 average, 173 home runs, and 525 RBI in 588 games.

===2003===
Along with ] and ], Ortiz was a free agent signee for the ] in ]. Originally, ] was assigned the primary role as DH/First Baseman, but his lackluster performance allowed Ortiz to step in. Additionally, the subsequent trade of ] to ] allowed ] to play full time at third base, creating more playing time. Ortiz became the full time ] and hit fifth in the ], collecting 28 home runs after the All-Star Game. He finished the season hitting .288 with 31 home runs and 101 RBI in only 128 games. Ortiz finished fifth in the ] vote.

===2004===
*Ortiz was suspended for five games, later reduced to three games upon appeal because of an incident on ], in a game versus the ]. In that game, Ortiz was ejected for arguing balls and strikes and proceeded to throw some of his bats in the direction of umpires Bill Hohn and Mark Carlson.
*In ], Ortiz, batting in the cleanup slot in the batting order, led the ] in ] (91) and was second in ] (139); had 33 go-ahead RBI, 50 RBI with two out, and collected career highs in batting average (.301), home runs (41), RBI (139), ] (94), ] (47), ] (3), ] (75), ] (351), ] (.380), ] (.603), ] (.983), and ] (150).
*In addition, Big Papi and ] became the first pair of ] teammates to hit 40 home runs, have 100 RBI, and bat .300 since the ] ] and ] in ]. Also along with Ramirez, Ortiz hit back-to-back home runs six times, tying the major league single season set by ] and ] (]) and ] and ] (]). A first time ], he hit a two-run home run, walked twice and scored two runs in the game.
*In the 2004 ALCS, Ortiz became the first (and so far only) professional baseball player to have walk-off hits in two playoff games in one calendar day. His 12th-inning home run won Game 4 of the ALCS against the New York Yankees shortly after midnight on October 18, 2004, and his walk-off single won Game 5 less than 23 hours later.

===2005===
*In ] he set a new career record of 47 home runs in the season, 43 of them as designated hitter, beating ]'s record of 37 set in ]. Twenty of his home runs either tied or gave ] the lead, and over the period ]-], he hit .326, with 22 home runs and 73 RBIs in only 221 at bats in the late innings of close games. He also led the ] in RBIs with 148, and his 47 homers were second in the AL to the ]' ]. He also finished second to ] in ] votes.
*The ] ] ] was a significant debate among baseball circles as both ] and Ortiz finished the regular season with impressive offensive statistics. He finished with new career highs in runs (119), RBIs (148), walks (102), on-base percentage (.397), and slugging percentage (.604). Two sportswriters left Ortiz completely off the ten player ballot, citing Ortiz's position as a designated hitter. Ortiz ultimately finished second in the voting because as a designated hitter, he played very few games defensively and thus many sportswriters argued that Ortiz did not contribute as much as ], who played the majority of his games at third base for the ]{{fact}}.

===2006===
*] has been a year of ] (the act of winning a game in the bottom half of the last inning) for Ortiz. He has hit more walk-off base hits (five, including 3 home runs) this year than most teams and is currently one away for the most walk-offs since divisional play started in ].
*On ], ], Ortiz was admitted to ] for ] caused by ] and sleeplessness over a week's span. Ortiz reportedly said that his stress was over the first three losses in an eventual sweep by the ] in a five-game set.
*On ], ], David Ortiz tied his career high in home runs by hitting his 47th homer of the year off of Cha Seung Bak of the Seattle Mariners. On ], 2006, Ortiz tied ]'s single season Red Sox home run record of 50 set in 1938; in the 6th inning against ] starting pitcher ], Big Papi launched the ball into the center field bleachers behind the Red Sox ]. Ortiz has the unique honour of having increased his season home run tally in each of seven consecutive seasons (starting from ], year-by-year he has hit 10, 18, 20, 31, 41, 47 and 54 HRs).
*On ], 2006, Ortiz broke ]'s single season Red Sox home run record by hitting his 51st home run off his former teammate, ] of the Minnesota Twins. The ] came on a 1-0 pitch in the first inning and it was his 44th home run as a ] in 2006, which broke Ortiz's own American League single-season record. Ortiz then proceeded to hit his 52nd home run off reliever ] on a full-count in the seventh inning.

====Health issues====
*Ortiz also said he began feeling ill between games of a day-night ] on ], ], against New York that dragged into the early morning. Between games, he had gone home and tried to sleep but couldn't. Ortiz was reportedly driven to the hospital by a team ]. An ] was the cause for the stress according to his doctors. Ortiz would not originally talk about his condition, but opened up to the media on ], ], reportedly saying "I'm a healthy son of a ".
*], ], Ortiz had recurring symptoms from his irregular heartbeat and was a last minute scratch in the Red Sox game at Oakland. Manager ] and General Manager ] agreed that Ortiz fly back to Boston where he was reevaluated by Dr. Larry Ronan. He was cleared to play and rejoined the lineup on ], 2006 against the ] ].

==Career highlights==
*Three time All-Star (2004-2006)
*] vote-receiver four times (5th, 2003; 4th, 2004; 2nd, 2005; 3rd, 2006)
*2005 Hank Aaron Award winner
*Led the American League in extra base hits (2004)
*Was the MVP for the American League Championship Series (2004)
*Led the American League in Home Runs (2006)
*Led the American League in Runs Batted In (2005, 2006)
*American League ] for September ] and July ].
*Member of the ] ] team that won the ].
*2003 Caribbean Series MVP
*Red Sox single season home run leader (54; 2006)
*Tied with Babe Ruth for AL single season home run record in road games (32; 2006)

==Charity and Community causes==
* On ], ], ], Ortiz was one of more than 50 hitters who brandished a ] to benefit the .
* On ], ], Ortiz played ] with a group of over 40 local kids as part of a '''Big Papi Backyard Wiffle Ball''' game that was auctioned off to benefit '''Good Sports''', a Boston-based non-profit organization that ensures disadvantaged youth have opportunity to play sports.

==Family==
Ortiz sports a tattoo of his mother on his biceps. His mother, Angela Rosa Arias, died in a car crash in January ] at 46. Ortiz' son D'Angelo is named after her.. Ortiz's wife, a native of ], southwest of ], has made him attend ] games in the off season. The family currently resides in ], a suburb of Boston.

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Baseball player
David Ortiz
Boston Red Sox – No. 34
Designated Hitter
Bats: LeftThrows: Left
debut
September 2, 1997, for the Minnesota Twins
Career statistics
(through 2006)
AVG.283
HR231
RBI763
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Former teams

David Ortiz (IPA /or.ˈtis/, or roughly 'or-TEES', according to Latin American pronunciation) (November 18, 1975 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic), born David Américo Ortiz Arias, is a Major League Baseball designated hitter who plays for the Boston Red Sox (since 2003). Previously, Ortiz played for the Minnesota Twins (1997-2002). Nicknamed "Big Papi", Ortiz bats and throws left-handed. He wears the number 34 in honor of Kirby Puckett, a Hall of Famer who also played for the Minnesota Twins.

Career

Early career

David Ortiz shares a word with Toby Hall of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

In 1992, at the age of 17, Ortiz was signed by the Seattle Mariners. He was traded to Minnesota in 1996, and made his debut in September 1997, then known as David Arias. After moving up and down from the majors to the minors, Ortiz hit .272 with 20 home runs and 75 RBI in 2002, when the Twins lost in the American League Championship Series to the Anaheim Angels. In that postseason, Ortiz batted .241 with 3 RBI and 9 strikeouts in 9 games. But Ortiz, whose left knee and right wrist had been surgically repaired, had not played in more than 130 games in a season. Thinking he was injured too often, and also fearing his salary would increase dramatically in arbitration, Minnesota non-tendered Ortiz, letting the Red Sox take a chance on the slugger. In six seasons with Minnesota, Ortiz batted .266 with 58 home runs and 238 RBI in 455 games. In four seasons with Boston, he has collected a .294 average, 173 home runs, and 525 RBI in 588 games.

2003

Along with Bill Mueller and Kevin Millar, Ortiz was a free agent signee for the Red Sox in 2003. Originally, Jeremy Giambi was assigned the primary role as DH/First Baseman, but his lackluster performance allowed Ortiz to step in. Additionally, the subsequent trade of Shea Hillenbrand to Arizona allowed Bill Mueller to play full time at third base, creating more playing time. Ortiz became the full time designated hitter and hit fifth in the batting order, collecting 28 home runs after the All-Star Game. He finished the season hitting .288 with 31 home runs and 101 RBI in only 128 games. Ortiz finished fifth in the American League MVP vote.

2004

  • Ortiz was suspended for five games, later reduced to three games upon appeal because of an incident on July 16, in a game versus the Anaheim Angels. In that game, Ortiz was ejected for arguing balls and strikes and proceeded to throw some of his bats in the direction of umpires Bill Hohn and Mark Carlson.
  • In 2004, Ortiz, batting in the cleanup slot in the batting order, led the American League in extra base hits (91) and was second in RBI (139); had 33 go-ahead RBI, 50 RBI with two out, and collected career highs in batting average (.301), home runs (41), RBI (139), runs (94), doubles (47), triples (3), walks (75), total bases (351), on base percentage (.380), slugging average (.603), OPS (.983), and games played (150).
  • In addition, Big Papi and Manny Ramírez became the first pair of American League teammates to hit 40 home runs, have 100 RBI, and bat .300 since the Yankees' Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in 1931. Also along with Ramirez, Ortiz hit back-to-back home runs six times, tying the major league single season set by Hank Greenberg and Rudy York (Detroit Tigers) and Frank Thomas and Magglio Ordóñez (Chicago White Sox). A first time All-Star, he hit a two-run home run, walked twice and scored two runs in the game.
  • In the 2004 ALCS, Ortiz became the first (and so far only) professional baseball player to have walk-off hits in two playoff games in one calendar day. His 12th-inning home run won Game 4 of the ALCS against the New York Yankees shortly after midnight on October 18, 2004, and his walk-off single won Game 5 less than 23 hours later.

2005

  • In 2005 he set a new career record of 47 home runs in the season, 43 of them as designated hitter, beating Edgar Martinez's record of 37 set in 2000. Twenty of his home runs either tied or gave Boston the lead, and over the period 2003-2005, he hit .326, with 22 home runs and 73 RBIs in only 221 at bats in the late innings of close games. He also led the American League in RBIs with 148, and his 47 homers were second in the AL to the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez. He also finished second to Alex Rodriguez in MVP votes.
  • The 2005 AL MVP was a significant debate among baseball circles as both Alex Rodriguez and Ortiz finished the regular season with impressive offensive statistics. He finished with new career highs in runs (119), RBIs (148), walks (102), on-base percentage (.397), and slugging percentage (.604). Two sportswriters left Ortiz completely off the ten player ballot, citing Ortiz's position as a designated hitter. Ortiz ultimately finished second in the voting because as a designated hitter, he played very few games defensively and thus many sportswriters argued that Ortiz did not contribute as much as Rodriguez, who played the majority of his games at third base for the New York Yankees.

2006

  • 2006 has been a year of walk-offs (the act of winning a game in the bottom half of the last inning) for Ortiz. He has hit more walk-off base hits (five, including 3 home runs) this year than most teams and is currently one away for the most walk-offs since divisional play started in 1969.
  • On August 19, 2006, Ortiz was admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital for dehydration caused by stress and sleeplessness over a week's span. Ortiz reportedly said that his stress was over the first three losses in an eventual sweep by the New York Yankees in a five-game set.
  • On August 27, 2006, David Ortiz tied his career high in home runs by hitting his 47th homer of the year off of Cha Seung Bak of the Seattle Mariners. On September 20, 2006, Ortiz tied Jimmie Foxx's single season Red Sox home run record of 50 set in 1938; in the 6th inning against Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Boof Bonser, Big Papi launched the ball into the center field bleachers behind the Red Sox bullpen. Ortiz has the unique honour of having increased his season home run tally in each of seven consecutive seasons (starting from 2000, year-by-year he has hit 10, 18, 20, 31, 41, 47 and 54 HRs).
  • On September 21, 2006, Ortiz broke Jimmie Foxx's single season Red Sox home run record by hitting his 51st home run off his former teammate, Johan Santana of the Minnesota Twins. The longball came on a 1-0 pitch in the first inning and it was his 44th home run as a designated hitter in 2006, which broke Ortiz's own American League single-season record. Ortiz then proceeded to hit his 52nd home run off reliever Matt Guerrier on a full-count in the seventh inning.

Health issues

  • Ortiz also said he began feeling ill between games of a day-night doubleheader on August 18, 2006, against New York that dragged into the early morning. Between games, he had gone home and tried to sleep but couldn't. Ortiz was reportedly driven to the hospital by a team assistant. An irregular heartbeat was the cause for the stress according to his doctors. Ortiz would not originally talk about his condition, but opened up to the media on August 25th, 2006, reportedly saying "I'm a healthy son of a ".
  • August 28, 2006, Ortiz had recurring symptoms from his irregular heartbeat and was a last minute scratch in the Red Sox game at Oakland. Manager Terry Francona and General Manager Theo Epstein agreed that Ortiz fly back to Boston where he was reevaluated by Dr. Larry Ronan. He was cleared to play and rejoined the lineup on September 5, 2006 against the Chicago White Sox.

Career highlights

  • Three time All-Star (2004-2006)
  • Top 5 MVP vote-receiver four times (5th, 2003; 4th, 2004; 2nd, 2005; 3rd, 2006)
  • 2005 Hank Aaron Award winner
  • Led the American League in extra base hits (2004)
  • Was the MVP for the American League Championship Series (2004)
  • Led the American League in Home Runs (2006)
  • Led the American League in Runs Batted In (2005, 2006)
  • American League Player of the Month for September 2005 and July 2006.
  • Member of the 2004 Boston Red Sox team that won the World Series.
  • 2003 Caribbean Series MVP
  • Red Sox single season home run leader (54; 2006)
  • Tied with Babe Ruth for AL single season home run record in road games (32; 2006)

Charity and Community causes

  • On Mother's Day, May 14, 2006, Ortiz was one of more than 50 hitters who brandished a pink bat to benefit the Breast Cancer Foundation.
  • On October 14, 2006, Ortiz played wiffleball with a group of over 40 local kids as part of a Big Papi Backyard Wiffle Ball game that was auctioned off to benefit Good Sports, a Boston-based non-profit organization that ensures disadvantaged youth have opportunity to play sports.

Family

Ortiz sports a tattoo of his mother on his biceps. His mother, Angela Rosa Arias, died in a car crash in January 2002 at 46. Ortiz' son D'Angelo is named after her.. Ortiz's wife, a native of Kaukauna, Wisconsin, southwest of Green Bay, has made him attend Green Bay Packers games in the off season. The family currently resides in Newton Corner, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston.

See also

External links

Preceded byMariano Rivera American League Championship Series MVP
2004 		Succeeded byPaul Konerko
Preceded byAlex Rodriguez American League Player of the Month
September, 2005 		Succeeded byJason Giambi
Preceded byManny Ramirez American League Hank Aaron Award
2005 		Succeeded byDerek Jeter
Preceded byJoe Mauer American League Player of the Month
July, 2006 		Succeeded byTravis Hafner
Preceded byAlex Rodriguez American League Home Run Champion
2006 		Succeeded byIncumbent
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