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Born David Americo Ortiz Arias on November 18, 1975 in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic; married Tiffany Ortiz; children: Yessica, Alexandra and D'Angelo.

Career

Professional baseball player, 1992-. Seattle Mariners, free agent, 1992; Mariners' Peoria, AZ Rookie League team, 1994-95; Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Mariners' Class A affiliate), 1996; Fort Myers (Minnesota Twins Class A affiliate), 1997; New Britain (Twins Class AA affiliate), 1997; Salt Lake City (Twins AAA affiliate), 1997-99; Minnesota Twins major league club, parts of 1997, 1998 and 1999, and full seasons 2000-02; Boston Red Sox, 2003-.

Life's Work

Lots of baseball players shine early, struggle a bit as they make the transition to the majors, then blossom and lead their teams to World Series glory. Few, however, do it with the charisma and drama of David Ortiz. Known almost as much for his appealing personality as for his lethal bat, Ortiz played a key role in helping the Boston Red Sox win their first World Series in 86 years, ending a reign of futility that had reached mythic proportions.

David Americo Ortiz Arias was born on November 18, 1975, in Santa Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. Ortiz, the oldest of parents Enrique and Angela Rosa's four children, was born with an easygoing personality that allowed him to make friends readily. Baseball was big in the household. Enrique, who went by the nickname Leo, was a baseball player himself, having played professional and semi-professional ball in the Dominican leagues for years. David's heroes were the Martinez brothers, Ramon and Pedro, local boys who had made good in the major leagues.

At Estudia Espallat High School Ortiz excelled in basketball as well as baseball. The major league Seattle Mariners saw enough promise in Ortiz to sign him to a free agent contract in 1992, shortly after his 17th birthday. He spent one season with the Mariners' Dominican Summer League team before moving on to the club's Peoria, Arizona-based rookie league squad. Initially, Ortiz struggled with the bat, hitting only .246 that year. However, he showed flashes of skill in the field. The following year, things started to click offensively. In 1995 he batted .332 and led the Arizona League in doubles and runs batted in (RBIs).

That performance earned Ortiz a promotion to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers of the Class A Midwest League, where he quickly established himself as one of the Mariners' top prospects. For 1996, he batted .322 with 18 home runs and 93 RBIs, earning him honors as a Midwest league All-Star. During the off-season that followed, Ortiz--who had gone by the name David Arias up to this time--was traded to the Minnesota Twins organization. From a career standpoint, the trade was good new for Ortiz. The Mariners already had established starters at both of his likely positions, first base and designated hitter, while the Twins had question marks at both positions. Ortiz started the 1997 season with the Class A Fort Myers Miracle, the Twins' Florida State league affiliate. It was here that he started going by the name Ortiz. It didn't take long for him to make his mark there; he got hits in his first 11 games with Fort Myers. In June he was promoted to the Class AA New Britain Rock Cats. Again Ortiz wasted no time destroying pitchers at his new level. After only a month in Class AA, he moved up again, this time to Salt Lake City in the AAA Pacific Coast League. While his numbers in AAA ball were not as impressive right away as they had been at his two previous minor league stops, Ortiz was still called up to the parent team in September, where he batted an impressive .327 in 15 games for the Twins.

On the strength of that performance, Ortiz started the 1998 campaign in the majors. Early in the season, however, he broke a bone in his wrist and was rendered inactive until late June. Once he was back in action, he quickly returned to form, batting .277 with nine home runs and 46 RBIs in 86 games. In spite of his success, Ortiz spent the entire 1999 season back in the minors at Salt Lake City, much to his chagrin, with the exception of a few games in the majors at the end of the season. 2000 was another story. By June, Ortiz had established himself as an every-day player. He batted .282 for the season. He acquitted himself well in the field too, finishing the season with only one error in 223 chances.

2001 was a pivotal year for the Twins. After managing to win only 69 games the previous season, they recorded a respectable 85 victories in 2001. Unfortunately, Ortiz's role in that turnaround was diminished by another wrist fracture, which kept him out of the lineup for several weeks. Ortiz struggled with injuries--this time a knee-for the first half of 2002 as well. During the second half of that season, however, he began to show the hitting wizardry that has marked his career since. He caught fire after the All-Star break, finishing the season with 20 home runs and 75 RBIs in only 125 games, and helping Minnesota capture its first division title in more than a decade.

Of course, one consequence of success for a baseball player is that his price tag goes up, and Ortiz became too expensive for the financially struggling Twins. They attempted to find a trade for him but, failing to do so, ended up releasing him during the off-season. Fellow Dominican Pedro Martinez of the Boston Red Sox, who had been something of a mentor to Ortiz, lobbied Red Sox management to sign Ortiz. Red Sox management listened. They soon signed Ortiz to a one-year contract. With the Red Sox, Ortiz eventually beat out a number of competitors for the role of full-time designated hitter. In the last 97 games along of the 2003 season, he batted .293 and socked 29 home runs, helping his team to a spot in the playoffs. In the postseason, Ortiz had several key hits, but the Red Sox came up short in the American League Championship Series against their archrivals the Yankees.

The Red Sox rewarded Ortiz for his contribution in 2003 with a two-year contract worth more than $12 million. Not only did he did not disappoint in 2004; he emerged as one of the top players in the league. He was chosen to play in the Major League All-Star Game for the first time in his career. More importantly, Ortiz helped lead the team to 98 wins and another playoff berth. He recorded new personal bests in a number of categories: 41 home runs, 47 doubles, and 139 RBIs; and his batting average was a solid .301. Above all, he helped the Red Sox win their first World Series title since 1918, breaking the so-called "Curse of the Bambino"--a championship drought said to have been brought on by the Red Sox's foolish sale of Babe Ruth to the Yankees before the 1920 season.

By all accounts, Ortiz's contributions in the clubhouse are as important to the Red Sox as his production on the field. He is widely regarded as a team leader, and his easygoing personality is appreciated by teammates, fans and journalists alike. While comparisons to Babe Ruth's legendary performance are at best premature, Ortiz will go down in history as one of the players most responsible for terminating once and for all the Bambino's legendary Beantown hex.

Awards

Baseball America, Best Defensive First Baseman, 1997; American League All-Star Team, 2004; Most Valuable Player, American League Championship Series, 2004.

Further Reading

Periodicals

  • New York Times, June 29, 2004, p. D1; October 9, 2004, p. D3; October 19, 2004, p. D2.
  • Sports Illustrated, August 2, 2004, p. 149.
  • The Sporting News, November 1, 2004, p. 17.
  • USA Today, October 26, 2004, p. 1C.
On-line
  • "David Ortiz," JockBio.com, www.jockbio.com/Bios/Ortiz/Ortiz_bio.html (March 1, 2005).
  • "David Ortiz Biography and Career Highlights," Boston Red Sox, http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/player_career.jsp?player_id=120074 (March 11, 2005).

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David Ortiz

Ortiz after swinging at a pitch
Boston Red Sox — No. 34
Designated hitter, First baseman
Born: November 18, 1975 (1975-11-18) (age 34)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Bats: Left Throws: Left 
MLB debut
September 24, 1997 for the Minnesota Twins
Career statistics
(through 2009)
Batting average     .282
Home runs     317
Hits     1457
Runs batted in     1,068
Teams
Career highlights and awards

David Ortiz (born 1975 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican Major League Baseball designated hitter who has played for the Boston Red Sox since 2003. Previously, Ortiz played for the Minnesota Twins (1997–2002). Nicknamed "Big Papi," Ortiz is a five-time All-Star and holds the Red Sox single-season record for home runs with 54, set during the 2006 season. "Big Papi" is 6′4″ and weighs 230 pounds (104 kg). Ortiz plays first base in NL parks.

In 2009 it was revealed that Ortiz tested positive for a banned substance during a survey of all major league players in 2003.[1]

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Career

Early career

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

David Ortiz graduated from Estudia Espallat High School in the Dominican Republic and in 1992 he was signed by the Seattle Mariners who listed him as "David Arias" (possibly not understanding Spanish naming customs). He played for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, a Mariners farm team, until 1996, when the Mariners received Dave Hollins from the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later. Later that season, the Mariners announced that the player to be named later would be Arias. When he arrived in Minnesota, he informed the team that he preferred to be listed as "David Ortiz," making him, quite literally, a player to be named later. He made his debut in September 1997. For a few years, he was moved back and forth between the Twins and their minor league affiliate, the Salt Lake Buzz. In 2002, Ortiz hit .272 for Minnesota, with 20 home runs and 75 RBIs. The Twins advanced to the American League Championship Series that year, where they lost to the Anaheim Angels. Despite showing flashes of talent, Ortiz's time with the Twins will be remembered as a series of injuries and inconsistency both in the field and at the plate. Ortiz suffered wrist injuries in both 1998 and 2001. When knee problems hit in early 2002 and plagued him throughout the season, his fate with the Twins was sealed despite hitting 32 doubles, 20 homers and 75 RBIs, in only 125 games. In six seasons with the Twins, Ortiz hit 58 homers.[2]

2004

In 2004, Ortiz played a major role in leading the Red Sox to their first World Series championship in 86 years. This was Ortiz's second year with the Red Sox and his first year as their full-time designated hitter. During the season, Ortiz was voted onto the All-Star team for the first time in his career, as he batted .301 with 41 home runs and 139 RBI. In the playoffs, Ortiz hit .400 with 5 home runs and 19 RBI. He had multiple game-winning hits to help Boston advance to and ultimately win the World Series. He hit a walk-off home run off of Jarrod Washburn to win the American League Division Series against the Angels. He then hit a walk-off home run against the New York Yankees in Game 4 of the ALCS and a walk-off single in Game 5 during the American League Championship Series. His post-season heroics earned him MVP honors for the ALCS. Additionally, he finished fourth in AL MVP voting.

2005

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In 2005 Ortiz set a new career high of 47 home runs, 43 of them as a designated hitter, beating Edgar Martínez'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 RBI with 148, and his 47 homers were second in the AL to the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez. He also finished second to Rodriguez in MVP votes.

The 2005 American League AL MVP was a significant debate among baseball circles as both 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.

2006

In 2006 Ortiz hit 54 home runs (setting a new Red Sox record) and had 137 RBI, while batting .287 with an OPS of 1.049. He led the American League in both HR and RBI, winning the HR crown by 10 over the 2nd place finisher Jermaine Dye .

2006 was a year of Walk-off home runs (the act of winning a game in the bottom half of the last inning) for Ortiz. He excelled in Late Inning Pressure Situations (LIPS), hitting more walk-off base hits (5, including 3 home runs) that year than most teams.[3]

On August 27, 2006, Ortiz tied his career high in home runs by hitting his 47th home run of the year off Cha Seung Baek 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 achievement of having increased his season home run tally in each of seven consecutive seasons (starting from 1999, year-by-year he has hit 0, 10, 18, 20, 31, 41, 47 and 54 HRs).

On September 27, 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 home run came on a 1-0 pitch in the first inning and it was his 44th home run as a designated hitter in 2006, breaking his own American League single-season record. Ortiz then hit his 52nd home run off reliever Matt Guerrier on a full count in the seventh inning. He finished the season with a franchise record 54 home runs.

Health issue in 2006

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 25, 2006, reportedly saying "I'm a healthy son of a [gun]." [4]

On 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 and cleared to play again in early September.

2007

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In 2007, Ortiz once again was a major force as he helped lead the Red Sox to their seventh World Series title. Despite playing the entire season with a torn meniscus in his right knee as well as nagging injuries to his shoulder and quadriceps, he finished the year hitting .332 with 35 home runs and 117 RBI. In addition, he hit 52 doubles, led the American League in extra base hits and had an OPS of 1.066. In the postseason Ortiz batted .370 with 3 home runs and 10 RBI.

2008

2008 was a frustrating season for Ortiz. After starting slowly he suffered a wrist injury which caused him to miss several weeks. He played in only 109 games and finished the season hitting .264 with just 23 home runs and 89 RBI, his lowest totals since joining the Red Sox. However, his ratio of homering every 18.1 at-bats still led the team. In his first six seasons with Boston, Ortiz has hit 231 home runs, with the most homers against the Rays (34), and the Yankees (25).[2]

2009

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Ortiz struggled in the beginning of the 2009 season, hitting only .208 with no home runs and 30 strikeouts in his first 34 games. On May 20, Ortiz hit his first home run of the season off Brett Cecil of the Toronto Blue Jays, ending his career-high 149 homerless at-bat streak.[5] In June, Ortiz broke out of his slump by hitting 7 home runs with 18 RBI. On July 9, Ortiz hit his 300th career home run against Luke Hochevar of the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park. Ortiz continued to recover from his slow start by clubbing 7 home runs with 24 RBI in July and hitting 7 more home runs in August. On September 15, Ortiz hit his 270th career home run as a DH off of Jose Arredondo of the Los Angeles Angels breaking the all time record held by Frank Thomas. Ortiz finished the season with 28 HR'S and 99 RBI.

Alleged performance enhancing substance use

On July 30, 2009, The New York Times reported that Ortiz and then-teammate Manny Ramirez were among a group of roughly 100 major league players to test positive for performance-enhancing drugs during 2003 survey testing.[1] Five months before the Times allegations surfaced, Ortiz argued that players who tested positive for steroids should be suspended for an entire season.[1] Before the Red Sox's game that afternoon, Ortiz declined to comment on the report, saying, "I'm not talking about that anymore."[1] Afterwards, he confirmed he had tested positive and promised to speak with the media once he "[got] to the bottom of" the matter.[6]

Ten days later, Ortiz held a press conference before a game at Yankee Stadium and denied ever buying or using steroids but suggested the positive test might have been due to his "careless" use of "supplements and vitamins" at the time.[7] When asked which supplements he had been taking, Ortiz said he didn't know.[8] Ortiz was accompanied at the press conference by the general counsel of the players union, Michael Weiner. Because the list of players who tested positive was seized as part of a government investigation and is currently under court-ordered seal pending the outcome of litigation, Weiner said the players union was unable to provide Ortiz with any details about his test result, including what substance he tested positive for.[7][8]

Personal life

David Ortiz points to the sky after hitting a home run.

Each time Ortiz crosses the plate after hitting a home run, he looks up and points both index fingers to the sky in tribute to his mother Angela Rosa Arias, who died in a car crash in January 2002 at the age of 46.[9] Ortiz also has a tattoo of his mother on his biceps.

Ortiz and his wife Tiffany have three children: Jessica (born October 23, 1996), Alexandra (born March 22, 2001), and D'Angelo (born July 10, 2004).

On June 11, 2008, Ortiz became a United States citizen at John F. Kennedy Library in Boston.[10][11]

Reebok sponsorship

In April 2007, sporting goods company Reebok debuted the Big Papi 10M Mid Baseball cleat at a party in Canton, Massachusetts, home to the headquarters of Reebok International Ltd. At the party, Ortiz was quoted as saying, "Reebok's loyalty and friendship have always made me feel right at home and we are true partners in every sense of the word,... ." Ortiz first used the cleat during the 2007 MLB All Star Game in San Francisco, California.[12]

Charity work

The David Ortiz Children's Fund was founded in 2007 to support a range of causes that David believes in. The Fund allows David the flexibility to donate to those children are in the most need at any given time, from Boston to the Domincan Republic and beyond. David Ortiz released his own Charity Wine label in 2008 with all the proceeds going to the David Ortiz Children's Fund. The wine called Vintage Papi proceeded to raise $150,000 for charity.[13]

Career highlights

  • 5-time All-Star (2004-2008)
  • Top 5 MVP vote-receiver five times (5th, 2003; 4th, 2004; 2nd, 2005; 3rd, 2006; 4th, 2007)
  • 2005 Hank Aaron Award winner
  • 4-time winner of the Silver Slugger Award (2004-2007)
  • 5-time winner of the Edgar Martínez Award (2003-2007)
  • Led the American League in extra base hits 3 times (2004, 2005, 2007)
  • American League Championship Series MVP (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.
  • 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)
  • First player ever to hit two walk-off home runs in the same postseason (against the Angels (ALDS) and Yankees (ALCS), 2004)
  • First player in Red Sox history to hit 40 or more home runs in three consecutive seasons (2004-2006)
  • Set new record for home runs by a DH in 2005 (47), then again in 2006 (54)
  • 5 straight seasons of at least 30 HR and 100 RBI (2003-2007)
  • Tied with Billy Hatcher for all-time post-season consecutive on-base streak (10)
  • Member of the 2007 Boston Red Sox team that won the World Series.
  • 85 extra-base hits or more for four consecutive years, something only 2 other players--Lou Gehrig (5) and Sammy Sosa (4)--have ever done.[14]
  • Ortiz's home run total increased each year from 2000-2006, starting with 10 home runs, and ending with 54.
  • Became all time DH home run leader on September 15, 2009 by hitting his 270th as a Designated Hitter.

List of walk-off HR

Ortiz has hit 12 career walk-off HR, the highest of any active player, and 20 walk-off hits total. He is currently 1 HR behind Mickey Mantle, the career leader in walk-off HR [15]. David Ortiz hit walkoff HR on the following dates:

  • September 25, 2002. Twins 7, Indians 5. 12th inning two-run home run off of Dave Maurer.
  • September 23, 2003. Red Sox 6, Orioles 5. 10th inning home run over the Green Monster to win the game.
  • April 11, 2004. Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 4. 12th inning, two-run home run over the Green Monster.
  • October 8, 2004. Red Sox 8, Angels 6. Two-run series-clinching home run off Jarrod Washburn over the Green Monster in the 10th inning of Game 3 of the 2004 ALDS.
  • October 17, 2004. Red Sox 6, Yankees 4. 12th inning 2-run home run off Paul Quantrill in game 4 of the ALCS.
  • June 2, 2005. Red Sox 6, Orioles 4. Three-run walk-off home run to center off B. J. Ryan in the bottom of the 9th inning.
  • September 6, 2005. Red Sox 3, Angels 2. 9th inning home run to win the game. Ortiz is awarded a plaque declaring him to be "The Greatest Clutch Hitter in the History of the Boston Red Sox." [16]
  • June 11, 2006. Red Sox 5, Rangers 4. 3-run, two-out, 9th inning home run off Akinori Otsuka to win the game.
  • June 24, 2006. Red Sox 5, Phillies 3. 10th inning 2-run home run to win the game.
  • July 31, 2006. Red Sox 9, Indians 8. Three-run home run in the 9th inning.
  • September 12, 2007. Red Sox 5, Devil Rays 4. Two-run home run in the 9th inning.[17]
  • August 26, 2009. Red Sox 3, White Sox 2. Solo home run in the 9th inning.[18]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d Schmidt, Michael (2009-07-30). "Ortiz and Ramirez Said to Be on 2003 Doping List". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/sports/baseball/31doping.html?_r=1&ref=sports. Retrieved 2009-07-30. 
  2. ^ a b Chuck, Bill. 100 random things about the Red Sox, Rays, and Yankees, The Boston Globe. Published April 2, 2009. Retrieved May 2, 2009.
  3. ^ Jackson, Scoop. "It's Time Big Papi Gets a Trophy". ESPN.com. p. 2. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=jackson/060808. Retrieved 2007-07-28. 
  4. ^ Sleeplessness, dehydration sent Papi to hospital ESPN August 25, 2006
  5. ^ Big Papi ends long homerless drought | Redsox.com: News
  6. ^ Browne, Ian (2009-07-30). "Ortiz responds to positive test news". MLB.com. http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090730&content_id=6152128&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb. Retrieved 2009-08-09. 
  7. ^ a b "David Ortiz of Boston Red Sox apologizes, says he never used or bought steroids". ESPN.com. 2009-08-08. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4385699. Retrieved 2009-08-09. 
  8. ^ a b Benjamin, Amalie (2009-08-09). "Ortiz: I never used steroids". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2009/08/09/ortiz_i_never_used_steroids/. Retrieved 2009-08-09. 
  9. ^ USATODAY.com - Pointing: It isn't just for pop-ups anymore
  10. ^ "Red Sox slugger Ortiz sworn as US citizen". Yahoo! Sports. 2008-06-11. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Ak3mo9hHt1Tinx3jrnwhwic5nYcB?slug=ap-ortiz-citizenship&prov=ap&type=lgns. Retrieved 2008-06-11. 
  11. ^ "Ortiz, pride of Sox Nation, joins US as a citizen". The Boston Globe. 2008-06-12. http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2008/06/12/ortiz_pride_of_sox_nation_joins_us_as_a_citizen/. Retrieved 2008-06-13. 
  12. ^ Business Wire News, URL accessed December 12, 2008
  13. ^ David Ortiz Children's Fund, URL accessed March 24, 2008
  14. ^ SI.com - Writers - Tom Verducci: Is Ortiz a Hall of Famer? - Tuesday March 4, 2008 3:37PM
  15. ^ Event query from
  16. ^ A blast, like the past
  17. ^ Boston Globe gallery of David Ortiz Walk-Offs
  18. ^ Red Sox official website: Red Sox Walk Off on Papi's Second Shot

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