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{{Infobox MLB player
| name = David "Big Papi" Ortiz
| image = David_Ortiz.JPG
| width = 235
| caption = Hitting a home run
| team = Boston Red Sox
| number = 34
| position = Designated hitter
| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1975|11|18}}
| birthplace = [[Santo Domingo]], [[Dominican Republic]]
| bats = Left
| throws = Left
| debutdate = September 2
| debutyear = 1997
| debutteam = Minnesota Twins
| statyear = 2008 season
| stat1label = [[Batting average]]
| stat1value = .287
| stat2label = [[Home run]]s
| stat2value = 289
| stat3label = [[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
| stat3value = 969
| teams = <nowiki></nowiki>
*[[Minnesota Twins]] ({{by|1997}}-{{by|2002}})
*[[Boston Red Sox]] ({{by|2003}}-present)
| awards = <nowiki></nowiki>
*4x [[Silver Slugger Award]] winner ({{by|2004}}, {{by|2005}}, {{by|2006}} {{by|2007}})
*5x [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] selection ({{by|2004}}, {{by|2005}}, {{by|2006}}, {{by|2007}}, {{by|2008}})
*Led [[American League|AL]] in [[home run]]s in {{by|2006}}
*Led [[American League|AL]] in [[run batted in|runs batted in]] in {{by|2005}} and {{by|2006}}
*Led [[American League|AL]] in [[base on balls|bases on balls]] in {{by|2006}} and {{by|2007}}
}}
'''David Américo Ortiz Arias''' (born November 18, 1975 in [[Santo Domingo]], [[Dominican Republic]]) is a [[Major League Baseball]] [[designated hitter]] who has played for the [[Boston Red Sox]] since {{mlby|2003}}. Previously, Ortiz played for the [[Minnesota Twins]] ({{mlby|1997}}-{{mlby|2002}}). Nicknamed "Big Papi" , Ortiz is a five-time All-Star and holds the Red Sox single-season record for [[home run]]s with 54, set during the {{mlby|2006}} season.

==Career==
===Early career===
[[Image:Ortiz and Hall2.jpg|thumb|left|200px|David Ortiz shares a word with [[Toby Hall]], then of the [[Tampa Bay Rays|Tampa Bay Devil Rays]].]]
Ortiz graduated from [[Estudia Espailat High School]] in the Dominican Republic and
in {{by|1993}} he was signed by the [[Seattle Mariners]] who listed him as "David Arias" (possibly not understanding [[Spanish naming customs]]). In 1996, 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." He made his debut in September 1997. After moving up and down from the majors to the [[Minor league baseball|minors]], Ortiz hit .272 with 20 home runs and 75 RBIs in {{by|2002}}, when the Twins lost in the [[American League Championship Series]] to the [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|Anaheim Angels]].

===2003===
The Twins released Ortiz nine days before Christmas in 2002. The Red Sox signed the free agent the following month. Originally, [[Jeremy Giambi]] was assigned the primary role as DH/First Baseman, but his poor performance allowed Ortiz to step in. Additionally, the subsequent trade of [[Shea Hillenbrand]] to the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] 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 (baseball)|batting order]], collecting 21 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 [[MLB Most Valuable Player award|American League MVP]] vote.

===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 [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] team for the first time in his career, as he batted .301 with 41 home runs and 139 RBI. <!-- Please see talk before deleting this -->Ortiz was also suspended for 5 games (later reduced to 3 games due to an appeal) after being ejected following an incident on July 16 in a game against the Angels in which he threw several bats onto the field that came close to hitting umpires Bill Hohn and Mark Carlson<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1844775|publisher=sports.espn.go.com|title=History of the July 16, 2004 Incident|accessdate=2008-05-27}}</ref>. 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 to win the [[2004 ALDS|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 [[2004 ALCS|American League Championship Series]]. His post-season heroics earned him [[MVP]] honors for the ALCS. Additionally, he finished fourth in AL MVP voting. In the Major League All-Stars' trip to Japan that November, Ortiz clubbed a 160-meter (525 foot) home run off [[Chiba Lotte Marines]] pitcher [[Shunsuke Watanabe]], the longest home run ever recorded at [[Tokyo Dome]].

===2005===
In {{by|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 belted 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 run]]s (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.<ref>{{cite news |first= Scoop |last=Jackson |authorlink=|title=It's Time Big Papi Gets a Trophy |url= http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=jackson/060808|format= |publisher=[[ESPN.com]]|page=2|accessdate=2007-07-28 }}</ref>

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 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 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 God ".<ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2561697 ESPN - Sleeplessness, dehydration sent Papi to hospital - MLB</ref>

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===
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.

==Salary history==
[http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ortizda01.shtml]
*1999 (Minnesota Twins) - $170,000
*2000 (Minnesota Twins) - $220,000
*2001 (Minnesota Twins) - $260,000
*2002 (Minnesota Twins) - $950,000
*2003 (Boston Red Sox) - $1,250,000
*2004 (Boston Red Sox) - $4,587,500
*2005 (Boston Red Sox) - $5,250,000
*2006 (Boston Red Sox) - $6,500,000 (+ $100,000 bonus for finishing third in the [[American League MVP|AL MVP]] voting)
*2007 (Boston Red Sox) - $13,250,000
*2008 (Boston Red Sox) - $13,000,000
-Signed a 4-year, $52 million extension with the Boston Red Sox on [[April 10]], [[2006]], keeping him with the team through 2010. There is a team option for 2011.

==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!year!!team!!G!!AB!!R!!H!!2B!!3B!!HR!!RBI!!SB!!BB!!SO!!BA!!OBP!!SLG
|-
|style="text-align: center;"|1997
|style="text-align: center;"|MIN||15||49||10||16||3||0||1||6||0||2||19||.327||.353||.449
|-
|style="text-align: center;"|1998
|style="text-align: center;"|MIN||86||278||47||77||20||0||9||46||1||39||72||.277||.371||.446
|-
|style="text-align: center;"|1999
|style="text-align: center;"|MIN||10||20||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||5||12||.000||.200||.000
|-
|style="text-align: center;"|2000
|style="text-align: center;"|MIN||130||415||59||117||36||1||10||63||1||57||81||.282||.364||.446
|-
|style="text-align: center;"|2001
|style="text-align: center;"|MIN||89||303||46||71||17||1||18||48||1||40||68||.234||.324||.475
|-
|style="text-align: center;"|2002
|style="text-align: center;"|MIN||125||412||52||112||32||1||20||75||1||43||87||.272||.339||.500
|-
|style="text-align: center;"|2003
|style="text-align: center;"|BOS||128||448||79||129||39||2||31||101||0||58||83||.288||.369||.592
|-
|style="text-align: center;"|2004
|style="text-align: center;"|BOS||150||582||94||175||47||3||41||139||0||75||133||.301||.380||.603
|-
|style="text-align: center;"|2005
|style="text-align: center;"|BOS||159||601||119||180||40||1||47||148||1||102||124||.300||.397||.604
|-
|style="text-align: center;"|2006
|style="text-align: center;"|BOS||151||558||115||160||29||2||54||137||1||119||117||.287||.413||.636
|-
|style="text-align: center;"|2007
|style="text-align: center;"|BOS||149||549||116||182||52||1||35||117||3||111||103||.332||.445||.621
|-
|style="text-align: center;"|2008
|style="text-align: center;"|BOS||109||416||74||110||30||1||23||89||1||70||74||.264||.369||.507
|-
|style="text-align: center;"|'''Total'''
|style="text-align: center;"|'''-'''||'''1301'''||'''4631'''||'''812'''||'''1329'''||'''345'''||'''13'''||'''289'''||'''969'''||'''10'''||'''721'''||'''973'''||'''.287'''||'''.382'''||'''.554'''
|}

==List of walk-off or game winning hits==
<ref>[http://boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/gallery/ortizwalkoffs/ Boston Globe gallery of David Ortiz Walk-Offs]</ref>
* [[July 26]], [[2003]]. Red Sox 5, Yankees 4. Doubles off the [[Green Monster]] in the 9th inning to drive home [[Jeremy Giambi]].
* [[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.
* [[June 11]], [[2004]]. Red Sox 2, [[Dodgers]] 1. 9th inning single allows [[Johnny Damon]] to score the winning run from second base.
* [[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]].
* [[October 18]], [[2004]]. Red Sox 5, Yankees 4. 14th inning single to center field driving in [[Johnny Damon]] from second base in game 5 of the [[ALCS]].
* [[June 2]], [[2005]]. Red Sox 6, Orioles 4. Three-run home run off to center off [[BJ Ryan]] in the bottom of the 9th inning.
* [[August 16]], [[2005]]. Red Sox 10, Tigers 7. Solo home run in the top of the 9th to tie the game, then homered again in the 10th inning to drive in 3 more.
* [[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." <ref>[http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2005/09/07/ortiz_does_it_again_with_a_walkoff_hr/ A blast, like the past]</ref>
* [[September 12]], [[2005]]. Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 5. Two-out top of the 11th solo home run to beat the [[Blue Jays]].
* [[September 14]], [[2005]]. Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 3. 2-run 9th inning home run snaps a 3-3 tie.
* [[September 29]], [[2005]]. Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 4. Game-tying home run in the bottom of the 8th, followed by an RBI single in the bottom of the 9th to win the game.
* [[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.
* [[June 26]], [[2006]]. Red Sox 8, Phillies 7. 12th inning RBI single to center field.
* [[July 29]], [[2006]]. Red Sox 7, Angels 6. RBI single up the middle in the 11th inning with men on first and second.
* [[July 31]], [[2006]]. Red Sox 9, [[Cleveland Indians|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.

==Family==
*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.<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2006-06-13-pointing-up_x.htm USATODAY.com - Pointing: It isn't just for pop-ups anymore<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Ortiz also sports 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]]). D'Angelo is named after David's mother. Ortiz has become a [[Green Bay Packers]] fan since marrying Tiffany Ortiz (née Brick), who is a native of [[Kaukauna, Wisconsin]], and he's been spotted on the sidelines at Packers games.
*The family recently put their home in [[Newton, Massachusetts]] up for sale. The family now resides in [[Weston, Massachusetts]], another suburb of [[Boston]].
*On [[June 11]], [[2008]], Ortiz became a legal [[United States nationality law|United States citizen]] at [[John F. Kennedy Library]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Ak3mo9hHt1Tinx3jrnwhwic5nYcB?slug=ap-ortiz-citizenship&prov=ap&type=lgns| title=Red Sox slugger Ortiz sworn as US citizen| publisher=Yahoo! Sports| date=2008-06-11| accessdate=2008-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=''[[The Boston Globe]]'' |date=2008-06-12 |title= Ortiz, pride of Sox Nation, joins US as a citizen |url=http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2008/06/12/ortiz_pride_of_sox_nation_joins_us_as_a_citizen/ |accessdate=2008-06-13}}</ref>

==Reebok Sponsorship==
In April 2007, sporting goods company [[Reebok]] debuted the Big Papi 2M 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]].<ref>http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070410005713&newsLang=en Business Wire News, URL accessed December 12, 2008</ref>

==Personal==
In 2008, Ortiz named his top 5 favorite films of all time<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm1EOHWA-eA|publisher=www.youtube.com|title=Sean Casey interviews David Ortiz|accessdate=2008-09-02}}</ref>:
*1. [[Scarface]]
*2. [[Analyze This]]
*3. [[Anaconda]]
*4. [[Rambo III]]
*5. [[The Pink Panther]] (it's unclear whether Ortiz was referring to the [[Peter Sellers]] original or the [[Steve Martin]] remake)

==See also==
{{Commonscat}}
{{wikiquote}}
*[[MLB players who have hit 30 or more home runs before the All-Star break]]
*[[50 home run club]]
*[[Top 500 home run hitters of all time]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball RBI champions]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball home run champions]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links==
*[http://soxfixx.com Fan-driven, Red Sox social media site]
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*[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1625198,00.html Ten Questions for David Ortiz] on Time.com (a division of Time Magazine)
*[http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/features/mywish/news/story?id=2917025 Stephan and Big Papi]
*[http://www.rachaelraymag.com/style/celebrity-interviews/celeb-fridge/celeb-fridge---david-ortiz/article.html David Ortiz Interview]
*[http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/features/mywish/news/story?id=2917025 Stephan and Big Papi]

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david ortiz is a okay baseball player. he has hit 20 homeruns a year as an average. but what ppl dont know is that he is bi. he also likes to loke at BOYS porno. creppy or what!!

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