David
Ortiz
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 240
 
Born: November 18, 1975 in D.R., , SANTO DOMINGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2000   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1998 22 MON NL 159 578 91 161 52 5 26 94 1 0 42 158 .279 .327 .521 .848 85.1 11.6
1999 23 MON NL 162 605 126 182 54 3 41 128 1 0 60 154 .301 .362 .603 .966 120.5 21.6
2000 24 MON NL 161 597 117 170 58 6 39 117 1 0 77 156 .285 .367 .598 .965 118.6 21.0
2001 25 MON NL 158 533 83 142 56 0 26 92 0 0 57 148 .266 .338 .518 .856 87.1 13.4
2002 26 MON NL 155 450 98 124 40 0 32 84 0 0 76 133 .276 .383 .578 .961 94.6 14.3
2003 27 MON NL 61 191 41 55 15 0 14 34 1 0 33 44 .288 .394 .586 .980 41.2 6.9
  PIT NL 98 371 74 100 36 2 19 73 1 0 42 84 .270 .344 .531 .875 63.1 10.1
  TOT   159 562 115 155 51 2 33 107 2 0 75 128 .276 .361 .550 .911 104.3 17.0
2004 28 PIT NL 159 584 103 159 62 3 34 122 0 0 88 150 .272 .369 .563 .932 114.3 17.9
2005 29 PIT NL 108 403 62 99 32 1 27 79 1 0 45 115 .246 .321 .531 .852 66.7 9.3
8 Years Sim 1221 4312 795 1192 405 20 258 823 6 0 520 1142 .276 .355 .559 .914 791.2 126.2
162 Game Average 572 105 158 53 2 34 109 0 0 68 151 .276 .355 .559 .914 105.0  
Career Highs 162 605 126 182 62 6 41 128 2 0 88 158 .301 .383 .603 .966 120.5  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1998 22 MON NL 1B 146 138 1250.3 1155 98 10 111 .992 9.02   2.6
1999 23 MON NL 1B 153 152 1316.3 1280 120 12 105 .992 9.57   3.3
    2B 1 0 7.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2000 24 MON NL 1B 154 147 1324.3 1214 79 11 108 .992 8.79   3.0
    CF 1 0 5.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2001 25 MON NL 1B 141 125 1145.7 1139 75 9 103 .993 9.54   3.1
    CF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2002 26 MON NL 1B 121 112 1014.7 934 68 7 80 .993 8.89   2.0
2003 27 MON NL 1B 55 54 436.7 415 31 2 32 .996 9.19   1.2
  PIT NL 1B 89 86 802.3 763 57 5 60 .994 9.20   0.6
  TOT   1B 144 140 1239.0 1178 88 7 92 .995 9.20   1.8
2004 28 PIT NL 1B 155 152 1369.7 1365 113 14 123 .991 9.71   2.6
    3B 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2005 29 PIT NL 1B 106 99 890.3 901 70 13 72 .987 9.82   0.6
  1B 1120 1065 9550.3 9166 711 83 794 .992 9.31   18.8
  CF 2 0 10.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 1 0 7.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1124 1065 9571.3 9166 711 83 794 .992 9.29   18.8
Career Highs   156 152 1372.3 1365 120 14 123 .995 9.82    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2001 25 MON NL 9 35 7 13 2 0 4 10 0 0 3 7 .371 .436 .771 1.207
Career Post-Season Batting 9 35 7 13 2 0 4 10 0 0 3 7 .371 .436 .771 1.207
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1999-7-.603
2000-9-.598
CAR-16-.559
OPS
CAR-28-.914
Games
1998-8-159
1999-1-162
2000-3-161
2003-9-159
Runs
1999-9-126
Total Bases
1999-7-365
2000-6-357
Doubles
1998-3-52
1999-6-54
2000-4-58
2001-4-56
2003-7-51
2004-1-62
Homeruns
1999-6-41
2000-8-39
RBIs
1999-9-128
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  1. Travis Lee (938)
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  3. Dmitri Young (875)
  4. Cliff Johnson (867)
  5. Eric Anthony (864)
  6. Moises Alou (863)
  7. Kelly Stinnett (850)
  8. Bobby Abreu (848)
  9. Andruw Jones (845)
  10. Jeffrey Hammonds (842)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Montreal in 1997
Injured on 5/7/1997 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 4-5 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/1/1998, off Sergio Valdez (NYM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/6/1998, off Hideo Nomo (PHI)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/2000, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 2000 Allstar game
1/31/2001: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,214,286 through salary arbitration
1/31/2002: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,214,286 through salary arbitration
1/31/2003: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,214,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to Pittsburgh on 6/16/2003 (Going to PIT: 1B David Ortiz. Going to MON: CF Milton Bradley)
7/1/2003: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $8,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against New York (N) on 9/7/2003
Drove in 9 runs against San Diego on 7/23/2004
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia on 7/30/2004
Injured on 7/3/2005 with a Pulled Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4 weeks