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David Ortiz

David Americo (Arias) Ortiz (Big Papi or Cookie Monster) (twitter: @davidortiz)

Positions: Designated Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 250 lb.

Born: November 18, 1975 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
High School: Haina (Haina, DO)
Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1997
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Twins 1997-2012
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 2 yrs/$26M (13-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 14.048, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Fernando Cuza / Diego Benz [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 12:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #370. Garry Maddox… #371. Wally Schang… #372. Ken Griffey… #373. DAVID ORTIZ… #374. Roger Bresnahan… #375. Curtis Granderson… #376. Bob Allison… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1997 21 MIN AL 15 51 49 10 16 3 0 1 6 0 0 2 19 .327 .353 .449 .802 108 22 1 0 0 0 0 3/D
1998 22 MIN AL 86 326 278 47 77 20 0 9 46 1 0 39 72 .277 .371 .446 .817 111 124 8 5 0 4 3 3D
1999 23 MIN AL 10 25 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 .000 .200 .000 .200 -43 0 2 0 0 0 0 /D3
2000 24 MIN AL 130 478 415 59 117 36 1 10 63 1 0 57 81 .282 .364 .446 .810 101 185 13 0 0 6 2 D3
2001 25 MIN AL 89 347 303 46 71 17 1 18 48 1 0 40 68 .234 .324 .475 .799 107 144 6 1 1 2 8 D/3
2002 26 MIN AL 125 466 412 52 112 32 1 20 75 1 2 43 87 .272 .339 .500 .839 120 206 5 3 0 8 0 D3
2003 27 BOS AL 128 509 448 79 129 39 2 31 101 0 0 58 83 .288 .369 .592 .961 144 265 9 1 0 2 8 D3 MVP-5
2004 28 BOS AL 150 669 582 94 175 47 3 41 139 0 0 75 133 .301 .380 .603 .983 145 351 12 4 0 8 8 *D3 AS,MVP-4,SS
2005 29 BOS AL 159 713 601 119 180 40 1 47 148 1 0 102 124 .300 .397 .604 1.001 158 363 13 1 0 9 9 *D3 AS,MVP-2,SS
2006 30 BOS AL 151 686 558 115 160 29 2 54 137 1 0 119 117 .287 .413 .636 1.049 161 355 12 4 0 5 23 *D3 AS,MVP-3,SS
2007 31 BOS AL 149 667 549 116 182 52 1 35 117 3 1 111 103 .332 .445 .621 1.066 171 341 16 4 0 3 12 *D/3 AS,MVP-4,SS
2008 32 BOS AL 109 491 416 74 110 30 1 23 89 1 0 70 74 .264 .369 .507 .877 124 211 11 1 1 3 12 *D AS
2009 33 BOS AL 150 627 541 77 129 35 1 28 99 0 2 74 134 .238 .332 .462 .794 102 250 9 5 0 7 5 *D/3
2010 34 BOS AL 145 606 518 86 140 36 1 32 102 0 1 82 145 .270 .370 .529 .899 137 274 12 2 0 4 14 *D/3 AS
2011 35 BOS AL 146 605 525 84 162 40 1 29 96 1 1 78 83 .309 .398 .554 .953 154 291 24 1 0 1 12 *D/3 AS,SS
2012 36 BOS AL 90 383 324 65 103 26 0 23 60 0 1 56 51 .318 .415 .611 1.026 171 198 6 0 0 3 13 D/3 AS
16 Yrs 1832 7649 6539 1124 1863 482 16 401 1326 11 8 1011 1386 .285 .380 .547 .928 138 3580 159 32 2 65 129
162 Game Avg. 162 676 578 99 165 43 1 35 117 1 1 89 123 .285 .380 .547 .928 138 317 14 3 0 6 11
BOS (10 yrs) 1377 5956 5062 909 1470 374 13 343 1088 7 6 825 1047 .290 .389 .573 .962 147 2899 124 23 1 45 116
MIN (6 yrs) 455 1693 1477 215 393 108 3 58 238 4 2 186 339 .266 .348 .461 .809 108 681 35 9 1 20 13

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1997 21 MIN AL 15 51 0 -0 -0 -0 -1 -1 -0.1 2 0 0.0 .492 .499 0.1 -0.1 1 $ 3/D
1998 22 MIN AL 86 326 5 1 -0 -6 -6 -6 -0.5 11 5 0.5 .493 .496 1.1 -1.0 11 $170,000 3D
1999 23 MIN AL 10 25 -5 -0 -0 -1 -1 -7 -0.6 1 -6 -0.6 .435 .496 -0.5 -0.1 -5 $ /D3
2000 24 MIN AL 130 478 1 -0 -1 -1 -10 -12 -0.9 16 4 0.5 .492 .493 0.6 -0.9 5 $220,000 D3
2001 25 MIN AL 89 347 -1 0 -1 0 -8 -10 -0.9 12 2 0.1 .489 .494 0.1 -0.7 1 $260,000 D/3
2002 26 MIN AL 125 466 10 -3 0 -1 -10 -4 -0.3 16 11 1.1 .497 .497 1.2 -1.0 12 $950,000 D3
2003 27 BOS AL 128 509 26 -2 2 -1 -10 15 1.6 17 32 3.1 .511 .509 3.2 -1.0 32 $1,250,000 D3 MVP-5
2004 28 BOS AL 150 669 34 -1 -0 -1 -14 18 2.0 22 40 4.0 .512 .511 4.0 -1.2 41 $4,587,500 *D3 AS,MVP-4,SS
2005 29 BOS AL 159 713 49 -4 0 -1 -15 28 2.9 24 52 5.1 .518 .517 5.2 -1.5 54 $5,250,000 *D3 AS,MVP-2,SS
2006 30 BOS AL 151 686 48 -1 1 1 -14 34 3.5 24 58 5.5 .522 .520 5.5 -1.2 57 $6,500,000 *D3 AS,MVP-3,SS
2007 31 BOS AL 149 667 58 -1 -0 -1 -14 41 4.1 22 64 6.1 .527 .524 6.2 -1.4 64 $13,250,000 *D/3 AS,MVP-4,SS
2008 32 BOS AL 109 491 11 -2 0 0 -11 -2 0.1 17 15 1.6 .498 .499 1.5 -1.0 15 $13,000,000 *D AS
2009 33 BOS AL 150 627 -0 -2 0 0 -14 -17 -1.5 21 4 0.4 .489 .490 0.4 -1.3 4 $13,000,000 *D/3
2010 34 BOS AL 145 606 20 -3 1 0 -14 3 0.6 21 24 2.4 .502 .502 2.4 -1.3 24 $13,000,000 *D/3 AS
2011 35 BOS AL 146 605 37 -4 -4 0 -14 16 1.8 21 37 3.7 .512 .510 3.8 -1.4 37 $12,500,000 *D/3 AS,SS
2012 36 BOS AL 90 383 29 -4 -0 -1 -8 16 1.7 13 29 2.9 .518 .510 3.1 -1.0 30 $14,575,000 D/3 AS
16 Seasons 1832 7649 322 -27 -4 -13 -166 113 13.3 257 370 36.4 .506 .504 37.9 -16.2 383 $98,512,500
BOS (10 yrs) 1377 5956 311 -24 -1 -4 -129 153 16.7 201 354 34.8 .511 .509 35.3 -12.3 358 $96,912,500
MIN (6 yrs) 455 1693 11 -3 -3 -9 -36 -40 -3.4 56 16 1.6 .492 .496 2.6 -4.0 25 $1,600,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 26 MIN AL ALDS OAK W 4 13 13 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .231 .231 .385 .615 5 0 0 0 0 0
2002 26 MIN AL ALCS ANA L 5 16 16 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .313 .313 .375 .688 6 0 0 0 0 0
2003 27 BOS AL ALDS OAK W 5 23 21 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 .095 .174 .143 .317 3 0 0 0 0 1
2003 27 BOS AL ALCS NYY L 7 30 26 4 7 1 0 2 6 0 0 3 8 .269 .367 .538 .905 14 1 1 0 0 0
2004 28 BOS AL ALDS ANA W 3 16 11 4 6 2 0 1 4 0 0 5 2 .545 .688 1.000 1.688 11 0 0 0 0 3
2004 28 BOS AL ALCS NYY W 7 35 31 6 12 0 1 3 11 0 1 4 7 .387 .457 .742 1.199 23 0 0 0 0 0
2004 28 BOS AL WS STL W 4 17 13 3 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 4 1 .308 .471 .615 1.086 8 0 0 0 0 0
2005 29 BOS AL ALDS CHW L 3 12 12 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .750 1.083 9 0 0 0 0 0
2007 31 BOS AL ALDS LAA W 3 13 7 5 5 0 0 2 3 0 0 6 1 .714 .846 1.571 2.418 11 0 0 0 0 2
2007 31 BOS AL ALCS CLE W 7 33 24 7 7 3 0 1 3 0 0 6 5 .292 .424 .542 .966 13 2 1 0 2 0
2007 31 BOS AL WS COL W 4 17 15 4 5 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 .333 .412 .533 .945 8 0 0 0 0 0
2008 32 BOS AL ALDS LAA W 4 20 17 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .235 .350 .294 .644 5 0 0 0 0 0
2008 32 BOS AL ALCS TBR L 7 32 26 3 4 1 1 1 4 0 0 6 9 .154 .313 .385 .697 10 0 0 0 0 1
2009 33 BOS AL ALDS LAA L 3 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .083 .083 .083 .167 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs (14 Series) 66 289 244 39 69 18 2 12 47 0 1 41 64 .283 .388 .520 .908 127 3 2 0 2 7
7 ALDS 25 109 93 12 25 8 0 4 13 0 0 16 26 .269 .376 .484 .860 45 0 0 0 0 6
5 ALCS 33 146 123 20 35 6 2 7 26 0 1 19 34 .285 .384 .537 .920 66 3 2 0 2 1
2 WS 8 34 28 7 9 4 0 1 8 0 0 6 4 .321 .441 .571 1.013 16 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1997 MIN AL 21 1B 11 10 9 87.0 95 84 10 1 10 .989 -0 -3 9.72 8.55 .992 9.31 9.23
1997 MIN AL 21 DH 1 1
1998 MIN AL 22 1B 70 69 58 587.2 555 503 46 6 51 .989 -6 -13 8.41 7.84 .992 9.43 9.33
1998 MIN AL 22 DH 10 10
1999 MIN AL 23 DH 5 4
1999 MIN AL 23 1B 1 0 0 5.0 7 7 0 0 1 1.000 -1 -192 12.60 7.00 .991 9.54 9.40
2000 MIN AL 24 DH 87 84
2000 MIN AL 24 1B 27 25 22 215.1 223 210 12 1 17 .996 -1 -6 9.28 8.22 .993 9.37 9.26
2001 MIN AL 25 DH 80 75
2001 MIN AL 25 1B 8 7 5 55.0 62 60 2 0 2 1.000 0 7 10.15 7.75 .993 9.39 9.31
2002 MIN AL 26 DH 95 94
2002 MIN AL 26 1B 15 13 6 103.0 97 90 6 1 8 .990 -1 -12 8.39 6.40 .993 9.33 9.23
2003 BOS AL 27 DH 74 73 MVP-5
2003 BOS AL 27 1B 45 44 31 378.0 375 342 30 3 20 .992 -2 -1 -5 -3 8.86 8.27 .993 9.55 9.46 MVP-5
2004 BOS AL 28 DH 115 114 AS,MVP-4,SS
2004 BOS AL 28 1B 34 31 14 260.1 278 253 21 4 23 .986 3 -1 12 -5 9.47 8.06 .994 9.31 9.25 AS,MVP-4,SS
2005 BOS AL 29 DH 148 146 AS,MVP-2,SS
2005 BOS AL 29 1B 10 10 6 78.0 82 69 11 2 8 .976 -1 -1 -18 -15 9.23 8.00 .994 9.60 9.49 AS,MVP-2,SS
2006 BOS AL 30 DH 138 138 AS,MVP-3,SS
2006 BOS AL 30 1B 10 10 2 68.0 70 62 6 2 8 .971 2 1 26 18 9.00 6.80 .994 9.54 9.40 AS,MVP-3,SS
2007 BOS AL 31 DH 140 140 AS,MVP-4,SS
2007 BOS AL 31 1B 7 7 0 48.0 40 37 3 0 3 1.000 -0 -1 -3 -25 7.50 5.71 .995 9.38 9.27 AS,MVP-4,SS
2008 BOS AL 32 DH 109 108 AS
2009 BOS AL 33 DH 139 138
2009 BOS AL 33 1B 6 6 2 39.0 49 42 6 1 2 .980 0 0 12 0 11.08 8.00 .994 9.14 9.02
2010 BOS AL 34 DH 136 134 AS
2010 BOS AL 34 1B 4 4 0 26.2 24 23 1 0 1 1.000 -0 0 -5 0 8.10 6.00 .994 9.32 9.22 AS
2011 BOS AL 35 DH 136 136 AS,SS
2011 BOS AL 35 1B 2 2 1 13.0 18 18 0 0 4 1.000 -0 0 -9 0 12.46 9.00 .993 9.28 9.25 AS,SS
2012 BOS AL 36 DH 81 81 AS
2012 BOS AL 36 1B 7 7 2 52.0 56 54 2 0 4 1.000 0 -1 11 -23 9.69 8.00 .994 9.28 9.21 AS
15 Seasons 1B 257 245 158 2016.0 2031 1854 156 21 162 .990 -7 -4 -4 -4 8.97 7.82 .993 9.42 9.32
16 Seasons TOT 257 245 158 2016.0 2031 1854 156 21 162 .990 -7 -4 -4 -4 8.97 7.82 .993 9.42 9.32
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2004 *
2005 (DH)
2006 (1B)
2007 (1B)
2008
2010 *
2011 (DH)
2012 (DH)

Awards (yr lg award)
2004 AL ALCS MVP
2005 AL Hank Aaron Award
2011 ML Roberto Clemente Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2003 AL (5, 33%)
2004 AL (4, 44%)
2005 AL (2, 78%)
2006 AL (3, 49%)
2007 AL (4, 45%)
2.49 Career Shares (54th)

Silver Sluggers
2004 AL (DH)
2005 AL (DH)
2006 AL (DH)
2007 AL (DH)
2011 AL (DH)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2005 AL  5.1 (10th)
2006 AL  5.5 (8th)
2007 AL  6.1 (7th)
Active  36.4 (40th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2005 AL  5.1 (7th)
2006 AL  5.5 (6th)
2007 AL  6.1 (6th)
Active  36.4 (30th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2005 AL  5.2 (10th)
2006 AL  5.5 (6th)
2007 AL  6.2 (3rd)
Active  37.9 (22nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
2007 AL  .332 (5th)
2011 AL  .309 (6th)
Active  .285 (42nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
2005 AL  .397 (4th)
2006 AL  .413 (7th)
2007 AL  .445 (1st)
2011 AL  .398 (4th)
Active  .380 (20th)
Career  .380 (168th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2003 AL  .592 (3rd)
2004 AL  .603 (2nd)
2005 AL  .604 (2nd)
2006 AL  .636 (2nd)
2007 AL  .621 (3rd)
2010 AL  .529 (8th)
2011 AL  .554 (4th)
Active  .547 (11th)
Career  .547 (30th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2003 AL  .961 (5th)
2004 AL  .983 (4th)
2005 AL  1.001 (3rd)
2006 AL  1.049 (3rd)
2007 AL  1.066 (2nd)
2010 AL  .899 (8th)
2011 AL  .953 (4th)
Active  .928 (13th)
Career  .928 (44th)

Games Played s c a p y
2005 AL  159 (10th)
Active  1,832 (25th)

At Bats s c a p y
Active  6,539 (30th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2005 AL  713 (7th)
Active  7,649 (26th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2005 AL  119 (3rd)
2006 AL  115 (3rd)
2007 AL  116 (6th)
Active  1,124 (20th)
Career  1,124 (224th)

Hits s c a p y
Active  1,863 (30th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2004 AL  351 (2nd)
2005 AL  363 (3rd)
2006 AL  355 (1st)
2007 AL  341 (3rd)
Active  3,580 (20th)
Career  3,580 (146th)

Doubles s c a p y
2003 AL  39 (10th)
2004 AL  47 (3rd)
2005 AL  40 (8th)
2007 AL  52 (2nd)
Active  482 (10th)
Career  482 (75th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2004 AL  41 (2nd)
2005 AL  47 (2nd)
2006 AL  54 (1st)
2007 AL  35 (3rd)
2010 AL  32 (5th)
Active  401 (11th)
Career  401 (50th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2004 AL  139 (2nd)
2005 AL  148 (1st)
2006 AL  137 (1st)
2007 AL  117 (6th)
2010 AL  102 (10th)
Active  1,326 (12th)
Career  1,326 (94th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2005 AL  102 (2nd)
2006 AL  119 (1st)
2007 AL  111 (1st)
2010 AL  82 (9th)
2011 AL  78 (9th)
Active  1,011 (13th)
Career  1,011 (110th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2004 AL  133 (8th)
2005 AL  124 (9th)
2010 AL  145 (4th)
Active  1,386 (14th)
Career  1,386 (83rd)

Singles s c a p y
Active  964 (41st)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2003 AL  144 (10th)
2004 AL  145 (5th)
2005 AL  158 (4th)
2006 AL  161 (3rd)
2007 AL  171 (3rd)
2011 AL  154 (4th)
Active  138 (13th)
Career  138 (86th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2004 AL  135 (4th)
2005 AL  149 (2nd)
2006 AL  152 (1st)
2007 AL  156 (2nd)
Active  1,394 (13th)
Career  1,394 (107th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2004 AL  40 (5th)
2005 AL  54 (2nd)
2006 AL  55 (2nd)
2007 AL  64 (2nd)
2011 AL  42 (5th)
2012 AL  35 (8th)
Active  383 (12th)
Career  383 (79th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2004 AL  3.7 (5th)
2005 AL  5.0 (2nd)
2006 AL  5.0 (2nd)
2007 AL  5.9 (2nd)
2011 AL  4.0 (5th)
2012 AL  3.4 (8th)
Active  35.8 (12th)
Career  35.8 (93rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2004 AL  91 (1st)
2005 AL  88 (1st)
2006 AL  85 (2nd)
2007 AL  88 (1st)
2010 AL  69 (9th)
2011 AL  70 (9th)
Active  899 (9th)
Career  899 (63rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
2005 AL  283 (3rd)
2006 AL  283 (2nd)
2007 AL  297 (2nd)
Active  2,906 (22nd)
Career  2,906 (229th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2003 AL  .698 (9th)
2004 AL  .711 (5th)
2005 AL  .752 (4th)
2006 AL  .759 (4th)
2007 AL  .800 (1st)
2010 AL  .671 (9th)
2011 AL  .713 (5th)
Active  .682 (15th)
Career  .682 (110th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2002 AL  8 (9th)
2004 AL  8 (4th)
2005 AL  9 (4th)
2009 AL  7 (9th)
Active  65 (20th)
Career  65 (169th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2005 AL  9 (7th)
2006 AL  23 (2nd)
2007 AL  12 (5th)
2008 AL  12 (5th)
2010 AL  14 (2nd)
2011 AL  12 (8th)
2012 AL  13 (4th)
Active  129 (12th)
Career  129 (69th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2011 AL  24 (2nd)
Active  159 (24th)
Career  159 (228th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2003 AL  14.5 (5th)
2004 AL  14.2 (3rd)
2005 AL  12.8 (3rd)
2006 AL  10.3 (1st)
2007 AL  15.7 (5th)
2010 AL  16.2 (4th)
Active  16.3 (9th)
Career  16.3 (35th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Active  4,910 (30th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2004 AL  42.90 (6th)
2005 AL  73.17 (1st)
2006 AL  58.28 (2nd)
2007 AL  64.25 (3rd)
2012 AL  30.90 (9th)
Active  399.35 (13th)
Career  399.35 (64th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2003 AL  3.2 (7th)
2005 AL  8.8 (1st)
2006 AL  7.9 (1st)
2007 AL  4.6 (4th)
Active  37.1 (12th)
Career  37.1 (66th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2004 AL  3.8 (5th)
2005 AL  5.8 (2nd)
2006 AL  6.4 (1st)
2007 AL  6.3 (2nd)
2011 AL  3.7 (5th)
Active  38.3 (12th)
Career  38.3 (61st)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2004 AL  3.8 (6th)
2005 AL  6.7 (1st)
2006 AL  5.2 (2nd)
2007 AL  5.7 (3rd)
2012 AL  2.9 (9th)
Active  36.3 (13th)
Career  36.3 (74th)

Youngest s c a p y
1997 AL  born 1975-11-18 (7th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 16 (143), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 97 (231), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 117 (125), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 39 (173), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS First Base (42nd), 36.4 career WAR/30.4 7yr-peak WAR/33.4 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 18) = 62.3 career WAR/40.7 7yr-peak WAR/51.5 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Johnny Mize (865) *
  7. Juan Gonzalez (854)
  8. Derrek Lee (852)
  9. Gil Hodges (839)
  10. Albert Belle (837)
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  5. Jason Giambi (873)
  6. Paul Konerko (869)
  7. Willie McCovey (860) *
  8. Frank Thomas (859)
  9. Gil Hodges (837)
  10. Duke Snider (837) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Casey Kotchman (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mo Vaughn (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Nick Johnson (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Adam LaRoche (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tony Clark (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Justin Morneau (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mo Vaughn (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Carlos Delgado (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jason Giambi (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Carlos Delgado (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Carlos Delgado (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Carlos Delgado (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Carlos Delgado (887)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199822Minnesota Twins$170,0004/3/98 USA Today
200024Minnesota Twins$220,0004/5/00 AP
200125Minnesota Twins$260,0004/6/01 USA Today
200226Minnesota Twins$950,0004/3/02 AP
200327Boston Red Sox$1,250,0004/3/03 AP
200428Boston Red Sox$4,587,5004/7/04 AP
200529Boston Red Sox$5,250,000
200630Boston Red Sox$6,500,000
200731Boston Red Sox$13,250,000
200832Boston Red Sox$13,000,000
200933Boston Red Sox$13,000,000
201034Boston Red Sox$13,000,000
201135Boston Red Sox$12,500,000
201236Boston Red Sox$14,575,000contracts
201337Boston Red Sox$14,000,000
201438Boston Red Sox$11,000,000Ortiz will earn $15MM in 2014 if he misses 20 or fewer days on the disabled list due to his Achilles injury in 2013
Earliest Free Agent: 2015
Career to date (may be incomplete)$98,512,500Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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