David Ortiz

Positions: Designated Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 230lb (190cm, 104kg)

Born: November 18, 1975 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic do

High School: Estudia Espillat (Dominican Republic)

Debut: September 2, 1997 (Age 21-288d, 17,144th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 2016 (Age 40-319d)
vs. TOR 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2022. (Voted by BBWAA on 307/394 ballots)
View David Ortiz's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1998 season

Agents: ISE Baseball

Full Name: David Americo Ortiz

Nicknames: Big Papi or Cookie Monster

Twitter: @davidortiz

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

55.3

8640

2472

541

.286

1419

RBI

1768

OBP

.380

SLG

.552

OPS

.931

OPS+

141

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 2	MIN	@	TOR	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
2	3	Apr 3	MIN		KCR	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
3	4	Apr 4	MIN		KCR	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	6	3	0	9	1	1B
4	6 (1)	Apr 7	MIN		TOR	W,12-2	CG	31	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
5	7	Apr 8	MIN		TOR	L,6-9	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
6	8	Apr 9	MIN		TOR	W,13-2	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
7	9	Apr 10	MIN	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	7	0	0	7	1	1B
8	11 (1)	Apr 12	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
9	12	Apr 13	MIN	@	TBD	L,12-13	CG	60	13.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
10	14 (1)	Apr 16	MIN		SEA	L,2-3	GS	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
11	15	Apr 17	MIN		SEA	L,6-11	CG	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
12	16	Apr 18	MIN		SEA	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
13	17	Apr 19	MIN		SEA	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
14	18	Apr 20	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
15	19	Apr 21	MIN	@	OAK	L,4-5	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
16	20	Apr 22	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	2	1B
17	21	Apr 24	MIN	@	SEA	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
18	23 (1)	Apr 26	MIN	@	SEA	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
19	24	Apr 27	MIN		TEX	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	10	3	0	13	0	1B
20	25	Apr 28	MIN		TEX	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	1B
21	26	Apr 29	MIN		TBD	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
22	27	Apr 30	MIN		TBD	L,0-2	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	28	May 1	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
24	29	May 2	MIN	@	BAL	W,8-7	GS	33	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
25	30	May 3	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	27	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
26	32 (1)	May 6	MIN	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	13	2	0	15	2	1B
27	33	May 8	MIN		NYY	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	11	1	1	13	1	1B
28	34	May 9	MIN		NYY	W,8-1	GS	28	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	89 (54)	Jul 11	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-12	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
30	90	Jul 12	MIN	@	CLE	W,11-6	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
31	91	Jul 13	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
32	93 (1)	Jul 15	MIN	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
33	95 (1)	Jul 17	MIN	@	OAK	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
34	96	Jul 18	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
35	97	Jul 19	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
36	98	Jul 21	MIN		ANA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
37	99	Jul 22	MIN		ANA	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
38	100	Jul 23	MIN		ANA	L,5-6	CG	45	10.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
39	101	Jul 24	MIN		TEX	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
40	102	Jul 25	MIN		TEX	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
41	103	Jul 26	MIN		TEX	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
42	105 (1)	Jul 29	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
43	106	Jul 30	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
44	107	Jul 31	MIN		TOR	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	108	Aug 1	MIN		TOR	L,9-10	CG	48	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
46	109	Aug 2	MIN		TOR	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
47	110	Aug 4	MIN		KCR	L,4-12	CG	48	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
48	111	Aug 5	MIN		KCR	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
49	112	Aug 6	MIN		KCR	L,7-8	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
50	113	Aug 7	MIN		BAL	L,9-16	CG	51	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	1B
51	114	Aug 8	MIN		BAL	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
52	115	Aug 9	MIN		BAL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
53	116	Aug 10	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
54	119 (2)	Aug 13	MIN	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS	34	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
55	120	Aug 14	MIN	@	BOS	L,12-13	CG	42	8.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
56	128 (7)	Aug 22	MIN		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
57	129	Aug 23	MIN		BOS	L,1-5	GS	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
58	130	Aug 25	MIN	@	TBD	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
59	132 (1)	Aug 27	MIN	@	TBD	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
60	133	Aug 28	MIN	@	TOR	L,6-7	GS	13	3.0	3	0	1	4	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	137 (3)	Sep 1	MIN		TBD	W,6-5	CG	47	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
62	139 (1)	Sep 3	MIN		TBD	W,5-4	CG	44	12.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
63	140	Sep 4	MIN	@	TEX	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
64	144 (3)	Sep 8	MIN	@	ANA	W,5-0	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
65	145	Sep 9	MIN	@	ANA	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
66	147 (1)	Sep 12	MIN		OAK	L,5-6	GS	33	7.0	4	0	1	5	0	1B
67	148	Sep 13	MIN		OAK	L,6-9	GS	31	7.0	6	0	0	6	3	1B
68	149	Sep 14	MIN		SEA	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
69	151 (1)	Sep 16	MIN	@	CLE	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
70	152	Sep 17	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-9	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
							70gm		586.2	503	46	6	555	51