David Ortiz - Career Highlights

Career Highlights

  • The Sporting News Designated Hitter of the Decade (2009)
  • Sports Illustrated MLB All-Decade Team (2009)
  • Member of the 2004 Boston Red Sox team that won the World Series.
  • Member of the 2007 Boston Red Sox team that won the World Series.
  • American League Championship Series MVP (2004)
  • 8-time All-Star (2004–2008, 2010–2012)
  • 2005 Hank Aaron Award winner
  • 6-time winner of the Edgar Martínez Award (2003–2007. 2011)
  • 5-time winner of the Silver Slugger Award (2004–2007, 2011)
  • Top 5 MVP vote-receiver five times (5th, 2003; 4th, 2004; 2nd, 2005; 3rd, 2006; 4th, 2007)
  • Led the American League in extra base hits 3 times (2004, 2005, 2007)
  • 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, July 2006, and May 2010.
  • 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)
  • Second player in Red Sox history, joining Carl Yastrzemski, with 3 seasons of 40 or more home runs
  • Set new record for home runs by a DH in 2005 (43), then again in 2006 (47)
  • 6 seasons of at least 30 home runs and 100 RBIs (2003–2007, 2010)
  • Tied with Billy Hatcher for all-time post-season consecutive on-base streak (10)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Won 2010 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby
  • Has hit 10 career walk-off HRs
  • On April 2, 2011 Ortiz became MLB's all time RBI leader by a designated hitter
  • On July 27, 2011 Ortiz hit his 1,000th RBI with the Boston Red Sox
  • 2011 Roberto Clemente Award winner.

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