David Ortiz

Who is DAVID ORTIZ ?

• David Américo Ortiz Arias (born November 18, 1975), nicknamed

"Big Papi", is a Dominican-American former professional baseball
(MLB) designated hitter (DH) and first baseman who played 20
seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with the
Boston Red Sox. He also played for the Minnesota Twins. During
his 14 seasons with the Red Sox, he was a ten-time All-Star, a
three-time World Series champion, and a seven-time Silver Slugger
winner. Ortiz also holds the Red Sox single-season record for
home runs with 54, which he set during the 2006 season..
• Originally signed by the Seattle Mariners in 1992, Ortiz was
traded to the Twins in 1996 and played parts of six seasons with
the team. Ortiz was released by the Twins and signed with the
Red Sox in 2003, where he spent the remainder of his career. In
Boston, Ortiz established himself as "one of the greatest
designated hitters the game has ever seen".[1] He was
instrumental in the team ending its 86-year World Series
championship drought in 2004, as well as during successful
championship runs in 2007 and 2013; he was named the World
Series Most Valuable Player for the latter championship.
• Ortiz finished his career with 541 home runs (which ranks 17th on MLB's
all-time home run list), 1,768 runs batted in (RBIs, 22nd all-time), and a .
286 batting average. Among designated hitters, he is the all-time leader in
MLB history for home runs (485), RBIs (1,569), and hits (2,192).
Regarded as one of the greatest clutch hitters of all time,[2] Ortiz had 11
career walk-off home runs during the regular season and two during the
postseason.
 Family
• Each time Ortiz crossed the plate after hitting a home run, he would look up and point
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. Ortiz also has a tattoo of his mother on his
biceps.
• Ortiz and his wife, Tiffany, have three children. His wife hails from Kaukauna,
Wisconsin, a town in between the cities of Green Bay and Appleton. After marrying
Tiffany, Ortiz became a fan of the Green Bay Packers. In April 2013, Ortiz announced
that he and his wife were separating, but they later reconciled. Since 2017, Ortiz and his
wife and two of their children have resided in Miami; he also maintains a home in the
Dominican Republic where his firstborn son, David Andres, lives with his mother, Fary
Almanzar Fernandez. An 8,100-square-foot (750 m2) home that Ortiz bought in 2007 in
Weston, Massachusetts, was put up for sale in February 2019; it sold in early 2021 for
$3.5 million.
 MLB debut
• September 2, 1997, for the Minnesota Twins. Minnesota Twins (1997-2002)
Boston Red Sox (2003–
2016)
 Career highlights and awards

• 10× All-Star (2004–2008, 2010–2013, 2016)

• 3× World Series champion (2004, 2007, 2013)
• World Series MVP (2013)
• ALCS MVP (2004)
• 7× Silver Slugger Award (2004–2007, 2011, 2013, 2016)
• 2× AL Hank Aaron Award (2005, 2016)
• Roberto Clemente Award (2011)
• AL home run leader (2006)
• 3× AL RBI leader (2005, 2006, 2016)
• Boston Red Sox No. 34 retired
• Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame
3× World Series champion (2004, 2007, 2013)
In 2010 he won the home run derby
In 2006 he played for the dominican republic
in the world classic.
Ortiz retired with the Red Sox in the 2016
season
 MLB
statistics

• Batting average .286

• Hits 2,472
• Home runs 541
• Runs batted in 1,768
 THE SHOOTING OF DAVID ORTIZ

• The chief draw of the Dial (pronounced "Dee-ahl"), located in a working-class

residential area of Santo Domingo, is its terrace. It is a place where the capital's elite
go to be seen. Baseball players, actors and reggaetoneros mingle with bankers and
government officials at reserved tables. But that Sunday evening, the bar was abuzz
when Lopez arrived with Big Papi, arguably the most famous man in the country.
As suggested on a widely reported surveillance video, they sat at a table with four
other men at the edge of the packed terrace, along the sidewalk. People stopped by
again and again to greet them and take selfies. They had been at the Dial for about
two hours when a man walked toward them from the sidewalk, stopped a few feet
away and fired a single gunshot into Ortiz's back. It cut through him and hit Lopez
in the thigh. The shooter tried to fire again, but the gun jammed. Ortiz fell to the
ground, and the crowd on the terrace scattered.