David Americo Ortiz Arias Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
David Américo Ortiz Arias (born November 18, 1975), nicknamed "Big Papi", is a Dominican-American professional baseball player with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Ortiz is a designated hitter (DH), and also occasionally plays first base in interleague games. He played with the Minnesota Twins from 1997-2002.Ortiz is a nine-time All-Star, a three-time World Series champion and he holds the Red Sox single-season record for home runs with 54, set during the 2006 season.Ortiz has hit 456 career home runs, which ranks 35th on the MLB all-time home run list. He is the all-time leader in MLB history for home runs (405), runs batted in (RBIs) (1,316) and hits (1,851) by a DH.
Best Major League Baseball Player ESPY Award, Best Championship Performance ESPY Award, Kids’ Choice Award for Most Enthusiastic Athlete
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Trademark
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Spitting on his hands before an at-bat
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Quote
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[following the Boston Marathon bombings] This jersey that we wear today, it doesn't say "Red Sox." It say "Boston." We want to thank you, Mayor Menino, Governor Patrick, the whole police department for the great job that they did this past week. This is our fucking city, and ain't nobody gonna dictate our freedom. Stay strong.
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Fact
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Currently with the Red Sox who just won their first World Series since 1918. [November 2004]
Following the 2002 season, the Minnesota Twins thought so highly of him that they released him, getting nothing in return for a future superstar. This despite him having a respectable .272 batting average and hitting 20 home runs.
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Was voted Most Value Player of American League Championship Series in 2004, when the Boston Red Sox finally topped their hated rivals, the New York Yankees, in the playoffs, one year after losing to the Bronx Bombers in a heartbreaking Game 7. In the two rounds of playoffs, Ortiz batted .400 (22-for-55) with five homers, 19 RBIs and 13 runs scored in 14 games. The Red Sox, cleared of the Yankees Curse, went on to win their first World Series since Babe Ruth was their star pitcher in 1918.
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Played for the Dominican Republic in the inaugural World Series of Baseball in 2006.
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In a game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Boston's Fenway Park on April 19, 2006, "Big Papi" Ortiz was paid the ultimate compliment to a slugger when Devil Rays manager Joe Maddon made a shift of his fielders so that Ortiz faced five rather than the normal three outfielders. At the bottom of the first inning of the game, which the Red Sox eventually won 7-4, the Devil Rays' defense shifted, leaving only the shortstop and the first baseman in the infield. The third baseman played left field, the left fielder positioned himself in left-center, the second baseman played shallow right, the center fielder shaded toward right, and the right fielder played down the line. Ortiz grounded to short in the first, but doubled off the Wall in the third inning against the shift. Of the shift, Ortiz said "Crazy, man. But whatever they do, they can't catch the ball if you hit it off the Green Monster," referring to the 37-foot wall in left field. The Red Sox had runners on base in Ortiz' other at- bats, forcing the Rays to stick with the over-shift that's usually in play when the slugger comes to the plate. Only the very best hitters, like the late great Ted Williams and superstar Barry Bonds are subjected to such radical fielding strategies.
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He finished among the top five in American League Most Valuable Player voting in 2003 (fifth), 2004 (fourth) and 2005 (second). No other player in baseball has ranked in the top five in A.L. M.V.P. voting in each of the last three years.
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Came in second in American League Most Valuable Player voting in 2005, finishing 24 votes behind winner Alex Rodríguez of the Yankees, whom the Red Sox had tried to acquire before the 2004 season. Rodríguez, a fine-fielding third- baseman who won two Gold Gloves as a shortstop, beat out Ortiz, a non-fielding designated hitter, earning 16 first-place votes and 331 points versus Ortiz's 11 first- place votes and 307 points. "David Ortiz is a great player...," Rodríguez said of his rival. "I'd certainly trade his World Series championship for this MVP trophy." For the 2005 season, Ortiz batted .300 with a career-best 47 home runs, 148 RBIs, 119 runs, 102 walks, a .604 slugging percentage and a .397 on-base percentage in 159 games. He was listed first or second on every MVP ballot cast. Ortiz won the Players Choice Award as the AL's outstanding player after leading the Majors in RBIs and ranking among AL leaders in extra-base hits (first with 88), home runs (second), slugging (second), walks (second), total bases (third), and runs (third).
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Made his MLB debut on 9/2/1997 as a Minnesota Twin. He was signed by the Red Sox at the beginning of the 2003 season.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Patriots Day
2016
David Ortiz
Wicked Bites
2014
TV Series
Judging Amy
2005
TV Series
Miguel Juarez
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
David Ortiz: The Last Walk Off
2016
TV Series executive producer
Off the Bat from the MLB Fan Cave
2014
TV Series executive producer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Gone Baby Gone
2007
thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2004
TV Series
Himself
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2004
TV Series
Himself
2004 World Series
2004
TV Mini-Series
Himself - Boston Red Sox Designated Hitter
2004 American League Championship Series
2004
TV Series
Himself - Boston Red Sox Designated Hitter
2004 MLB All-Star Game
2004
TV Special
Himself - AL First Baseman: Boston Red Sox
Still We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie
2004
Documentary
Himself
2003 American League Championship Series
2003
TV Series
Himself - Boston Red Sox Designatd Hitter
2002 American League Championship Series
2002
TV Series
Himself
David Ortiz: The Last Walk Off
2016
TV Series
Himself
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2016
TV Series
Himself
David Ortiz: In the Moment
2014
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Sunday Night Baseball
2002-2014
TV Series
Himself - Boston Red Sox Designated Hitter / Himself - Boston Red Sox First Baseman / Himself - Boston Red Sox Designated hitter / ...
Survivor Series
2013
TV Special
Himself
Late Show with David Letterman
2013
TV Series
Himself - Guest
2013 World Series
2013
TV Mini-Series
Himself
Ponchao
2013
Himself
The Cleveland Show
2013
TV Series
Himself
2012 MLB All-Star Game
2012
TV Special
Himself - AL Designated Hitter: Boston Red Sox
Jaque mate!
2012
Himself
2011 MLB All-Star Game
2011
TV Special
Himself - AL Designated Hitter: Boston Red Sox
Prime 9
2009-2011
TV Series
Himself
30 for 30
2010
TV Series documentary
Himself
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2010
TV Series
Himself
Rachael Ray
2009
TV Series
Himself
Historia del Béisbol Dominicano
2009
Documentary
Himself
2008 MLB All-Star Game
2008
TV Special
Himself - AL Designated Hitter, Boston Red Sox
Live with Kelly and Michael
2008
TV Series
Himself
Rome Is Burning
2008
TV Series
Himself
Eigo de shabera-night
2008
TV Series
Himself
Playball
2008
Himself
2007 World Series: Boston Red Sox vs. Colorado Rockies
2007
TV Mini-Series
Himself - Boston Red Sox Designated Hitter
2007 American League Championship Series
2007
TV Series
Himself - Boston Red Sox Designated Hitter
2007 MLB All-Star Game
2007
TV Special
Himself - AL Starting First Baseman, Boston Red Sox
2006 MLB All-Star Game
2006
TV Special
Himself
History Rings True: Red Sox Opening Day Ring Ceremony
2005
Video documentary
Himself
2005 MLB All-Star Game
2005
TV Special
Himself - AL Starting Designated Hitter: Boston Red Sox
Faith Rewarded: The Historic Season of the 2004 Boston Red Sox
2004
Video documentary
Himself - Red Sox Designated Hitter
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mike & Mike
2013-2016
TV Series
Himself - Boston Red Sox / Himself - Boston Red Sox Designated Hitter / Himself - Boston Red Soxq
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2016
TV Series
Himself - Discussing Favorite Movies
Knuckleball!
2012
Documentary
Himself - Boston Red Sox Designated Hitter (uncredited)
Prime 9
2010
TV Series
Himself
Rome Is Burning
2007-2009
TV Series
Himself
Reverse of the Curse of the Bambino
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2014
Blimp Award
Kids' Choice Awards, USA
Most Enthusiastic Athlete
Known for movies
Sunday Night Baseball (2002-2014) as Himself - Boston Red Sox Designated Hitter / Himself - Boston Red Sox First Baseman / Himself / Himself - Boston Red Sox Designated hitter / Himself - Boston Red Sox Pinch Hitter / Himself - Minnesota Twins Designated Hitter / Himself - Minnesota Twins First Baseman
Ponchao (2013) as Himself
History Rings True: Red Sox Opening Day Ring Ceremony (2005) as Himself
$700,000
