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.