David Ortiz

Big Papi is one of those guys I just plain love watching, and I don't even need to be a Red Sox fan to feel it. The man was a born clutch hitter — bottom of the ninth, season on the line, and somehow you knew Ortiz was the one you wanted at the plate. That 2013 World Series run, where he basically refused to make an out, is the stuff of legend. But what really sells me is the personality: the booming laugh, the bat flips, the way he could rally a whole city. The fact that a Dominican kid from Santo Domingo became the literal heart of Boston says everything. Designated hitters rarely get this kind of folk-hero status, and Papi absolutely earned it. Just a joy.

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Name (English)

David Ortiz

Name (Japanese)

ダビド・オルティーズ

Reading

だびど・おるてぃーず

Born

November 18, 1975 (age 50)

Origin

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Occupation

baseball player / baseball commentator

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rabbit

Awards & achievements

• 2008 Great Immigrants Award
• 2003 Edgar Martínez Award
• 2004 Major League Baseball All-Star
• 2004 League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award
• 2004 Silver Slugger Award
• 2005 Hank Aaron Award
• 2011 Roberto Clemente Award
• 2013 World Series Most Valuable Player Award

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/davidortiz/
• Xhttps://x.com/davidortiz
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Ortiz
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%93%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q448005

Tags

• baseball player
• baseball commentator

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.