David Ortiz

CTL-E-5981 · Person · other · 1997–2016

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Combined Graph record U-07217 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-5981.

David Américo Ortiz Arias, born 18 November 1975 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, is an Afro-Dominican designated hitter known worldwide as “Big Papi.” Released by the Minnesota Twins after the 2002 season, he signed with the Boston Red Sox and became the most feared clutch hitter of his generation: a ten-time All-Star who powered Boston to World Series championships in 2004 — ending the franchise's 86-year drought — 2007 and 2013, when he batted .688 and was named World Series MVP. He retired after 2016 with 541 home runs, 2,472 hits and a .286 career average, the greatest designated-hitter résumé in history. In 2022 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on the first ballot with 77.9 percent of the vote, the fourth Dominican-born player so honored. He became a U.S. citizen in 2008 and founded the David Ortiz Children's Fund for pediatric cardiac care in Boston and the Dominican Republic.

The record

• Also known as: David Américo Ortiz Arias, Big Papi

Notes

Staged 2026-10-16 under CTL-GOV-006 (Census Intake Wave 4 — 747 Program, Wave 10; 40-record packet). Gate A (2026-10-16): no David Ortiz entity in the live graph at 3,683 entities (exact / normalized / alias + token containment); ID CTL-E-5981 assigned at assembly. Supply: 747 Supply Ledger, Tier 3 — Famous Birthdays ABSENT census, readiness rank 1113 (Baseball Players list). The census supplied the NAME ONLY; no fact in this record is sourced to it (CTL-GOV-004). SCOPE GATE: PASS — Afro-Dominican — Andscape (ESPN) profiles Ortiz explicitly in its Afro-Latino athletes series; Hall of Fame scholarship (Burgos, Sporting News) likewise names Ortiz among Black players whose recognition is a matter of record. Vital status: LIVING — retired since 2016; Baseball-Reference's player record, updated 15 October 2026, lists him living at age 50; no death is recorded in any source consulted. STATISTICS (sourced, dated): Career (Baseball-Reference): 541 HR, 2,472 hits, .286 average over 20 seasons; 10× All-Star; World Series champion 2004, 2007, 2013 (2013 World Series MVP, .688); Hall of Fame 2022, first ballot, 77.9% (BBWAA). MEDIA: photo HELD (candidate: Wikimedia Commons portrait of Ortiz in a Red Sox uniform; no file page read at file-page level — CTL-PHOTO-001; CTL-created graphic is the standing alternative); chart FILLED (charts/chart-ctl-e-5981-david-ortiz.svg); video HELD (Shorts Link Map checked — no matching CTL Short); audio HELD (no rights basis). MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Person records carry no map slot under the media-layer rule; maps attach to places and institutions.) | visual_assets = HELD: | chart = FILLED (CTL-created SVG (black / deep red / gold) built only from this record's sourced facts) | video = HELD (No matching-entity CTL Short in the Shorts Link Map catalog (checked by name and variants), and no official/em) | audio = HELD (No CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio at staging; the subject's own recordings/appearances are )

Sources

• BBWAA (official election release), 25 January 2022 — Ortiz elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame with 307 of 394 votes (77.9%), the only player elected that year; native of the Dominican Republic; championship teams 2004, 2007, 2013; hit .455 in 14 World Series games, 2013 World Series MVP — https://bbwaa.com/22-hof/ (primary source · build store)
• Baseball-Reference, “David Ortiz” (page updated 15 October 2026) — born 18 November 1975, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; 20 seasons, Twins and Red Sox; 2,472 hits, 541 home runs, .286 average; elected to the Hall of Fame in 2022; last played 2016 — https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/ortizda01.shtml (build store)
• Andscape (ESPN), “7 Afro-Latino athletes we love” — Ortiz profiled as an Afro-Latino athlete; ten-time All-Star, three-time World Series champion, 541 career home runs; became a U.S. citizen in 2008; founded the David Ortiz Children's Fund — https://andscape.com/features/for-national-hispanic-heritage-month-here-are-7-afro-latino-athletes-we-love/ (build store)

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