David Ortíz will be the only representative of the 2022 class to the MLB Hall of Fame. The arrival of “Big Papi” to the temple of the immortals consecrates a career of achievements in which 3 World Series rings, 10 All-Star Games, 7 Silver Sluggers and 2 postseason MVP awards stand out with the Boston Red Sox.
The quality of Ortíz was not only evident in the Major Leagues for 20 seasons, the Dominican also made himself felt with his quality as a hitter in the LIDOM of his country with the Leones del Esgido uniform for 10 seasons.
In the Caribbean Series, San Juan 2020, we kicked off today’s match against Puerto Rico, with the honorable pitch from the Dominican David Ortiz. #enBRapoyamoslonuestro pic.twitter.com/ZuZ5PWLCW9
– Banreservas (@BanreservasRD) February 6, 2020
In addition, he had the opportunity to attend the Caribbean Series as a reinforcement of the Tigres del Licey and Águilas Cibaeñas in the editions that took place from 1999 and 2004.
Ortiz played a total of 32 games in the Caribbean classic in which he consumed 121 at-bats, had 42 hits, 12 doubles, 5 home runs and had 29 RBIs and an average of .355.
Another Lion arrives in Cooperstown! ? Congratulations to our David Ortiz, who becomes the fourth Dominican and second of the Chosen along with Juan Marichal to be elected to the Hall of Fame. ? pic.twitter.com/kZX4tjZzIQ
– Chosen Baseball (@ChoosedBBClub) January 25, 2022
The legendary Dominican was the RBI leader and co-leader in doubles in the 1999 series in Puerto Rico. He was also the leader in slugging, OPS, bases reached, RBI, co-leader in average and hits connected in the 2003 series in which he won the MVP award. Such numbers allowed Ortiz to be part of the immortals of the Caribbean.
