This browser does not support the video element.
Sent from the Mariners to the Twins, Ortiz made his MLB debut for Minnesota in September of 1997
This browser does not support the video element.
Ortiz’s first HR with the Red Sox is as a pinch-hitter in the top of the 14th inning on Sunday Night Baseball, propelling Boston to victory
This browser does not support the video element.
5 outs from elimination in the 2003 ALDS and down a run, Ortiz rips a 2-run double off A’s closer Keith Foulke, ensuring a decisive Game 5, which Boston won
This browser does not support the video element.
With the first postseason walk-off HR of his career in Game 3 of the 2004 ALDS, Ortiz vaults the Red Sox to the ALCS with a 2-run shot over the Monster in the 10th
This browser does not support the video element.
Down 3-0 in the series to the Yankees, Ortiz belts a 2-run, walk-off HR to RF in the 12th inning of ALCS Game 4
This browser does not support the video element.
Ortiz does it again in Game 5, hitting a walk-off 1B in the 14th, and he's named ALCS MVP. Boston becomes the first – and still only – MLB team to win a postseason series after trailing 3-0.
This browser does not support the video element.
Ortiz gets the party started in the first World Series game at Fenway Park in 18 years, hammering a 3-run HR in the bottom of the 1st as the Sox sweep the Cardinals for their 1st title in 86 years
This browser does not support the video element.
Ortiz sets Boston’s single-season HR record, previously owned by Jimmie Foxx, by clubbing No. 51 against his former team. The slugger finished 2006 with a still-club-record 54 HRs.
This browser does not support the video element.
Ortiz finishes with career-highs in batting average (.332), 2Bs (52), and OPS (1.066) and helps the Sox win their 2nd World Series in 4 seasons as they sweep the Rockies in 2007
This browser does not support the video element.
With Boston reeling 5 days after the Boston Marathon bombings, Ortiz rallies the crowd at Fenway with a stirring speech, announcing “This is our [bleeping] city”
This browser does not support the video element.
Arguably the most clutch hit of his career, Ortiz clubs a game-tying slam with 2 outs in the bottom of the 8th in Game 2 of the 2013 ALCS. Boston wins in 10 innings and the ALCS in 6 games
This browser does not support the video element.
Ortiz puts on a show, hitting .688 (11-for-16) with 2 doubles, two HRs, 8 walks and 6 RBIs, and is named 2013 World Series MVP as he collects his 3rd and final ring
This browser does not support the video element.
After exiting his final career game in the 2016 ALDS vs. Cleveland, Ortiz was brought to tears by the fond farewell and extended ovation from Red Sox fans
This browser does not support the video element.
On a hot and sunny day in Cooperstown, Ortiz is showered with love as he is formally inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on the first ballot