David Ortiz
DH · Hall of Fame · inducted 2022
bWAR
Career
+55.2
2016
+5.1
Pace
+5.1
bWAR is Baseball-Reference’s wins above replacement, not a 40 Man stat. The numbers come from their daily WAR file, which they allow anyone to reuse with a citation and a link. Pace stretches a short year up to 600 plate appearances, or to 180 innings for a starter and 65 for a reliever. A year that already reached that playing time keeps the bWAR he earned, so extra at-bats do not shrink it. It shows once a year reaches 100 plate appearances or 30 innings. File dated 2026-11-07. This player on Baseball-Reference · How bWAR is calculated.
Minors
Level Wins compares him with the 1990–2025 average at that league. Level Glove is his defense against the other fielders at that position and level, from 2005 on, once he has 100 innings there. Pace stretches a short year up to a normal full season at that level. A year that already reached that playing time keeps what he did, so extra playing time does not shrink it. Level Wins shows once a year reaches 100 plate appearances or 30 innings.
Best minor season
+4.0
1999 · Triple-A · 563 PA · 150 H · 35 2B · 3 3B · 30 HR · 110 RBI · 79 BB · 105 SO · 2 SB · .315/.412/.590
All qualified minor seasons
+12.6
6 seasons added together
- 2013Triple-A · 18 PA · 4 H · 0 2B · 0 3B · 1 HR · 4 RBI · 0 BB · 6 SO · 0 SB · .222/.222/.389———
- 2008Triple-A · 12 PA · 3 H · 0 2B · 0 3B · 3 HR · 5 RBI · 3 BB · 2 SO · 0 SB · .333/.500/1.333———
- 2008Double-A · 10 PA · 2 H · 0 2B · 0 3B · 0 HR · 1 RBI · 2 BB · 1 SO · 0 SB · .250/.400/.250———
- 2001Double-A · 41 PA · 9 H · 4 2B · 0 3B · 0 HR · 1 RBI · 3 BB · 9 SO · 0 SB · .243/.293/.351-0.1——
- 2001Rookie · 13 PA · 4 H · 0 2B · 0 3B · 0 HR · 1 RBI · 3 BB · 1 SO · 1 SB · .400/.538/.400———
- 1999Triple-A · 563 PA · 150 H · 35 2B · 3 3B · 30 HR · 110 RBI · 79 BB · 105 SO · 2 SB · .315/.412/.590+4.0—+4.0
- 1998Triple-A · 40 PA · 9 H · 3 2B · 0 3B · 2 HR · 6 RBI · 3 BB · 9 SO · 0 SB · .243/.300/.4860.0——
- 1997Triple-A · 44 PA · 9 H · 1 2B · 0 3B · 4 HR · 10 RBI · 2 BB · 11 SO · 0 SB · .214/.250/.5240.0——
- 1997Double-A · 285 PA · 83 H · 22 2B · 2 3B · 14 HR · 56 RBI · 21 BB · 78 SO · 2 SB · .322/.379/.585+2.2—+3.9
- 1997High-A · 265 PA · 79 H · 15 2B · 0 3B · 13 HR · 58 RBI · 22 BB · 53 SO · 2 SB · .331/.385/.556+1.9—+3.5
- 1996Low-A · 548 PA · 156 H · 34 2B · 2 3B · 18 HR · 93 RBI · 52 BB · 108 SO · 3 SB · .322/.390/.511+3.6—+3.6
- 1995Rookie · 211 PA · 61 H · 18 2B · 4 3B · 4 HR · 37 RBI · 23 BB · 52 SO · 2 SB · .332/.403/.538+1.3—+1.4
- 1994Rookie · 188 PA · 41 H · 10 2B · 1 3B · 2 HR · 20 RBI · 14 BB · 46 SO · 1 SB · .246/.305/.353-0.4—-0.4