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Positions: DH-998, 1B-685

Full Name: David Americo Arias Ortiz
Born: Nov 18,1975 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Height: 6-4 Weight: 237 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: Estudia Espallat (DR)
College: None

Contract: Signed 4-year, $52,000,000 contract with the Boston Red Sox on Apr 11,2006. Club option for 2011 ($12.5m) $2m signing bonus

Drafted: Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Seattle Mariners in 1992

40+ Homers in a Season MLB 3x 2004-2006

50+ Doubles in a Season 1x 2007

Home Run Derby Participant 3x 2004-2006

Major League All-Star Game 5x 2004-2008

Player of the Month 3x Sep-2005 (AL),Jul-2006 (AL),Sep-2007 (AL)

Player of the Week 4x Jun-27-2004, Sep-18-2005, Aug-6-2006, Aug-26-2007

Silver Slugger Award 4x AL (DH) 2004-2007

Top Prospect 1998 MLB (#84)

World Baseball Classic Dominican Republic 2006,2009

World Series Champion 2x BOS 2004,2007

Signed by Scout: Ramon de los Santos

MLB Debut: Sep 2,1997

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Scouting Report
Power:	90
Power:	68
Speed:	20
Contact:	33
Patience:	76
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Transactions History

Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Seattle Mariners in 1992

Nov 28,1992 - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Mariners.
Aug 29,1996 - Traded by Mariners to Twins S completing trade in which Twins sent 3B Dave Hollins to Mariners for a player to be named
Sep 13,1996 - Traded by Mariners to Twins for Dave Hollins.
Dec 16,2002 - Released by Twins.
Jan 22,2003 - Signed as Free Agent by Red Sox.

Disabled List History

May 5,2001 - 15 Day Disabled list - (broken right wrist)
Jun 4,2001 - Transferred to 60 day DL.
Jul 20,2001 - Activated
Apr 23,2002 - 15 Day Disabled list - (Swollen knee)
May 12,2002 - Activated

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Disabled List Notes: The accumulation of disabled list data started in 2001. Though most DL visits are accounted for during this time, the injury description and activation date are not always available.

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