The top-5 moments of David Ortiz’s career
5. The Red Sox All-Time Single Season Home Run Record
For 67 years, Jimmie Foxx held the Red Sox single season home run record. Other greats like Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, Wade Boggs, and Manny Ramirez have tried to pass that mark but only one has. On September 21, 2006, Ortiz blasted his 51st of the season, passing Foxx and solidifying himself as one of the greatest power hitters in team history.
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To this day, he holds just two single-season club records – this and most hits – making the feat all the more important. He also took Johan Santana, one of the best left-handed pitchers in the game at that point, deep past the bullpens in right-center to reach the record. Ortiz would end the season with 54 home runs, finishing second in AL-MVP voting.