David Ortiz vs Edgar Martinez

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David Ortiz and Edgar Martinez compared on their MLB careers: David Ortiz played 20 seasons, 1997 to 2016, Edgar Martinez 18 seasons, 1987 to 2004. David Ortiz has .286 batting average to Edgar Martinez's .312. They have faced each other 21 times: David Ortiz's team won 13, Edgar Martinez's 8. David Ortiz won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

David Ortiz leads in 5 of the 9 lines, Edgar Martinez in 4. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

David Ortiz and Edgar Martinez career totals

2,408	GP	2,055
8,640	AB	7,213
1,419, better	R	1,219
2,472, better	H	2,247
541, better	HR	309
1,768, better	RBI	1,261
17	SB	49, better
0.3	AVG	0.3, better
0.4	OBP	0.4, better
0.6, better	SLG	0.5
0.9	OPS	0.9, better

David Ortiz vs Edgar Martinez head to head

They have faced each other 21 times: David Ortiz's team won 13, Edgar Martinez's 8.

David Ortiz and Edgar Martinez, record against each other
Games	Played	David Ortiz won	Edgar Martinez won
Regular season	21	13, better	8

David Ortiz and Edgar Martinez, averages in their games against each other

3.3	AB	3.3
0.4, better	R	0.3
0.7	H	0.9, better
0.3, better	HR	0.1
0.9, better	RBI	0.3

Every game against each other

David Ortiz vs Edgar Martinez, every game

Sep 12, 2004	BOS at SEA	L 2-0	1 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	4 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Sep 11, 2004	BOS at SEA	W 9-0	4 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	3 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Sep 10, 2004	BOS at SEA	W 13-2	3 AB, 2 R, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI	4 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Jul 20, 2004	BOS at SEA	W 9-7	3 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 1 HR, 4 RBI	6 AB, 0 R, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI
Jul 19, 2004	BOS at SEA	L 8-4 F/11	3 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	1 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI
May 30, 2004	SEA at BOS	W 9-7 F/13	6 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI	4 AB, 0 R, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI
May 29, 2004	SEA at BOS	L 5-4	5 AB, 0 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	0 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
May 28, 2004	SEA at BOS	W 8-4	4 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 1 HR, 4 RBI	4 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Aug 23, 2003	SEA at BOS	W 7-6 F/10	4 AB, 2 R, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI	5 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Aug 22, 2003	SEA at BOS	W 6-4	4 AB, 0 R, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	5 AB, 0 R, 3 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Aug 17, 2003	BOS at SEA	L 3-1	4 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	3 AB, 1 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Aug 16, 2003	BOS at SEA	W 5-1	3 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI	3 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Aug 15, 2003	BOS at SEA	L 10-5	4 AB, 0 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI	3 AB, 0 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI
Sep 4, 2002	MIN at SEA	W 3-2	4 AB, 1 R, 2 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI	3 AB, 1 R, 2 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Sep 2, 2002	MIN at SEA	L 5-2	3 AB, 0 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI	3 AB, 0 R, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI
Aug 28, 2002	SEA at MIN	W 2-1	4 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	2 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Aug 27, 2002	SEA at MIN	W 5-2	4 AB, 0 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	4 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Jul 7, 2002	MIN at SEA	L 8-2	1 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	4 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Jul 6, 2002	MIN at SEA	W 7-2	3 AB, 1 R, 2 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI	4 AB, 1 R, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Jul 5, 2002	MIN at SEA	W 8-4	0 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	4 AB, 0 R, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Jul 4, 2002	MIN at SEA	L 2-1	3 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI	0 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI

Games both played on opposite sides, from the game logs on file; the record is their teams’.

How do they compare in the postseason?

David Ortiz and Edgar Martinez postseason

85	GP	34
304	AB	128
51, better	R	16
88, better	H	34
17, better	HR	8
61, better	RBI	24
0	SB	2, better
0.3, better	AVG	0.3
0.4, better	OBP	0.4
0.5, better	SLG	0.5
0.9, better	OPS	0.9

Where each stands all time

David Ortiz and Edgar Martinez all-time places

17th (541), better	Home runs	154th (309)
104th (2,472), better	Hits	175th (2,247)
21st (1,768), better	RBI	119th (1,261)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

David Ortiz and Edgar Martinez titles and awards

3, better	Championships	—
7, better	AL Silver Slugger	5
2, better	Hank Aaron Award	—
1, better	World Series MVP	—

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

David Ortiz and Edgar Martinez season by season

1st	1997	.327	1, better	6, better	1987	.372, better	0	5
2nd	1998	.277	9, better	46, better	1988	.281, better	0	5
3rd	1999	.000	0	0	1989	.240, better	2, better	20, better
4th	2000	.282	10	63, better	1990	.302, better	11, better	49
5th	2001	.234	18, better	48	1991	.307, better	14	52, better
6th	2002	.272	20, better	75, better	1992	.343, better	18	73
7th	2003	.288, better	31, better	101, better	1993	.237	4	13
8th	2004	.301, better	41, better	139, better	1994	.285	13	51
9th	2005	.300	47, better	148, better	1995	.356, better	29	113
10th	2006	.287	54, better	137, better	1996	.327, better	26	103
11th	2007	.332, better	35, better	117, better	1997	.330	28	108
12th	2008	.264	23	89	1998	.322, better	29, better	102, better
13th	2009	.238	28, better	99, better	1999	.337, better	24	86
14th	2010	.270	32	102	2000	.324, better	37, better	145, better
15th	2011	.309, better	29, better	96	2001	.306	23	116, better
16th	2012	.318, better	23, better	60, better	2002	.277	15	59
17th	2013	.309, better	30, better	103, better	2003	.294	24	98
18th	2014	.263	35, better	104, better	2004	.263	12	63
19th	2015	.273	37	108	—	—	—	—
20th	2016	.315	38	127	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI