Red Sox legend David Ortiz elected to Baseball Hall of Fame as part of 2022 class

The results for this year’s Baseball Hall of Fame voting are in!

Longtime Boston Red Sox great David Ortiz was announced as the lone player to be elected into the Hall of Fame as part of the 2022 class. He was just the fourth primary designated hitter to get voted in, and only the 58th player inducted in his first year of consideration.

Ortiz, who was on the ballot for the first time this year, received 77.5% of votes from the Baseball Writers Association of America (surpassing the 75% threshold required to make it into Cooperstown).

The 46-year old was beyond excited about getting voted into the Hall of Fame, but admits the thought of even being good enough never entered his mind back when he began his professional baseball career.

“It’s something I really never dreamed of it,” said Ortiz.

“I was the type of player, I know I got the talent, but all I was looking for was the opportunity to be an everyday player.”

Ortiz, a native of Dominican Republic, posted a .286 batting average, .931 OPS, 541 homers and 1768 RBI over a span of 20 seasons and 2408 combined games split between the Minnesota Twins and Red Sox from 1997-2016.

During his illustrious career, he was selected to 10 MLB All-Star games, and was a seven-time Silver Slugger Award winner, three-time World Series champion, three-time AL RBI leader, and a two-time AL Hank Aaron Award winner. He also has a World Series MVP, ALCS MVP, and AL Home Run award winner under his belt.