David Ortiz Marquee Hall of Fame 2022

The Twins had him for six seasons and 58 home runs, then let him go after 2002. In Boston he led the American League in runs batted in three times and in walks twice, and his 54 home runs in 2006 are still the most anyone has hit in a season for the club.

The Red Sox had not won a World Series since 1918 when he arrived. They won three while he was there, in 2004, 2007 and 2013, and he was the most valuable player of the last of them. Five days after the Marathon bombing he took a microphone at Fenway Park and told the crowd nobody would dictate this city's freedom.

His last season, at forty, brought 38 home runs and the league's highest totals in runs batted in and doubles. He finished with 541 home runs, 1,768 runs batted in, and 2,029 games at designated hitter, more than anyone else. A leaked 2003 survey test carried his name and was never resolved; the writers elected him in 2022 anyway, 307 votes of 394.