David Ortiz, slugging DH for the Minnesota Twins and Red Sox who helped lead Boston to three World Series titles in 2004, 2007 and 2013, was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America in the vote revealed Tuesday, with 77.9 percent of the vote.
Ortiz, a 10-time All-Star, batted .286/.380/.552 with 541 home runs in a 19-year MLB career that began at Wrigley Field in September 1997. He hit 17 home runs in 85 postseason games in nine different seasons for Boston.
Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, in their 10th and final year of BBWAA voting eligibility, fell short of the 75 percent vote needed for induction.