David Ortiz, also known as Big Papi, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday. 

 The Boston Red Sox slugger was among 13 first-year additions and 30 total players on the ballot for the class of 2022.  

Ortiz, a clutch slugger and 10-time All-Star over 20 seasons mostly with the Boston Red Sox, was named on 77.9% of ballots, clearing the 75% threshold needed for enshrinement. He’s the fourth primary designated hitter voted into the Hall.

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“It’s something I really never dreamed of it,” Ortiz said. “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 dominated the sport in the 2000s and 2010s and led the Red Sox to win their first World Series in 86 years in 2004. He batted .286 with 541 home runs with Boston and Minnesota while making 88% of his plate appearances as a designated hitter, the most by anyone in the Hall.

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He’s the fourth Hall of Famer born in the Dominican Republic, joining Juan Marichal, Pedro Martinez and Vladimir Guerrero.

David Ortiz was first signed by Seattle and then was traded to Minnesota as a minor leaguer. He made his major league debut with the Twins in 1997 but hardly looked like a future Hall of Famer there. He was released in 2002, signed a free agent deal with Boston and slugged 31 homers the next season.

Ortiz had tested positive for a banned substance in 2003. A New York Times report in 2009 said that the results were intended to remain private and 104 players tested positive. 

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David Ortiz maintained that he never took steroids or Performance Enhancement Drugs. 

“I never failed a test, so that should answer your question. I don’t know why people continue to mention that. When you did that test [in 2003], it was positive for anything; stuff you were buying over the counter, the supermarket,” he said of the 2009 report.