most games as a designated hitter hitter 2000s

David Ortiz had the most games by a designated hitter in the 2000s, with 1,340 games.

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	NAME	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	David Ortiz D. Ortiz	1,340	4,825	831	1,365	357	14	307	1,016	749	24	1,004	9	5	5,653	2,671	678	2	53	87	106	.283	.378	.554	.932	992	296.8	.392	136	258.1
2	Frank Thomas F. Thomas	951	3,307	526	904	178	2	220	664	591	46	656	4	5	3,983	1,746	400	0	39	35	74	.273	.387	.528	.915	697	202.3	.391	136	186
3	Travis Hafner T. Hafner	823	2,856	478	803	191	10	163	553	447	58	678	7	6	3,383	1,503	364	0	22	62	63	.281	.387	.526	.913	581	166	.387	138	162.6
4	Edgar Martinez E. Martinez	668	2,337	339	689	142	1	111	481	406	29	456	9	3	2,805	1,166	254	0	33	42	62	.295	.401	.499	.900	481	130.8	.386	138	137.6
5	Brad Fullmer B. Fullmer	548	1,897	295	532	123	12	89	314	153	32	261	24	12	2,101	946	224	0	19	22	45	.280	.341	.499	.840	307	44.5	.356	113	33.7
6	Jim Thome J. Thome	546	1,787	335	473	88	0	134	372	362	16	551	1	1	2,182	963	222	0	17	35	39	.265	.390	.539	.929	385	118	.394	137	101.6
7	Dmitri Young D. Young	487	1,793	255	500	100	13	82	267	143	28	379	6	3	1,975	872	195	0	11	32	55	.279	.340	.486	.826	278	36.5	.350	115	36.7
8	Mike Sweeney M. Sweeney	480	1,712	212	485	110	2	62	283	166	21	231	8	2	1,920	785	174	1	20	23	50	.283	.350	.459	.809	265	30.8	.348	109	21.7
9	Aubrey Huff A. Huff	418	1,602	231	478	107	7	70	239	138	5	231	9	2	1,758	809	184	0	13	16	39	.298	.353	.505	.858	270	56.4	.367	124	51
10	Jonny Gomes J. Gomes	415	1,264	186	297	60	10	66	184	151	35	413	30	15	1,470	575	136	1	19	5	18	.235	.329	.455	.784	191	10.8	.338	106	10.2
11	Ruben Sierra R. Sierra	402	1,216	150	316	64	3	54	215	88	0	211	6	1	1,321	548	121	0	17	8	30	.260	.306	.451	.756	155	-8.3	.321	92	-14.3
12	Matthew LeCroy M. LeCroy	374	1,134	122	313	54	1	53	192	95	14	273	0	4	1,249	528	108	0	6	4	27	.276	.338	.466	.803	173	20.5	.347	111	16.4
13	Josh Phelps J. Phelps	343	1,190	170	323	67	4	57	211	92	31	338	1	2	1,318	569	128	0	5	6	35	.271	.338	.478	.817	187	25.9	.352	112	18.8
14	Erubiel Durazo E. Durazo	337	1,200	187	339	70	2	47	181	170	12	233	5	3	1,390	554	119	0	8	21	24	.283	.375	.462	.836	209	38.2	.361	120	36.1
15	Ellis Burks E. Burks	328	1,188	208	337	68	2	67	194	136	15	247	10	5	1,350	610	137	1	10	7	34	.284	.362	.513	.875	218	53.3	.374	130	51
16	Jason Kubel J. Kubel	310	1,037	157	298	59	7	50	188	109	3	206	2	3	1,162	521	116	0	13	11	25	.287	.353	.502	.855	176	35.7	.366	123	33.7
17	Carl Everett C. Everett	309	1,079	124	266	42	3	41	155	87	18	201	6	8	1,200	437	86	0	16	7	28	.247	.309	.405	.714	127	-19.8	.309	84	-24.8
18	Jack Cust J. Cust	300	981	156	243	41	1	55	163	208	4	374	4	3	1,203	451	97	0	10	7	13	.248	.378	.460	.838	185	38.3	.368	126	38.5
19	Raul Ibanez R. Ibanez	266	893	136	250	43	7	33	143	103	2	150	9	6	1,002	406	83	0	4	8	18	.280	.354	.455	.809	141	19.6	.350	115	18
20	David Segui D. Segui	261	952	137	296	59	2	27	151	95	3	166	1	2	1,058	440	88	0	8	5	31	.311	.372	.462	.835	161	25.8	.363	114	20.3
21	Gary Sheffield G. Sheffield	247	912	159	225	36	1	44	132	142	14	154	31	7	1,075	395	81	0	7	5	29	.247	.354	.433	.788	147	16	.348	109	12.3
22	Matt Stairs M. Stairs	238	685	88	171	33	1	26	100	82	8	176	1	1	780	284	60	0	5	12	17	.250	.335	.415	.749	92	-3.6	.325	93	-6.6
23	Hideki Matsui H. Matsui	235	793	105	224	38	1	37	135	102	7	122	0	1	904	375	76	0	2	7	14	.282	.368	.473	.841	137	28.6	.367	120	23
24	Jose Vidro J. Vidro	232	856	106	244	37	0	13	104	81	1	93	2	1	955	320	50	7	10	7	26	.285	.344	.374	.718	108	-8.9	.319	94	-7.1
25	Jason Giambi J. Giambi	222	700	123	173	33	0	51	152	150	24	172	3	0	882	359	84	0	8	14	11	.247	.393	.513	.906	152	41.6	.387	134	39

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Rays	98	64	.605
Yankees	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

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Mon 9/14	CWS	@	CLE	7-3
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Tue 10/6	LAD	@	ATL	6:00 PM
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