which designated hitter has the most career home runs

David Ortiz has smashed the most career home runs by a designated hitter, with 531 home runs.

	NAME	HR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	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	531	2,307	8,313	1,362	2,379	609	19	1,716	1,278	33	1,659	16	9	9,714	4,619	1,159	2	88	206	227	.286	.380	.556	.936	1705	551.7	.393	141	479.3
2	Frank Thomas F. Thomas	296	1,404	4,937	813	1,385	280	6	959	926	62	927	15	10	5,985	2,565	582	0	60	63	123	.281	.396	.520	.916	1057	318	.394	139	296
3	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	291	1,079	3,966	753	1,121	207	47	706	585	30	1,169	171	45	4,604	2,295	545	0	23	95	52	.283	.377	.579	.956	861	312.1	.397	156	307
4	Nelson Cruz N. Cruz	263	1,099	4,020	596	1,101	179	6	743	429	64	1,041	16	7	4,551	2,081	448	0	38	50	116	.274	.350	.518	.868	727	188.9	.366	135	191.8
5	Edgar Martinez E. Martinez	251	1,445	5,082	877	1,593	369	6	1,006	995	65	927	26	16	6,201	2,727	626	1	58	95	138	.313	.428	.537	.965	1206	428.4	.414	152	418.4
6	Harold Baines H. Baines	244	1,838	6,154	807	1,789	306	11	1,039	799	7	902	5	16	7,015	2,849	561	1	54	127	201	.291	.370	.463	.833	1048	212.1	.363	122	188.7
7	Don Baylor D. Baylor	225	1,372	4,878	746	1,235	220	8	789	488	179	692	87	49	5,620	2,146	453	6	69	60	124	.253	.339	.440	.779	749	114.4	.345	116	101.6
8	Edwin Encarnacion E. Encarnacion	220	929	3,365	545	878	166	2	636	474	45	726	31	7	3,925	1,708	388	0	41	29	94	.261	.356	.508	.864	619	161.2	.367	131	141.8
9	Jose Canseco J. Canseco	217	855	3,171	542	844	155	5	627	457	39	882	66	29	3,700	1,660	377	0	33	27	83	.266	.362	.523	.886	607	139.3	.379	123	114.8
10	Travis Hafner T. Hafner	213	1,183	4,058	619	1,107	250	13	731	598	90	976	11	7	4,775	2,022	476	0	29	81	86	.273	.376	.498	.874	766	193.9	.374	132	189.5
11	Chili Davis C. Davis	206	1,249	4,365	646	1,227	227	6	771	716	9	893	35	26	5,136	2,084	439	1	45	98	127	.281	.380	.477	.858	808	187.4	.373	124	158
12	Yordan Alvarez Y. Alvarez	192	745	2,698	475	805	169	6	541	392	45	618	10	2	3,163	1,562	367	0	28	51	62	.298	.393	.579	.972	615	238	.406	165	244.4
13	Giancarlo Stanton G. Stanton	186	746	2,728	367	665	114	1	498	312	18	924	7	1	3,078	1,339	301	0	20	17	86	.244	.323	.491	.814	446	81.6	.346	123	85.5
14	Jim Thome J. Thome	182	805	2,503	432	663	127	2	506	490	19	786	1	1	3,032	1,340	311	0	20	46	59	.265	.387	.535	.922	530	165.9	.393	139	145.9
15	J.D. Martinez	179	870	3,324	506	936	222	11	595	353	26	928	10	1	3,738	1,717	412	0	35	31	110	.282	.352	.517	.868	605	156.4	.365	130	137.6
16	Hal McRae H. McRae	155	1,605	5,750	779	1,698	393	54	891	535	64	612	92	63	6,432	2,664	602	17	66	56	140	.295	.358	.463	.821	940	223.6	.364	126	193.1
17	Kendrys Morales K. Morales	154	980	3,550	413	933	185	3	536	306	35	748	2	4	3,916	1,586	342	0	25	23	125	.263	.325	.447	.772	502	53.8	.332	110	46.8
18	Marcell Ozuna M. Ozuna	146	685	2,506	350	660	117	1	407	313	13	690	3	1	2,850	1,217	264	0	18	9	62	.263	.346	.486	.832	440	101.8	.357	127	94.6
19	Cliff Johnson C. Johnson	138	922	2,722	366	718	134	5	488	370	36	479	8	10	3,158	1,276	277	3	27	31	53	.264	.356	.469	.825	469	112.3	.365	126	98
20	Andre Thornton A. Thornton	127	806	2,857	387	728	120	2	481	432	7	436	27	18	3,344	1,233	249	5	43	45	81	.255	.350	.432	.781	449	72.3	.346	113	49.1
21	Jorge Soler J. Soler	122	542	1,949	301	482	109	3	313	248	29	596	5	1	2,242	963	234	0	16	7	55	.247	.339	.494	.833	341	68.7	.353	122	62.3
22	Oscar Gamble O. Gamble	121	717	2,115	339	594	87	12	354	303	20	257	18	16	2,455	1,068	220	4	13	30	27	.281	.374	.505	.879	406	129.6	.388	142	120.9
23	Paul Molitor P. Molitor	119	1,261	5,054	843	1,613	309	53	756	558	24	557	187	40	5,713	2,385	481	16	61	61	112	.319	.385	.472	.857	909	219.6	.375	126	183.4
24	Kyle Schwarber K. Schwarber	117	378	1,424	261	344	54	3	276	256	20	494	16	5	1,709	755	174	0	9	12	11	.242	.363	.530	.893	295	93.8	.381	144	89.7
25	Victor Martinez V. Martinez	115	969	3,558	405	1,033	188	0	540	319	25	409	4	4	3,942	1,566	303	0	40	67	131	.290	.349	.440	.789	521	73.7	.339	113	56.4

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Wed 6/10	BOS	@	TBR	1:10 PM
Fri 6/12	TEX	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Sat 6/13	TEX	@	BOS	4:10 PM
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Mets	29	37	.439	15.5
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Cardinals	36	28	.563	4.5
Pirates	34	33	.507	8.0
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