he is a nine-time silver slugger and one of twenty-four people to have hit over 500 career home runs. he is well recognized for his strong offensive abilities. ramirez has the most career grand slams of any active baseball player, and has led the american league is three key batting measures: batting average, home runs and runs batted in. for the past ten years, ramírez has been a fixture in the midsummer classic, and is an eleven-time all-star. in 2004, he was named the most valuable player of the world series after helping the red sox win their first world series championship in over 85 years.