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Where will Ortiz finish on these 5 all-time lists?

Kelley L Cox / USA TODAY Sports

The David Ortiz farewell tour is closing in on its final stop.

With the calendar flipped to September, the Boston Red Sox slugger has just 28 regular season games remaining in his 20th and final season before retiring.

Ortiz is in the midst of one of the best years of his Hall of Fame worthy career, climbing up numerous leader boards as he tries to further cement his case for Cooperstown.

Here's a look at where Ortiz ranks, and where he could finish, on both the Red Sox, and major league all-time lists.

All-time hits

MLB Rank Player Hits Behind
103 Ted Simmons 2472 28
114 Torii Hunter 2452 8
114 Jim Rice 2452 8
116 Red Schoendienst 2449 5
117 Dwight Evans 2446 2
118 Mark Grace 2445 1
119 David Ortiz 2444 --

Projected finish: 103rd

BOS Rank Player Hits Behind
1 Carl Yastrzemski 3419 1374
2 Ted Williams 2654 609
3 Jim Rice 2452 407
4 Dwight Evans 2373 328
5 Wade Boggs 2098 53
6 David Ortiz 2045 --

Projected finish: 6th

All-time doubles

MLB Rank Player 2B Behind
6 George Brett 665 39
7 Nap Lajoi 657 31
8 Carl Yaztrzemski 646 20
9 Honus Wagner 643 17
10 David Ortiz 626 --

Projected finish: 10th

BOS Rank Player Doubles Behind
1 Carl Yastrzemski 646 121
2 Ted Williams 525 7
3 David Ortiz 518 --

Projected finish: 2nd

All-time RBIs

MLB Rank Player RBIs Behind
18 Manny Ramirez 1831 85
19 Al Simmons 1828 82
20 Frank Robinson 1812 66
21 Albert Pujols 1801 55
22 David Ortiz 1746 --

Projected finish: 22nd

BOS Rank Player RBIs Behind
1 Carl Yastrzemski 1844 336
2 Ted Williams 1839 331
3 David Ortiz 1508 --

Projected finish: 3rd

All-time home runs

MLB Rank Player HR Behind
15 Manny Ramirez 555 21
16 Mike Schmidt 548 14
17 Mickey Mantle 536 2
18 Jimmie Foxx 534 --
18 David Ortiz 534 --

Projected finish: 17th

BOS Rank Player HR Behind
1 Ted Williams 521 45
2 David Ortiz 476 --

Projected finish: 2nd

All-time runs

MLB Rank Player Runs Behind
88 Roberto Clemente 1416 11
89 Adrian Beltre 1413 8
90 Luis Gonzalez 1412 7
91 John Ward 1410 5
91 Billy Williams 1410 5
93 Mike Griffin 1406 1
94 David Ortiz 1405 --

Projected finish: 88th

BOS Rank Player Runs Behind
1 Carl Yastrzemski 1816 626
2 Ted Williams 1798 608
3 Dwight Evans 1435 245
4 Jim Rice 1249 59
5 David Ortiz 1190 --

Projected finish: 5th

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