Wade Boggs

Full Name: Wade Anthony Boggs	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/190	First Game: April 10, 1982
Birthdate: June 15, 1958	Final Game: August 27, 1999
Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska	MLB Experience: 18 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005

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[edit] Biography

Wade Boggs (Wade Anthony Boggs) was born on June 15, 1958 in Omaha, Nebraska. He made his Major League debut on April 10, 1982 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1982, his rookie year, he hit .349 with 5 home runs and 44 RBI. Boggs played for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Devil Rays over the course of his 18 year career.

Most people believe that Wade Boggs's best season was 1987, when he slugged 24 home runs, hit for a .363 average and knocked in 89 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1982	BOS	A	104	338	51	118	5	44	.349	.406	.441	14	1	35	21	0	4	1	4	9
1983	BOS	A	153	582	100	210	5	74	.361	.444	.486	44	7	92	36	1	3	3	2	15
1984	BOS	A	158	625	109	203	6	55	.325	.407	.416	31	4	89	44	0	8	3	6	13
1985	BOS	A	161	653	107	240	8	78	.368	.450	.478	42	3	96	61	4	3	2	5	20
1986	BOS	A	149	580	107	207	8	71	.357	.453	.486	47	2	105	44	0	4	0	14	11
1987	BOS	A	147	551	108	200	24	89	.363	.461	.588	40	6	105	48	2	1	1	19	13
1988	BOS	A	155	584	128	214	5	58	.366	.476	.490	45	6	125	34	3	0	2	18	23
1989	BOS	A	156	621	113	205	3	54	.330	.430	.449	51	7	107	51	7	0	2	19	19
1990	BOS	A	155	619	89	187	6	63	.302	.386	.418	44	5	87	68	1	0	0	19	14
1991	BOS	A	144	546	93	181	8	51	.332	.421	.460	42	2	89	32	0	0	1	25	16
1992	BOS	A	143	514	62	133	7	50	.259	.353	.358	22	4	74	31	4	0	1	19	10
1993	NY	A	143	560	83	169	2	59	.302	.378	.363	26	1	74	49	0	1	0	4	10
1994	NY	A	97	366	61	125	11	55	.342	.433	.489	19	1	61	29	1	2	2	3	10
1995	NY	A	126	460	76	149	5	63	.324	.412	.422	22	4	74	50	0	0	1	5	13
1996	NY	A	132	501	80	156	2	41	.311	.389	.389	29	2	67	32	0	1	1	7	10
1997	NY	A	104	353	55	103	4	28	.292	.373	.397	23	1	48	38	0	2	0	3	3
1998	TB	A	123	435	51	122	7	52	.280	.348	.400	23	4	46	54	0	0	3	6	13
1999	TB	A	90	292	40	88	2	29	.301	.377	.377	14	1	38	23	0	0	1	2	14
Total			2440	9180	1513	3010	118	1014	.328	.415	.443	578	61	1412	745	23	29	24	180	236

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1982	BOS	A	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1982	BOS	A	1B	49	44	422.2	460	49	3	40	.994
1982	BOS	A	LF	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	1.000
1982	BOS	A	3B	44	39	353	28	119	5	11	.967
1982	BOS	A	OF	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	1.000
1983	BOS	A	3B	153	153	1354	118	368	27	40	.947
1984	BOS	A	3B	156	156	1361.1	141	330	20	30	.959
1984	BOS	A	DH	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1985	BOS	A	3B	160	159	1417.1	134	335	17	30	.965
1986	BOS	A	3B	149	148	1293.2	121	267	19	30	.953
1987	BOS	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1987	BOS	A	1B	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1.000
1987	BOS	A	3B	145	145	1267	111	277	14	37	.965
1988	BOS	A	DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1988	BOS	A	3B	151	151	1313.2	122	250	11	17	.971
1989	BOS	A	DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1989	BOS	A	3B	152	152	1339.1	123	264	17	29	.958
1990	BOS	A	3B	152	152	1340.2	108	241	20	18	.946
1990	BOS	A	DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1991	BOS	A	3B	140	139	1196.2	89	276	12	34	.968
1992	BOS	A	3B	117	114	994	70	229	15	23	.952
1992	BOS	A	DH	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1993	NY	A	3B	134	129	1122.2	75	311	12	29	.970
1993	NY	A	DH	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1994	NY	A	1B	4	2	28.1	26	4	0	2	1.000
1994	NY	A	3B	93	87	783.1	40	214	10	19	.962
1995	NY	A	3B	117	105	935	69	193	5	11	.981
1995	NY	A	1B	9	6	58.2	45	5	0	4	1.000
1996	NY	A	3B	123	120	1025.2	62	201	7	24	.974
1996	NY	A	DH	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1997	NY	A	DH	19	18	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1997	NY	A	P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1997	NY	A	3B	76	70	611	42	140	4	15	.978
1998	TB	A	DH	33	32	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	TB	A	3B	78	75	639.1	52	131	5	12	.973
1999	TB	A	1B	4	3	28	32	0	0	3	1.000
1999	TB	A	3B	74	72	573.2	45	100	9	14	.942
1999	TB	A	P	1	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	TB	A	DH	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			3B	2214	2166	18921.1	1550	4246	229	423	.962
Total			OF	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	1.000
Total			DH	107	101	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	2	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	67	55	539.2	564	58	3	49	.995
Total			LF	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	ERA	K	R	ER	IP	H	BB
1997	NY	A	1	.00	1	0	0	1	0	1
1999	TB	A	1	6.75	1	1	1	1.1	3	0
Total			2	3.86	2	1	1	2.1	3	1

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 7th round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1976 - signed June 10, 1976).
Granted free agency (October 26, 1992).
Signed by New York Yankees (December 15, 1992).
Granted free agency (November 11, 1995).
Signed by New York Yankees (December 5, 1995).
Granted free agency (November 1, 1997).
Signed by Tampa Bay Devil Rays (December 9, 1997).