Wade Boggs Marquee Hall of Fame 2005

b. June 15, 1958 · Boston Red Sox 1982–1992, New York Yankees 1993–1997, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1998–1999

His 240 hits in 1985 were the most anyone had collected in an American League season since 1928. He led the league in runs and in doubles twice each and in walks twice, took 1,412 walks in his career against 745 strikeouts, and was chosen for the All-Star team in twelve different seasons.

He also drew 100 walks in each of four straight seasons in which he had 200 hits, a run no other hitter in this archive has kept up for more than three years. Boston let him leave after 1992. He won two Gold Gloves at third base for the Yankees, and a World Series with them in 1996.

On August 7, 1999, in his second season with Tampa Bay, he hit a home run for his 3,000th hit; nobody had reached the mark that way before, and Tony Gwynn had got there the day before him. He finished with 3,010 hits and a .328 average, and the writers elected him in 2005 with 474 of 516 votes.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	12	1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
Player of the Week	8	1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1997, 1999
Silver Slugger	8	1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994
The Sporting News All-Star	7	1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1994
Gold Glove	2	1994, 1995
Player of the Month	2	1986, 1987

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1982	BOS	104	338	51	118	14	1	5	44	35	21	1	.349
1983	BOS	153	582	100	210	44	7	5	74	92	36	3	.361
1984	BOS	158	625	109	203	31	4	6	55	89	44	3	.325
1985	BOS	161	653	107	240	42	3	8	78	96	61	2	.368
1986	BOS	149	580	107	207	47	2	8	71	105	44	0	.357
1987	BOS	147	551	108	200	40	6	24	89	105	48	1	.363
1988	BOS	155	584	128	214	45	6	5	58	125	34	2	.366
1989	BOS	156	621	113	205	51	7	3	54	107	51	2	.330
1990	BOS	155	619	89	187	44	5	6	63	87	68	0	.302
1991	BOS	144	546	93	181	42	2	8	51	89	32	1	.332
1992	BOS	143	514	62	133	22	4	7	50	74	31	1	.259
1993	NYY	143	560	83	169	26	1	2	59	74	49	0	.302
1994	NYY	97	366	61	125	19	1	11	55	61	29	2	.342
1995	NYY	126	460	76	149	22	4	5	63	74	50	1	.324
1996	NYY	132	501	80	156	29	2	2	41	67	32	1	.311
1997	NYY	104	353	55	103	23	1	4	28	48	38	0	.292
1998	TBD	123	435	51	122	23	4	7	52	46	54	3	.280
1999	TBD	90	292	40	88	14	1	2	29	38	23	1	.301
Career	—	2440	9180	1513	3010	578	61	118	1014	1412	745	24	.328

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1997	NYY	1	1.0	0	0	1	1	0.00
1999	TBD	1	1.1	3	1	0	1	6.75
Career	—	2	2.1	3	1	1	2	3.86

On this day & linked events

1958

Born June 15, 1958

Omaha, NE, USA

1982

Major-league debut: Wade Boggs

Wade Boggs made a major-league debut on April 10, 1982.

1999

Tony Gwynn's 3,000th Hit

Tony Gwynn singles four times in Montreal to reach 3,000 hits, one day before Wade Boggs got there too.

1999

Wade Boggs's 3,000th Hit

Wade Boggs homers for his 3,000th hit, the first player to reach the milestone that way, a day after Tony Gwynn got there.

1999

Final major-league game: Wade Boggs

Wade Boggs played a final major-league game on August 27, 1999.

Image: Ted Straub, CC BY-SA 2.0