| Wade Boggs | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Boggs in 2013 | |
| Third baseman | |
| Born: June 15, 1958 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 10, 1982, for the Boston Red Sox | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| August 27, 1999, for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .328 |
| Hits | 3,010 |
| Home runs | 118 |
| Runs batted in | 1,014 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Member of the National | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |
| Induction | 2005 |
| Vote | 91.9% (first ballot) |
Wade Anthony Boggs (born June 15, 1958), nicknamed "Chicken Man", is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He spent 18 seasons in Major League Baseball, primarily with the Boston Red Sox. He also played for the New York Yankees (1993–1997), winning the 1996 World Series with them, and finished his career with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998–1999).
Boggs became the 23rd player to reach 3,000 career hits. His hitting in the 1980s and 1990s made him a perennial contender for American League batting titles, winning 5 in 6 years from 1983 to 1988. His .328 career batting average is the highest of any living former player. Boggs is part of the Red Sox Hall of Fame and the Rays Hall of Fame, and he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005 in his first year of eligibility.
With 12 straight All-Star appearances, Boggs is third only to Brooks Robinson and George Brett in number of consecutive appearances as a third baseman. In 1997, he ranked number 95 on the Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players.[1] Boggs, a 1976 graduate of Plant High School in Tampa, Florida,[2] resides in the Tampa Palms neighborhood of Tampa.
- ^ "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players (by Sporting News)". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
- ^ "Famous Faces". St. Petersburg Times. May 30, 2010. p. 4E.