Wade Boggs
MLB debut April 10, 1982 for the Boston Red Sox Last MLB appearance August 27, 1999 for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Career statistics Batting average .328 Hits 3,010 Home runs 118 Runs batted in 1,014 Teams Boston Red Sox (1982–1992) New York Yankees (1993–1997) Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998–1999) Career highlights and awards 12× All-Star (1985–1996) World Series champion (1996) 2× Gold Glove Award (1994, 1995) 8× Silver Slugger Award (1983, 1986–1989, 1991, 1993, 1994) 5× AL batting champion (1983, 1985–1988) Tampa Bay Rays #12 retired Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction 2005 Vote 91.9% (first ballot) Wade Anthony Boggs (born June 15, 1958) is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He spent his 18-year baseball career primarily with the Boston Red Sox, but also played for the New York Yankees, with whom he won his only World Series ring, and Tampa Bay Devil Rays, with whom he reached 3,000 hits. His hitting in the 1980s and 1990s made him a perennial contender for American League batting titles. He is 33rd on the list of career leaders for batting average among Major League Baseball players with a minimum of 1000 plate appearances. Boggs was elected to the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005. 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 1999, he ranked number 95 on the Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was a nominee for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Boggs, a 1976 graduate of Plant High School in Tampa, Florida, currently resides in the Tampa Palms neighborhood of Tampa.