Wade Boggs

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Wade Boggs
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Third baseman
Born: June 15, 1958
Omaha , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Strikes: Left Throws: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
April 10,  1982  with the  Boston Red Sox
Last MLB assignment
August 27,  1999  with the  Tampa Bay Rays
MLB statistics
(until end of career)
Batting average    , 328
Hits    3,010
Home runs    118
Runs Batted In    1.014
Teams

Awards

member of
☆☆☆Baseball Hall of Fame☆☆☆
Recorded     2005
Quota    91.9% (first ballot)

Wade Anthony Boggs (born June 15, 1958 in Omaha , Nebraska ) is a retired American baseball player in Major League Baseball .

biography

Wade Boggs, a left-handed batsman, began his career in the major league with the Boston Red Sox in the position of third baseman on April 10, 1982. He was signed by the Red Sox in the 7th round of the 1976 MLB Draft . He wasn't really noticed during his time in the minor leagues and didn't seem to have a great career ahead of him.

Boggs won the American League batting title five times , missing 121 chances to hit the required number of 502 for a sixth title in his rookie season . He is the only player in the major leagues of the 20th century to record more than 200 base hits in seven consecutive seasons. Willie Keeler achieved eight such seasons from 1894 to 1901. He was called up as 3rd baseman in the All-Star Team twelve times, only Brooks Robinson had more appointments in this position.

There are also some peculiarities at Boggs. So he ate chicken before every game, had exactly 150 ground balls played in preparation for his field game , entered the batting cage at exactly 5:17 p.m. during evening games and did his sprint exercises at 7:17 p.m. Before each at bat , he drew the Hebrew word n Chai (life) in the punch box. His ways to and from the field were also always identical.

All of these routines should make him a standout batsman. After the move from Carney Lansford , Boggs was a regular on 3rd base with the Red Sox. In 1986 he and his team reached the World Series against the New York Mets , which however retained the upper hand. His career got a slight kink in the 1988 season, which, in the opinion of many baseball watchers, was probably due to an affair about extramarital relationships. His worst career year was 1992, the Red Sox finished last for the first time since 1939 in the AL East.

Boggs' “Retired Number” with the Rays

Boggs left Boston after that season and joined the New York Yankees . Here he was continuously elected to the All-Star Team in his first four years in the Yankee dress. With the Yankees, he returned to the World Series after 10 years. In game 4 of the series against the Atlanta Braves , Steve Avery had to give up a walk with charged marks, which brought the Yankees the victory and equalization in the series. The Yankees then won the other games and Boggs received his World Series ring. After a poor start in the following season, Boggs kept improving, but his team had to admit defeat to the Cleveland Indians in the AL Championship Series .

The Tampa Bay Rays have not awarded his number 12 shirt since 2000. Although his number is not retired from the Red Sox , he was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame . In 2005 he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame with Ryne Sandberg .

His stations as a player

Web links

Commons : Wade Boggs  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ David K. Israel: Top 10 Baseball Player Rituals. (No longer available online.) July 9, 2009, archived from the original on February 19, 2012 ; accessed on June 14, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mentalfloss.com
personal data
SURNAME Boggs, Wade
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boggs, Wade Anthony (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Omaha , Nebraska