Wade Boggs

Given Name: Wade Anthony

There's little doubt that Wade Boggs was among the best hitters for average and had some of the best "batting eyes" of the late 20th century. Never hit for much power. In 18 seasons in the majors he only hit 118 home runs. But over 20% of those home runs came in one season, an outburst of 24 HR in 1987. It's not like he sacrificed his average and OPS to "muscle up" in '87, he had a monster .363 BA and got on base 46.1% of the time.

In a league where there aren't many players who walk more than they strike out, his "Eye" (ratio of walks to strikeouts) of over 2.0 in 10 seasons look like typos. And that 3.68 in 1988, well, that's just beyond ridiculous. If Wade was able to teach "eye", he'd be worth his weight in gold as a major league batting coach.

Born: 6/15/1958 in Omaha, NE USA

First Game: Saturday April 10, 1982
Last Game: Friday August 27, 1999

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005
Received 474 of 516 votes (387 required)
Voted in by BBWAA

1983 - Silver Slugger (3B)
1986 - Silver Slugger (3B)
1987 - Silver Slugger (3B)
1988 - Silver Slugger (3B)
1989 - Silver Slugger (3B)
1991 - Silver Slugger (3B)
1993 - Silver Slugger (3B)
1994 - Gold Glove (3B)
1994 - Silver Slugger (3B)
1995 - Gold Glove (3B)

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Wade Boggs's Batting Statistics
Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	GIDP	Avg	OBP	SLG	OPS
1982	BOS	104	338	51	118	14	1	5	149	44	1	0	35	21	4	0	4	4	9	.349	.406	.441	.847
1983	BOS	153	582	100	210	44	7	5	283	74	3	3	92	36	2	1	3	7	15	.361	.444	.486	.931
1984	BOS	158	625	109	203	31	4	6	260	55	3	2	89	44	6	0	8	4	13	.325	.407	.416	.823
1985	BOS	161	653	107	240	42	3	8	312	78	2	1	96	61	5	4	3	2	20	.368	.450	.478	.928
1986	BOS	149	580	107	207	47	2	8	282	71	0	4	105	44	14	0	4	4	11	.357	.453	.486	.939
1987	BOS	147	551	108	200	40	6	24	324	89	1	3	105	48	19	2	1	8	13	.363	.461	.588	1.049
1988	BOS	155	584	128	214	45	6	5	286	58	2	3	125	34	18	3	0	7	23	.366	.476	.490	.965
1989	BOS	156	621	113	205	51	7	3	279	54	2	6	107	51	19	7	0	7	19	.330	.430	.449	.879
1990	BOS	155	619	89	187	44	5	6	259	63	0	0	87	68	19	1	0	6	14	.302	.386	.418	.804
1991	BOS	144	546	93	181	42	2	8	251	51	1	2	89	32	25	0	0	6	16	.332	.421	.460	.881
1992	BOS	143	514	62	133	22	4	7	184	50	1	3	74	31	19	4	0	6	10	.259	.353	.358	.711
1993	NYA	143	560	83	169	26	1	2	203	59	0	1	74	49	4	0	1	9	10	.302	.378	.362	.740
1994	NYA	97	366	61	125	19	1	11	179	55	2	1	61	29	3	1	2	4	10	.342	.433	.489	.922
1995	NYA	126	460	76	149	22	4	5	194	63	1	1	74	50	5	0	0	7	13	.324	.412	.422	.834
1996	NYA	132	501	80	156	29	2	2	195	41	1	2	67	32	7	0	1	5	10	.311	.389	.389	.778
1997	NYA	103	353	55	103	23	1	4	140	28	0	1	48	38	3	0	2	4	3	.292	.373	.397	.769
1998	TBA	123	435	51	122	23	4	7	174	52	3	2	46	54	6	0	0	2	13	.280	.348	.400	.748
1999	TBA	90	292	40	88	14	1	2	110	29	1	0	38	23	2	0	0	4	14	.301	.377	.377	.754
Career		2439	9180	1513	3010	578	61	118	4064	1014	24	35	1412	745	180	23	29	96	236	.328	.415	.443	.858
Max		161	653	128	240	51	7	24	324	89	3	6	125	68	25	7	8	9	23	.368	.476	.588	1.049

Rankings On All-Time Career Lists
Games Played #63	At Bats #52	Runs Scored #59	Hits #25	Doubles #18
Triples #488	Home Runs #560	Runs Batted In #241	Stolen Bases #2223	Caught Stealing #770
Walks #23	Strikeouts #422	Intentional Walks #20	Hit By Pitch #1195	Sacrifice Hits #2096
Sacrifice Flies #36	Grounded Into Double Plays #32

Wade Boggs's Sabermetrics and Fantasy Baseball Statistics
Year	Team	G	AB	ISO	RC	BABIP	Eye	CT%	TB	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	GIDP	Avg	OBP	SLG	OPS
1982	BOS	104	338	.092	59	.362	1.67	93.8
1983	BOS	153	582	.125	127	.379	2.56	93.8
1984	BOS	158	625	.091	107	.343	2.02	93.0
1985	BOS	161	653	.110	141	.397	1.57	90.7
1986	BOS	149	580	.129	130	.377	2.39	92.4
1987	BOS	147	551	.225	151	.367	2.19	91.3
1988	BOS	155	584	.123	138	.383	3.68	94.2
1989	BOS	156	621	.119	120	.356	2.10	91.8
1990	BOS	155	619	.116	101	.332	1.28	89.0
1991	BOS	144	546	.128	105	.342	2.78	94.1
1992	BOS	143	514	.099	66	.265	2.39	94.0
1993	NYA	143	560	.061	79	.328	1.51	91.2
1994	NYA	97	366	.148	78	.350	2.10	92.1
1995	NYA	126	460	.098	81	.356	1.48	89.1
1996	NYA	132	501	.078	77	.330	2.09	93.6
1997	NYA	103	353	.105	54	.318	1.26	89.2
1998	TBA	123	435	.120	58	.307	0.85	87.6
1999	TBA	90	292	.075	40	.322	1.65	92.1
		2439	9180		1712	.348	1.90	91.9	3364				1412	745						.328	.417	.366	.784
Max		161	653	.225	151	.397	3.68	94.2		89	3	6	125	68	25	7	8	9	23	.000	.000	.000	.000

Wade Boggs's Post-Season Batting Statistics
Year		Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	GIDP	Avg	OBP	SLG	OPS
1986	ALCS	BOS	7	30	3	7	1	1	0	10	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	.233	.324	.333	.657
1986	WS	BOS	7	31	3	9	3	0	0	12	3	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.290	.371	.387	.759
1988	ALCS	BOS	4	13	2	5	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	.385	.444	.385	.829
1990	ALCS	BOS	4	16	1	7	1	0	1	11	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	.438	.438	.688	1.125
1995	ALDS2	NYA	4	19	4	5	2	0	1	10	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	1	.263	.364	.526	.890
1996	ALCS	NYA	3	15	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.188	.133	.321
1996	ALDS2	NYA	3	12	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.083	.083	.167	.250
1996	WS	NYA	4	11	0	3	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.273	.333	.364	.697
1997	ALDS1	NYA	3	7	1	3	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.429	.429	.429	.857
			39	154	15	42	9	1	2	59	16	0	0	16	20	1	0	2	2	6	.273	.337	.383	.720

Wade Boggs's Pitching Statistics
Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	ERA	WHIP	HR	BB	SO	IBB	WP	HBP	BK	BFP	GF
1997	NYA	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0.00	1.00	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
1999	TBA	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	3	1	1	6.75	2.25	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	1
Career		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	1	1	3.86	1.71	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	11	2
	'Best'	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	3	1	1	0.00	1.00	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	1

Wade Boggs's Fielding Statistics
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	PB
1982	BOS	OF	1		0.0	1	0	0	0
1982	BOS	3B	44		0.0	28	119	5	11
1982	BOS	1B	49		0.0	460	49	3	40
1983	BOS	3B	153		0.0	118	368	27	40
1984	BOS	3B	156		0.0	141	330	20	30
1985	BOS	3B	161		0.0	134	335	17	30
1986	BOS	3B	149		0.0	121	267	19	30
1987	BOS	1B	1		0.0	1	0	0	0
1987	BOS	3B	145		0.0	111	277	14	37
1988	BOS	3B	151		0.0	122	250	11	17
1989	BOS	3B	152		0.0	123	264	17	29
1990	BOS	3B	152		0.0	108	241	20	18
1991	BOS	3B	140		0.0	89	276	12	34
1992	BOS	3B	117		0.0	70	229	15	23
1993	NYA	3B	134		0.0	75	311	12	29
1994	NYA	1B	4		0.0	26	4	0	2
1994	NYA	3B	93		0.0	40	214	10	19
1995	NYA	1B	9		0.0	45	5	0	4
1995	NYA	3B	117		0.0	69	193	5	11
1996	NYA	3B	123		0.0	62	201	7	24
1997	NYA	P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
1997	NYA	3B	76		0.0	42	140	4	15
1998	TBA	3B	78		0.0	52	131	5	12
1999	TBA	P	1	0	1.1	0	0	0	0
1999	TBA	1B	4		0.0	32	0	0	3
1999	TBA	3B	74		0.0	45	100	9	14
Career		1B	67		0.0	564	58	3	49
Career		3B	2215		0.0	1550	4246	229	423
Career		OF	1		0.0	1	0	0	0
Career		P	2	0	2.1	0	0	0	0

Wade Boggs's Known Salary Information
Year	Salary
1985	$1,000,000.00
1986	$1,350,000.00
1987	$1,675,000.00
1988	$1,650,000.00
1989	$1,850,000.00
1990	$1,900,000.00
1991	$2,750,000.00
1992	$2,700,000.00
1993	$2,950,000.00
1994	$3,200,000.00
1995	$4,724,316.00
1996	$2,050,000.00
1997	$2,000,000.00
1998	$1,150,000.00
1999	$750,000.00
	$31,699,316.00

Lists: Career Home Runs - Career Hits - Career Doubles - Career Triples - Career Runs - Career RBI - Career Stolen Bases - Top Annual Salaries - Top Attendance Seasons - Most Wins In A Season - Most Losses In A Season
Award Winners: Baseball Hall of Fame - Most Valuable Player (MVP) - Cy Young Award - Rookie of the Year -
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