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Wade Boggs
Wade Anthony Boggs
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 197 lb.

Born: June 15, 1958 in Omaha, NE
High School: Plant (Tampa, FL)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 7th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1982
Final Game: August 27, 1999
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2005 (474/516 ballots).
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1982 BOS AL 24 1B 49 44 422.2 512 460 49 3 40 .994 6.7 19.0 6.7 1.4 5.3 0 10.84 10.39 .992 9.85 8.51 RoY-3
1982 BOS AL 24 3B 44 39 353.0 152 28 119 5 11 .967 8.6 29.2 8.6 3.2 5.3 0 3.75 3.34 .953 3.07 2.62 RoY-3
1982 BOS AL 24 DH 3 RoY-3
1982 BOS AL 24 LF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.90 RoY-3
1982 BOS AL 24 OF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.48 2.20 RoY-3
1983 BOS AL 25 3B 153 153 1354.0 513 118 368 27 40 .947 6.7 5.9 4.7 7.1 -2.4 2 3.23 3.18 .955 3.07 2.57 MVP-12,SS
1984 BOS AL 26 3B 156 156 1361.1 491 141 330 20 30 .959 10.2 9.0 9.2 0.3 8.9 1 3.11 3.02 .949 2.75 2.19
1984 BOS AL 26 DH 2
1985 BOS AL 27 3B 161 160 1417.1 486 134 335 17 30 .965 8.0 6.8 9.0 0.9 8.1 -1 2.98 2.91 .952 2.85 2.38 AS,MVP-4
1986 BOS AL 28 3B 149 148 1293.2 407 121 267 19 30 .953 7.7 7.1 5.7 -4.8 10.5 2 2.70 2.60 .948 2.74 2.37 AS,MVP-7,SS
1987 BOS AL 29 3B 145 145 1267.0 402 111 277 14 37 .965 7.5 7.1 5.5 -3.9 9.4 2 2.76 2.68 .951 2.77 2.31 AS,MVP-9,SS
1987 BOS AL 29 1B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.50 1.00 1.000 9.45 8.50 AS,MVP-9,SS
1987 BOS AL 29 DH 1 AS,MVP-9,SS
1988 BOS AL 30 3B 151 151 1313.2 383 122 250 11 17 .971 2.2 2.0 1.2 -2.5 3.7 1 2.55 2.46 .953 2.71 2.36 AS,MVP-6,SS
1988 BOS AL 30 DH 3 AS,MVP-6,SS
1989 BOS AL 31 3B 152 152 1339.1 404 123 264 17 29 .958 19.3 17.3 18.3 5.2 13.1 1 2.60 2.55 .942 2.73 2.34 AS,MVP-21,SS
1989 BOS AL 31 DH 3 AS,MVP-21,SS
1990 BOS AL 32 3B 152 152 1340.2 369 108 241 20 18 .946 -7.6 -6.8 -8.6 -8.9 0.3 1 2.34 2.30 .944 2.75 2.32 AS,MVP-22
1990 BOS AL 32 DH 3 AS,MVP-22
1991 BOS AL 33 3B 140 140 1196.2 377 89 276 12 34 .968 11.4 11.4 9.4 1.6 7.8 2 2.75 2.61 .954 2.79 2.33 AS,SS
1992 BOS AL 34 3B 117 114 994.0 314 70 229 15 23 .952 4.2 5.1 3.2 1.1 2.1 1 2.71 2.56 .950 2.78 2.40 AS
1992 BOS AL 34 DH 21 AS
1993 NYY AL 35 3B 134 129 1122.2 398 75 311 12 29 .970 7.6 8.1 6.6 1.6 5.0 1 3.09 2.88 .950 2.69 2.31 AS,SS
1993 NYY AL 35 DH 8 AS,SS
1994 NYY AL 36 3B 93 87 783.1 264 40 214 10 19 .962 2.0 3.1 2.0 -3.2 5.2 0 2.92 2.73 .947 2.64 2.34 AS,MVP-13,GG,SS
1994 NYY AL 36 1B 4 2 28.1 30 26 4 0 2 1.000 1.1 46.6 1.1 0.0 1.1 0 9.53 7.50 .993 9.56 8.50 AS,MVP-13,GG,SS
1995 NYY AL 37 3B 117 105 935.0 267 69 193 5 11 .981 5.0 6.4 7.0 -0.8 7.8 -2 2.52 2.24 .951 2.61 2.19 AS,MVP-17,GG
1995 NYY AL 37 1B 9 6 58.2 50 45 5 0 4 1.000 0.4 8.2 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 7.67 5.56 .992 9.62 8.32 AS,MVP-17,GG
1996 NYY AL 38 3B 123 120 1025.2 270 62 201 7 24 .974 7.6 8.9 6.6 3.1 3.5 1 2.31 2.14 .955 2.57 2.18 AS
1996 NYY AL 38 DH 4 AS
1997 NYY AL 39 3B 76 70 611.0 186 42 140 4 15 .978 4.0 7.9 4.0 0.2 3.8 0 2.68 2.39 .952 2.67 2.32
1997 NYY AL 39 DH 19
1997 NYY AL 39 P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.50
1998 TBD AL 40 3B 78 75 639.1 188 52 131 5 12 .973 4.7 8.8 4.7 2.7 2.0 0 2.58 2.35 .947 2.55 2.23
1998 TBD AL 40 DH 33
1999 TBD AL 41 3B 74 72 573.2 154 45 100 9 14 .942 -13.9 -29.1 -14.9 -7.3 -7.6 1 2.27 1.96 .951 2.58 2.21
1999 TBD AL 41 DH 8
1999 TBD AL 41 1B 4 3 28.0 32 32 0 0 3 1.000 0.8 34.3 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 10.29 8.00 .991 9.51 8.32
1999 TBD AL 41 P 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.35 0.50
18 Seasons 3B 2215 2168 18921.1 6025 1550 4246 229 423 .962 95.2 6.0 82.2 -4.4 86.5 13 2.76 2.62 .950 2.75 2.33
12 Seasons DH 108
5 Seasons 1B 67 55 539.2 625 564 58 3 49 .995 9.0 20.0 9.0 1.4 7.6 0 10.37 9.28 .992 9.79 8.47
2 Seasons P 2 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.54 0.50
1 Season LF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.90
1 Season OF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.48 2.20
18 Seasons TOT 2285 2223 19467.1 6651 2115 4304 232 472 .965 104.2 6.4 91.2 -3.0 94.1 0 13 2.97 2.81 .919 2.94 2.51
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1982 BOS AL 24 104 83 104 92 0 0 49 0 44 0 1 0 0 1 0 14 2
1983 BOS AL 25 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 BOS AL 26 158 157 158 156 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1985 BOS AL 27 161 160 161 161 0 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1986 BOS AL 28 149 148 149 149 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1987 BOS AL 29 147 146 147 145 0 0 1 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1988 BOS AL 30 155 154 155 151 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
1989 BOS AL 31 156 155 156 152 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
1990 BOS AL 32 155 155 155 152 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
1991 BOS AL 33 144 140 144 141 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1992 BOS AL 34 143 135 143 117 0 0 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 21 7 0
1993 NYY AL 35 143 137 143 134 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 0
1994 NYY AL 36 97 89 97 95 0 0 4 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1995 NYY AL 37 126 111 126 122 0 0 9 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1996 NYY AL 38 132 124 132 123 0 0 0 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0
1997 NYY AL 39 104 88 103 77 1 0 0 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 18 14 0
1998 TBD AL 40 123 107 123 78 0 0 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 32 15 0
1999 TBD AL 41 90 82 90 78 1 0 4 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0
18 Seasons 2440 2324 2439 2276 2 0 67 0 2216 0 1 0 0 1 101 102 2
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1982 BOS AL 24 1581 61% 81% 29% 151 91% 1 28 22 4 2 116 83 28 4 1 5 0 5 0 4 11 9 0 11 0 0 0 1 100%
1983 BOS AL 25 6108 64% 80% 25% 501 91% 6 121 91 14 16 364 282 69 5 12 27 0 24 3 24 39 32 4 37 2 1 1 11 82%
1984 BOS AL 26 6145 55% 77% 25% 447 96% 1 134 109 10 15 326 264 51 2 6 20 0 20 0 16 32 23 1 24 7 4 3 3 100%
1985 BOS AL 27 6291 55% 77% 26% 458 97% 2 132 105 18 9 337 262 63 5 5 17 0 15 2 12 29 25 0 25 3 2 1 13 100%
1986 BOS AL 28 5692 51% 76% 26% 396 92% 6 120 102 6 12 267 207 48 4 1 19 0 19 0 16 29 23 0 23 4 4 0 12 67%
1987 BOS AL 29 5708 53% 75% 28% 394 92% 7 112 82 8 22 282 207 64 3 15 14 0 13 1 13 37 27 4 32 2 1 1 14 79%
1988 BOS AL 30 5831 52% 75% 29% 378 92% 4 123 104 8 11 247 197 44 4 3 11 0 6 5 9 17 13 1 16 1 0 0 15 53%
1989 BOS AL 31 5996 50% 75% 32% 386 92% 8 120 99 7 14 267 212 38 4 6 17 0 13 4 15 29 20 3 24 5 4 1 16 94%
1990 BOS AL 32 5988 51% 76% 34% 359 89% 3 109 82 6 21 239 191 36 4 5 20 0 14 6 16 18 14 1 16 1 1 0 15 60%
1991 BOS AL 33 5235 61% 75% 32% 381 89% 3 89 68 9 12 274 206 55 2 1 12 0 9 3 12 33 29 0 30 1 1 0 13 92%
1992 BOS AL 34 4367 63% 76% 34% 321 87% 4 70 54 6 10 230 182 40 4 5 15 0 10 5 12 23 18 0 20 1 1 0 9 78%
1993 NYY AL 35 5009 65% 77% 36% 422 86% 3 77 59 6 12 309 248 55 2 4 12 0 8 4 10 29 25 0 26 2 2 0 21 48%
1994 NYY AL 36 3509 68% 77% 35% 272 89% 0 40 31 6 3 212 173 32 2 0 11 0 6 5 11 19 14 2 17 2 2 0 15 73%
1995 NYY AL 37 4176 57% 75% 30% 274 91% 18 70 57 3 10 193 152 23 1 3 5 0 2 3 5 11 6 1 8 2 1 1 18 78%
1996 NYY AL 38 4684 59% 72% 30% 262 92% 2 61 47 6 8 200 161 27 4 6 7 0 3 4 4 24 18 1 21 3 2 1 16 69%
1997 NYY AL 39 2700 61% 72% 32% 189 90% 1 42 34 5 3 139 107 29 1 2 4 0 4 0 4 15 11 1 13 0 0 0 5 80%
1998 TBD AL 40 2903 54% 74% 30% 198 86% 2 52 41 4 7 130 105 22 0 0 5 0 4 1 4 12 10 0 11 1 1 0 7 86%
1999 TBD AL 41 2730 56% 73% 32% 155 83% 0 45 27 7 11 100 80 18 0 6 9 0 9 0 8 14 10 1 11 2 1 1 8 63%
18 Seasons 84653 57% 76% 30% 5944 91% 71 1545 1214 133 198 4232 3319 742 51 81 230 0 184 46 195 421 327 20 365 39 28 10 212 74%
MLB Averages 56% 76% 30% 87% 68%
PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1982 BOS AL 24 1892 59% 81% 28% 133 98% 1 458 30 423 5 62 48 27 8 2 1 3 0 3 0 3 39 3 1 0 33 4 6 2 4 5 100%
1987 BOS AL 29 8 88% 63% 25% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 NYY AL 36 114 74% 74% 32% 7 100% 0 26 2 24 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1995 NYY AL 37 256 48% 71% 25% 10 90% 0 45 2 43 0 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
1999 TBD AL 41 117 59% 75% 32% 8 100% 0 32 3 29 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 2387 58% 79% 28% 158 97% 1 562 37 520 5 70 57 36 8 2 1 3 0 3 0 3 48 3 1 0 42 4 6 2 4 5 100%
MLB Averages 56% 76% 30% 93% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1997 NYY AL 39 4 50% 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 TBD AL 41 7 86% 14% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 11 73% 27% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 76% 30% 90% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1982 BOS AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 19 74% 74% 21% 2 50%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 19 74% 74% 21% 2 50%
MLB Averages 59.7% 2.6% 56% 76% 35% 52%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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