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Wade Boggs

Wade Anthony Boggs (Chicken Man)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 15, 1958 in Omaha, NE
High School: Plant HS (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 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Yankees/DevilRays 1982-1999
Agents: Alan Nero,Cecil Cooper, previously: Brian David,Tony Pennacchia [*]
Final Game: August 27, 1999 (Age 41)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2005 (474/516 ballots).
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1997 39 NYY AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1999 41 TBD AL 0 0 6.75 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 90 2.250 20.3 0.0 0.0 6.8
2 Yrs 0 0 3.86 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 157 1.714 11.6 0.0 3.9 7.7 2.00
162 Game Avg. 0 0 3.86 68 0 68 0 0 0 78 102 34 34 0 34 0 68 0 0 0 374 157 1.714 11.6 0.0 3.9 7.7 2.00
TBD (1 yr) 0 0 6.75 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 90 2.250 20.3 0.0 0.0 6.8
NYY (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1997 39 NYY AL 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 5.08 -0.23 -0.38 104.0 5.13 1 0.1 .0 -0.0 0.0 1 .557 .500 $2,000,000
1999 41 TBD AL 1.1 1 0 1 6.75 5.48 -0.47 -0.40 104.0 5.77 -0 -0.0 .0 0.0 0.0 0 .486 .500 $750,000
2 Seasons 2.1 2 0 1 3.86 5.31 -0.37 -0.39 104.0 5.50 0 0.0 .0 -0.0 0.0 1 .522 .500 $2,750,000
TBD (1 yr) 1.1 1 0 1 6.75 5.48 -0.47 -0.40 104.0 5.77 -0 -0.0 .0 0.0 0.0 0 .486 .500 $750,000
NYY (1 yr) 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 5.08 -0.23 -0.38 104.0 5.13 1 0.1 .0 -0.0 0.0 1 .557 .500 $2,000,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1997 39 NYY AL 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 41 TBD AL 1 7 7 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .571 1.000 .500 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 2 11 10 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .300 .364 .400 .764 .375 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 68 374 340 34 102 34 0 0 0 0 34 68 .300 .364 .400 .764 .375 136 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages .262 .329 .401 .730 .290

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1997 39 NYY AL 0.7 0.1 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 .00 0.6 0.1 0.00 0.4 0 0 0
1999 41 TBD AL -0.1 -0.0 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 .00 0.4 0.0 0.00 -0.4 0 0 0
2 Yrs 0.6 0.1 11 0.0 0.0 0.0 .00 1.0 0.1 0.00 -0.1 0 0 0

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1997 39 NYY AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 17
1999 41 TBD AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 8 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0 21
2 Yrs 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% .000 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 3.5 19

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1997 39 NYY AL 4 50% 0.0% 25.0% 25.0% 0.0% 50% 0% 2 0 0%
1999 41 TBD AL 7 86% 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 14.3% 33% 0.20 0.50 86% 33% 0.0% 0% 0 0
2 Yrs 11 73% 0.0% 18.2% 9.1% 9.1% 33% 0.60 1.50 73% 25% 0.0% 0% 2 0 0%
MLB Averages 42% 2.4% 15.3% 8.7% 7.1% 31% 0.81 1.08 72% 21% 7.3% 18% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1997 39 NYY AL 4 17 4.25 11 65% 18% 18% 45% 18% 82% 0% 53% 78% 75% 0% 0 0 100% 4 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1999 41 TBD AL 7 21 3.00 13 62% 46% 0% 8% 46% 54% 0% 33% 100% 57% 0% 0 0 14% 1 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 11 38 3.45 24 63% 33% 8% 25% 33% 67% 0% 42% 88% 64% 0% 0 0 45% 5 2 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.67 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 19% 27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1997 39 NYY AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 41 TBD AL 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 11 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1997 39 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1998 40 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1999 41 0 0 3.86 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 157 1.714 11.6 0.0 3.9 7.7 2.00 157

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1997 39 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00 0.0 1
1999 41 0 0 4.50 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 1
2 Yrs 0 0 3.00 3.0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 0.333 0.0 9.0 3.00 0.0 2

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2005 BBWAA (91.9%)
Selected to HOF in 2005 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1985 *
1986 (3B)
1987 (3B)
1988 (3B)
1989 (3B)
1990 (3B)
1991 (3B)
1992 (3B)
1993 (3B)
1994 (3B)
1995 (3B)
1996 (3B)

Awards (yr lg award)
1983 AL batting_title
1985 AL batting_title
1986 AL batting_title
1987 AL batting_title
1988 AL batting_title

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1983 AL (12, 6%)
1985 AL (4, 41%)
1986 AL (7, 22%)
1987 AL (9, 16%)
1988 AL (6, 27%)
1989 AL (21, 1%)
1990 AL (22, 1%)
1994 AL (13, 5%)
1995 AL (17, 1%)
1.20 Career Shares (200th)

Gold Gloves
1994 AL (3B)
1995 AL (3B)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1983 AL (3B)
1986 AL (3B)
1987 AL (3B)
1988 AL (3B)
1989 AL (3B)
1991 AL (3B)
1993 AL (3B)
1994 AL (3B)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1983 AL  7.8 (2nd)
1984 AL  6.3 (8th)
1985 AL  9.1 (2nd)
1986 AL  7.9 (3rd)
1987 AL  8.3 (2nd)
1988 AL  8.2 (1st)
1989 AL  8.4 (3rd)
1991 AL  6.4 (10th)
Career  91.0 (43rd)

Salary s c a p y
1986 AL  $1,350,000 (8th)
1986 AL  $1,350,000 (8th)
1987 AL  $1,675,000 (7th)
1987 AL  $1,675,000 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1997 AL  born 1958-06-15 (8th)
1997 AL  born 1958-06-15 (8th)
1998 AL  born 1958-06-15 (8th)
1998 AL  born 1958-06-15 (8th)
1999 AL  born 1958-06-15 (5th)
1999 AL  born 1958-06-15 (5th)

                                         

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