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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 Pitching

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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 74 2.250 20.3 0.0 0.0 6.8
2 Seasons 0 0 3.86 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 123 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 0 374 123 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 74 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

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
2 Seasons 2 11 10 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .300 .364 .400 .764 .375 4 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
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.000 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 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0 21
2 Seasons 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 3.5 19

Ratio Pitching*

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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 14% 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 14.3% 33% 0.20 0.50 86% 33% 0.0% 0% 0 0
2 Seasons 11 27% 0.0% 18.2% 9.1% 9.1% 33% 0.60 1.50 73% 25% 0.0% 0% 2 0 0%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Pitching

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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 11 123 1.714 11.6 0.0 3.9 7.7 2.00 123

Neutralized Pitching

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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 Seasons 0 0 3.00 3.0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 0.333 0.0 9.0 3.00 0.0 2

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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)

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

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 (192nd)

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

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

                           

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