Wade Boggs

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Wade Boggs

1982–1999 · Bats L · Throws R · 6'2", 190 lb · b. 1958 Omaha, NE

Career 2,440 G · 3,010 H · 118 HR · 1,014 RBI · .328 AVG · 3.86 ERA · 2 SO · 2.1 IP

Seasons leading his league

32

21 best in baseball 11 league only

103 Top-5 finishes

10 Title seasons

12 Categories led

1988 Best season

Spanning 1983–1995, peaking at 7 titles in 1988.

Clubs 3,000 Hit Club 200 Hit Seasons ×7

Team records #1 Red Sox 1985 H #2 Red Sox career AVG #5 Red Sox career H #6 Red Sox 1985 AVG #7 Red Sox career R #10 Red Sox career OPS

Led in On-Base Percentage for 5 straight seasons (1985–1989) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

54th League titles 32
34th Best in baseball 21
47th Top-5 finishes 103

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

8th Third Base Double Plays 423
9th Third Base Assists 4,246
24th Doubles 578
26th Walks 1,412
27th On-Base Percentage .415
31st Hits 3,010
34th Third Base Putouts 1,550
38th Batting Average .328
40th Third Base Fielding Percentage .962
69th Runs 1,513
80th Third Base Range Factor 2.62
86th Total Bases 4,064
157th On-Base Plus Slug. .858
296th Runs Batted In 1,014

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
On-Base Percentage	6	1st	5 yrs (1985–1989)	1983 .444 1985 .450 1986 .453 1987 .461 1988 .476 1989 .430 1984 #2 1991 #3
Batting Average	5	1st	4 yrs (1985–1988)	1983 .361 1985 .368 1986 .357 1988 .366 1987 AL .363 1984 #3 1989 #3 1991 #2
Third Base Double Plays	4	1st	—	1984 30 1987 37 1989 AL 29 1993 AL 29 1983 #2 1986 #3 1991 #2 1994 #3
Third Base Putouts	3	1st	2 yrs (1988–1989)	1986 AL 121 1988 AL 122 1989 AL 123 1983 #3 1984 #2 1985 #2 1990 #3
Third Base Range Factor	2	1st	2 yrs (1993–1994)	1993 AL 2.88 1994 AL 2.73 1983 #3 1984 #3 1985 #3
Third Base Fielding Percentage	2	1st	—	1995 .981 1993 AL .970 1985 #3 1987 #3 1991 #2 1996 #2
Walks	2	1st	—	1986 105 1988 125 1983 #3 1987 #3 1989 #3
Doubles	2	1st	2 yrs (1988–1989)	1988 45 1989 51 1983 #2 1985 #3 1986 #2 1987 #2 1990 #3
On-Base Plus Slug.	2	1st	2 yrs (1987–1988)	1988 .965 1987 AL 1.049 1983 #2 1986 #2
Runs	2	1st	2 yrs (1988–1989)	1988 128 1989 113 1984 #3
Third Base Assists	1	1st	—	1993 AL 311 1983 #2 1984 #2 1985 #2 1994 #3
Hits	1	1st	—	1985 240 1983 #2 1984 #2 1988 #2 1989 #2 1990 #2
Slugging Percentage	—	#3	—	1987 #3

Title Seasons

10 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1995	1	3B FPCT .981
1994	1	3B RF 2.73
1993	4	3B A 311 3B DP 29 3B FPCT .970 3B RF 2.88
1989	5	R 113 OBP .430 2B 51 3B PO 123 3B DP 29
1988	7	AVG .366 R 128 OPS .965 OBP .476 2B 45 BB 125 3B PO 122
1987	4	AVG .363 OPS 1.049 OBP .461 3B DP 37
1986	4	AVG .357 OBP .453 BB 105 3B PO 121
1985	3	AVG .368 H 240 OBP .450
1984	1	3B DP 30
1983	2	AVG .361 OBP .444

Batting

led the league 18 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1982	BOS	AL	104	338	51	118	14	1	5	44	35	21	1	.349	.406	.441	.847
1983	BOS	AL	153	582	100	210	44	7	5	74	92	36	3	.361	.444	.486	.931
1984	BOS	AL	158	625	109	203	31	4	6	55	89	44	3	.325	.407	.416	.823
1985	BOS	AL	161	653	107	240	42	3	8	78	96	61	2	.368	.450	.478	.928
1986	BOS	AL	149	580	107	207	47	2	8	71	105	44	0	.357	.453	.486	.939
1987	BOS	AL	147	551	108	200	40	6	24	89	105	48	1	.363	.461	.588	1.049
1988	BOS	AL	155	584	128	214	45	6	5	58	125	34	2	.366	.476	.490	.965
1989	BOS	AL	156	621	113	205	51	7	3	54	107	51	2	.330	.430	.449	.879
1990	BOS	AL	155	619	89	187	44	5	6	63	87	68	0	.302	.386	.418	.804
1991	BOS	AL	144	546	93	181	42	2	8	51	89	32	1	.332	.421	.460	.881
1992	BOS	AL	143	514	62	133	22	4	7	50	74	31	1	.259	.353	.358	.711
1993	NYA	AL	143	560	83	169	26	1	2	59	74	49	0	.302	.378	.363	.740
1994	NYA	AL	97	366	61	125	19	1	11	55	61	29	2	.342	.433	.489	.922
1995	NYA	AL	126	460	76	149	22	4	5	63	74	50	1	.324	.412	.422	.834
1996	NYA	AL	132	501	80	156	29	2	2	41	67	32	1	.311	.389	.389	.778
1997	NYA	AL	104	353	55	103	23	1	4	28	48	38	0	.292	.373	.397	.769
1998	TBA	AL	123	435	51	122	23	4	7	52	46	54	3	.281	.348	.400	.748
1999	TBA	AL	90	292	40	88	14	1	2	29	38	23	1	.301	.377	.377	.754
Career	—	—	2,440	9,180	1,513	3,010	578	61	118	1,014	1,412	745	24	.328	.415	.443	.858

Pitching

2 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1997	NYA	AL	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	1.00
1999	TBA	AL	0	0	6.75	1	0	0	1.1	3	1	0	0	1	2.25
Career	—	—	0	0	3.86	2	0	0	2.1	3	1	0	1	2	1.71

Fielding

4 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1982	BOS	AL	1B	49	44	422.2	460	49	3	40	512	.994	10.39
			3B	44	39	353.0	28	119	5	11	152	.967	3.34
			OF	1	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1983	BOS	AL	3B	153	153	1354.0	118	368	27	40	513	.947	3.18
1984	BOS	AL	3B	156	156	1361.1	141	330	20	30	491	.959	3.02
1985	BOS	AL	3B	161	160	1417.1	134	335	17	30	486	.965	2.91
1986	BOS	AL	3B	149	148	1293.2	121	267	19	30	407	.953	2.60
1987	BOS	AL	3B	145	145	1267.0	111	277	14	37	402	.965	2.68
			1B	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1988	BOS	AL	3B	151	151	1313.2	122	250	11	17	383	.971	2.46
1989	BOS	AL	3B	152	152	1339.1	123	264	17	29	404	.958	2.55
1990	BOS	AL	3B	152	152	1340.2	108	241	20	18	369	.946	2.30
1991	BOS	AL	3B	140	140	1196.2	89	276	12	34	377	.968	2.61
1992	BOS	AL	3B	117	114	994.0	70	229	15	23	314	.952	2.56
1993	NYA	AL	3B	134	129	1122.2	75	311	12	29	398	.970	2.88
1994	NYA	AL	3B	93	87	783.1	40	214	10	19	264	.962	2.73
			1B	4	2	28.1	26	4	0	2	30	1.000	7.50
1995	NYA	AL	3B	117	105	935.0	69	193	5	11	267	.981	2.24
			1B	9	6	58.2	45	5	0	4	50	1.000	5.56
1996	NYA	AL	3B	123	120	1025.2	62	201	7	24	270	.974	2.14
1997	NYA	AL	3B	76	70	611.0	42	140	4	15	186	.979	2.40
			P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1998	TBA	AL	3B	78	75	639.1	52	131	5	12	188	.973	2.35
1999	TBA	AL	3B	74	72	573.2	45	100	9	14	154	.942	1.96
			1B	4	3	28.0	32	0	0	3	32	1.000	8.00
			P	1	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
Career	—	—	3B	2,215	2,168	18921.1	1,550	4,246	229	423	6,025	.962	2.62
	—	—	1B	67	55	539.2	564	58	3	49	625	.995	9.28
	—	—	P	2	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
	—	—	OF	1	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00