MLB / Players

Wade Boggs

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 190 lb

BornJune 15, 1958 · Omaha, NE, USA

MLB debutApril 10, 1982

Final gameAugust 27, 1999

Seasons18 (1982–1999)

Boston Red Sox 1982–1992; New York Yankees 1993–1997; Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1998–1999

Percentile snapshot

1996 season — qualified batters

132

8.2

574

23.8

501

19.7

34.7

156

49.7

46.3

32.7

2.7

RBI

6.1

63.9

97.3

7.5

.311

78.9

OBP

.389

74.8

SLG

.389

18.4

OPS

.778

31.3

wRC+

102.2

36.1

OPS+

99.7

32.7

wOBA

.352

36.7

sWAR

2.2

40.8

of 148 qualified 1996 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

133.8

93.1

OPS+

131.5

91.3

sWAR

82.6

99.8

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1982	104	381	338	51	118	14	1	5	44	35	21	1	0	.349	.406	.441	.847	131.6	128.3	.381	2.4
1983	153	685	582	100	210	44	7	5	74	92	36	3	3	.361	.444	.486	.931	158.0	149.9	.421	7.5
1984	158	726	625	109	203	31	4	6	55	89	44	3	2	.325	.407	.416	.823	131.2	125.1	.377	5.4
1985	161	758	653	107	240	42	3	8	78	96	61	2	1	.368	.450	.478	.928	159.2	151.8	.419	8.3
1986	149	693	580	107	207	47	2	8	71	105	44	0	4	.357	.453	.486	.939	160.0	156.7	.419	7.6
1987	147	667	551	108	200	40	6	24	89	105	48	1	3	.363	.461	.588	1.049	172.3	174.3	.447	8.3
1988	155	719	584	128	214	45	6	5	58	125	34	2	3	.366	.476	.490	.965	173.3	167.7	.436	9.0
1989	156	742	621	113	205	51	7	3	54	107	51	2	6	.330	.430	.449	.879	146.7	143.3	.401	6.9
1990	155	713	619	89	187	44	5	6	63	87	68	0	0	.302	.386	.418	.804	121.2	121.8	.363	4.5
1991	144	641	546	93	181	42	2	8	51	89	32	1	2	.332	.421	.460	.881	138.3	140.2	.391	5.3
1992	143	598	514	62	133	22	4	7	50	74	31	1	3	.259	.353	.358	.711	92.0	95.7	.324	1.4
1993	143	644	560	83	169	26	1	2	59	74	49	0	1	.302	.378	.363	.740	108.0	104.0	.345	3.0
1994	97	434	366	61	125	19	1	11	55	61	29	2	1	.342	.433	.489	.922	145.2	142.6	.411	4.0
1995	126	541	460	76	149	22	4	5	63	74	50	1	1	.324	.412	.422	.834	123.6	120.1	.379	3.5
1996	132	574	501	80	156	29	2	2	41	67	32	1	2	.311	.389	.389	.778	102.2	99.7	.352	2.2
1997	104	407	353	55	103	23	1	4	28	48	38	0	1	.292	.373	.397	.769	106.8	104.2	.348	1.7
1998	123	483	435	51	122	23	4	7	52	46	54	3	2	.280	.348	.400	.748	92.9	93.7	.331	1.0
1999	90	334	292	40	88	14	1	2	29	38	23	1	0	.301	.377	.377	.754	96.0	93.2	.343	0.9

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1997	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.0	0.00	1.000	9.00	4.15	92.8	—	1.7
1999	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	1.3	6.75	2.250	6.75	1.70	34.6	72.9	0.9

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

2,440

75th-most career G

10,740

47th-most career PA

9,180

64th-most career AB

1,513

69th-most career R

3,010

31st-most career H

578

24th-most career 2B

118

RBI

1,014

298th-most career RBI

1,412

26th-most career BB

745

.3279

42nd-highest career batting average

OBP

.4150

30th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4427

OPS

.8577

161st-highest career OPS

Pitching

G (P)

SHO

SO (P)

BB allowed

ERA

3.857

WHIP

1.7143

K/9

7.71

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1984-08-06	DET @ BOS Gameday	5	4	4	1	0	2	3	0	11
1994-05-25	TOR @ NYY Gameday	5	2	4	0	0	2	3	0	10
1992-05-22	ATH @ BOS Gameday	4	3	3	1	0	2	2	0	10
1989-07-25	KC @ BOS Gameday	5	2	4	3	1	0	2	0	9
1991-07-31	ATH @ BOS Gameday	7	3	5	3	0	0	1	1	8

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1999-08-10	BAL @ TB Gameday	1.1	3	1	1	0	1	0
1997-08-19	NYY @ LAA Gameday	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 2005 (BBWAA)

8× Silver Slugger2× Gold Glove12× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.