24 Facts About Wade Boggs

Wade Anthony Boggs was born on June 15,1958 and is an American former professional baseball third baseman.

Wade Boggs was elected to the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005.

Wade Boggs played quarterback until his senior year when he switched positions to avoid injury and thereby protect his baseball career.

Wade Boggs played in the longest game in professional baseball history as a member of the Pawtucket Red Sox in 1981 against Cal Ripken Jr.

From 1983 to 1989, Wade Boggs rattled off seven consecutive seasons in which he collected 200 or more hits, an American League record for consecutive 200-hit seasons that was surpassed by Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki.

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Wade Boggs had six seasons with 200 or more hits, 100+ runs, and 40+ doubles.

In 1986, Wade Boggs made it to the World Series with the Red Sox, but they lost to the New York Mets in seven games.

Wade Boggs went on to be awarded three straight All-Star appearances, had four straight.

In 1996, Wade Boggs helped the Yankees win their first World Series title in 18 years against the Atlanta Braves, which became his only World Series title.

Wade Boggs signed with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for the final two seasons of his career.

Wade Boggs' career paralleled that of Tony Gwynn, who debuted in 1982.

Wade Boggs was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005 and is depicted with a Red Sox cap.

Tommy John noted that Wade Boggs always seemed to know what the next pitch was going to be.

Wade Boggs'smain pitch was a knuckleball, which he used 16 times in one shutout inning for the Yankees against the Anaheim Angels in a 1997 game.

Wade Boggs occasionally appears in the Yankees' annual Old-Timers' Day, a celebration of past Yankees in which the players play a multi-inning game of baseball at Yankee Stadium.

Wade Boggs garnered non-baseball-related media attention in 1989 for his four-year extramarital affair with Margo Adams, a California mortgage broker.

Wade Boggs' reputation was further sullied when Adams agreed to an interview with Penthouse magazine in which she discussed intimate details of her time with Wade Boggs.

Wade Boggs' mother died in June 1986 in a car accident in Tampa while he was with the Red Sox.

Wade Boggs was named one of the "Top 10 Most Superstitious Athletes" by Men's Fitness for his well known superstitions about baseball, including his habit of eating chicken before every game and practicing at only specific times of day.

Wade Boggs'schicken eating habits earned him the nickname "Chicken Man".

Wade Boggs was one of the baseball players featured in the classic The Simpsons episode "Homer at the Bat, " in which he was recruited as a ringer by Mr Burns for the Power Plant's softball team, only to later be knocked out in a bar fight by Barney Gumble.

In 2015, Wade Boggs guest starred in the Season 10 premiere of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, in which characters in the show tried to drink more than 70 beers while flying across country, emulating a feat Wade Boggs once allegedly accomplished during his career.

Wade Boggs denied that the number of beers was 64, and he reportedly told Charlie Day that he drank 107 beers in a day.

In 2018, Wade Boggs was mentioned in a Good Mythical Morning episode by hosts Rhett and Link, involving his Wade Boggs.