Wade+Boggs

General Info:
 * Birth Name: Wade Anthony Boggs
 * Born On: 06-15-1958
 * Born In: Omaha, Nebraska
 * Still Living
 * College: Hillsborough Community College
 * Bats: Left
 * Throws: Right
 * Height: 6-02
 * Weight: 197
 * First Game: 04-10-1982 (Age 23)
 * Last Game: 08-27-1999
 * Draft: 1976 : 7th Round (166th)

Bibliography:
 * 12 straight All-Star appearances, Boggs is second only to Brooks Robinson in number of consecutive appearances as a third baseman.
 * Boggs won a total of five batting titles starting in 1983, after batting .349 as a rookie the previous season.
 * From 1982 to 1988, Boggs only hit below .349 once, hitting .325 in his off season
 * From 1983 to 1989, Boggs rattled off seven consecutive seasons in which he collected 200 or more hits.
 * Boggs had six of those seven seasons with 200+ hits, 100+ runs and 40+ doubles.
 * In 1992, Boggs hit .259, one of his three seasons which he hit below .300, and left the Red Sox to go sign with the New York Yankees
 * Boggs first four season with the Yankees got four straight .300-plus seasons and collected two gold gloves for his defense
 * In 1997, he signed with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays where he got his 3,000 hit in his last two seasons
 * Boggs retired in 1999 after getting a knee injury, leaving with a career batting average of .328 and 3,010 hits.
 * Ironically, given his deserved reputation as a singles hitter with limited power, he was the first (and so far only) member of the 3,000-hit club to reach 3,000 with a home run.

Superstition: Boggs was known for his superstitions as much as his hitting. He ate chicken before every game, woke up at the same time every day, took exactly 150 ground balls in practice, took batting practice at 5:17 and ran sprints at 7:17. His route to and from his position in the field beat a path to the home dugout, and he drew the Hebrew word "Chai" (meaning "life") in the batter's box before each at-bat.