Good News In History, August 7
Good News In History, August 7 26 years ago today, Tampa Bay third baseman and MLB Hall of Famer Wade Boggs joined the “3,000 Club” scoring his 3,000th career hit in the Devil Rays’ 15-10 loss to the Cleveland Indians. It also happened to be a home run, the only time such an event has ever happened. READ about how hitty Boggs could be… (1999) Wade Boggs – credit, Chris Evans CC 2.0. BY Boggs was the 23rd player to reach 3,000 hits in MLB history. Playing for the first half of his career with the Boston Red Socks, Boggs was a perennial American League batting title contender. He won the award on 5 out of 6 occasions between 1983 to 1988. Following his retirement, his career average of .328 is the highest of any living former player. He notched number 3,000 in the nick of time. Just 10 hits later, Boggs was retired. Boggs was the premier contact hitter and finished his career with an insane lack of home runs—just 160, but an incredible haul of RBIs (1,014). On career averages, he got a hit e…
