Most of the battles Wade Boggs has fought during his 18-year major league baseball career have been against countless pitchers, but now he's facing his toughest test yet.
The 12-time All-Star and World Series champion announced Saturday that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
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Former Tampa Bay player Ray Wade Boggs looks on during the team's Hall of Fame induction ceremony before the game against the Atlanta Braves at Tropicana Field on July 9, 2023 in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Nathan Ray Seebeck – USA Today Sports)
“I've never been a goal-oriented person, but with the strength and support of my family and my faith in God, I intend to ring that damn bell,” Boggs wrote on X, along with a photo of his prostate cancer guide.
Boggs, 66, played in 2,439 games for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Devil Rays. With the Red Sox he led the league in batting five times and was voted the American League MVP nine times.
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Former Tampa Bay player Ray Wade Boggs speaks during the team's Hall of Fame induction ceremony before a game against the Atlanta Braves at Tropicana Field on July 9, 2023 in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Nathan Ray Seebeck – USA Today Sports)
Though the best years of his career were with the Red Sox, he finally got his World Series ring with the Yankees in 1996. He batted .311 and scored 80 runs that year. That was his last year as an All-Star.
In the 1996 World Series, Boggs went 3-for-11 with 2 RBIs as the Yankees defeated the Atlanta Braves in 6 games, the first World Series for the Yankees during their dynasty era. Boggs finished his playing career with the Devil Rays.
Wade Boggs of the Boston Red Sox plays against the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park in Boston on April 16, 1991. (Photo: USA TODAY Sports)
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He joined the 3,000-hit club during his playing career, finishing the season with 3,010 hits, 118 home runs and a .328 batting average.
He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005.
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