Wade Boggs

7/29/2005
Did You Know? Wade Boggs, a Red Sox, Is Being Enshrined in the Hall-of-Fame Sunday
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The Red Sox selected Wade Anthony Boggs in the 7th round of the 1976 Amateur Draft. He would spend six years in the Minor Leagues, showing the sort of discipline for which he became so well known throughout his career. Problem was, he displayed little power. Had he never found his power stroke, and by %u201Cpower stroke%u201D I mean ability to notch extra-base hits of any kind, he never would have amounted to much of a Major League hitter %u2013 more like a niche offensive weapon that could post higher on-base totals than slugging numbers. But something changed for Boggs at Pawtucket in 1981. He started hitting doubles in huge bunches. He had 41 of them, added 5 home runs and after five consecutive Minor League slugging below .400, Boggs posted a .460 slugging percentage. He was ready for the Show.