1985 – Boston’s first two batters – Dwight Evans and Wade Boggs – crack homers off Cleveland’s Neal Heaton in Boston’s 13 – 6 win in game 1. Evans adds another home run to back Oil Can Boyd’s first win in seven weeks. Cleveland wins the nitecap, 9 – 5.
Jim Rice caps a 5 for 6 day with a grand slam in the bottom of the 10th inning to give Boston a 13 – 9 win over Oakland.
Dwight Evans completes a cycle with a walk-off home run, becoming only the fourth major league player to accomplish the feat. The Red Sox outfielder’s game-ending three-run blast in the 11th inning gives Boston a dramatic 9-6 victory over Seattle at Fenway Park.
On July 4, 1983 Dave Righetti of the New York Yankees pitches a no-hitter against the rival Boston Red Sox. Righetti strikes out Wade Boggs to complete the 4-0 masterpiece at Yankee Stadium. He is the first Bronx Bomber left-hander to throw a no-no since George Mogridge accomplished the feat in 1917. Righetti’s teammate, third baseman…
At Tiger Stadium, the California Angels defeat Detroit, 4 – 2, as Rod Carew goes 3 for 4 to raise his batting average to .500 (48 for 96). The Angels’ first baseman will finish the season at .339, second best in the American League as Wade Boggs of the Red Sox leads the league with a .361 pace.
Boston Red Sox trade third baseman Carney Lansford to the Oakland A’s for outfielder Tony Armas
On April 26, 1982, Boston Red Sox rookie Wade Boggs collects his first major league hit. Boggs singles against Rich Dotson of the Chicago White Sox in Boston’s 3-2 win. Boggs will go on to win five American League batting championships…
April 10, 1982 At Memorial Stadium Wade Boggs batting 9th and playing first base goes 0 for 4 in his MLB debut for the Red Sox against Dennis Martinez in a 5-3 Red Sox loss to Baltimore. He goes hitless in his first two appearances, then bats .354 the rest of the way, and finishes…
Wade Boggs Position: Third BasemanBats: Left • Throws: Right6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)Born: June 15, 1958 in Omaha, NE usDraft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 7th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from H. B. Plant HS (Tampa, FL).High School: H. B. Plant HS (Tampa, FL)Debut: April 10, 1982 (14,583rd in major league history)vs. BAL 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBLast Game: August 27,…
On June 15, 1958 Hall of Fame 3B Wade Boggs is bone in Omaha, Nebraska, the youngest of three sons of Winfield Kennedy Boggs Jr. and Sue Nell Graham, Wade had a regimented military upbringing. Winfield and Sue met in 1946 at a military base in Georgia. Winfield served with the Marines in World War…
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