The Red Sox will honor 2005 Hall of Fame inductee Wade Boggs in a ceremony prior to Friday night's Red Sox-Yankees series opener at Fenway Park. Boggs, who starred for the Red Sox from 1982-92, was elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility and was enshrined in Cooperstown on July 31.
Boggs played 18 Major League seasons with the Red Sox (1982-92), Yankees (1993-97) and Devil Rays (1998-99). He retired following the 1999 season with a .328 career batting average and 3,010 hits in 2,440 games. Boggs collected 578 doubles, 61 triples and 118 home runs while driving in 1,013 runs. He drew 1,412 career walks and finished with a career .415 on-base percentage.