Boxscore of 3,000th Hit by Wade Boggs

In 1996, Wade Boggs made us all smile when he rode a police horse around Yankee Stadium after winning the World Championship. Three years later the class player became only the twenty-third player to reach the three-thousand hit plateau.

"It seems like it's been a storybook script. It sort of seems fitting, like God was shining down on me and blessing me. He was gracious enough to let me be a part of all of this." - Wade Boggs on hit three-thousand
Wade Boggs

Wade Boggs Commemorative Program

3,000th Hit Boxscore
August 7, 1999
Tropicana Field

Name AB R H RBI
Roberts cf 5 3 3 0
Vizquel ss 5 3 2 1
Alomar 2b 4 3 2 0
M. Ramirez rf 3 4 3 5
A. Ramirez rf 0 0 0 0
Thome 1b 5 2 4 4
Justice dh 5 0 2 2
Sexson lf 6 0 2 2
Branyan 3b 4 0 0 0
Wilson 3b 1 0 0 0
Diaz c 5 0 1 0
Totals 43 15 19 14

Hitting & Fielding Notes

Doubles: Roberts, Alomar, Thome, M. Ramirez, Vizquel.
GIDP: Justice.
Home Runs: M. Ramirez, Thome.
Sacrifice Flys: Alomar.
Stolen Bases: Roberts.
Team LOB: 10.

Name AB R H RBI
Lowery cf 3 2 1 1
Boggs 3b 4 2 3 4
Graffanino 2b 5 0 1 0
McGriff dh 5 0 1 3
Trammell lf 4 2 2 0
Sorrento 1b 4 0 1 1
Flaherty c 5 1 2 1
Martinez rf 5 1 1 0
Ledesma ss 4 2 2 0
Totals 39 8 14 10

Hitting & Fielding Notes

Double Play(s): Duvall-Ledesma-Sorrento.
Doubles: McGriff, Ledesma, Trammell (2).
Error: Rekar, White.
Home Runs: Boggs.
Sacrifice Flys: Lowery.
Team LOB: 7.

Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 3 0 3 4 1 0 2 0 2 15 19 0
Tampa Bay 0 0 4 2 1 2 1 0 0 10 14 2

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy (W) 5 9 7 7 3 3
Haney 1 2 2 2 0 0
Shuey 1.1 3 1 1 1 2
Rincon .1 0 0 0 0 0
Karsay .1 0 0 0 0 0
Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 0

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Witt (L) 2 6 6 6 2 1
Rekar 1.1 5 4 4 2 2
White 2.2 3 3 3 2 2
Yan .1 0 0 0 0 0
Duvall 2.1 5 2 2 1 0
Lopez .1 0 0 0 0 1

Pitching Notes

HBP: Yan (M. Ramirez)
IBB
: Rekar (Justice), Duvall (M. Ramirez).

Game Notes

Attendance: 39,512.
Umpires
HP - Laz Diaz
1B - Rich Garcia
2B - Mike Reilly
3B - Brian Onora
Length of game: 3:44.
Weather: Indoors.



Did you know that Wade Boggs was the first member of the 3,000 Hits Club to join with a home run?

Wade Boggs got down on his knees and kissed home plate after rounding the bases!

When Wade Boggs hit this home run he had one-hundred eighteen career home runs, five-hundred seventy-five doubles, sixty-six triples, and two-thousand two-hundred forty singles!