Red Sox legend Wade Boggs reveals he is cancer-free

“An extremely emotional day I can’t thank my doctors Dr. Engleman and Dr. Heidenberg enough also to everyone for your thoughts and prayers Debbie and I are pleased to announce I am cancer free,” he said.

The Hall of Fame third baseman, who was drafted by the Red Sox and played for them from 1982 to 1992, announced in September 2024 that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

When Boggs shared the news on X, he said he looked forward to “ringing the bell,” something cancer survivors do to celebrate completing their treatment.

Five months later, he rang that bell.

Boggs replied to an X user under his cancer-free announcement saying that he hit a “home run.”

After his ten-year tenure in Boston, Boggs played for the New York Yankees (1993-97) and the then-Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998-99).

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The career 3B finished his 18-year MLB career with 12 All-Star appearances, eight Silver Slugger awards, five batting titles, two Gold Glove trophies, and one World Series ring (1996).

Boggs collected 3,010 hits, 578 of those being doubles and 118 being home runs. He ended with a .328 batting average and .858 OPS.

He was inducted into the Red Sox’ Hall of Fame in 2004.

The following year, Boggs was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame alongside Ryne Sandberg.

Boston retired Boggs’s No. 26 in May 2016.

“I think I said it best out there that this was the last piece of my baseball puzzle,” Boggs said that day. “My journey has ended and I’ve come back home. This is where I started my career. And, today is the end. To have my number up there with all the greats to ever put on a Red Sox uniform, including Ted (Williams), he’s my idol growing up. I wore 9 in honor of Ted in Little League.”