Playboy Interview: Wade Boggs

July, 1987

The best hitter in baseball? Wade Boggs of the Boston Red Sox, we say. Want to make something of it?As with all great baseball debates, it comes down to the stats. Check these out: At the end of the 1986 season, though his personal achievements were overshadowed by the Mets' thrilling world-series victory over the Sox, Boggs was hitting .357. He set an American League record for rookies in 1982 by batting .349 and has led the league in hitting for three of the past four years. He has already tie...

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