Wade A. Boggs

(1958- ) born in Omaha. Professional baseball player, became 23rd player to achieve over 3,000 career hits in major leagues, ranks second with his seven consecutive 200-hit seasons (1983-1988), lifetime batting average ranks third among major leaguers who have played since World War II, ranked by Sporting News in 1998 as the 95th greatest baseball player in history; inducted into Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005. Consult Newsmakers 1989 (Gale, 1989) 42-45 and Newsweek, October 19, 1998, pp. 62-63 and Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Baseball, Vol 1 (Greenwood Press, 2000) 116-118 and Omaha World Herald, July 31, 2005, pp. C-1, C-2.

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