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August 7, 1999: Wade Boggs becomes the first major-leaguer to homer for his 3,000th hit – Society for American Baseball Research

Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Taylor Walls fields a bround ball by Baltimore Orioles' Austin Hays and throws him out at first base during the ninth inning of a baseball game Saturday

Boston Red Sox Wade Boggs (26) during a game from his career with the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Wade Boggs played for 18 years with

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Boston Red Sox third base coach Brian Butterfield (55) congratulates Travis Shaw, right, after his solo home run off Tampa Bay Rays starter Chris Archer during the second inning of a baseball

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New York Yankees Wade Boggs, right, receives congratulations from teammate Randy Velarde after both scored on Boggs' two-run home run in the third inning of game one of he American League division

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Wade Boggs of the New York Yankees at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim,California during the 1996 season. (Larry Goren/Four Seam Images via AP Images Stock Photo - Alamy

New York Yankees Wade Boggs (12) in action during a game from his 1997 season against