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Why haven't the Boston Red Sox retired Wade Boggs' number 12?

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The Red Sox will retire Wade Boggs' number 26 a full 16 years after his retirement, and 10 years after his election to the Baseball Hall of Fame. No one can deny that, while wearing a Red Sox uniform, Boggs did everything he had to to earn the honor of having his number retired. read more

Boggs left the Red Sox in 1992 and won a World Series with the Yankees in 1996. The 12-time All-Star got his 3,000th hit — a home run — as a Tampa Bay Devil Ray in 1999, and they retired his number 12 the following year. read more

Wade Boggs's number 12 was retired by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2000. Wade Boggs's number 26 was retired by the Boston Red Sox in 2016. Boggs's career paralleled that of Tony Gwynn, who also debuted (in the National League) in 1982. read more

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