Baseball Hall of Famer Wade Boggs has announced that he is now cancer-free.
“I’m a cancer survivor now. Prostate cancer is null and void. Thank God,” the former third baseman said Friday, citing a recent medical checkup.
Boggs shared the news after participating in a ceremony Friday night at Fenway Park, celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Boston Red Sox’s first home game. He threw the ceremonial first pitch alongside Red Sox legends David Ortiz, Pedro Martinez, Jim Rice, Carlton Fisk, and Carl Yastrzemski.
The 67-year-old was diagnosed with prostate cancer in September 2024 and underwent radiation and hormone treatment in Florida. On November 13, 2024, Boggs posted on X that he had completed his treatment, thanking his medical team and fans for their support.
“Praise God! Had my last treatment this morning, now it’s in the hands of God ??,” he wrote at the time. “Can’t thank my family, friends and my fans for your continued support throughout this difficult time. Also my wonderful team at Tampa General Hospital Cancer Institute.”
Boggs credited early detection for his successful outcome and encouraged young men to get screened. “It’s a process that you have to go through, and I encourage all young men to get your PSA tests,” Boggs said Friday. “Please go out there. Because mine, it wasn’t even on the radar. It was a 3.3, and they don’t even start talking about it until it gets to four. But I had the bad one, and we caught it early… I had my checkup a month ago, and I’m completely cancer-free.”
Boggs played 18 MLB seasons with the Boston Red Sox (1982-92), New York Yankees (1993-97), and the then-Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998-99). Both the Red Sox and Rays have retired his number. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2005 on the first ballot, earning 91.9% of the vote.
A five-time American League batting champion, 12-time All-Star, two-time Gold Glove Award winner, and eight-time Silver Slugger Award winner, Boggs won a World Series with the Yankees in 1996. Over his career, he batted .328, amassed 3,010 hits, 1,513 runs, 118 home runs, and 1,014 RBIs.
