Baseball Hall of Famer Wade Boggs announced Saturday that he has prostate cancer.
In a social media post, Boggs, 66, wrote that he’s “going to ring that damn bell” along with a photo of a prostate cancer patient guide.
Boggs played 18 seasons with the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays. The third baseman was a 12-time All-Star, two-time Gold Glove Award winner, five-time AL batting champion, eight-time Silver Slugger Award winner and won a World Series with the Yankees in 1996. The Red Sox and Rays both retired his number, and he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005.
“Our best wishes to @ChickenMan3010 as he battles prostate cancer,” read a post on the Baseball Hall of Fame’s X. “We’ll be with you every step of the way, Wade!”
According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 299,010 new cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed each year, and approximately 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed during their lifetime.
