Hall Of Famer Wade Boggs Reveals Serious Diagnosis

Baseball Hall of Famer Wade Boggs announced he's been diagnosed with prostate cancer in a post shared on his X account Saturday (September 7).

Boggs, 66, appeared to be in positive spirits, vowing to "ring that damn bell," a ritual cancer patients participate in during the conclusion of their treatment.

"I’ve never been a goal oriented person but with the strength and support of my family and my faith in God I’m going to ring that damn bell #positiveattitude ," Boggs wrote, along with a photo of a "prostate cancer patient guide."

Boggs is widely regarded as one of the best contact hitters in baseball history, hitting for a .328 career average with 3,010 hits, 1,014 RBIs and 118 home runs during his 18-year Major League Baseball career with the Boston Red Sox (1982-1992), New York Yankees (1993-1997) and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998-1999).

The Nebraska native is a 12-time All-Star, eight-time Silver Slugger Award winner (1983, 1986-1989, 1991, 1993, 1994), five-time American League batting champion (1983, 1985-1988), two-time Gold Glove Award winner (1994, 1995) and a World Series champion with the Yankees in 1996. Boggs' diagnosis comes weeks after his fellow 2005 Baseball Hall of Fame enshrinee, Ryne Sandberg , announced he was free of metastatic prostate cancer.

“Rang the Bell this morning!” Sandberg wrote on his Instagram account on August 15. “WE did it, WE won! What a Dream Team, family, doctors, friends, nurses, fans who supported myself and [wife] Margaret through the last 8 months! We feel so blessed from all the love, prayers and thoughts and positive words that have come our way!”