Wade Boggs vs. Joe Yeager — Career Comparison

Wade Boggs
Baby BoomersNebraskaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueHall of FameThird BasemanGold GloveSilver SluggerAll-Star
Joe Yeager
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueThird Baseman

When their careers are measured against the same standard, Wade Boggs comes out clearly ahead of Joe Yeager across most offensive categories. Wade Boggs led in walk rate (BB%+ 173 vs 85), contact rate (K%+ 233 vs 155), and on-base percentage (OBP+ 139 vs 100). Wade Boggs was the more complete offensive player.

Hitting Stats for Wade Boggs and Joe Yeager

Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2440
136.31
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PAverified
574
167.43
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10740
600
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
2057
600
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9180
512.85
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1853
540.5
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.87
0.87
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
0.678
0.678
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3010
168.16
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
467
136.22
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2253
125.87
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
357
104.13
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
578
32.29
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
77
22.46
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
3.41
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
8.46
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
6.59
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
4
1.17
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
757
42.29
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
110
32.09
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1750.46
97.79
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
209.07
60.98
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4064
227.04
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
614
179.1
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4445
248.32
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
628
183.18
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
0.312
0.312
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.443
0.443
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.858
0.858
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
0.643
0.643
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.858
0.858
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
0.586
0.586
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1513
84.53
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
204
59.5
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1014
56.65
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PAverified
201
58.63
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2409
134.58
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
401
116.97
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1812.32
101.25
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
231.81
67.62
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 600 PA
23
1.28
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
14.88
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1412
78.88
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
110
32.09
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
10.06
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
745
41.62
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
42.59
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
14.42
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
14.09
14.09
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.9
1.9
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
0.75
0.75
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 600 PA
29
1.62
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
12.54
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
5.36
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 600 PA
236
13.18
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 600 PA
24
1.34
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
10.79
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
1.96
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
3.3
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
10.79
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 600 PA
40.68
40.68
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100

Fielding Stats for Wade Boggs and Joe Yeager

Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2285
1.06
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
1.1
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2223
1.03
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
0.52
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58402
27
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
13254
27
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19467.1
9
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
4418
9
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2115
0.98
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
1.34
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4304
1.99
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1171
2.39
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.11
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
0.28
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6651
3.07
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1965
4
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6419
2.97
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1828
3.72
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.51
96.51
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.03
93.03
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.809
2.809
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.398
3.398
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.29
97.29
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.4
47.4
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
472
0.22
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.16
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Pitching Stats for Wade Boggs and Joe Yeager

Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
7.71
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
1.2
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.02
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.42
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.63
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.24
40.24
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.11
85.11
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.93
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3.86
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
3.74
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
27
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2114
27
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
9
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
704.2
9
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
11.57
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
805
10.28
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.57
11.57
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.28
10.28
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.19
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3.86
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
2.4
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
7.71
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.85
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.85
1.85
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.473
0.473
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.27
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
42.43
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3033
38.74
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
7.71
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.18
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3.86
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
5.38
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.714
1.714
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.409
1.409
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
38.57
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2824
36.07
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Wade Boggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Joe Yeager
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Wade Boggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.43
42.43
Joe Yeager
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.74
38.74