Red Sox legend Wade Boggs reflects on his eccentric habits during Hall of Fame career - "I probably had in the neighborhood of 75 to 80 superstitions"

Wade Boggs enjoyed hitting baseball hard during his 18-year Major League Baseball career. During that stint, the former third baseman represented three baseball clubs and earned numerous accolades.

Boggs spent a decade with the Boston Red Sox before moving to their archrival, the New York Yankees, where he won his first and only World Series title in 1996. Boggs ended his career with the Tampa Bay Rays in 1999.

He was inducted into Cooperstown in 2005, and both the Red Sox and the Rays retired Boggs' numbers to honor his time with the ball clubs. With nearly 3000 hits and a batting average of .320, the five-time American League hitting champion led the league in both categories.

However, Boggs was known throughout his Major League career for his bizarre practices outside the field. Speaking about his superstitions on SiriusXM's "Legends Lounge," Boggs revealed:

"I probably had in the neighborhood of 75 to 80 superstitions that I had to go through during the course of the day in order."

Wade Boggs: Now only a little stitious.

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Wade Boggs was known to many as the "Chicken Man" as he resorted to eating chicken religiously before every game. He stated that this was one of the many superstitious practices in his life and that he associated these antics with his on-field performances during game days.

No relationship between Boggs eating chicken before games and his performances can be effectively drawn, but he seemed to follow it religiously.

Boggs stated in his recent SiriusXM interview that he was now only "a little stitious" and would sometimes resort to eating and feeding chicken to the high school team he coached to bring that positive attitude around the clubhouse and the field.

Wade Boggs was absurdly superstitious. He used to eat a large amount of chicken before every game(even in minor leagues). After he finished eating an entire bird, he would take batting practice at exactly 5:17, followed by sprints at 7:17 before taking the field. https://t.co/a4VXHtQmsH

Besides eating chicken, Boggs was also known to believe in other superstitions. He would wake up at the same time every day, take batting practice at precisely 5:17 p.m. and run sprints at 7:17 p.m.

Wade Boggs was a legend of the game

Wade Boggs played for the Red Sox for 11 seasons, finishing second once and third twice while earning five batting titles.

Boggs' subsequent stint included five seasons with the Yankees, where he not only batted immaculately well with an average of .313 but also won the Gold Glove Awards at third base in 1994 and 1995, becoming the oldest non-pitcher to do so at age 36.

In 1988, Wade Boggs became the first player of the modern era to reach 200 hits in six consecutive seasons.

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Wade Boggs' left-handed hard-hitting resulted in a.328 career average over 18 seasons. On five separate occasions, he was the league's top hitter. In six different seasons, Boggs was the league leader in on-base percentage. However, with only 118 home runs in his career, he has a miserly average of only 6.5 home runs a season. This includes hitting over 20 home runs in just one season.