Boston Red Sox Photos: Wade Boggs Has Number Retired.

BOSTON, MA – MAY 26: Former Boston Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs is introduced as his number is retired during a special ceremony before a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies on May 26, 2016 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Wade Boggs

BOSTON, MA – MAY 26: Former Boston Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs admires his Hall of Fame plaque alongside Dennis Eckersley as his number is retired during a special ceremony before a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies on May 26, 2016 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Wade Boggs; Dennis Eckersley

BOSTON, MA – MAY 26: Former Boston Red Sox player Carl Yastrzemski is introduced during a number retirement ceremony for former Boston Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs before a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies on May 26, 2016 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Carl Yastrzemski

BOSTON, MA – MAY 26: Former Boston Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs reacts as his jersey number is unveiled during a special number retirement ceremony before a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies on May 26, 2016 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Wade Boggs

BOSTON, MA – MAY 26: Former Boston Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs gestures alongside his Hall of Fame plaque as his number is retired during a special ceremony before a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies on May 26, 2016 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Wade Boggs

BOSTON, MA – MAY 26: Former Boston Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs looks on as his jersey number is unveiled during a special number retirement ceremony before a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies on May 26, 2016 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Wade Boggs

BOSTON, MA – MAY 26: Former Boston Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs speaks as his number is retired during a special ceremony before a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies on May 26, 2016 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Wade Boggs

BOSTON, MA – MAY 26: Former Boston Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs throws out a ceremonial first pitch as his number is retired during a special ceremony before a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies on May 26, 2016 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Wade Boggs

BOSTON, MA – MAY 26: Former Boston Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs salutes former teammates as his number is retired during a special ceremony before a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies on May 26, 2016 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Wade Boggs

In ceremonies taking place before the Red Sox-Rockies game last Thursday, the club retired Wade Boggs’s number 26. Boggs helped lead the Red Sox to three postseason berths, including the 1986 American League Championship. The Hall of Famer’s .338 batting average with the Red Sox is second only to Ted Williams, and no one has ever played more games at third base in team history.

Here are some images from the ceremony! It was cool to witness this happen, as I remember watching Boggs play when I was a kid. I tried to work the back drop of the retired number facade as much as possible.