Boswell played the first eight years of his career with the Mets, and was a part of the championship team of 1969 as well as the National League champ squad of '73.
Primarily a third baseman, he appeared in 72 games for the Astros in his final season, his third in Houston, hitting .216 with 21 hits over 97 at-bats.
Overall for his career he batted .248 with 625 hits in 2517 at-bats over 930 lifetime games, usually as a player off the bench filling in.