Boone played his first full season in the Big Leagues in 1973 and didn’t disappoint his Philadelphia Phillies, finishing third in Rookie of the Year voting with a .261 batting average, along with 10 homers and 61 runs batted in over 145 games.
Over the course of the next two decades, he’d be named to four all-star teams, help guide the 1980 Phillies to a World Championship, and win seven Gold Gloves, which include four after the age of 38!
As a matter of fact Boone won four straight Gold Gloves from the age of 38 through 41! Just incredible when you think about how grueling the catching position is.
By the time he retired after the 1990 season, he finished up with a .254 average with 1838 hits over 7245 at-bats, while setting the high-mark for games caught before a guy named Carlton Fisk broke that record a few years later.
One of the rare members of a three-generation baseball family, his father Ray played, as did his sons Bret and Aaron, who now manages the New York Yankees.
