Mitchell Thomas Boggs is a Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 pitcher

Pitcher

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 for the St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...

. He is of no relation to former MLB third baseman, Wade Boggs

Wade Boggs

Wade Anthony Boggs is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He spent his 18-year baseball career primarily with the Boston Red Sox, but also played for the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Devil Rays...

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High school

Boggs played two sports while attending Dalton High School. He played baseball for the Catamounts under the direction of Coach Manny Pontonio. Boggs was a pitcher and also a 3rd baseman who was recruited to be a dual-sport college star. Boggs played baseball at the University of Georgia, and is now a member of the St. Louis Cardinals organization.

Boggs also played quarterback for Dalton High's football team. His senior year, Boggs led the Catamounts to a 13-2 record, which included an appearance and a win in the state semi-finals in the Georgia Dome.

Collegiate career

Boggs played his collegiate career at the University of Georgia

Georgia Bulldogs

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. In , Boggs pitched for the Newport Gulls

Newport Gulls

The Newport Gulls are a wooden-bat, summer collegiate baseball team based in Newport, Rhode Island. The Newport Gulls Baseball Club is a member of both the New England Collegiate Baseball League and the NECBL's East Division. From 2001 to the present, the Gulls have played at Cardines...

 of the New England Collegiate Baseball League

New England Collegiate Baseball League

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. He appeared in 8 total games, owning a 6-0 record, including a 0.91 regular season earned run average

Earned run average

In baseball statistics, earned run average is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number of innings pitched and multiplying by nine...

 and two wins

Win (baseball)

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 in the playoffs.

St. Louis Cardinals

On June 6, 2008, Boggs was promoted to the Cardinals' major league club from the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds

Memphis Redbirds

The Memphis Redbirds are the Triple-A minor league baseball affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. They play their home games at AutoZone Park in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. The stadium's capacity is 14,320. They entered the Pacific Coast League as an expansion team in 1998, and were owned as a...

 to replace Mike Parisi

Mike Parisi

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 on the active roster. In 12 starts with the Redbirds in 2008 before his promotion, Boggs was 5-1 with a 3.28 ERA.

On June 10, 2008, Boggs got his first start

Starting pitcher

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 going five innings, giving up only four hits

Hit (baseball)

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 and two runs

Run (baseball)

In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances around first, second and third base and returns safely to home plate, touching the bases in that order, before three outs are recorded and all obligations to reach base safely on batted balls are met or assured...

, in picking up his first victory, over the Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds

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, 7-2 in Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio

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External links

• Boggs player profile at Scout.com