He was tough, stubborn and resilient. He had countless knee surgeries, yet ended up catching the 4th-most games – 2,056 – in baseball history, behind only Pudge Rodriguez, Carlton Fisk and Bob Boone. An 11-time All-Star. A 5-time Silver Slugger. A...

35 percent of would-be base thieves for his career, leading the league with 47 percent or higher in 1976, 1981, and 1983; it wasn't until the late 1980s when his throwing declined. His 2,056 games caught are a National League record and rank fourth...

Fifty percent chance to win? Hey, not bad, right? But that isn’t what Boone meant. He meant, based on the starting pitchers of the Senators — and the rest of the Washington Nationals’ upper minor league teams, for that matter — that the team had a...

Since then, several others within the organization have agreed with his sentiment, including, not surprisingly, Harper himself but also general manager Mike Rizzo and Bob Boone, the vice president of player development. "He'll have a big effect on our...

Series, with the Dodgers winning twice and advancing to the World Series, only to meet their doom at the hands of the Yankees. That Phillies team, anchored by future Hall of Famers Mike Schmidt and Steve Carlton, slugger Greg Luzinski, fireman Tug...

Tug retired in 1984, after 19 seasons in the big leagues and passed away at 59 years of age in 2004. The #8 jersey, now worn by Shane Victorino was also worn by another ‘lifetime’ Phillies player, Bob Boone. Boone held the number 8 jersey from 1973 to...