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Jimmie Foxx
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Birthdate: 10/22/1907 Died: 7/21/1967
Height / Weight: 6' 0" / 195 lbs. Place of Birth: Sudlersville, MD, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Just under six feet, weighing about 200, Foxx was so strong and had such a brawny physique that he became known around the dugouts as The Beast. He walloped many monumental homers among his total of 534 and is generally accepted as the longest-hitting right-hander swinger of all time. Baseball History Seventeen of Jimmie's 20 years in the majors were spent with the A's and the Boston Red Sox. He hit 58 homers in 1932 and would have broken Ruth's record, scribes with the A's insisted, but for the intrusion of a screen fronting the rightfield stands in St. Louis. Five times, it was said, Foxx missed homers when his drives struck that fence, which wasn't there when Ruth hit 60 in 1927. Jimmie led the league in homers four times. A Hall of Famer, he was named MVP three times, and in each case he was playing with a team that failed to win the pennant. Old Double X, chiefly a first baseman, also caught, played third base and the outfield, and even pitched in 10 games. 'The Home Run Book' by 'Topps Baseball Card Co' 1981 Edition


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1939 BOS (AL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00
1945 PHI (NL) 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 22.2 13 4 4 0 14 0 10 0 1 0 1.59
21 years   10 2 1 0 0 0 0 23.2 13 4 4 0 14 0 11 0 1 0 1.55
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1925 PHA (AL) 10 9 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 SLG
1926 PHA (AL) 26 32 8 10 2 1 0 5 1 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 .313 .333 SLG
1927 PHA (AL) 61 130 23 42 6 5 3 20 14 11 2 1 0 1 1 0 .323 .393 SLG
1928 PHA (AL) 118 400 85 131 29 10 13 79 60 43 3 8 0 1 12 0 .328 .416 SLG
1929 PHA (AL) 149 517 123 183 23 9 33 118 103 70 9 7 0 2 16 0 .354 .463 SLG
1930 PHA (AL) 153 562 127 188 33 13 37 156 93 66 7 7 0 0 18 0 .335 .429 SLG
1931 PHA (AL) 139 515 93 150 32 10 30 120 73 84 4 3 0 1 4 0 .291 .380 SLG
1932 PHA (AL) 154 585 151 213 33 9 58 169 116 96 3 7 0 0 0 0 .364 .469 SLG
1933 PHA (AL) 149 573 125 204 37 9 48 163 96 93 2 2 0 1 0 0 .356 .449 SLG
1934 PHA (AL) 150 539 120 180 28 6 44 130 111 75 11 2 0 1 1 0 .334 .449 SLG
1935 PHA (AL) 147 535 118 185 33 7 36 115 114 99 6 4 0 0 0 0 .346 .461 SLG
1936 BOS (AL) 155 585 130 198 32 8 41 143 105 119 13 4 0 1 2 0 .338 .440 SLG
1937 BOS (AL) 150 569 111 162 24 6 36 127 99 96 10 8 0 1 4 0 .285 .392 SLG
1938 BOS (AL) 149 565 139 197 33 9 50 175 119 76 5 4 0 0 1 0 .349 .462 SLG
1939 BOS (AL) 124 467 130 168 31 10 35 105 89 72 4 3 0 2 5 0 .360 .464 SLG
1940 BOS (AL) 144 515 106 153 30 4 36 119 101 87 4 7 0 0 2 0 .297 .412 SLG
1941 BOS (AL) 135 487 87 146 27 8 19 105 93 103 2 5 0 0 2 0 .300 .412 SLG
1942 CHC (NL) 70 205 25 42 8 0 3 19 22 55 1 0 0 0 0 0 .205 .282 SLG
1942 BOS (AL) 30 100 18 27 4 0 5 14 18 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 .270 .392 SLG
1944 CHC (NL) 15 20 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .50 .136 SLG
1945 PHI (NL) 89 224 30 60 11 1 7 38 23 39 0 0 0 0 1 0 .268 .336 SLG
21 years   2317 8134 1751 2646 458 125 534 1922 1452 1311 87 72 0 13 71 0 .325 .428 .SLG



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