Jimmie Foxx

James Emory "Jimmie" Foxx (October 22, 1907 – July 21, 1967), nicknamed "Double X" and "The Beast", was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman, most notably for the Philadelphia Athletics and the Boston Red Sox. Foxx was a noted power hitter, hitting 30 or more home runs in 12 consecutive seasons and driving in more than 100 runs 13 consecutive years. He became the second player in Major League Baseball history to hit 500 career home runs, after Babe Ruth. Attaining that plateau at age 32 years 336 days, he held the record for youngest to reach 500 for sixty-eight years, until superseded by Alex Rodriguez in 2007. His three career Most Valuable Player awards are tied for second all-time. Foxx was inducted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1951.

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1948

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1939

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Major League batting statistics for Jimmie Foxx.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1925	PHA	10	9	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.667	0.667	0.778
1926	PHA	26	32	8	10	2	1	0	5	1	1	6	0.313	0.333	0.438
1927	PHA	61	130	23	42	6	5	3	20	2	14	11	0.323	0.393	0.515
1928	PHA	118	400	85	131	29	10	13	79	3	60	43	0.328	0.416	0.548
1929	PHA	149	517	123	183	23	9	33	118	9	103	70	0.354	0.463	0.625
1930	PHA	153	562	127	188	33	13	37	156	7	93	66	0.335	0.429	0.637
1931	PHA	139	515	93	150	32	10	30	120	4	73	84	0.291	0.380	0.567
1932	PHA	154	585	151	213	33	9	58	169	3	116	96	0.364	0.469	0.749
1933	PHA	149	573	125	204	37	9	48	163	2	96	93	0.356	0.449	0.703
1934	PHA	150	539	120	180	28	6	44	130	11	111	75	0.334	0.449	0.653
1935	PHA	147	535	118	185	33	7	36	115	6	114	99	0.346	0.461	0.636
1936	BOS	155	585	130	198	32	8	41	143	13	105	119	0.338	0.440	0.631
1937	BOS	150	569	111	162	24	6	36	127	10	99	96	0.285	0.392	0.538
1938	BOS	149	565	139	197	33	9	50	175	5	119	76	0.349	0.462	0.704
1939	BOS	124	467	130	168	31	10	35	105	4	89	72	0.360	0.464	0.694
1940	BOS	144	515	106	153	30	4	36	119	4	101	87	0.297	0.412	0.581
1941	BOS	135	487	87	146	27	8	19	105	2	93	103	0.300	0.412	0.505
1942	BOS	30	100	18	27	4	0	5	14	0	18	15	0.270	0.392	0.460
1942	CHC	70	205	25	42	8	0	3	19	1	22	55	0.205	0.282	0.288
1944	CHC	15	20	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	5	0.050	0.136	0.100
1945	PHI	89	224	30	60	11	1	7	38	0	23	39	0.268	0.336	0.420
Career		2317	8134	1751	2646	458	125	534	1922	87	1452	1311	-	-	-

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Major League fielding statistics for Jimmie Foxx.

Year	Team	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1925	PHA	10	-	0	0	0	0	-
1926	PHA	26	-	26	5	0	0	1.000
1927	PHA	61	-	272	16	7	10	0.976
1928	PHA	118	-	416	155	17	32	0.971
1929	PHA	149	-	1233	91	7	100	0.995
1930	PHA	153	-	1362	79	14	101	0.990
1931	PHA	139	-	990	104	15	93	0.986
1932	PHA	154	-	1338	97	11	116	0.992
1933	PHA	149	-	1402	94	15	98	0.990
1934	PHA	150	-	1388	102	10	134	0.993
1935	PHA	147	-	1226	93	4	108	0.997
1936	BOS	155	-	1254	77	13	108	0.990
1937	BOS	150	-	1287	106	8	122	0.994
1938	BOS	149	-	1282	116	19	153	0.987
1939	BOS	124	-	1101	91	10	104	0.992
1940	BOS	144	-	1023	100	10	89	0.991
1941	BOS	135	-	1162	118	14	106	0.989
1942	BOS	30	-	231	34	1	28	0.996
1942	CHC	70	-	491	24	9	32	0.983
1944	CHC	15	-	9	6	0	0	1.000
1945	PHI	89	-	304	54	8	19	0.978
Career		2317	-	17797	1562	192	1553	-

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Major League pitching statistics for Jimmie Foxx.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1939	BOS	0-0	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1945	PHI	1-0	1.59	9	2	22	13	4	4	14	10
Career		1-0	-	10	2	-	13	4	4	14	11

First Name	James
Middle Name	Emory
Last Name	Foxx
Full Name at Birth	James Emory Foxx
Other Names	Double X The Beast Jimmy Foxx Beast
Age	59 (age at death)
Date of Birth	October 22, 1907
Birthplace	Sudlersville, MD
Date of Death	July 21, 1967
Location of Death	Miami, FL
Buried	Flagler Memorial Park, Miami, FL
Height	6' (183 cm)
Weight	195 lbs (88.5 kg)
Build	Large
Eye Color	Blue
Hair Color	Blonde
Star Sign	Libra
Ethnicity	White
Nationality	American
High School	Sudlersville (Sudlersville, MD)
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	First Baseman, Third Baseman, Catcher
Bats	Right
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	1 May 1925
Last MLB Game	23 September 1945
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1951 (179/226 ballots).
Claim to Fame	Greatest right-handed hitter of his era