Jimmie Foxx

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Jimmie Foxx
Jimmie Foxx 1937
Jimmie Foxx 1937
First baseman
Born: October 22, 1907
Sudlersville , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Died on: July 21, 1967
Miami , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Suggested: Right Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
May 1,  1925  with the  Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB assignment
September 23,  1945  with the  Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
(until end of career)
Batting average    .325
Home runs    534
Hits    2,646
Runs Batted In    1,922
Teams

Awards

member of
☆☆☆Baseball Hall of Fame☆☆☆
Recorded     1951
Quota    79.2%

James "Jimmie" Emory Foxx (born October 22, 1907 in Sudlersville , Maryland , † July 21, 1967 in Miami , Florida ) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball . His nickname was The Beast and Double X .

biography

Jimmie Foxx grew up on a farm in Maryland, where he had to help his father with the work. He played baseball in high school and attracted attention to Home Run Baker there. He recommended him to his former boss Connie Mack , who then signed him for the Philadelphia Athletics . Foxx was used as a catcher , first baseman or outfielder , but his regular position should be that of first baseman. He made his debut in the American League on May 1, 1925.

Foxx became a regular in 1928 and soon became known as the right-handed Babe Ruth . In 1929 he had a batting average of 35.4% and hit 33 home runs . From 1929 to 1931 he was able to win the AL championship three times with the Athletics. In 1929 and 1930 his team was also successful in the World Series .

In 1932, Foxx hit 58 home runs, a new record for right-handed batsmen. That record was only to be broken in 1998 by Mark McGwire with 70 home runs. That year, Foxx was also voted the AL's MVP . In 1933 he won the Triple Crown for batsmen with a batting average of 35.6%, 153 RBI and 48 home runs. Also in this year he was able to win the MVP title.

1936 sold the financially weak Athletics Jimmie Foxx to the Boston Red Sox . In Boston he was able to win his third title as MVP in 1938. He hit 50 home runs, had a batting average of 34.9% and 175 RBI. Only in the home runs was Hank Greenberg placed in front of him at 58.

In 1942 he moved to the Chicago Cubs in the National League . In 1943 he announced his resignation, but returned to the Cubs again in 1944, where he mostly helped out as a substitute hitter. Foxx made a last club change in 1945. He returned to Philadelphia , but now played for the Phillies . In his final season he played as a first and third baseman , substitute hitter and was even used as a pitcher in nine games . Unlike Babe Ruth, who Foxx has often been compared to, who started his career as a pitcher, she ended Foxx the opposite way.

After 20 years, Jimmie Foxx had played 2,317 major league games, beaten 534 home runs and 1922 RBI, and had a career hit average of 32.5%. His twelve seasons with 30 or more home runs were a record that Barry Bonds was only able to improve in 2004. He was the second player after Ruth to break the 500 home run mark.

After his playing career he worked as a manager and coach in minor league baseball and in the women's baseball league . The role of Jimmy Dugan in the baseball film A Class of Its Own was based in large part on Jimmie Foxx. In 1951 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame . In 1967 Foxx died at the age of 59, likely from suffocation from a swallowed bone.

His stations as a player

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personal data
SURNAME Foxx, Jimmie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Foxx, James Emory (real name); The Beast (nickname); Double X (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Sudlersville , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 1967
Place of death Miami , Florida