Jimmie Foxx, baseball player, 534 home runs, 1925-1945

Jimmie Foxx

⭐ Hall of Fame 1951

Born: 10/22/1907 in Sudlersville, MD, USA

Died: 7/21/1967 in Miami, FL, USA

MLB Debut: 1925-05-01 | Final Game: 1945-09-23

Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 6'0" | Weight: 195 lbs

Full name: James Emory Foxx

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Biography

Jimmie Foxx, born in 1907, was a renowned baseball player who played primarily as a pitcher during his career from 1925 until 1945. He established himself as a formidable presence on the mound, finishing his career with a record of 1-0 and an impressive earned run average (ERA) of 1.52. Over his time in the league, Foxx recorded 11 strikeouts, showcasing his ability to dominate hitters. Although he did not achieve any saves, his contributions on the field were recognized through multiple accolades, including three TSN Guide MVP awards and nine All-Star selections. Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1951, Foxx's impact on the game extended beyond his statistics. He played during an era that witnessed significant changes in baseball, contributing to the evolution of pitching styles and strategies. His legacy remains influential, as he is remembered not only for his pitching prowess but also for his overall contributions to the sport during a time when the game was growing in popularity and complexity.

Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
70.0 56.0 16.0 18.0 4.0 1.0 4.0 4.0 13.0 1.0 1.0 0.321 0.449 0.643 1.092

Pitching

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA
4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 10.0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Season PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1928 41.0 34.0 9.0 9.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 0 6.0 0 1.0 0.265 0.375 0.529 0.904
1929 4.0 3.0 1.0 3.0 2.0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.667 2.667
1931 4.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 0 0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0.333 0.500 1.333 1.833
1935 16.0 13.0 4.0 4.0 1.0 0 1.0 3.0 3.0 1.0 0 0.308 0.438 0.615 1.053
1941 5.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0.333 0.600 0.333 0.933

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Season W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA
1928 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 7.0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1929 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1941 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
1 0 10 2 0 0 0 23.7 13 4 0 14 11 1.52 0

Career ERA 1.52 vs. league average 3.97 across their career seasons — 61.7% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1939 BOS AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0.00 — 0.0
1945 PHI NL 1 0 9 2 0 0 0 22.7 13 4 14 10 1.59 3.67 (+57%) -87.2

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
2317 8134 1751 2646 458 125 534 1922 87 1452 1311 0.325 0.428 0.609 1.038 72808.7

Career AVG .325 vs. league average .276 across their career seasons — +18.0% above league average.

Career OBP .428 vs. league average .340 across their career seasons — +25.9% above league average.

Career SLG .609 vs. league average .390 across their career seasons — +56.1% above league average.

Career OPS 1.038 vs. league average 0.730 across their career seasons — +42.0% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1925 PHA AL 10 9 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.667 — — — — 0.0
1926 PHA AL 26 32 8 10 2 1 0 5 1 1 6 0.312 — — — — 0.0
1927 PHA AL 61 130 23 42 6 5 3 20 2 14 11 0.323 .282 (+15%) .344 (+14%) .392 (+31%) .736 (+23%) 533.5
1928 PHA AL 118 400 85 131 29 10 13 79 3 60 43 0.328 .280 (+17%) .342 (+22%) .395 (+38%) .737 (+31%) 2516.7
1929 PHA AL 149 517 123 183 23 9 33 118 9 103 70 0.354 .289 (+22%) .353 (+31%) .415 (+50%) .769 (+41%) 5041.8
1930 PHA AL 153 562 127 188 33 13 37 156 7 93 66 0.335 .293 (+14%) .354 (+21%) .429 (+48%) .784 (+36%) 4599.8
1931 PHA AL 139 515 93 150 32 10 30 120 4 73 84 0.291 .276 (+5%) .338 (+12%) .388 (+46%) .726 (+30%) 3137.1
1932 PHA AL 154 585 151 213 33 9 58 169 3 116 96 0.364 .275 (+32%) .335 (+40%) .391 (+91%) .726 (+68%) 8549.9
1933 PHA AL 149 573 125 204 37 9 48 163 2 96 93 0.356 .270 (+32%) .329 (+36%) .377 (+86%) .707 (+63%) 7419.3
1934 PHA AL 150 539 120 180 28 6 44 130 11 111 75 0.334 .278 (+20%) .340 (+32%) .392 (+66%) .733 (+50%) 6001.0
1935 PHA AL 147 535 118 185 33 7 36 115 6 114 99 0.346 .279 (+24%) .342 (+34%) .399 (+59%) .742 (+48%) 5782.2
1936 BOS AL 155 585 130 198 32 8 41 143 13 105 119 0.338 .283 (+19%) .349 (+26%) .404 (+56%) .753 (+42%) 5514.7
1937 BOS AL 150 569 111 162 24 6 36 127 10 99 96 0.285 .276 (+3%) .342 (+14%) .398 (+35%) .740 (+25%) 3224.6
1938 BOS AL 149 565 139 197 33 9 50 175 5 119 76 0.349 .272 (+28%) .341 (+35%) .392 (+79%) .734 (+59%) 7248.4
1939 BOS AL 124 467 130 168 31 10 35 105 4 89 72 0.360 .274 (+31%) .342 (+36%) .393 (+77%) .735 (+58%) 5594.7
1940 BOS AL 144 515 106 153 30 4 36 119 4 101 87 0.297 .267 (+11%) .335 (+23%) .387 (+50%) .722 (+37%) 4158.5
1941 BOS AL 135 487 87 146 27 8 19 105 2 93 103 0.300 .262 (+14%) .332 (+24%) .373 (+35%) .705 (+30%) 3135.7
1942 BOS AL 30 100 18 27 4 0 5 14 0 18 15 0.270 .253 (+7%) .323 (+21%) .349 (+32%) .672 (+27%) 484.5
1942 CHC NL 70 205 25 42 8 0 3 19 1 22 55 0.205 .253 (-19%) .323 (-13%) .349 (-18%) .672 (-15%) 484.5
1944 CHC NL 15 20 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 5 0.050 — — — — 0.0
1945 PHI NL 89 224 30 60 11 1 7 38 0 23 39 0.268 .260 (+3%) .328 (+2%) .354 (+18%) .683 (+11%) 394.7

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
18 64 11 22 3 1 4 11 9 10 0.344

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1931 WS PHA 7 23 3 8 0 0 1 3 6 5 0.348
1930 WS PHA 6 21 3 7 2 1 1 3 2 4 0.333
1929 WS PHA 5 20 5 7 1 0 2 5 1 1 0.350

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 1919 0 17207 1222 155 1528
3B 141 0 132 278 31 18
C 108 0 420 60 5 7
OF 21 0 36 0 1 0
P 10 0 2 1 0 0
SS 1 0 0 1 0 0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1925 PHA C 1 0 0 0 0 0
1926 PHA C 12 0 19 5 0 0
1926 PHA OF 3 0 7 0 0 0
1927 PHA 1B 32 0 258 15 7 10
1927 PHA C 5 0 14 1 0 0
1928 PHA 1B 30 0 273 6 2 19
1928 PHA 3B 60 0 59 129 12 9
1928 PHA C 19 0 84 20 3 4
1929 PHA 1B 142 0 1226 74 6 98
1929 PHA 3B 8 0 7 17 1 2
1930 PHA 1B 153 0 1362 79 14 101
1931 PHA 1B 112 0 964 49 7 89
1931 PHA 3B 26 0 24 55 8 4
1931 PHA OF 1 0 2 0 0 0
1932 PHA 1B 141 0 1328 79 9 115
1932 PHA 3B 13 0 10 18 2 1
1933 PHA 1B 149 0 1402 93 15 98
1933 PHA SS 1 0 0 1 0 0
1934 PHA 1B 140 0 1378 85 10 133
1934 PHA 3B 9 0 10 17 0 1
1935 PHA 1B 121 0 1109 77 3 107
1935 PHA 3B 2 0 1 0 0 0
1935 PHA C 26 0 116 16 1 1
1936 BOS 1B 139 0 1226 76 12 108
1936 BOS 3B 1 0 1 1 0 0
1936 BOS OF 16 0 27 0 1 0
1937 BOS 1B 150 0 1287 106 8 122
1937 BOS C 1 0 0 0 0 0
1938 BOS 1B 149 0 1282 116 19 153
1939 BOS 1B 123 0 1101 91 10 104
1939 BOS P 1 0 0 0 0 0
1940 BOS 1B 95 0 844 79 9 87
1940 BOS 3B 1 0 1 3 0 0
1940 BOS C 42 0 178 18 1 2
1941 BOS 1B 124 0 1155 112 10 105
1941 BOS 3B 5 0 7 6 4 1
1941 BOS OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
1942 BOS 1B 27 0 231 34 1 28
1942 CHN 1B 52 0 489 24 9 32
1942 CHN C 1 0 2 0 0 0
1944 CHN 3B 2 0 2 6 0 0
1944 CHN C 1 0 7 0 0 0
1945 PHI 1B 40 0 292 27 4 19
1945 PHI 3B 14 0 10 26 4 0
1945 PHI P 9 0 2 1 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 10
Catcher 109
First Base 1918
Third Base 142
Shortstop 1
Left Field 12
Right Field 10

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
1941 Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1940 Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1939 Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1939 Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1939 TSN All-Star 1B
1938 Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1938 Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1938 Most Valuable Player
1938 TSN All-Star 1B
1938 TSN Guide MVP
1933 Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1933 Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1933 Most Valuable Player
1933 Triple Crown
1933 TSN All-Star 1B
1933 TSN Guide MVP
1932 Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1932 Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1932 Most Valuable Player
1932 TSN All-Star 1B
1932 TSN Guide MVP
1929 TSN All-Star 1B

Featured In Rankings

#3
Top 20 First Basemen in History of MLB Baseball
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Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1940 Most Valuable Player AL 6th 110.0 336 0
1939 Most Valuable Player AL 2nd 170.0 336 1
1938 Most Valuable Player AL 1st 305.0 336 19
1936 Most Valuable Player AL 11th 16.0 80 0
1935 Most Valuable Player AL 11th 11.0 80 0
1934 Most Valuable Player AL 10th 11.0 80 0
1933 Most Valuable Player AL 1st 74.0 80 4
1932 Most Valuable Player AL 1st 75.0 80 5
1931 Most Valuable Player AL 25th 1.0 80 0
1928 Most Valuable Player AL 11th 7.0 64 0