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Jimmie Foxx

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Jimmie Foxx (James Emory Foxx), 1907-67, American baseball player, b. Sudlersville, Md. Foxx played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1926-35), the Boston Red Sox (1936-42), the Chicago Cubs (1942-44), and the Philadelphia Phillies (1945). He hit a career total of 534 home runs and batted .325. Foxx led the American League in home runs four seasons, hitting 58 in 1932; and hit 30 or more home runs for 12 consecutive seasons, a record surpassed only by Barry Bonds . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1951. Author not available, FOXX, JIMMIE. , The Columbia Encyclopedia,... Read more

Jimmie Foxx
...42). In two of his 20 seasons he hit over 50 home runs. His career home runs totaled 534 when he retired in 1945, making him the second man in major-league history (after Babe Ruth ) to hit 500 home runs. Jimmie Foxx Jimmie Foxx Jimmie Foxx Read more

Gehrig, Lou 19O3-1941
...recognition as the finest first baseman ever to play baseball, a remarkable feat in that he was playing in the era of Jimmie Foxx (who probably edged Gehrig in most categories) and Hank Greeberg. He played hurt a lot throughout his career and never... Read more

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	Howard makes a run for Foxx mark.(baseball players Ryan Howard and Jimmie Foxx) ; ...Howard will surpass the 58 homers Jimmie Foxx belted for the 1932 A's, the most...amazing ability to hit a baseball. Jimmie was a terrific ballplayer, the late Ted Williams, a teammate of Foxx's in Boston, told The Inquirer in... Read more
	JIMMIE FOXX ROBERTSON.(Triad) ; ELON -- Mr. Jimmie Foxx Robertson, 75, of Elon, died at his residence on Monday, August 4...bowler. In addition to his wife of the home, survivors include his son, Jimmie Foxx Robertson, Jr. and wife, Sherry of Raleigh; a sister, Jean Poe of Burlington... Read more
	This date in baseball 1940 -- Jimmie Foxx of the [Derived Headline] ; This date in baseball 1940 -- Jimmie Foxx of the Red Sox hit his 500th career home run off Philadelphia's George Caster in the first game of a doubleheader at Shibe Park. Foxx's homer came in the sixth inning after Ted Williams homered. Joe... Read more
	Bonds hits Home run No. 40, ties Jimmie Foxx for 10th on all-time list ; ...first inning to give San Francisco a 1-0 lead over Seattle. Bonds connected for his 534th career homer, tying him with Jimmie Foxx for 10th place on the all-time list. Mickey Mantle is in ninth place with 536 homers. Tigers 7, Cardinals 5: Mark McGwire... Read more
	FOXX NEWS CHANNELING ; ...It is here, on the soil of Jimmie Foxx's native Maryland go to his...years earlier). "Elden said Jimmie Foxx was the nicest man he ever...ballpark the next day, he said Jimmie wouldn't be coming. "Well, Foxx showed up just before the game... Read more
	Sign of the times: Foxx's autograph top$ Papi's.(News) ; ...David Ortiz may have surpassed Jimmie Foxx for the Red Sox single season homerun...comes in here is really looking for Jimmie Foxx. David Ortiz . . . well, that's...encourages people to buy things. As for Jimmie Foxx, the Cambridge-based shop is a... Read more
	Ortiz goes on Foxx hunt; Wants to know who he's chasing.(Sports) ; ...the first Red Sox player since Jimmie Foxx in 1938 to hit 50 in a season...he knows next to nothing about Jimmie Foxx. But before citing Ortiz as yet...impressed. I want to learn about Jimmie Foxx, he said. I want to know everything... Read more
	FOXX AND SOX WERE GOOD MATCH ; ...most imposing sights in baseball: Jimmie Foxx, one of the most powerful righthanded...from sailing onto Lansdowne Street. Foxx, who is No. 38 on the Globe's list...of the century, did not disappoint. Foxx, also known as "Double X" and "The... Read more
	Comic Redd Foxx Dies;;Best Known for `Sanford' ; ...comedy-variety show on ABC, then went back to NBC for "The Redd Foxx Show." That show, about a small New York businessman, was...Flip Wilson Show." On his new show, "The Royal Family," Mr. Foxx played a retired Atlanta letter carrier with a disposition...returned home and moved in with her three children. Mr. ... Read more
	Sudlersville Loves `The Beast';Eastern Shore Community Remembers Jimmy Foxx ; ...managing the Class D Easton team. One day, in his RFD mailbox, Foxx found a penny postcard on which Baker had invited him to...he didn't finish his senior year at Sudlersville High), Foxx was signed on Baker's recommendation by Philadelphia's Connie Mack. In his first turn at bat, May 1, 1925, Foxx, 17, ... Read more

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