The Beast.....Jimmy Foxx - 1951 Baseball HOF Inuctee
 

James Emory "Jimmie" Foxx, nicknamed "Double X" and "The Beast", was an American baseball first baseman who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Phillies. Wikipedia

Born: October 22, 1907, Sudlersville, MD
Died: July 21, 1967, Miami, FL
Weight: 195 lbs
Position: Infielder
Number: 3 (Boston Red Sox / Infielder), 3 (Philadelphia Athletics / Infielder)
Awards: American League Most Valuable Player Award 1932, 1933, 1938

An unusual Beast card....anyone else care to show one, please do.

Foxx
 

Some Foxx cards.

The Beast and the Splendid Splinter.:)

Always thot it sad that he passed under now preventable circumstances and at such a young age. Where was Dr. Heimlich when he was most needed? :(

1934 Jimmie Foxx JBR 48 U.S. Tour of Japan card

April 1936 with Boston
 

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...photograph by "Kuenzel"..."news staff photographer"...April 14 , 1936 stamped on back.....if they didn't make a card out of this , they should have ....look at that mug....


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Nice auto Adam

Foxx
 

Becker Brothers Theater card
Foxx pins and felt

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Tom C

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My favorite Beast

Here's a cool C. 1930's photograph of Jimmie Foxx hunting with Red Sox teammates Lefty Grove, Pinky Higgins and Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey (the players in this photo have been identified in Jimmie Foxx's own hand).

Also have a 1946 Propagandas Montiel of the Beast!

1929 Type I photo

As a Philadelphia Athletic and a Boston Red Sock
 

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..a standard size Burke postcard , with a slightly different pose than the Burke few posts above ( note the eyes are looking forward ) ,and the small version (6 1/2 x 8 1/2) "Canadian Butterfinger" premium ...


..I've seen some regular "normal" American butterfingers using only one "X" ("Jimmy Fox")....are there two versions or are all the full-size spelled "Fox"?

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Butterfinger Foxx
 

Regular Butterfingers have both Fox and Foxx.

R311
 

1936 National Chicle (leather finish)

I was staying at my cousins for a vacation in the late 60s. We went to their well-stocked public library. I well recall coming across a book on baseball history with this full-page shot of Jimmie Foxx in spring training, swinging a bat with his shirt off. My cousin and I were bowled over at his massive muscles. The only other athlete that could compare was hockey great Bobby Hull, who was photographed during the height of his career pitching hay with his shirt off at his cattle ranch.

In his autobiography MY TURN AT BAT, Ted William reminisced about the sound of Jimmie Foxx's line drives. Ted said they sounded like gunfire!

The money "Double X" would earn today..... --- Brian Powell

Boston Red Sox Team Issue
 

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..from the 1940 picture pack issued by the team..facsimile signature , small font , early issue...

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Some basics.

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Lindy Theater
1933 Buttercream

Here are both 34 Butterfingers (American) versions -1 X and 2 X's. They are both the same size in real life (don't ask me how they are different sizes when I scanned them on the same scanner).

Great !!
 

..Thank you.......I hunt variations for a living....the chase begins...life is good...Merry Christmas..

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1933 Tattoo Orbit Foxx
 

jimmy foxx, the beast
 

as highly rated as jimmy was, he was still underrated.
it is also hard to describe how underpaid jimmy and other members of his championship teams were.
truly sad that the money he was worth just never flowed to his wallet.

one of my favorite players of all time.

I wish the autograph was real. It is secretarial.

Love the Diamond Dust.

Seldom seen card of "Double XX" (circa 1932-34)

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TED Z
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I've mentioned this before but Foxx was my Dads' favorite player. One of Dad's jobs in junior high and high school was to care for the field at Whittington Park in Hot Springs where the Ray Doan Baseball School was held each February and March.

Foxx was often an instructor there before heading to Florida. Dad said he was a wonderful gentleman and would pitch to the young workers and hit to them for fielding practice after the school let our each day. One year as he was leaving he gave Dad a Heinie Manush glove as a gift.

The Beast
 

A few Burke RPPCs, and an HOF plaque.

Thank you, Adam.

Is it Jimmie or Jimmy? I have seen his name spelled both ways but which one is really the way he spelled his name?

He signed both ways
 

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...had a conversation about that very subject with John Rumirez at the National....he personally signed as " Jimmie" about 80% of the time according to a reference book John had. Hi john .

..on these two R314 '36 Goudey Wide Pens Types 2 and 3 the printers used "Jimmy" ; from what I've seen, on about half his cards the makers used "Jimmy"....

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Whenever I meet an old timer (someone that's over 80 years old or was a kid during the war etc.) I always like to talk to them about baseball and see who they got to see or met. Last night at a holiday party I met my friends dad who was in town from Michigan. He was 19 in 1944 and went into the Navy and saw action in the south pacific. As a kid growing up in North Carolina he told me about a Red Sox farm team that was close to his hometown and he and his friends would catch home run balls that would leave the park and try and sneak into the stadium using the balls a ruse to get in. He said during one of these outings he got to meet Jimmy Foxx and he was the most impressive ball player he ever laid eyes on.

Great story! My late father in law, 17 in '44 and a Navy vet too, told great stories about who he saw growing up. But being LA in the 30s and 40s it never included stories of baseball--though he was a big Dodgers fan after '58. But he sure could recall Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, and Kay Kaiser!

Your story is a great encouragement to talk baseball with these men. My bro teaches a WWII class and brings these men in for class stories and interviews. I might need to stop in and talk baseball too! They are a fleeting generation sadly.