Foxx - lets see them

[Touch'EmAll]

I just looked at an email - PSA Insider - "A tale of 2 sluggers, Griffey & Foxx" Very nice write up on Foxx, perhaps undervalued. He could easily have had the single season HR record when he hit 58, but a few were taken away and also extra fences were up that were not up for Ruth. Foxx was a monster! Right up there with the best sluggers of all time!

[Peter_Spaeth]

And, all but 20 or so of his HRs came before he turned 34. Imagine if he had had a normal career trajectory.

[jb217676]

Foxx and his pals!

[Brian Van Horn]

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[jbl79]

Foxx has always been one of my favorites. Somewhat overlooked when talking about the greats.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by jbl79

Foxx has always been one of my favorites. Somewhat overlooked when talking about the greats.

Yeah, for whatever reason it seems there are no famous anecdotes or quotes about him (or by him), no particularly memorable home runs or moments that defined him, no great controversies or scandals, no records, mediocre nicknames.

[jsq]

i have never seen this pic of jimmy foxx in his cowboy hat.

jimmy foxxx looks like a movie star of days gone by. he would have made an excellent action hero in the movies.

is that one of the yawkey's with him?

thanks for posting,
jsq

Originally Posted by jb217676

Foxx and his pals!

[Eggoman]

LOVE the "Goose-Hunting" image of Foxx! THANKS for that!

[jb217676]

Originally Posted by jsq

i have never seen this pic of jimmy foxx in his cowboy hat.

jimmy foxxx looks like a movie star of days gone by. he would have made an excellent action hero in the movies.

is that one of the yawkey's with him?

thanks for posting,
jsq

That's former Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey with Foxx, Lefty Grove, Pinky Higgins and someone else.

[triwak]

With a couple of other HOFers.

[richieb315]

Here are a couple...

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

And, all but 20 or so of his HRs came before he turned 34. Imagine if he had had a normal career trajectory.

One of my favorites, and I have quite a number of his cards. He might well have approached 700 career HR's, Pete, if he hadn't been such a heavy drinker. But what do you do if you're on the road all the time, and books or movies aren't your thing? Then, it was too often alcohol--now its drugs! Can be a very tough lifestyle. To paraphrase Bill James, though, one would be tempted to think that Jimmie Foxx was the greatest firstbasemen ever to play the game, but for two words: Lou Gehrig!

Larry

[tjb1952tjb]

Jimmie Foxx undeniably deserved the moniker "The Beast". He put up some incredible numbers. It's too bad his early demise at age 59 came in such an inglorious manner.......

[Thromdog]

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[Koufax32fan]

I am a bit surprised that we have gone this long without a discussion about how to spell XX's first name - is it Jimmy or Jimmie? (Or, did I just miss it?) Also a bit surprised that neither of these 1934 Butterfingers has been posted yet. (I don't know why they are different size in the scans; neither is Canadian as they are both the same size in real life.)