Philadelphia Athletics Slugger Jimmie Foxx

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@PhiladelphiaBaseballHistory 4 жыл бұрын

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@robertadams5107 Жыл бұрын

My father told me that when Jimmie Foxx hit the ball it sound like a thunderstorm I still consider him the greatest right-handed hitter of homeruns I have relatives on Eastern Shore Maryland not too far from where he live

@raymundoleyva637 3 жыл бұрын

Crazy to grasp but a blessing to be related to this LEGEND!!!

@PhiladelphiaBaseballHistory 3 жыл бұрын

Cool. Thanks for watching.

@bonanzatime 2 жыл бұрын

My grandfather went to the same high school with him. Knew him pretty well.

@lendrury2771 Жыл бұрын

When I was a kid my uncle who had seen Foxx play told me that he was one of the greats . So I did a bit of research on Jimmie and this guy was a hitting machine Power and rbi and average. He had a 13 year period where he put up ridiculous numbers

@marcvslicinivscrassvs7536 9 ай бұрын

I wonder if there is a modern version of him...

@kevinkwiatkowski7197 28 күн бұрын

@@marcvslicinivscrassvs7536 Barry Bonds

@bonanzatime 2 жыл бұрын

My grandfather went to the same high school with him. Knew him pretty well.. They competed in the shot-put, which my grandfather won. He was the Maryland State Champion.

@Loydstardeli2017 12 күн бұрын

Really jimmy foxx had big muscle

@garymorris1856 2 жыл бұрын

Foxx was an absolutely outstanding hitter.

@garymorris1856 2 жыл бұрын

I always thought it would be a tough choice between Foxx and Gehrig at first base, I will take Gehrig, because I have been a Yankee fan since the 1950's, but having Double X on an All-time team would be outstanding, as well

@loydkline Жыл бұрын

Jimmy foxx would've made satchel paige a batting practice pitcher:

@SdutchooOfficial 7 жыл бұрын

enjoyed every minute of this video 🔥💯 good job explaining everything

@PhiladelphiaBaseballHistory 7 жыл бұрын

Thefinessekids TM Thank you

@exdemocrat9038 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Great channel.

@roccomarchegiano5990 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting video. Foxx is one of the best.

@robertadams5107 3 жыл бұрын

I've been in baseball fan for over 60 years my father told me stories about Jamie Foxx he told me when he had a bullet sound like a gun went off I live here in Baltimore but I had two uncles that lives on the Eastern Shore not too far from where Jimmy live

@jacksmith5692 2 жыл бұрын

At age 33 he was a .331 hitter with 524 homers and his drinking ruined his career. He finished at .325 with 534 homers. Foxx should of had 650 to 700 homers if he had been responsible. Babe Ruth from age 31 to 37 hit 343 homers or 49 a season and then at age 38 and 39 hit another 56 homers as a part time Yankee. Ruth hit 41 homers in 1932 at age 37 as he started to slightly age only hitting .341. From age 31 to 36, Ruth hit 302 homers or over 50 homers a season in a 154 game schedule! That is how Babe Ruth got to 714 starting out as a pitcher and not being a regular hitter until 1920 at age 25. Say Foxx from age 34 to 39 averaged 30 homers a year, that would of been another 180 homers. That would of put him over 700 homers! From age 36 to 42, Henry Aaron hit 201 homers where Willie Mays only hit 118 homers. That is how Aaron got to 755 and Mays only 660.

@UnderhillKoufax 3 жыл бұрын

Foxx is a GOAT at First Base with Lou Gehrig. Poor Hank Greenberg and Hal Trosky to have such lofty competition at first in the 1930s.

@TheBatugan77 2 жыл бұрын

I read that Greenberg had 100 RBI at the All Star break one year, and wasn't selected. He had Gehrig and Foxx to contend with!

@tomace7924 3 жыл бұрын

Double XX!!!

@gregsmith1279 3 ай бұрын

Wow...I had no idea XX pitched

@phillyprice4460 3 жыл бұрын

I got a question. How is it so many players who primarily played for the Philadelphia Athletics in their primes ended up with other teams caps on their plaques? Jimmie Foxx is one of them with a Red Sox cap on.

@PhiladelphiaBaseballHistory 3 жыл бұрын

I know of Foxx, Grove and Mickey Cochrane. Eddie Collins, Nap Lajoie, Elmer Flick and Pete Alexander have no logo, but that’s understandable since they all had key years playing for another team. Ed Delahanty has no hat, but I think that’s because the best photo of him to make the plaque from has no hat. Billy Hamilton wears a Boston Beaneaters (Braves) cap, which is questionable because he spent the same amount of time with the Phillies and Beaneaters. Rube Waddell, Frank Baker, Eddie Plank and Chief Bender have hats that look like they have no logo, but they strongly resemble the A’s hats of their era, which bore no logo. Similar for Sam Thompson. No logo, but it matches the type of hat the Phillies wore in the late 1880s.

@TheBatugan77 2 жыл бұрын

@@PhiladelphiaBaseballHistory Wow. Excellent answer!