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Jimmie
Foxx		  
Nickname: Beast
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: October 22, 1907 in Sudlersville, MD
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1925 17 CLE AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9 5 5 5 5 4 5
1926 18 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 4 4
1927 19 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 4 4
1928 20 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5
1929 21 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7 6 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1925 17 CLE AL 88 288 48 97 17 4 4 39 3 3 24 23 .337 .384 .465 .849 47.2 8.5
    AAA   28 112 22 35 6 2 4 16 1 1 22 22 .313 .425 .509 .934 23.6  
    AA   15 64 15 24 8 1 5 16 0 0 7 10 .375 .437 .766 1.202 17.5  
1926 18 CLE AL 12 45 6 13 3 2 0 8 0 2 3 3 .289 .320 .444 .764 6.1 0.7
1927 19 CLE AL 115 333 37 82 16 2 2 42 2 4 33 61 .246 .314 .324 .639 32.8 3.3
1928 20 CLE AL 133 458 67 143 28 8 7 86 3 5 42 39 .312 .366 .454 .820 70.8 15.0
1929 21 CLE AL 145 526 68 142 38 7 4 67 10 4 68 44 .270 .353 .392 .744 70.9 10.9
5 Years Sim 493 1650 226 477 102 23 17 242 18 18 170 170 .289 .353 .410 .763 227.7 38.4
1 Years AAA 28 112 22 35 6 2 4 16 1 1 22 22 .313 .422 .509 .931 23.6  
1 Years AA 15 64 15 24 8 1 5 16 0 0 7 10 .375 .425 .766 1.190 17.5  
2 Years Minors 43 176 37 59 14 3 9 32 1 1 29 32 .335 .423 .602 1.025 41.1  
162 Game Average 542 74 156 33 7 5 79 5 5 55 55 .289 .353 .410 .763 74.8  
Career Highs 145 526 68 143 38 8 7 86 10 5 68 61 .337 .384 .465 .849 70.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1239 178 374 79 16 12 175 14 14 126 133 .302 .364 .421 .785 182.1
vs LH   411 48 103 23 7 5 67 4 4 44 37 .251 .320 .377 .697 49.9
Home 245 795 118 228 63 10 9 118 11 5 97 84 .287 .362 .425 .787 120.6
Away 248 855 108 249 39 13 8 124 7 13 73 86 .291 .344 .395 .740 111.4
RISP   484 0 146 35 9 4 210 0 0 62 53 .302 .370 .436 .806 78.0
Pinch Hitting   48 6 11 3 0 0 6 0 2 7 5 .229 .321 .292 .613 4.3
Close/Late   204 23 51 12 5 2 28 0 0 18 21 .250 .308 .387 .695 24.2
Mar/Apr 52 187 18 46 8 3 1 27 1 2 18 23 .246 .305 .337 .642 19.4
May 77 273 35 89 17 3 1 40 6 1 24 26 .326 .378 .421 .799 42.1
June 93 300 48 85 18 8 1 38 7 5 32 24 .283 .352 .407 .759 41.6
July 94 305 34 82 13 2 5 45 2 1 40 38 .269 .353 .374 .727 41.9
August 90 304 46 87 18 5 4 44 0 2 30 32 .286 .348 .418 .766 42.6
Sep/Oct 87 281 45 88 28 2 5 48 2 7 26 27 .313 .368 .480 .848 44.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1925 17 CLE AL C 57 55 490.3 109 34 8 0 .947 2.62 97 27 .278 1 1.5
    1B 20 13 120.0 176 14 2 15 .990 14.25 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 5 0 5.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1926 18 CLE AL 1B 12 12 105.0 143 16 2 14 .988 13.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1927 19 CLE AL 1B 99 95 793.7 1046 96 8 101 .993 12.95 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    3B 2 0 8.0 0 5 1 0 .833 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1928 20 CLE AL 1B 90 84 753.0 840 70 5 76 .995 10.88 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    C 29 27 237.3 85 8 0 0 1.000 3.53 36 4 .111 4 0.8
    3B 7 4 44.0 2 10 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1929 21 CLE AL 1B 140 138 1237.0 1470 107 12 108 .992 11.47 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    C 2 2 16.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.94 3 0 .000 0 0.1
  1B 361 342 3008.7 3675 303 29 314 .993 11.90 0 0 .000 0 4.7
  C 89 84 745.3 200 43 8 0 .968 2.93 137 31 .226 5 2.4
  3B 14 4 57.3 2 15 1 0 .944 2.67 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  LF 5 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   469 430 3818.3 3878 361 38 314 .991 9.99 137 31 .226 5 7.4
Career Highs   142 140 1253.0 1476 108 12 108 .995 13.63 97 27 .278 4  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1928-3-.312
 On-Base Pct
1928-8-.366
 Slugging Pct
1928-8-.454
 OPS
1928-6-.820
 Games
1929-8-145
 Doubles
1929-9-38
RBIs
1928-6-86
 Walks
1929-7-68
 Strikeouts
1927-4-61
1929-9-44
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
 
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History
Injured on 4/13/1912 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Injured on 6/8/1912 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 8/17/1912 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 9/3/1914 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 6 weeks
Traded from Pittsburgh to St. Louis (A) on 2/18/1916 (Going to SLA: SS Roger Peckinpaugh, P Earl Hamilton. Going to PIT: 1B Joe Judge, CF Tilly Walker, SS Tex McDonald, C Cy Perkins, P Jim Shaw)
Injured on 7/27/1918 with a Torn Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 4/23/1920 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 7/31/1923 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/29/1924 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Cleveland in 1925
Had first career hit on 6/2/1925, off Larry Benton (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 7/3/1925, off Dick Redding (CHA)
Had 6 hits with 3 RBI against Boston (A) on 5/1/1928
Won Player of the Week award on 5/29/1928, hitting .550 with 0 HR, 12 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1928, hitting .416 with 1 HR, 27 RBI
 
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