American baseball first baseman who won the 1933 American League Triple Crown and three consecutive MVP awards in the 1930s.
Background
Born in Sudlersville, Maryland, Jimmie Foxx signed with the Philadelphia Athletics as a teenager and made his MLB debut at 17 in 1925.
Career
He starred for the Athletics in the late 1920s and early 1930s, leading the team to two World Series titles, then played for the Boston Red Sox, where he won his third MVP in 1938. He hit 50 home runs in two separate seasons.
Style of play
A powerful right-handed slugger with quick wrists, Foxx combined high contact rates with elite power, earning the nickname “Double X” for the X-shaped stance of his back legs at the plate.
Find more athletes by letter
Jimmie Foxx starts with J and ends with X. Browse other athletes along the same letter.
Athletes that contain a letter from "Jimmie Foxx":