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Jimmie Foxx

Baseball is an outdoor sport in which a pitcher pitches a hard, fist sized ball to the hitting area of a batter. The batter hits the hard ball with a tapered, smooth, cylindrical bat made up of wood or metal. The batsman scores by running counter-clockwise within the four markers called the bases arranged at the corners of a diamond. Baseball is sometimes called hardball to differentiate it from similar games such as softball.

Jimmie Foxx was born on Tuesday, October 22, 1907 in Sudlersville, Maryland. Foxx was 17 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 1, 1925, with the Philadelphia Athletics. His height was 6 feet with a weight of 195 pounds. Foxx broke in as a catcher, won fame as a first baseman and filled in elsewhere including several turns on the mound. He played high school baseball and was soon demonstrating the power, which would make him famous. His power displays caught the attention of Frank Home Run Baker, who was managing Easton of the Eastern Shore League. In Yankee Stadium, his blast high into the left field upper deck had enough power to break a seat.

He was sent to the Cubs in 1942. He got retired in 1943, but came back to play a few games during World War II with the Cubs and Phillies. His exceptionally strong throwing arm even enabled him to pitch in nine games for the Phillies in 1945 including two starts. The BBWAA, Baseball Writers Association of America elected him to the Hall of Fame in 1951. In July 1967, at the age of 59, he choked to death on a piece of meat while dining with his brother. He is still ninth on the all-time Home Runs list, sixth in Runs Batted In and fourth in slugging percentage of 0.609.

Unfortunately he died on 21 July 1967, in Miami, Florida. He is one of the greatest power hitters in major league history. He was a strong and powerful player who completely believed in hard work.

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