Jimmie Foxx

1925–1945 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'0", 195 lb · b. 1907 Sudlersville, MD

Career 2,317 G · 2,646 H · 534 HR · 1,922 RBI · .325 AVG · 1–0 · 1.52 ERA · 11 SO · 23.2 IP

Seasons leading his league

21 best in baseball 16 league only

127 Top-5 finishes

10 Title seasons

13 Categories led

1932 Best season

Spanning 1929–1941, peaking at 8 titles in 1932.

Clubs 500 Home Run Club 50 Home Run Seasons ×2 200 Hit Seasons ×2

Team records #1 Athletics career OPS #1 Athletics 1932 HR #1 Athletics 1932 RBI #1 Red Sox 1938 RBI #1 Athletics 1932 OPS #2 Athletics career AVG #2 Athletics career HR #2 Athletics career RBI #2 Red Sox career OPS #2 Red Sox 1938 HR

1932 Batting Triple Crown

Led the AL in .364 AVG, 58 HR, 169 RBI

1933 Batting Triple Crown

Led the AL in .356 AVG, 48 HR, 163 RBI

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

35th League titles 37
34th Best in baseball 21
24th Top-5 finishes 127

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

6th On-Base Plus Slug. 1.038
8th Slugging Percentage .609
10th Runs Batted In 1,922
12th On-Base Percentage .428
19th Home Runs 534
23rd Runs 1,751
23rd Total Bases 4,956
23rd Walks 1,452
23rd First Base Double Plays 1,528
27th First Base Putouts 17,207
31st First Base Assists 1,222
44th Batting Average .325
59th First Base Range Factor 9.60
79th Hits 2,646
83rd First Base Fielding Percentage .992
90th Triples 125
104th Doubles 458

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Slugging Percentage	5	1st	2 yrs (1932–1933)	1932 .749 1935 .636 1939 .694 1933 AL .703 1938 AL .704 1929 #3 1934 #2 1936 #3
On-Base Plus Slug.	5	1st	2 yrs (1932–1933)	1932 1.218 1939 1.158 1933 AL 1.153 1935 AL 1.096 1938 AL 1.166 1929 #2 1934 #2 1936 #2
Home Runs	4	1st	2 yrs (1932–1933)	1932 58 1933 48 1935 36 1939 35 1930 #3 1934 #2 1936 #3 1938 #2 1940 #2
First Base Fielding Percentage	3	1st	—	1932 .994 1935 .998 1937 .994 1929 #2 1930 #3 1931 #2 1934 #3 1941 #3
First Base Assists	3	1st	—	1933 AL 93 1937 AL 106 1941 AL 112 1930 #3 1932 #3 1934 #2 1938 #2 1939 #3
Total Bases	3	1st	2 yrs (1932–1933)	1932 438 1933 403 1938 398 1935 #2 1939 #2
On-Base Percentage	3	1st	2 yrs (1938–1939)	1939 .464 1929 AL .463 1938 AL .462 1930 #3 1932 #2 1933 #2 1934 #3 1935 #2 1936 #3
Runs Batted In	3	1st	2 yrs (1932–1933)	1932 169 1933 163 1938 175 1930 #3 1935 #3 1936 #3
Batting Average	3	1st	2 yrs (1932–1933)	1932 AL .364 1933 AL .356 1938 AL .349 1935 #3 1939 #2
Walks	2	1st	—	1934 111 1938 119 1932 #2 1935 #3 1937 #3 1940 #3
First Base Range Factor	1	1st	—	1934 AL 10.45 1939 #3 1941 #2
First Base Putouts	1	1st	—	1930 AL 1,362 1932 #3 1933 #2 1934 #3 1938 #3
Runs	1	1st	—	1932 AL 151 1933 #2 1938 #2 1939 #3
First Base Double Plays	—	#2	—	1932 #3 1934 #2 1938 #2
Hits	—	#2	—	1932 #3 1933 #2 1938 #3

Title Seasons

10 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1941	1	1B A 112
1939	4	HR 35 OPS 1.158 OBP .464 SLG .694
1938	7	AVG .349 RBI 175 OPS 1.166 OBP .462 SLG .704 TB 398 BB 119
1937	2	1B A 106 1B FPCT .994
1935	4	HR 36 OPS 1.096 SLG .636 1B FPCT .998
1934	2	BB 111 1B RF 10.45
1933	7	AVG .356 HR 48 RBI 163 OPS 1.153 SLG .703 TB 403 1B A 93
1932	8	AVG .364 HR 58 RBI 169 R 151 OPS 1.218 SLG .749 TB 438 1B FPCT .994
1930	1	1B PO 1,362
1929	1	OBP .463

Batting

led the league 20 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1925	PHA	AL	10	9	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.667	.667	.778	1.445
1926	PHA	AL	26	32	8	10	2	1	0	5	1	6	1	.313	.333	.438	.771
1927	PHA	AL	61	130	23	42	6	5	3	20	14	11	2	.323	.393	.515	.909
1928	PHA	AL	118	400	85	131	29	10	13	79	60	43	3	.328	.417	.548	.964
1929	PHA	AL	149	517	123	183	23	9	33	118	103	70	9	.354	.463	.625	1.088
1930	PHA	AL	153	562	127	188	33	13	37	156	93	66	7	.335	.429	.637	1.066
1931	PHA	AL	139	515	93	150	32	10	30	120	73	84	4	.291	.380	.567	.947
1932	PHA	AL	154	585	151	213	33	9	58	169	116	96	3	.364	.469	.749	1.218
1933	PHA	AL	149	573	125	204	37	9	48	163	96	93	2	.356	.449	.703	1.153
1934	PHA	AL	150	539	120	180	28	6	44	130	111	75	11	.334	.449	.653	1.102
1935	PHA	AL	147	535	118	185	33	7	36	115	114	99	6	.346	.461	.636	1.096
1936	BOS	AL	155	585	130	198	32	8	41	143	105	119	13	.339	.440	.631	1.071
1937	BOS	AL	150	569	111	162	24	6	36	127	99	96	10	.285	.392	.538	.929
1938	BOS	AL	149	565	139	197	33	9	50	175	119	76	5	.349	.462	.704	1.166
1939	BOS	AL	124	467	130	168	31	10	35	105	89	72	4	.360	.464	.694	1.158
1940	BOS	AL	144	515	106	153	30	4	36	119	101	87	4	.297	.412	.581	.993
1941	BOS	AL	135	487	87	146	27	8	19	105	93	103	2	.300	.412	.505	.917
1942	CHN +1	NL	100	305	43	69	12	0	8	33	40	70	1	.226	.320	.344	.664
1944	CHN	NL	15	20	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	5	0	.050	.136	.100	.236
1945	PHI	NL	89	224	30	60	11	1	7	38	23	39	0	.268	.336	.420	.756
Career	—	—	2,317	8,134	1,751	2,646	458	125	534	1,922	1,452	1,311	87	.325	.428	.609	1.038

Pitching

2 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
1939	BOS	AL	0	0.00	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0.00
1945	PHI	NL	1	1.59	9	2	22.2	13	4	14	10	1.19
Career	—	—	1	1.52	10	2	23.2	13	4	14	11	1.14

Fielding

6 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1925	PHA	AL	C	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1926	PHA	AL	C	12	—	—	19	5	0	0	24	1.000	2.00
			OF	3	—	—	7	0	0	0	7	1.000	2.33
1927	PHA	AL	1B	32	—	—	258	15	7	10	280	.975	8.53
			C	5	—	—	14	1	0	0	15	1.000	3.00
1928	PHA	AL	3B	60	—	—	59	129	12	9	200	.940	3.13
			1B	30	—	—	273	6	2	19	281	.993	9.30
			C	19	—	—	84	20	3	4	107	.972	5.47
1929	PHA	AL	1B	142	—	—	1,226	74	6	98	1,306	.995	9.16
			3B	8	—	—	7	17	1	2	25	.960	3.00
1930	PHA	AL	1B	153	—	—	1,362	79	14	101	1,455	.990	9.42
1931	PHA	AL	1B	112	—	—	964	49	7	89	1,020	.993	9.05
			3B	26	—	—	24	55	8	4	87	.908	3.04
			OF	1	—	—	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
1932	PHA	AL	1B	141	—	—	1,328	79	9	115	1,416	.994	9.98
			3B	13	—	—	10	18	2	1	30	.933	2.15
1933	PHA	AL	1B	149	—	—	1,402	93	15	98	1,510	.990	10.03
			SS	1	—	—	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1934	PHA	AL	1B	140	—	—	1,378	85	10	133	1,473	.993	10.45
			3B	9	—	—	10	17	0	1	27	1.000	3.00
1935	PHA	AL	1B	121	—	—	1,109	77	3	107	1,189	.998	9.80
			C	26	—	—	116	16	1	1	133	.993	5.08
			3B	2	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	0.50
1936	BOS	AL	1B	139	—	—	1,226	76	12	108	1,314	.991	9.37
			OF	16	—	—	27	0	1	0	28	.964	1.69
			3B	1	—	—	1	1	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
1937	BOS	AL	1B	150	—	—	1,287	106	8	122	1,401	.994	9.29
			C	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1938	BOS	AL	1B	149	—	—	1,282	116	19	153	1,417	.987	9.38
1939	BOS	AL	1B	123	—	—	1,101	91	10	104	1,202	.992	9.69
			P	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1940	BOS	AL	1B	95	—	—	844	79	9	87	932	.990	9.72
			C	42	—	—	178	18	1	2	197	.995	4.67
			3B	1	—	—	1	3	0	0	4	1.000	4.00
1941	BOS	AL	1B	124	—	—	1,155	112	10	105	1,277	.992	10.22
			3B	5	—	—	7	6	4	1	17	.765	2.60
			OF	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1942	CHN	NL	1B	79	—	—	720	58	10	60	788	.987	9.85
			C	1	—	—	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
1944	CHN	NL	3B	2	—	—	2	6	0	0	8	1.000	4.00
			C	1	—	—	7	0	0	0	7	1.000	7.00
1945	PHI	NL	1B	40	—	—	292	27	4	19	323	.988	7.98
			3B	14	—	—	10	26	4	0	40	.900	2.57
			P	9	—	—	2	1	0	0	3	1.000	0.33
Career	—	—	1B	1,919	—	—	17,207	1,222	155	1,528	18,584	.992	9.60
	—	—	3B	141	—	—	132	278	31	18	441	.930	2.91
	—	—	C	108	—	—	420	60	5	7	485	.990	4.44
	—	—	OF	21	—	—	36	0	1	0	37	.973	1.71
	—	—	P	10	—	—	2	1	0	0	3	1.000	0.30
	—	—	SS	1	—	—	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00