Editing Jimmie Foxx (section)

===Philadelphia Athletics (1925–1935)===
[[File:JimmyFoxxGoudeycard.jpg|thumb|200px|1933 Goudey baseball card]]
During spring training in 1925, Foxx split duties at catcher with [[Mickey Cochrane]] and [[Cy Perkins]], and when the season started he played the role of third-string catcher. On May 1, 1925, in a game against the [[Washington Senators (1901–1960)|Washington Senators]], he recorded his first career hit off [[Vean Gregg]].<ref name="Millikin, Mark R. pp.48-49">[[#Millikin05|Millikin, Mark R.]], pp. 48-49</ref> In June, Mack optioned Foxx to the [[Providence Grays]] to accumulate time and practice hitting at a higher level instead of sitting on the bench in Shibe Park.<ref name="Millikin, Mark R. pp.48-49"/><ref name="Daniel, H. Harrison pp.21">[[#Daniel04|Daniel, H. Harrison]], pp. 21</ref> In the next season, Foxx appeared in a few more games, mostly as a pinch hitter or a replacement catcher.<ref name="Millikin, Mark R. pp.54">[[#Millikin05|Millikin, Mark R.]], pp. 54</ref> In 1927, Foxx signed a contract for $3,000 ({{Inflation|US|3000|1924|fmt=eq}});<ref name="Millikin, Mark R. pp.57">[[#Millikin05|Millikin, Mark R.]], pp. 57</ref> however, because future [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]] member Mickey Cochrane was still the primary catcher, he remained in a backup role, but had started to transition to first base. He recorded his first home run on May 31, 1927, against [[Urban Shocker]] of the [[New York Yankees]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHA/PHA192705312.shtml|title=May 31, 1927 Game Log|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=May 17, 2022}}</ref> and finished the season batting .323 over 61 games.<ref name="Complete" />

[[1929 Major League Baseball season | In 1929]], installed as the A's regular first baseman, Foxx had a breakthrough year. On May 1, he recorded the first 5-hit game of his career<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS192905010.shtml|title=May 1, 1929 Game Log|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=May 17, 2022}}</ref> as well as the first multi home run game of his career, one of three such games that season. By early July, he was batting over .400 until a slump later in the season caused his average to drop. He finished the year with 20 games where he collected 3 or more hits<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=foxxji01&t=b&year=1929|title=1929 Game Logs|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=May 17, 2022}}</ref> and finished with a .354 average with 33 home runs.<ref name="sabr"/><ref name="Complete" /> During that year, Foxx appeared on the cover of [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]].<ref name=Time>{{cite magazine|title=Jimmie Fox: July 29, 1929|url=http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19290729,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060628142455/http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19290729,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 28, 2006|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=August 20, 2013}}</ref> A strong start to [[1930 Major League Baseball season | the 1930 season]] showed that Foxx was a hitter to be feared, and on May 30, he recorded the first six-hit game of his career,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHA/PHA193005301.shtml|title=May 30, 1930 Game Logs|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=May 17, 2022}}</ref> against the Senators. By the end of June, after hitting 11 home runs in both May and June, he had 22 on the season and was batting .360. A slow end to the season lowered his season numbers, however, he still hit over 30 home runs for the second time in his career and finished with a .335 batting average. The [[1931 Major League Baseball season | 1931 season]] was hampered by injuries and a [[Sinusitis|sinus infection]],<ref name="sabr"/> marking his first season where he did not hit above .300. He still managed to hit 30 home runs, extending his streak to 3 straight seasons.<ref name="Complete" />

The [[1932 Major League Baseball season | 1932 season]] would be Foxx's first truly outstanding year. In a sign of games to come, he recorded three hits and a home run during his first game,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=foxxji01&t=b&year=1932|title=1932 Game Logs|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=May 17, 2022}}</ref> the first of 20 games where he would record three or more hits that season. By the end of May, he had recorded 17 home runs, 49 runs batted in, and had a batting average of .417, leading the [[American League]] in every major hitting category.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015313/1932-06-01/ed-1/seq-8/#date1=1932&sort=date&rows=20&words=Foxx&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=15&state=Indiana&date2=1932&proxtext=foxx&y=12&x=17&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=3|title=Major League League Leaders|work=[[Indianapolis Times]]|date=June 1, 1932|page=8|access-date=May 17, 2022}}</ref> On July 10, Foxx had his first 3 home run game, against the [[Cleveland Guardians|Cleveland Indians]], he also collected 6 hits, including a [[Double (baseball)|double]] in an 18-inning game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE193207100.shtml|title=July 10, 1932 Game Log|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=May 17, 2022}}</ref><ref name="3 Home Run July">{{Cite news |last=Talbot |first=Gayle |date=July 11, 1932 |title=Contest Abounds in Unusual Feats |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1932-07-11/ed-1/seq-11/#date1=1932&index=18&rows=20&words=Foxx+Jimmie&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=District+of+Columbia&date2=1932&proxtext=jimmie+foxx&y=8&x=21&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 |access-date=May 17, 2022 |work=[[The Washington Star|Evening Star]] |page=11}}</ref> Although a thumb and wrist injury in August slowed his pace,<ref name="sabr"/> he still hit 7 home runs and batted .356 over the month. Foxx finished the season strong, hitting over .390 over the last month of the season and collected another 10 home runs, the fourth such month where he reached double digits in home runs hit. At the end of the season, he had amassed 151 [[runs scored]], 213 hits, 58 home runs, 169 RBI, a .364 batting average, and 438 total bases; he led the AL in every major category except hits and batting average. The batting champion that year, [[Dale Alexander]], hit .367 but played in only 124 games. By modern rules that would have disqualified Alexander, and Foxx would have won the Triple Crown with a 15-point lead over the runner up, [[Lou Gehrig]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1932-batting-leaders.shtml|title=1932 AL Batting Leaders|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=May 17, 2022}}</ref> Even though Foxx actually hit 60 home runs that year, two were hit in games that were rained out, erasing them from the official batting records, causing him to narrowly miss [[Babe Ruth]]'s Major League record 60 home runs. In October, Foxx would receive 75 out of the maximum 80 possible MVP votes, giving him his first MVP award in his career.<ref name="Complete" /><ref name="sabr"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91068401/1932-10-19/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1932&sort=date&rows=20&words=Foxx&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=10&state=North+Carolina&date2=1932&proxtext=foxx&y=21&x=9&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2|title=Foxx and Klein to get Player Awards|work=[[The Daily Dispatch|Henderson Daily Dispatch]]|date=October 19, 1932|page=8|access-date=May 17, 2022}}</ref>

After an uncharacteristically slow start to [[1933 Major League Baseball season | the 1933 season]] that saw him hitting only .301 with 7 home runs by June 6, he started hitting home runs again, with his second three home run game against the New York Yankees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHA/PHA193306080.shtml|title=June 8, 1933 Game Log|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=May 17, 2022}}</ref> During the month of June, he hit 13 home runs, scored 37 runs, and batted over .380 in 31 games played. On August 14, he [[Hitting for the cycle|hit for the cycle]] and set a then-AL record 9 runs batted in.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1933-08-15/ed-1/seq-29/#date1=1933&sort=date&rows=20&words=Foxx&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=7&state=District+of+Columbia&date2=1933&proxtext=foxx&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=9|title=Foxx, New Ruler of Swat, Far Shy of Ruth in Personality, but a Greater Terror at Bat|work=[[The Washington Star|Evening Star]]|date=August 15, 1933|page=C-1|access-date=May 17, 2022}}</ref> He would hit multiple home runs in seven games<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=foxxji01&t=b&year=1933|title=1933 Game Logs|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=May 17, 2022}}</ref> and collect four or more hits in five games. He finished the season leading the American league in home runs, RBI, and batting average, which secured him the ninth Triple Crown in MLB history.<ref name="Jordan, David M. pp.118">[[#Jordan99|Jordan, David M.]], pp. 118</ref> He also finished with 403 total bases, leading the American League and making him the third player in history to record 400 total bases in back-to-back seasons, with [[Lou Gehrig]] and [[Chuck Klein]] being the others. As a result of his phenomenal season, he was awarded his second MVP award at the end of the year.<ref name="Complete" />

[[Image:Jimmie Foxx, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Al Simmons.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Foxx with [[Babe Ruth]], [[Lou Gehrig]] and [[Al Simmons]]]]

His [[1934 Major League Baseball season | 1934 season]] saw Foxx continue to terrorize American League pitchers. He finished the season with 44 home runs, 130 runs batted in and a .334 average. While his numbers were down compared to his previous two seasons, he still finished in the top 5 in several batting categories. This also marked the third straight season where he hit 40 or more home runs.<ref name="Complete" /> At the end of the season, during an exhibition game in [[Winnipeg]], he got [[Hit by pitch|hit by a pitch]] in the head and was knocked unconscious.<ref name="sabr"/> After the incident, he suffered sinus problems for the rest of his career. In late 1934, Foxx, along with [[Babe Ruth]], [[Lou Gehrig]], [[Charlie Gehringer]], among others, went on a [[1934 Japan Tour|tour of Japan]] and played 18 games against Japanese teams.<ref name="Jordan, David M. pp.121-122">[[#Jordan99|Jordan, David M.]], pp. 121-122</ref> The start of [[1935 Major League Baseball season| the 1935 season]] saw Foxx return to his original position at catcher because of the loss of [[Mickey Cochrane]] to the [[Detroit Tigers]].<ref name="sabr"/> After poor performance and a series of injuries to the other Athletic infielders, Connie Mack placed Foxx back at first base.<ref name="Jordan, David M. pp.121-122"/> Even after finishing the season leading the American League in home runs for the 3rd time<ref name="Complete" /> and finishing in the top 10 in most batting categories, it was still not enough for the Athletics to finish above last place. Connie Mack sold Foxx to the [[Boston Red Sox]] along with [[Johnny Marcum]] for $150,000 (equivalent to approximately ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|150000|1936|r=0}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}).<ref name="sabr"/><ref name="Jordan, David M. pp.123">[[#Jordan99|Jordan, David M.]], pp. 123</ref>