James Emory Foxx, nicknamed "Double X" and "The Beast", was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Phillies. Below is Jimmie with his 1931 Athletics team mates. Winners of the World Series.
the statsOur fourth decade, the 1930s and we add another 19 Negro League stars who make big impact on the game.
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Most historians of an earlier generation would nominate the 1927 New York Yankees as the greatest team of all time. Later generations might favor the 1975 Cincinnati Reds. Among Negro League historians, one of the favorites is the1931 Homestead Grays, who featured Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston, "Smokey" Joe Williams, and other stars. As great as the Crawfords of the 1930s were, there was a greater Negro League team in Pittsburgh: the Homestead Grays, led by Gibson, a larger-than-life figure. The Grays set a record that has never been equaled by any professional team in any sport by winning nine consecutive league titles from 1937 through 1945. But the greatest Homestead Grays team wasn’t one of those nine.1931 Homestead Grays. Standing (L–R): Cum Posey, owner; Bill Evans, SS-OF; Jasper Washington, 1B-3B; Ambrose Reid, OF-INF; Smokey Joe Williams, P; Josh Gibson, C; George Scales, 2B; Oscar Charleston, 1B; Charlie Williams, office. Kneeling (L–R): George Britt, P-C-OF-INF; Lefty Williams, P; Jud Wilson, 3B; Vic Harris, OF; Ted Radcliffe, P-C; Tex Burnett, C; Ted Page, OF.
Stars of the decade included Honus Wagner (top left), Nap Lajoie (second top) dominated the leaderboards from the plate while Ed Walsh (third on top), Cy Young (top right) and Rube Waddell (bottom right) were tops from the mound. John Henry Lloyd (second on bottom) was 4th in batting with a .333 average and 3rd in slugging with a .462 pct. Grant Johnson (third on bottom) was 4th in slugging behind Lloyd. Jose Mendez (bottom right) was second in era with 1.57 behind Ed Walsh.
1901- Boston defeates Pittsburgh in first series. Buck Freeman doubled in Collins for the winning run in the 12 inning of the seventh game. Frank Grant batted .343 for Milwaukee.
1902- Boston defeats Pittsburgh again in series. Three contests go into extra innings. Rube Foster goes 8-8 with a 1.79era, 5th lowest in league in his rookie season.
1905- Rube Waddell of the Philadelphia Athletics wins pitching triple crown, tops in wins, era and strikeouts, 29, 1.06 and 283. 1907- St. Louis behind Rube Waddell sweep Boston in series. First series with former Negro League players on both clubs. John Henry Lloyd and Jose Mendez on Boston and Frank Grant on St. Louis. At the end of the season Frank Grant retires after 7 seasons in the league. He played in 562 games and batted .291.
1908- Grant Johnson bats .363 second to Wagner's .366 and is now on slugging pct leaderboard 3rd behind Wagner and Lajoie.
1909- John Henry Lloyd in his 4th season bats .348 third behind Lajoie and Cobb. Athletics win first three of World Series only to see New York take the next four and the series. Luis Druke wins series on mound and at bat knocking in the winning run and holding the A's to two runs in game seven.
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Highlight team is World Series Winner, (#-#) win-loss
* Batting triple crown winner, tops in average, home runs and RBI. Or a pitching triple crown winner, tops in wins, era and strikeouts.
Bold Red indicates Negro League player.
