Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-12-27 | Page 12 | Jimmy Foxx Bats. 349 to Win American League Honors

Jimmy Foxx Bats Ba ts to Win American A m League By HARRY FERGUSON United Press Editor NEW YORK Dec 27 27 Jimmy Jimmy Foxx who appeared to be entering entering entering enter enter- ing the twilight of his baseball career this spring came surging back to tG lead the American league in batting with an average of Official figures released tod today y showed wed that the big first baseman baseman baseman base base- man of the the- Boston Red Sox had t one of the great seasons of his sparkling career Suffering from sinus in 1937 it It appeared that Foxx h had hd d lost his batting eye and was going the way they all go eventually He not only won the individual bat batting tin g championship of the league but he helped club the Red Sox into the team title with an average of J Jim Jimmy I m m my y equaled another rec record rd when he hit a home run and end a triple In Inthe Inthe inthe the sixth inning of the second game of a doubleheader at St. St Louis Louison on September 20 That tied the American league record for extra base hits in a single inning Taft Wright of Washington finished finished fin fin- finished with an average of one point better than Foxx but failed to qualify for the batting champ championship championship cham cham- p because he played in only games The 10 leading American league hitters Player AB H Pet Pct 1 Foxx Boston 2 Heath Cleveland Ceveland 3 Chapman Boston 4 My Myer r 5 Travis 6 Trosky Cleveland 55 7 Chi 8 Radcliff Chicago 9 Averill Cleveland 10 Cronin Boston oston Hank Greenberg Detroit first baseman led the lea league ue in home runs with 58 and tied Foxx's 58 8 of 1932 for the most homers ever made by a right-handed right hitter Following were among the batting batting batting bat bat- ting achievements o of the year Detroit players players' set a major league record with 70 home runs with the bases filled Lou Gehrig of the Yankees made mado runs the thirteenth straight season in which he has scored more than times The Yankees made three home runs by Gehrig Gordon and Chandler against Tietje in the sixth inning of a game at St. St Louis on June 20 Frank Higgins playing third t I 1 77 JIMMY FOXX base for Boston broke Tris Speakers Speaker's record of 11 consecutive consecutive consecutive tive hits by getting 12 On June 19 he singled off Whitehead o othe of the White Sox on his last time at bat in the first game of a doubleheader In the second game he got two singles and a double in three times at bat off Dietrich Dietrich Dietrich Diet Diet- rich Then the Red Sox moved to Detroit for another doubleheader doubleheader doubleheader double- double header and in each game Higgins got four hits in four times at bat The next day Vernon Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy Ken Ken- nedy broke his streak on his first time at bat In a game against Philadelphia on September 17 Mervyn Connors Connors Connors Con Con- nors rookie first baseman of the Chicago White Sox hit home runs in three consecutive times at bat Wilfred Lefebvre making his first major league appearance at atoot bat oot for Boston hit a home run against Monte Stratton of the Chicago White Sox on June 10 American league clubs finished the season with the following batting averages Boston Washington Cleveland St. St Louis Chicago New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Detroit Philadelphia Phila delphia