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| | Tuesday, December 14 Foxx is Player of the Decade for 1930-39 | |||||
In the second-most lopsided vote of the nine Player of the Decade polls, Jimmie Foxx dominated the polls as the choice for '30s. Foxx accumulated 77.4 percent of the 31,796 votes cast on ESPN.com.
The voting was conducted on ESPN.com in conjunction with the Players Choice Awards in Las Vegas on Nov. 5. ESPN.com users picked winners for the first nine decades of the century, and the players themselves will select the player of the '90s. The winner of that honor will be announced as part of the Players Choice Awards show, which will be televised on ESPN (8:30 p.m. ET).
Jimmie FoxxHow feared was Jimmie Foxx? They called him "The Beast." Foxx was so strong Lefty Gomez once said, "Even his hair has muscles." Foxx led the AL four times in home runs during the '30s while playing with the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox. He hit 58 home runs in 1932 -- and missed tying Babe Ruth's record when two were washed away by rainouts. Foxx also won two batting crowns (.356 in '33 and .349 in '38), was named MVP three times and hit a lifetime .325 with 534 home runs and 1,921 RBI (sixth all time). Charlie Gehringer Gehringer starred with the Detroit Tigers from 1924 through 1942, hitting .320 lifetime and playing a smooth second base. Gehringer lashed out 2,839 career hits and hit over .300 each year in the 1930s except once. His highest came in 1937 when he hit .371 and was AL MVP. Carl Hubbell In the high-octane offense of the '30s, Carl Hubbell was so good for the New York Giants he became known as the "Meal Ticket." He was NL MVP in 1933 when he went 23-12 (his first of five straight 20-win seasons) with a 1.66 ERA. He won his second MVP (the only NL pitcher to do so) in 1936, when he went 26-6. Over the '36-37 seasons he won a record 24 consecutive decisions. Hubbell, who threw a screwball, won 253 career games with a 2.98 ERA. Mel Ott Ott wasn't big (5-9, 170) but used a big leg kick to generate 511 career home runs with the New York Giants. During the '30s, he paced the NL five times in home runs. Ott also had a great patience at the plate: he drew 100 walks 10 times and led the league six times. Once, he was intentionally walked five times in one game. He hit .300 seven times in the decade and .304 career and also played a solid right field. Bill Terry A sweet-swinging first baseman, Terry hit .401 in 1930, the last National Leaguer to reach that mark. Terry hit .341 in his career with the Giants (yes, them again) and led the team to the 1933 World Series title as a player/manager. | ALSO SEE Baseball's Players Choice Awards Player of 1900-09: Honus Wagner Player of 1910-19: Ty Cobb Player of the '20s: Babe Ruth Player of the '40s: Ted Williams Player of the '50s: Mickey Mantle Player of the '60s: Willie Mays Player of the '70s: Pete Rose Player of the '80s: Mike Schmidt  | |||||
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