Jimmie Foxx at bat in Fenway

Jimmie Foxx at bat in Fenway

Item Information

Title:
Jimmie Foxx at bat in Fenway
Description:
Boston Red Sox Jimmie Foxx being intentionally walked by unknown Washington Senators catcher in front of unknown umpire at Fenway Park.
Photographer:
Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967
Date:
1939–1940
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Film negatives
Group portraits
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Leslie Jones Collection
Series:
Sports: Identified [Baseball]
Subjects:
Baseball players
Baseball
Baseball umpires
Fenway Park (Boston, Mass.)
Foxx, Jimmie
Washington Senators (Baseball team : 1901-1960)
Boston Red Sox (Baseball team)
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Fenway Park
Extent:
1 negative : film, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/sj139w64w
Terms of Use:
Copyright (c) Leslie Jones.
All rights reserved.
Notes:
Original data provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve: Jimmie Foxx at bat in Fenway, ca. 1938.
Corrected date based on research by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2016.
Summary provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2016.
In 1939, the Washington Senators walked Jimmy Foxx 6 times at Fenway Park, but only once was the walk intentional -- on August 12, 1939. In 1940, Foxx was walked by Washington 17 times at Fenway. However, missing play-by-play information for some of these games makes the number of Intentional walks a mystery (Society for American Baseball Research, 2016).
Accession #:
08_06_036588