Six for Double X: Foxx records half-dozen hits in one game
By the 1930 season, Jimmie Foxx was already a star.
A key factor in the Philadelphia Athletics’ World Series victory against the Chicago Cubs in 1929, he collected seven hits and hit two home runs during their 4–games-to-1 Fall Classic victory. He also became the first player to hit a home run in his first two World Series games.
The following season, 38 games into the campaign, Foxx was hitting .319. Then on May 30, Foxx exploded for six hits in one game in the opener of a doubleheader against the Washington Senators.
It would be a moment that started a decade of dominance for Foxx.
Foxx began his day with a two-run double off Senators pitcher Ad Liska in the first inning, scoring Max Bishop and Al Simmons.
In the third inning, with one out, Foxx lined a ball to center field that he legged out for a triple. Foxx later singled to left field in the fifth inning off Liska.
“Foxx was something to look up at the plate,” said Hall of Fame pitcher Ted Lyons. “He had great powerful arms, and he used to wear his sleeves cut off way up, and when he dug in and raised that bat, those muscles would bulge and ripple. His biceps looked like tires carrying thirty-five pounds.”
After Foxx flew out to center in the eighth inning, Philadelphia rallied in the bottom of the ninth – with Simmons hitting a two-out, three-run homer off Liska to tie the game at 6. Foxx followed with a double, chasing Liska and bringing on Firpo Marberry, who retired Bing Miller to force extra innings.
Foxx notched his fifth hit of the game in the 11th inning but the A’s did not score. Finally, in the bottom of the 13th – with Marberry still on the mound – Foxx singled with one out to move Simmons to third. After Bing Miller was intentionally walked and Jimmy Dykes struck out, Eric McNair singled to score Simmons and end the game.
Foxx became the 24th player in the Modern Era to record six hits in a game. Two years later, Foxx would become the first American Leaguer and second player in AL/NL history (after Jim Bottomley) to record two six-hit games in a career.
Foxx was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1951 after a 20‑year career that included three Most Valuable Player Awards, two batting titles and nine All‑Star selections.
Khadifi Madison was the spring 2026 Jim Murray Scholars intern at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
