Presented is an Underwood and Underwood Original News Service photo of "The Beast," Hall of Fame slugger Jimmie Foxx. Also known as "Double X," Foxx was a prodigious home run hitter who blasted 534 home runs, at the time of his retirement a total second only to that of Babe Ruth. The Beast played with the Philadelphia Athletics (1925-35), Boston Red Sox (1936-42), Chicago Cubs (1942 and '44) and the Philadelphia Phillies (1945). A very muscular 5'11", Foxx garnered most of his fame from his days with the Athletics and the Red Sox. He was a 3-time American League MVP, a 2-time AL batting champ, a Triple Crown winner, and the leading home run hitter in the Major Leagues for four seasons. In 1932, Foxx chased Babe Ruth's then single-season home run record of 60, and the 8-time All-Star finished the season with 58 round-trippers. After his playing career, Foxx managed the Fort Wayne Daisies in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, and he and Hank Wilson were the models for the broad portrayal of manager Jimmy Dugan in the film A League of Their Own, although players in the league said that Jimmie Foxx was a gentleman, unlike the fictional Jimmy Dugan.