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Message: [QUOTE="huskyrob1, post: 3624216, member: 1226"] Let's not forget the great Jimmie Foxx, who hit a 475 foot home run as a 16 year old. Many baseball historian's rank him #2 behind Ruth in power hitting. "In 1936, Jimmie Foxx, batting against the Yankees' Red Ruffing, hit a shot that sailed over Fenway's leftfield wall and landed on the back of the roof of the Lansdowne Street Garage. Foxx also cleared Comiskey Park's leftfield roof." Arguably he had the greatest single season ever at the plate in 1932...... In 1932, the 25 yr old Foxx hit .364, with 58 home runs with 169 RBIs, missing the Triple Crown by just three points in batting average. Foxx actually hit 60 home runs that year, which would have tied Babe Ruth's record, but two of the home runs were hit in games that ended up being rained out, so the home runs did not count." [ATTACH=full]56985[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]