James Emory `` Jimmie '' Foxx ( October 22 - July 21 ) ( nicknamed Double X and The Beast ) was an American first baseman in Baseball . James Emory `` Jimmie '' Foxx ( October 22 , 1907 â `` July 21 , 1967 ) , nicknamed `` Double X '' and `` The Beast '' , was a right-handed American Major League Baseball first baseman and noted power hitter .