pure science with a splash of black cat

On this date in 1940, Jimmie Foxx became part of two milestones with one swing of his bat. Foxx, then a member of the Red Sox, hit his 500th home run off Philadelphia’s George Caster in the sixth inning, becoming the third future Cooperstown resident to hit home runs in that inning. Ted Williams and Joe Cronin had homered before Foxx connected, and Jim Tabor later homered in the sixth inning as the Red Sox became the first team in American League history to blast four round-trippers in one inning.