Rogers Hornsby

Full Name: Rogers Hornsby Primary Position: 2B,SS Height/Weight: 5' 11"/175 First Game: September 10, 1915 Birthdate: April 27, 1896 Final Game: July 20, 1937 Birthplace: Winters, Texas MLB Experience: 23 years Died: January 5, 1963 Deathplace: Chicago, Illinois Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Rogers Hornsby (Rogers Hornsby) was born on April 27, 1896 in Winters, Texas. He made his Major League debut on September 10, 1915 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1916, his rookie year, he hit .313 with 6 home runs and 65 RBI. Hornsby played for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 23 year career.

Most people believe that Rogers Hornsby's best season was 1922, when he slugged 42 home runs, hit for a .401 average and knocked in 152 runs.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1915	STL	N	18	57	5	14	0	4	.246	.271	.281	2	0	2	6	0	2	0	0	0
1916	STL	N	139	495	63	155	6	65	.313	.369	.444	17	15	40	63	4	11	17	0	0
1917	STL	N	145	523	86	171	8	66	.327	.385	.484	24	17	45	34	4	17	17	0	0
1918	STL	N	115	416	51	117	5	60	.281	.349	.416	19	11	40	43	3	7	8	0	0
1919	STL	N	138	512	68	163	8	71	.318	.384	.430	15	9	48	41	7	10	17	0	0
1920	STL	N	149	589	96	218	9	94	.370	.431	.559	44	20	60	50	3	8	12	0	0
1921	STL	N	154	592	131	235	21	126	.397	.458	.639	44	18	60	48	7	15	13	0	0
1922	STL	N	154	623	141	250	42	152	.401	.459	.722	46	14	65	50	1	15	17	7	1
1923	STL	N	107	424	89	163	17	83	.384	.459	.627	32	10	55	29	3	5	3	0	0
1924	STL	N	143	536	121	227	25	94	.424	.507	.696	43	14	89	32	2	13	5	0	0
1925	STL	N	138	504	133	203	39	143	.403	.489	.756	41	10	83	39	2	16	5	0	0
1926	STL	N	134	527	96	167	11	93	.317	.388	.463	34	5	61	39	0	16	3	0	0
1927	NY	N	155	568	133	205	26	125	.361	.448	.586	32	9	86	38	4	26	9	0	0
1928	BOS	N	140	486	99	188	21	94	.387	.498	.632	42	7	107	41	1	25	5	0	0
1929	CHI	N	156	602	156	229	39	149	.380	.459	.679	47	8	87	65	1	22	2	0	0
1930	CHI	N	42	104	15	32	2	18	.308	.385	.433	5	1	12	12	1	3	0	0	0
1931	CHI	N	100	357	64	118	16	90	.331	.421	.574	37	1	56	23	0	5	1	0	0
1932	CHI	N	19	58	10	13	1	7	.224	.357	.310	2	0	10	4	2	0	0	0	0
1933	STL	N	46	83	9	27	2	21	.325	.423	.470	6	0	12	6	2	0	1	0	3
1933	STL	A	11	9	2	3	1	2	.333	.455	.778	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1933	Total		57	92	11	30	3	23	.326	.426	.500	7	0	14	7	2	0	1	0	3
1934	STL	A	24	23	2	7	1	11	.304	.484	.522	2	0	7	4	1	0	0	0	0
1935	STL	A	10	24	1	5	0	3	.208	.296	.333	3	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0
1936	STL	A	2	5	1	2	0	2	.400	.500	.400	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1937	STL	A	20	56	7	18	1	11	.321	.397	.429	3	0	7	5	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		2192	8056	1566	2895	298	1555	.359	.434	.578	532	169	1018	663	47	216	135	7	4
Total	AL		67	117	13	35	3	29	.299	.406	.453	9	0	20	16	1	0	0	0	0
Total			2259	8173	1579	2930	301	1584	.358	.434	.577	541	169	1038	679	48	216	135	7	4

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1915	STL	N	SS	18	0	0	48	46	8	12	0	0	0	0	0	.922
1916	STL	N	1B	15	0	0	150	5	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1916	STL	N	3B	83	0	0	82	174	20	7	0	0	0	0	0	.928
1916	STL	N	2B	1	0	0	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1916	STL	N	SS	45	0	0	90	132	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	.910
1917	STL	N	SS	144	0	0	268	527	52	82	0	0	0	0	0	.939
1918	STL	N	SS	109	0	0	208	434	46	55	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1918	STL	N	OF	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1919	STL	N	SS	37	0	0	66	115	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1919	STL	N	2B	25	0	0	46	101	5	13	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1919	STL	N	3B	72	0	0	73	151	16	11	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1919	STL	N	1B	5	0	0	48	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1920	STL	N	2B	149	0	0	343	524	34	76	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1921	STL	N	LF	6	6	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1921	STL	N	3B	3	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1921	STL	N	OF	6	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1921	STL	N	1B	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1921	STL	N	2B	142	142	0	305	477	25	59	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1921	STL	N	SS	3	3	0	11	8	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1922	STL	N	2B	154	154	678.2	398	473	30	81	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1923	STL	N	2B	88	0	0	192	283	19	48	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1923	STL	N	1B	18	0	0	131	16	2	13	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1924	STL	N	2B	143	0	0	301	517	30	102	0	0	0	0	0	.965
1925	STL	N	2B	136	0	0	287	416	34	95	0	0	0	0	0	.954
1926	STL	N	2B	134	0	0	245	433	27	73	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1927	NY	N	2B	155	0	0	299	582	25	98	0	0	0	0	0	.972
1928	BOS	N	2B	140	0	0	295	450	21	85	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1929	CHI	N	2B	156	0	0	286	547	23	106	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1930	CHI	N	2B	25	0	0	44	76	11	16	0	0	0	0	0	.916
1931	CHI	N	2B	69	0	0	107	205	16	24	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1931	CHI	N	3B	26	0	0	21	50	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	.922
1932	CHI	N	3B	6	0	0	1	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.733
1932	CHI	N	OF	10	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1933	STL	N	2B	17	0	0	24	35	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1934	STL	A	3B	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1934	STL	A	OF	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1935	STL	A	3B	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1935	STL	A	1B	3	0	0	36	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1935	STL	A	2B	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1936	STL	A	1B	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1937	STL	A	2B	17	0	0	30	41	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	.947
Total			SS	356	3	0	691	1262	142	186	0	0	0	0	0	.932
Total			1B	43	1	0	383	22	4	23	0	0	0	0	0	.990
Total			LF	6	6	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	1553	296	678.2	3206	5166	307	893	0	0	0	0	0	.965
Total			OF	20	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	192	2	0	181	392	47	25	0	0	0	0	0	.924

Career Highlights

• MVP Awards: 1925, 1929
• World Series Champion: 1926
• Triple Crown: 1922, 1925
• led the league in AVG 7 times. His .359 mark is 2nd best all-time
• led the league in OBP 9 times. His .434 mark is 8th best all-time
• led the league in SLG 9 times. His .577 mark is 14th best all-time
• led the league in runs 5 times. His 1579 is 45th best all-time
• led the league in hits 4 times. His 2930 is 31st beset all-time
• led the league in total bases 7 times. His 4712 is 26th best all-time
• led the league in doubles 4 times. His 541 is 23rd best all-time
• led the league in triples 2 times. His 169 is 25th best all-time
• led the league in home runs 2 times.
• led the league in RBI 4 times. His 1584 is 29th best all-time
• led the league in walks 3 times. His 1038 is 86th best all-time
• Hit .424 in 1924, one of the best marks in history

Transactions

• Sold by Denison (Western Association) to St. Louis Cardinals (September, 1915).
• Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to New York Giants in exchange for Frankie Frisch and Jimmy Ring (December 20, 1926).
• Traded by New York Giants to Boston Braves in exchange for Shanty Hogan and Jimmy Welsh (January 10, 1928).
• Traded by Boston Braves to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Socks Seibold, Percy Jones, Lou Legett, Freddie Maguire, Bruce Cunningham and $200000 (November 7, 1928).
• Released by Chicago Cubs (August 3, 1932).
• Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (October 25, 1932).
• Released by St. Louis Cardinals (July 26, 1933).
• Signed by St. Louis Browns (July 26, 1933).