Rogers Hornsby
Rogers Hornsby
Full name: Rogers Hornsby
Born: April 27, 1896, Winters, Texas
Died January 5, 1963, Chicago, Illinois
Buried at Hornsby Bend Cemetery, Hornsby Bend, Texas
First Game: September 10, 1915; Final Game: July 20, 1937
Managed First Game: May 31, 1925; Managed Final Game: September 16, 1953
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 175
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1942
NL MVP (1925 and 1929)
2B on TSN All-Star Team (1925 to 1929)
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Rogers Hornsby
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1915 STL N 18 57 5 14 2 0 0 4 2 6 0 2 0 2 .246 .271 .281 -0.4 1915 STL N
1916 STL N 139 495 63 155 17 15 6 65 40 63 4 11 17 .313 .369 .444 3.7 1916 STL N
1917 STL N 145 523 86 171 24 17 8 66 45 34 4 17 17 .327 .385 .484 7.8 1917 STL N
1918 STL N 115 416 51 117 19 11 5 60 40 43 3 7 8 .281 .349 .416 3.8 1918 STL N
1919 STL N 138 512 68 163 15 9 8 71 48 41 7 10 17 .318 .384 .430 5.1 1919 STL N
1920 STL N 149 589 96 218 44 20 9 94 60 50 3 8 12 15 .370 .431 .559 7.9 1920 STL N
1921 STL N 154 592 131 235 44 18 21 126 60 48 7 15 13 13 .397 .458 .639 7.7 1921 STL N
1922 STL N 154 623 141 250 46 14 42 152 65 50 1 15 17 12 .401 .459 .722 8.9 1922 STL N
1923 STL N 107 424 89 163 32 10 17 83 55 29 3 5 3 7 .384 .459 .627 3.8 1923 STL N
1924 STL N 143 536 121 227 43 14 25 94 89 32 2 13 5 12 .424 .507 .696 9.3 1924 STL N
1925 STL N 138 504 133 203 41 10 39 143 83 39 2 16 5 3 .403 .489 .756 6.8 1925 STL N
1926 STL N 134 527 96 167 34 5 11 93 61 39 0 16 3 .317 .388 .463 -0.8 1926 STL N
1927 NY N 155 568 133 205 32 9 26 125 86 38 4 26 9 .361 .448 .586 6.8 1927 NY N
1928 BOS N 140 486 99 188 42 7 21 94 107 41 1 25 5 .387 .498 .632 6.1 1928 BOS N
1929 CHI N 156 602 156 229 47 8 39 149 87 65 1 22 2 .380 .459 .679 6.8 1929 CHI N
1930 CHI N 42 104 15 32 5 1 2 18 12 12 1 3 0 .308 .385 .433 -0.2 1930 CHI N
1931 CHI N 100 357 64 118 37 1 16 90 56 23 0 5 1 .331 .421 .574 3.0 1931 CHI N
1932 CHI N 19 58 10 13 2 0 1 7 10 4 2 0 0 .224 .357 .310 -0.5 1932 CHI N
1933 STL N 46 83 9 27 6 0 2 21 12 6 2 0 3 1 .325 .423 .470 0.4 1933 STL N
1933 STL A 11 9 2 3 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .455 .778 0.1 1933 STL A
1933 Total 57 92 11 30 7 0 3 23 14 7 2 0 3i 1 0i .326 .426 .500 0.5 1933 Total
1934 STL A 24 23 2 7 2 0 1 11 7 4 1 0 0 0 .304 .484 .522 0.2 1934 STL A
1935 STL A 10 24 1 5 3 0 0 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 .208 .296 .333 -0.2 1935 STL A
1936 STL A 2 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .500 .400 0.0 1936 STL A
1937 STL A 20 56 7 18 3 0 1 11 7 5 0 0 0 0 .321 .397 .429 -0.1 1937 STL A
Total NL 2192 8056 1566 2895 532 169 298 1555 1018 663 47 216 3i 135 64i .359 .434 .578 86.0 Total NL
Total AL 67 117 13 35 9 0 3 29 20 16 1 0 0 0 .299 .406 .453 0.0 Total AL
Total 2259 8173 1579 2930 541 169 301 1584 1038 679 48 216 3i 135 64i .358 .434 .577 86.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1926 STL N Daily Splits 7 28 2 7 1 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .250 .300 .286 1926 STL N
1929 CHI N Daily Splits 5 21 4 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 .273 .381 1929 CHI N
Total Splits 12 49 6 12 2 1 0 5 3 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .245 .288 .327 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1915 STL N SS 18 48 46 8 12 .922
1916 STL N 3B 83 82 174 20 7 .928
1916 STL N SS 45 90 132 22 22 .910
1916 STL N 1B 15 150 5 2 6 .987
1916 STL N 2B 1 3 4 1 0 .875
1917 STL N SS 144 268 527 52 82 .939
1918 STL N SS 109 208 434 46 55 .933
1918 STL N OF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 2
1919 STL N 3B 72 73 151 16 11 .933
1919 STL N SS 37 66 115 13 12 .933
1919 STL N 2B 25 46 101 5 13 .967
1919 STL N 1B 5 48 0 0 3 1.000
1920 STL N 2B 149 343 524 34 76 .962
1921 STL N 2B 142 305 477 25 59 .969
1921 STL N OF 6 14 0 0 0 1.000 6 0 0
1921 STL N SS 3 11 8 1 3 .950
1921 STL N 3B 3 2 2 1 0 .800
1921 STL N 1B 1 8 0 0 0 1.000
1922 STL N 2B 154 398 473 30 81 .967
1923 STL N 2B 88 192 283 19 48 .962
1923 STL N 1B 18 131 16 2 13 .987
1924 STL N 2B 143 301 517 30 102 .965
1925 STL N 2B 136 287 416 34 95 .954
1926 STL N 2B 134 245 433 27 73 .962
1927 NY N 2B 155 299 582 25 98 .972
1928 BOS N 2B 140 295 450 21 85 .973
1929 CHI N 2B 156 286 547 23 106 .973
1930 CHI N 2B 25 44 76 11 16 .916
1931 CHI N 2B 69 107 205 16 24 .951
1931 CHI N 3B 26 21 50 6 6 .922
1932 CHI N OF 10 16 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 10
1932 CHI N 3B 6 1 10 4 0 .733
1933 STL N 2B 17 24 35 2 7 .967
1934 STL A OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1934 STL A 3B 1 1 3 0 1 1.000
1935 STL A 1B 3 36 1 0 1 1.000
1935 STL A 2B 2 1 2 0 0 1.000
1935 STL A 3B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000
1936 STL A 1B 1 10 0 0 0 1.000
1937 STL A 2B 17 30 41 4 10 .947
Total 2B 1553 3206 5166 307 893 .965
Total SS 356 691 1262 142 186 .932
Total 3B 192 181 392 47 25 .924
Total 1B 43 383 22 4 23 .990
Total OF 20 34 0 0 0 1.000 6 1 13
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1926 STL N Daily 2B 7 7 7 63 16 21 0 5 0 1.000
1929 CHI N Daily 2B 5 5 5 43.2 8 11 1 4 0 .950
Total 2B 12 12 12 106.2 24 32 1 9 0 .982
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Managerial Record Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1925 STL N 115 64 51 .557 631 543 5-31 8 4
1926 STL N 156 89 65 .578 817 678 1
1927 NY N 33 22 10 .688 180 144 9- 3 4 3
1928 BOS N 122 39 83 .320 519 712 5-25 7 7
1930 CHI N 4 4 0 1.000 37 27 9-25 2 2
1931 CHI N 156 84 70 .545 828 710 3
1932 CHI N 99 53 46 .535 461 424 8- 2 2 1
1933 STL A 54 19 33 .365 228 275 7-29 8 8
1934 STL A 154 67 85 .441 674 800 6
1935 STL A 155 65 87 .428 718 930 7
1936 STL A 155 57 95 .375 804 1064 7
1937 STL A 78 25 52 .325 378 521 7-20 7 8
1952 STL A 51 22 29 .431 176 217 6- 8 7 7
1952 CIN N 51 27 24 .529 196 189 8- 5 7 6
1953 CIN N 147 64 82 .438 689 755 9-16 6 6
Total 1530 701 812 .463 7336 7989
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
World Series Managerial Record World Series Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1926 STL N 7 4 3 .571 31 21
Transactions Transactions
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 ).
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