Rogers Hornsby

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Rogers Hornsby
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Second baseman / manager
Born: April 27, 1896
Winters , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Died on: January 5, 1963
Chicago , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Suggested: Right Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
September 10,  1915  with the  St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB assignment
July 20,  1937  with the St. Louis Browns
MLB statistics
(until end of career)
Batting average    , 358
Hits    2.930
Home runs    301
Runs Batted In    1.584
Teams

As a player

As a manager

Awards

member of
☆☆☆Baseball Hall of Fame☆☆☆
Recorded     1942
Quota    78.1% (fifth ballot)

Rogers Hornsby (born April 27, 1896 in Winters , Texas , † January 5, 1963 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball . His nickname was Rajah .

biography

Rogers Hornsby began his career in the National League with the St. Louis Cardinals on September 10, 1915 in a game against the Cincinnati Reds . The second baseman was considered one of the strongest batsmen during his playing time. He led the National League seven times on average, three times he reached the mark of over 40%. His batting average of 42.4% in 1924 is the highest value in the National League after 1900. Twice he hit the most home runs , in 1922 he was the first player in the NL to score more than 40 home runs in one season. He had the most RBIs four times. In 1922 and 1925 he was able to win the Triple Crown , that is, he led his league in the categories of home runs, RBIs and batting average. In 1925 and 1929 he was elected MVP of the NL. His career batting average of 35.8% is still the best in the National League today, with only Ty Cobb posting better career performance.

He only occupied his regular position of 2nd baseman from 1920, before he was employed as a shortstop , third baseman or outfielder . In 1925 he also took over the position of manager at the Cardinals and led the team in 1926 to win the title in the National League and in the World Series against the New York Yankees . Here the Cardinals prevailed against the favored Yankees with Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth in seven games. After that season he was then sold by the Cardinals to the New York Giants . The St. Louis audience disagreed with this decision, but Hornsby was not without controversy among the top management of his club. He was a quiet representative on the field who was never expelled from the field in his entire career, but was so obsessed with winning games that he messed with team-mates as well as officials. Even with the Giants, he took on the leadership of the team and was sold on to the Boston Braves . They were very satisfied with him there, but received a very good offer from the Chicago Cubs for Hornsby that they couldn't refuse. With the Cubs he reached his second World Series in 1929, but was defeated there in five games by the Philadelphia Athletics . He stayed with the Cubs until 1932, then moved back to the Cardinals, for which he played 46 games in 1933 before moving to local rivals St. Louis Browns , where he worked as a player and manager. With the Browns, he played his last game in professional baseball on July 20, 1937. In 1952 and 1953 he worked again as a manager at the Browns and the Cincinnati Reds .

Hornsby was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as early as 1942 . He died in 1963 at the age of 66. In 1999, he was ranked ninth in The Sporting News magazine's 100 best baseball player poll and was voted into the Major League Baseball All-Century Team . The musician Bruce Hornsby is a distant relative of Rogers Hornsby.

His stations as a player

His stations as a manager

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Commons : Rogers Hornsby  - collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Hornsby, Rogers
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rajah (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American baseball player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Winters , Texas
DATE OF DEATH 5th January 1963
Place of death Chicago , Illinois