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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
Won League Award as NL Most Valuable Player (1925 and 1929)
Named second baseman on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1925 to 1929)
Ejections as player: 1918 (3), 1922 (1), 1925 (1), 1928 (1). Total: 6
Ejections as manager: 1925 (1), 1931 (1), 1934 (1). Total: 3
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                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1915 STL N    Daily Splits   18    57    5   14   2   0   0    4    2   0i   6   0   2   0   0i  0i   0   2  .246  .271  .281  -0.5 1915 STL N
1916 STL N    Daily Splits  139   495   63  155  17  15   6   65   40   1i  63   4  11   0i  8i  3i  17   0  .313  .369  .444   3.8 1916 STL N
1917 STL N    Daily Splits  145   523   86  171  24  17   8   66   45   0i  34   4  17   0i  4i  3i  17   3i .327  .385  .484   7.8 1917 STL N
1918 STL N    Daily Splits  115   416   51  117  19  11   5   60   40   3i  43   3   7   0i  4i  2i   8   5i .281  .349  .416   4.3 1918 STL N
1919 STL N    Daily Splits  138   512   68  163  15   9   8   71   48   4   41   7  10   0  16   5   17  21  .318  .384  .430   4.9 1919 STL N
1920 STL N    Daily Splits  149   589   96  218  44  20   9   94   60   9   50   3   8   0  15   3   12  15  .370  .431  .559   8.0 1920 STL N
1921 STL N    Daily Splits  154   592  131  235  44  18  21  126   60  10   48   7  15   0  12  10   13  13  .397  .458  .639   7.6 1921 STL N
1922 STL N    Daily Splits  154   623  141  250  46  14  42  152   65  12   50   1  15   0  12  10   17  12  .401  .459  .722   8.9 1922 STL N
1923 STL N    Daily Splits  107   424   89  163  32  10  17   83   55   5   29   3   5   0  14   8    3   7  .384  .459  .627   3.7 1923 STL N
1924 STL N    Daily Splits  143   536  121  227  43  14  25   94   89  13   32   2  13   0  13  11    5  12  .424  .507  .696   9.5 1924 STL N
1925 STL N    Daily Splits  138   504  133  203  41  10  39  143   83   8   39   2  16   1  13   8    5   3  .403  .489  .756   6.9 1925 STL N
1926 STL N    Daily Splits  134   527   96  167  34   5  11   93   61   4   39   0  16   0  21   9    3   6  .317  .388  .463  -0.4 1926 STL N
1927 NY  N    Daily Splits  155   568  133  205  32   9  26  125   86   7   38   4  26   0  17   8    9   6  .361  .448  .586   6.8 1927 NY  N
1928 BOS N    Daily Splits  140   486   99  188  42   7  21   94  107   9   41   1  25   1  11  10    5   3  .387  .498  .632   6.3 1928 BOS N
1929 CHI N    Daily Splits  156   602  156  229  47   8  39  149   87   5   65   1  22   0  15  11    2   0  .380  .459  .679   6.7 1929 CHI N
1930 CHI N    Daily Splits   42   104   15   32   5   1   2   18   12   0   12   1   3   0   4   5    0   0  .308  .385  .433  -0.3 1930 CHI N
1931 CHI N    Daily Splits  100   357   64  118  37   1  16   90   56   2   23   0   5   1   8   5    1   1  .331  .421  .574   2.3 1931 CHI N
1932 CHI N    Daily Splits   19    58   10   13   2   0   1    7   10   1    4   2   0   0   2   1    0   1  .224  .357  .310  -0.5 1932 CHI N
1933 STL N    Daily Splits   46    83    9   27   6   0   2   21   12   2    6   2   0   0   0   3    1   0  .325  .423  .470  -0.1 1933 STL N
1933 STL A    Daily Splits   11     9    2    3   1   0   1    2    2   0    1   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .455  .778   0.1 1933 STL A
1933 Total                   57    92   11   30   7   0   3   23   14   2    7   2   0   0   0   3    1   0  .326  .426  .500   0.0 1933 Total
1934 STL A    Daily Splits   24    23    2    7   2   0   1   11    7   2    4   1   0   0   1   0    0   0  .304  .484  .522   0.3 1934 STL A
1935 STL A    Daily Splits   10    24    1    5   3   0   0    3    3   1    6   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .208  .296  .333  -0.3 1935 STL A
1936 STL A    Daily Splits    2     5    1    2   0   0   0    2    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .400  .500  .400   0.0 1936 STL A
1937 STL A    Daily Splits   20    56    7   18   3   0   1   11    7   0    5   0   0   0   2   1    0   0  .321  .397  .429  -0.1 1937 STL A
Total NL (19 Years)        2192  8056 1566 2895 532 169 298 1555 1018  95i 663  47 216   3i189i115i 135 110i .359  .434  .578  85.7 Total NL
Total AL ( 5 Years)          67   117   13   35   9   0   3   29   20   3   16   1   0   0   4   1    0   0  .299  .406  .453   0.0 Total AL
Total    (23 Years) Splits 2259  8173 1579 2930 541 169 301 1584 1038  98i 679  48 216   3i193i116i 135 110i .358  .434  .577  85.7 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
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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    ( 2 Years) 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
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1915 STL N Daily Splits  SS   18   17   17   154  i   48   46    8   12   0  .922
1916 STL N Daily Splits  3B   83   79   73   663.2i   82  174   20    7   0  .928
1916 STL N               SS   47   44   41   378.1i   90  132   22   22   0  .910
1916 STL N               1B   15   14   12   113  i  150    5    2    6   0  .987
1916 STL N               2B    1    0    0             3    4    1    0   0  .875
1917 STL N Daily Splits  SS  144  143  139  1256  i  268  527   52   82   0  .939
1918 STL N Daily Splits  SS  109  107  102   937.2i  208  434   46   58   0  .933
1918 STL N               RF    3    3    1    24       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1918 STL N               OF    3    3    1    25       3    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    1    3 
1918 STL N               CF    1    0    0     1       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1919 STL N Daily Splits  3B   73   71   70   638.2    73  151   16   12   1  .933
1919 STL N               SS   37   36   36   319      66  115   13   12   0  .933
1919 STL N               2B   26   26   23   214.2    46  101    5   16   0  .967
1919 STL N               1B    5    5    5    43.1    48    0    0    1   0 1.000
1920 STL N Daily Splits  2B  149  149  143  1350     343  524   34   76   0  .962
1921 STL N Daily Splits  2B  142  142  141  1264.2   305  477   25   59   0  .969
1921 STL N               LF    6    6    6    50.1    14    0    0    0   0 1.000
1921 STL N               OF    6    6    6    50.1    14    0    0    0   0 1.000     6    0    0 
1921 STL N               SS    3    3    3    27      11    8    1    3   1  .950
1921 STL N               3B    3    2    2    19       2    2    1    0   0  .800
1921 STL N               1B    1    1    1     9       8    0    0    0   0 1.000
1922 STL N Daily Splits  2B  154  154  153  1358.2   398  473   30   81   0  .967
1923 STL N Daily Splits  2B   89   88   85   790.1   192  283   19   47   0  .962
1923 STL N               1B   18   18   12   135     131   16    2   14   0  .987
1923 STL N               SS    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0     -
1924 STL N Daily Splits  2B  143  143  139  1265     301  517   30  102   1  .965
1925 STL N Daily Splits  2B  136  136  131  1163.2   287  416   34   95   0  .954
1926 STL N Daily Splits  2B  134  134  118  1168.2   245  433   27   73   1  .962
1927 NY  N Daily Splits  2B  155  155  155  1383     299  582   25   98   0  .972
1928 BOS N Daily Splits  2B  140  140  134  1231.1   295  450   21   85   0  .973
1929 CHI N Daily Splits  2B  156  156  154  1385     286  547   23  106   0  .973
1930 CHI N Daily Splits  2B   25   23   20   193.2    44   76   11   16   0  .916
1931 CHI N Daily Splits  2B   69   68   63   581     107  205   16   24   0  .951
1931 CHI N               3B   26   26   22   216.1    21   50    6    6   0  .922
1932 CHI N Daily Splits  OF   10   10    9    91      16    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    0   10 
1932 CHI N               RF   10   10    9    91      16    0    0    0   0 1.000
1932 CHI N               3B    6    6    3    45       1   10    4    0   0  .733
1933 STL N Daily Splits  2B   17   16   13   139.1    24   35    2    7   0  .967
1934 STL A Daily Splits  OF    1    1    1     8       1    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    0    1 
1934 STL A               RF    1    1    1     8       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1934 STL A               3B    1    1    1     8       1    3    0    1   0 1.000
1935 STL A Daily Splits  1B    3    3    2    29      36    1    0    1   0 1.000
1935 STL A               2B    2    0    0     8       1    2    0    0   0 1.000
1935 STL A               3B    1    1    1     8       1    2    0    0   0 1.000
1936 STL A Daily Splits  1B    1    1    1     9      10    0    0    0   0 1.000
1937 STL A Daily Splits  2B   17   12   11   120.2    30   41    4   10   0  .947
Total (17 Years) Splits  2B 1555 1542 1483 13617.2i 3206 5166  307  895   2  .965
Total ( 7 Years)         SS  359  350  338  3074  i  691 1262  142  189   1  .932
Total ( 7 Years)         3B  193  186  172  1598.2i  181  392   47   26   1  .924
Total ( 6 Years)         1B   43   42   33   338.1i  383   22    4   22   0  .990
Total ( 4 Years)         OF   20   20   17   174.1    34    0    0    0   0 1.000     6    1   14 
Total ( 3 Years)         RF   14   14   11   123      19    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         LF    6    6    6    50.1    14    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         CF    1    0    0     1       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
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Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1926 STL N Daily Splits  2B    7    7    7    63      16   22    0    5   0 1.000
1929 CHI N Daily Splits  2B    5    5    5    43.2     9   11    1    4   0  .952
Total ( 2 Years) Splits  2B   12   12   12   106.2    25   33    1    9   0  .983
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

                           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 (14 Years) 1530  701  812  .463  7336  7989
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
              World Series Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1926 STL N          7    4    3  .571    31    21

       Coaching Record
Year Team   START    END
1958 CHI N   4-15   9-27
1959 CHI N   4-11   9-27
1962 NY  N   4-11   9-30
Total ( 3 Years) 

Ejection Information

As player:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 8- 8-1918     BOX  STL N  Pete Harrison       Call at 3B
 8-11-1918(1)  BOX  STL N  Lord Byron          Balls and strikes
 8-26-1918(1)  BOX  STL N  Pete Harrison       Called third strike
 7- 4-1922(1)  BOX  STL N  Cy Pfirman          Call at 1B
 8- 3-1925     BOX  STL N  Monroe Sweeney      Called third strike
 6-14-1928     BOX  BOS N  Cy Pfirman          Called third strike

As manager:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 6-16-1925     BOX  STL N  Cy Pfirman          Fighting
 7-18-1931     BOX  CHI N  Ted McGrew          Fair/foul call
 5- 8-1934     BOX  STL A  Red Ormsby          Fair/foul call

Transaction Information

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).
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