Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. "Son, when you pitch a strike Mr. Hornsby will let you know." . He finishes with 93.94 games’ worth of defense, compared to 126.66 for Collins, 117.11 for Morgan, and 111.28 for Lajoie. His last year as a player was 1937, in which he hit .321 in 56 at-bats for the St. Louis Browns. Here are the top five bad things that can be taken from it. He holds a five-year batting record with a .402 batting average over the span 1921-1925. This looks like infield practice in the Pee Wee League. (Age 19-136d, The March meeting of the Rogers Hornsby Chapter will feature Halsey Hall (Minneapolis) Chapter member Dan Levitt’s presentation on baseball’s first drug controversy. "Go away, you bother me!" Throughout the 1920s, Hornsby missed hitting .360 only once. SDS. 4,412th in MLB history) Rogers Hornsby hit .424 in 1924 when he accomplished the feat. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. This topic has been deleted. But the truth is, neither of those years based on pure performance matches Rogers Hornsby’s best SIX seasons. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. OF- Willie Mays- Power, speed, defense Many thanks to him. Look him up. Are you a Stathead, too? Win Shares rates Hornsby as the worst of all second baseman with long careers, absolutely rock-bottom. us, Died: Hornsby's major league career batting average of .358 was more than 100 points higher than his minor league career batting average (once the winning answer to a SABR Trivia contest in 1987). He led the league 9 times in OBP, and 9 times in SLG. Or write about sports? I stare out the window and wait for spring." Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. from the SABR BioProject, More Rogers Hornsby Pages at Baseball Reference, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Monday, April 5, 10:19AM. Written by: Rogers Hornsby. Do you have a sports website? Cardinals' manager Miller Huggins told his only scout, Bob Connery, to look for minor league players to fill the roster of their financially struggling team. He was second in triples in 1916 and first in 1917, and was in the top 5 in home runs from 1917 to 1919. That is exactly the situation that Clarence “Footsie” Blair found himself in when he played second base for the Chicago Cubs. As opposed to the quote above, Hornsby "peddles life insurance" during winter, per a January 21, 1921 newspaper article, see link title. "Ernie Banks Better Hitter Than Willie Mays - Hornsby". I'll tell you what I do. The lively ball era ushered in by Babe Ruth was welcomed by Hornsby, who took advantage of playing in a small park in St. Louis. He played 2 games in Mexico in 1944 for Veracruz, going 1 for 1 with a double. Everytime I face him, it feels like he just smashes the ball and it just jumps off his bat. Defense matters…to an extent. Only users with topic management privileges can see it. He also won the 1922 and 1925 National League Triple Crowns. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. Copyright © 2000-2020 Sports Reference LLC. In total, Willie’s 96.9 WAR10 dwarfs any modern player’s best ten seasons on this list. As manager of the 1926 Cardinals, he brought St. Louis their first World Series victory. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. Only player to ever hit .400 with over 40 HRs. For the last 18 years of his military service, Mr. Hornsby served as a Circuit Defense Counsel (CDC) assigned out of Travis Air Force Base, CA. His batting performance that year was, and still is, one of the finest in MLB history, and his 42 home runs are still the most ever for a .400 hitter. Rogers Hornsby: Standing up for the 99 percent. On defense, Hornsby led all second basemen in putouts, double plays, and fielding percentage. Some defensive statistics Copyright © Baseball Info Solutions, 2010-2021. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. No comparison. He was also a long-time manager, a couple of whose teams rebelled against him. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. LF - Ted Williams - closest to 40 HRs with a .400 AVG outside of Hornsby. Trout already has three 10-plus WAR seasons, joining Barry Bonds, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams and Ty Cobb. From 1920-25, Hornsby averaged .397 and led the National League in hitting, on-base percentage and slugging every year. When he moved to the Boston Braves in 1928, he led the league in batting, on-base percentage and slugging. Disagree with Win Shares if you wish, but there's no way to massage Hornsby's defense into anything remotely approaching Morgan's. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Stacking the lineup might even be more difficult than choosing the starters. As a manager, Hornsby managed 15 years with 6 teams, of which he was player/manager with 5 of them. Not only did his doubles go up, but his home runs shot up as high as 42 and his triples stayed as high as they had been in the dead-ball era. Joe Morgan's peak was a Sabermetrician's dream. But he was determined to be a professional baseball player. On June 12, 1923, Hornsby divorced his wife because he had been having an affair with another woman named Jeanette Pennington Hine. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. The explanation, delivered from parents to curious children probably every single day the park is open, is that Hornsby played before players wore uniform numbers. 3B - Mike Schmidt - mostly for defense but comes with some power. Want to look at someone not connected to HGH? All rights reserved. Yes, he probably had his best seasons … Here is a brief bill of indictment: In 1925, Hornsby got into an argument with Philadelphia Phillies manager Art Fletcher and, without warning, punched him in the face. Rogers Hornsby put up ridiculous numbers. Copyright © 2000-2021 Sports Reference LLC. Many thanks to him. The St. Louis Cardinals' 2010 season is over, mercifully enough. At age fifteen, he was playing on the North Side Athletics in the Fort Worth adult league, and on other teams, including the semipro Granbury club, where he made two dollars per game plus room and board and rail fare. Rogers Hornsby was an incredible player who retired while holding the record for the most career home runs in the National League, and he continues to hold the National League record for the highest career batting average. The explanation, delivered from parents to curious children probably every single day the park is open, is that Hornsby played before players wore uniform numbers. Do you have a sports website? Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. He is almost universally ranked as the top offensive second baseman, but some analysts and fans have argued that his poor defense drops him below the likes of Morgan, Collins or Nap Lajoie as the top all-around second baseman. But what Jackie Robinson accomplished at second base -- and how -- … Rogers Hornsby Stats. Join our linker program. It's Rogers Hornsby, the new manager... Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images Ted Williams credited Hornsby as having a big impact on him as a hitter. Exceeded rookie limits during 1916 season, View Player Bio Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman Bats: Right • Throws: Right 5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg) . When he moved to the Chicago Cubs in 1929, at the age of 33, he won the MVP award. 2B Rogers Hornsby- Beats my all time favorite player because of the stats. This will, once again, be a remote Zoom meeting and will be held at 1:00 p.m. CST on Saturday, March 13. (Voted by BBWAA on 182/233 ballots) (Okay, Jack Buck doesn’t have a number either, but dude was a broadcaster.) Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Kent will never be better than Joe Morgan, whose speed, power, defense, plate discipline and back-to-back MVPs land him in the top four at the position. By the "Black Ink" method of appraising performance, he ranks #3 all-time. Apples & Oranges sees Rogers Hornsby as a slightly below-average shortstop, and an average second baseman, rating him a bit higher than Win Shares, a lot higher than Linear Weights and a lot lower than WAR. By the "Hall of Fame Standards" method he also ranks #3 all-time. The 1926 St. Louis Cardinals team won the World Series under his helm. The numbers were also printed in the program, allowing fans to better identify individual members of the pack of dirty white guys on the field. - An umpire, in response to a rookie pitcher's complaint that some of his pitches had incorrectly been called as balls. Rogers Hornsby reviews?? Subscribe to our Free Newsletter, This Week in Sports ReferenceFind out when we add a feature or make a change. Let’s start with Rogers Hornsby. If you put a good swing on a hittable pitch, 70 contact or 125 contact, you're going to get good results. in Winters, TX He never played a full season after that, although in 1931 he finished first in OBP and second in slugging while appearing in 100 games. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. However, he was second in batting in 1917 and 1919, and he led the league in slugging in 1917. He was primarily a shortstop during his first 5 seasons, playing some third base as well. In 1932, Jimmie Foxx hit .364 with 58 home runs. CF - Ty Cobb - where has he been in all these lineups? View Rogers Hornsby's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos). Hornsby's son, Bill Hornsby, was a minor league outfielder. Although he finished the 2005 season 108th on the all time home run list, Hornsby was once second all time to Babe Ruth in home runs. in Chicago, IL, Buried: The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, 7-time NL Batting Average Leader (1920-1925 & 1928), 9-time NL On-Base Percentage Leader (1920-1925, 1927, 1928 & 1931), 9-time NL Slugging Percentage Leader (1917, 1920-1925, 1928 & 1929), 11-time NL OPS Leader (1917, 1920-1925, 1927-1929 & 1931), 5-time NL Runs Scored Leader (1921, 1922, 1924, 1927 & 1929), 7-time NL Total Bases Leader (1917, 1920-1922, 1924, 1925 & 1929), 4-time NL Doubles Leader (1920-1922 & 1924), 3-time NL Bases on Balls Leader (1924, 1927 & 1928), 20-Home Run Seasons: 7 (1921, 1922, 1924, 1925 & 1927-1929), 30-Home Run Seasons: 3 (1922, 1925 & 1929), 100 RBI Seasons: 5 (1921, 1922, 1925, 1927 & 1929), 100 Runs Scored Seasons: 6 (1921, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1927 & 1929), 200 Hits Seasons: 7 (1920-1922, 1924, 1925, 1927 & 1929), Managed one World Series Champions with the, Batting average, right handed batter, career, .358, Batting average, season (since 1900), .424, 1924, Batting average, right handed batter, season (since 1900), .424, 1924, On base average, right handed batter, career, .434, On base average, right handed batter, season, .507, 1924, Slugging percentage, right handed batter, season, .756, 1925, On base plus slugging percentage, right handed batter, season, 1.245, 1925, Total bases, right handed batter, season, 450, 1922, Home runs, second baseman, season, 42, 1922 (tied), Highest batting average over five consecutive seasons, .402 (1921-25), Highest batting average over four consecutive seasons, .404 (1922-25). Rogers Hornsby … All rights reserved. Hornsby came to the attention of the St. Louis Cardinals during an exhibition series between that team and the Railroaders in spring training in 1915. Rogers Hornsby was an incredible player who retired while holding the record for the most career home runs in the National League, and he continues to hold the National League record for the highest career batting average. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Bill James ranks Hornsby as the third greatest second baseman of all time, behind both Joe Morgan and Eddie Collins. P. PhillyRunt44_PSN I've been looking at this card for a while now. He led the league 5 times in runs scored, 4 times in doubles, 2 times in triples, 2 times in home runs, and 4 times in RBI. The fact that Acuna can even rival him shows how bad Soto’s defense is. (1920-1929) Rogers Hornsby’s decade of excellence led … Unsurprising, too, is that Hornsby wasn’t nearly the liability at second base that James, et … : This page was last edited on 16 February 2020, at 02:15. That won’t happen again. Find out more. What if we loop in defense and baserunning? We present them here for purely educational purposes. I played my greatest time for him, but everyone hated him."    vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB. I mean, in 1924 he hit .424/.507/.796 and that wasn’t even his triple crown season when he hit .401 with 42 homers and 152 RBIs. "People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. His brother, Everett Hornsby, pitched in the minors from 1906 to 1916. Hornsby led the league in batting 7 times, and is 2nd on the all-time list (1st on the National League all-time list). Subscribe to our Free Newsletter, This Month in Sports ReferenceFind out when we add a feature or make a change. On defense, Hornsby led the league in putouts, double plays, and fielding percentage. https://www.baseball-reference.com/bpv/index.php?title=Rogers_Hornsby&oldid=1126967. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? OF- Duke Snider- Led the 1950s in RBI. He'll never be better than Rogers Hornsby -- lifetime .358 batting average and the greatest right-handed hitter of all time. Hornsby had become a player-manager in 1925, and was to gradually play less and less under teams he managed. It was the dead-ball era, and so his stats are not as eye-popping as his later accomplishments. Clarence Vick Blair was born in Enterprise, Oklahoma, approximately 130 miles east of Oklahoma City, on July 13, 1900. As Player. Do you have a blog? As Manager. That is, he played when the other guy, future Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby, didn’t. Rogers Hornsby. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Rogers Hornsby, Sr. (April 27, 1896 – January 5, 1963) was an American Major … - Rogers Hornsby. But for one player, Cardinal Great and Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby, there is no number. Hornsby was a monster with the bat in his hands, Collins was the steadiest on defense, and a huge part of Morgan’s value came from the havoc he created on the basepaths. Hornsby in … Or write about sports? Rogers Hornsby News from United Press International. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Hornsby was the first player to reach 300 home runs in the National League, on May 17, 1924. (Age 41-084d) High School: Northside HS (Fort Worth, TX) Debut: September 10, 1915 (Age 19-136d, 4,412th in MLB history) With Ronald Reagan playing Grover Cleveland Alexander, Frank Lovejoy played Hornsby in "The Grover Cleveland Alexander Story". It's not, nor is it the distressed gentlemen with the bat Gulliver in Lilliput. And he wasn't a one-team player. Born: April 27, 1896 in Winters, TX us Died: January 5, 1963 in Chicago, IL Buried: Hornsby Bend Cemetery, Hornsby Bend, TX . Positions: It’s easy to relate to Joe Maddon on why his day-to-day lineup lacked consistency. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Veeck put up with what has been characterized as Hornsby’s “reign of terror” for about a season and a half before firing him on August 2, 1932.73 In the interim Hornsby had gotten cross-ways with just about everyone on the team, including stars like Gabby Hartnett, Hack Wilson, Kiki Cuyler, and Billy Herman.74 Hornsby was so disliked that when a firecracker in the stands went off during a lull in … C. Paul Rogers, III: "Rogers Hornsby", in Gregory H. Wolf, ed. Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1942. The more I ponder Joey Votto and Miguel Cabrera, the more I’m convinced that someone with their hitting styles is going to be the next person to hit .400, not someone like Rod Carew or Tony Gwynn. He was MVP in 1925. Rookie Status:    vs. CIN 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB, Last Game: In September, the Cardinals purchased Hornsby's contract from Denison and added him to their major league roster, although his only professional baseball experience had been in Class D. Hornsby's first ga… Also, Rogers Hornsby: Out of the major league for 15 years after making that crack, out of baseball altogether for five. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. Stan Musial, 128.3; Rogers Hornsby, 91.4; Albert Pujols, 86.6; Ozzie Smith, 66; Ridiculous. Morgan mops the floor with Hornsby by any metric you care to name. Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman, Born: They were married on February 28, 1924. Again, in a shortened season, but Soto can straight rake. Let me second the nomination—Bill James gets credit for the first—of Rogers Hornsby, the great but callous Cardinals second baseman. SS - Hughie Jennings. 212 is the highest since Rogers Hornsby hit 222 for St. Louis in 1924. . When traded to the New York Giants in December 1926 at age 31 (for Hall of Famer Frankie Frisch, a younger player), Hornsby responded by finishing second in the league in batting, first in on-base percentage and second in slugging. SS- Ernie Banks- Power numbers for a middle infielder in his era an incredible statistical anomaly. Rogers Hornsby. Do you have a blog? - Harlond Clift, about Hornsby as the manager of the St. Louis Browns. Some defensive statistics Copyright © Baseball Info Solutions, 2010-2020. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, Did not play in major or minor leagues (Did Not Play), Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses, Note, this is done in an automated way, so we apologize for any errors, & please. Hornsby, sometimes called "Rajah", was obsessed about baseball, refusing to do anything off-field that might strain his eyes. Hornsby Bend Cemetery, Hornsby Bend, TX, High School: Northside HS (Fort Worth, TX), Debut: Stan the Man was The Man. Are you a Stathead, too? Young Hornsby was slight, smooth on defense at any position, and cocky, but not much of a hitter. Rogers Hornsby reviews?? Rogers Hornsby’s Unbreakable Record For a five-year period in the 1920s, he hit better than .400. 3B- Mike Schmidt- No one comes close as a power hitting third baseman in the NL. January 5, 1963 July 20, 1937 Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. September 10, 1915 Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. He won the batting championship 7 times that decade, and was second once and third once. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. Join our linker program. His high was .424 in 1924. It was also the last year for Jim Bottomley, who had played alongside him on the Cardinals as a young player, and who now finished up with the Browns. Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. While quite proud of his fielding ability as a shortstop in those years, Hornsby nevertheless had mediocre range factors and improved his range when he moved to 2nd base in 1920. Please register in advance at the link below if you wish to attend: Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. Find out more. "I played my best ball for him, but he was mean . last edited by . 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