Rogers Hornsby
Second Base

1915-26 St. Louis Cardinals
1927 New York Giants
1928 Boston Braves
1929-32 Chicago Cubs
1933 St. Louis Cardinals
1933-37 St. Louis Browns

• Hit .424 in 1924, a modern National League record

• Averaged over .400 from 1921-25, the only player in major league history to do so over a five year span.

• Has a .358 lifetime batting average, a National League record and second only to Ty Cobb in both leagues.

• Won six straight batting titles, 1920-25.

• Was named player-manager of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1925. He led them to their first world championship the next year.

• Considered by many baseball historians to be the greatest right-handed hitter in the annals of the game.

• Hornsby was not only a great hitter for average, he led the league in slugging percentage 10 times.

• An extremely caustic individual, Hornsby was one of the most disliked players in the history of the game. There are many stories floating around exhibiting the disdain that fellow players felt towards Hornsby. An example: he was replaced as manager of the Cubs in August of 1932 by Charlie Grimm. When the team ended up winning the World Series that year, the players voted to not give him any share of their winnings.

1921 Who's Who in Baseball featuring Hornsby on the cover

• Won two Triple Crowns--1922 and 1925.

• Won two MVP awards--one during his triple crown year of 1925 and one as a Cub in 1930 when he hit .380 with 39 homers and 149 RBI.

• Hornsby quit as a full-time player in 1931. He managed the Cardinals in 1925 and 26, the Braves in 1928, the Cubs from 1930-32, the Browns from 1933-37 and again in 1952, and the Reds from 1952-53. He was a scout for the New York Mets at the time of his death in 1962.

• Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1942.