75 Facts About Rogers Hornsby

Rogers Hornsby played for the St Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, and St Louis Browns.

Rogers Hornsby played with the Cubs for four years and won his second MVP Award before the team released him in 1932.

Rogers Hornsby re-signed with the Cardinals in 1933, but was released partway through the season, effectively ending his career as a full-time player.

Rogers Hornsby was picked up by the St Louis Browns and remained there until his final season in 1937, though he made only 67 appearances for them as a player.

Rogers Hornsby is regarded as one of the best hitters of all time.

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Rogers Hornsby was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1942 and the St Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame in 2014.

Rogers Hornsby married three times, in 1918,1924, and 1957, and had two children.

Rogers Hornsby never smoked, drank, or went to the movies, but frequently gambled on horse races during his career.

Rogers Hornsby played baseball for North Side High School until 10th grade, when he dropped out to take a full-time job at Swift.

In 1914, Hornsby's older brother Everett, a minor league baseball player for many years, arranged for Rogers to get a tryout with the Texas League's Dallas Steers.

Rogers Hornsby made the team, but was released two weeks later without appearing in a game.

Rogers Hornsby then signed with the Hugo Scouts of the Class D Texas–Oklahoma League as their shortstop for $75 per month.

Rogers Hornsby came to the attention of the Major League St Louis Cardinals during an exhibition series between that team and the Railroaders in spring training in 1915.

Rogers Hornsby rotated among infield positions before finally settling in at third base for much of the second half of the year.

Rogers Hornsby returned to the shortstop position in 1917 after Corhan returned to San Francisco and Butler was released.

Many baseball players were drafted to fight in World War I in 1918, but Rogers Hornsby was given a draft deferment because he was supporting his family.

Rogers Hornsby was replaced by Jack Hendricks, who had managed the Indianapolis Indians to a pennant in the American Association the previous year.

Rogers Hornsby lacked confidence in Hendricks's ability to run the Cardinals, and the two men developed animosity towards each other as a result of Rogers Hornsby's growing egotism and fondness for former manager Huggins.

Rogers Hornsby was still among the league leaders in triples and slugging percentage in 1918, but after the season ended with the Cardinals in last place, he announced that he would never play under Hendricks again.

Rogers Hornsby finished the season with the first of seven batting titles by hitting.

On defense, Rogers Hornsby led all second basemen in putouts, double plays, and fielding percentage.

Hyland had Rogers Hornsby's knee placed in a cast for two weeks, after which he returned to the Cardinals.

Rogers Hornsby missed several games late in the year with injuries that the Cardinals did not believe to be serious; as a result he was fined $500 and suspended for the last five games of the year.

Cincinnati voter Jack Ryder left Rogers Hornsby's name off his ballot altogether because he believed Rogers Hornsby was an MVP on the stat sheet, but was not a team player.

Years later, Rogers Hornsby said that his tag of Ruth was the biggest thrill of his career.

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When Rogers Hornsby refused to give way, the Cardinals traded him to the New York Giants for Frankie Frisch and Jimmy Ring on December 20,1926.

Rogers Hornsby had already arranged to send him to New York if contract talks fell through; later, Breadon said he so wanted to part ways with Hornsby that he was afraid Hornsby would call his bluff and take the one-year deal.

Rogers Hornsby wanted $105 per share for his stock, a price Breadon was unwilling to pay.

In early 1927, Rogers Hornsby was able to sell his shares at $105 each, enabling him to officially become a Giant.

Rogers Hornsby was a player-coach, and managed the Giants for part of the year after John McGraw briefly stood down due to sinusitis.

McGraw was initially overjoyed to finally get Rogers Hornsby, having sought to trade for him at least as early as 1920.

Indeed, Rogers Hornsby was well aware of the Braves' financial struggles and actually encouraged Braves owner Emil Fuchs to trade him to Chicago.

Rogers Hornsby collected another MVP award, and the Cubs won the NL pennant.

Rogers Hornsby set a World Series record for strikeouts with eight.

Veeck was particularly angered when Rogers Hornsby disagreed with an umpire's call, but sent another player out to argue the call.

Veeck believed Rogers Hornsby breached an unwritten rule of baseball which called for the manager to argue calls himself.

Breadon put aside his previous disputes with Rogers Hornsby and brought him back to St Louis, knowing that Rogers Hornsby could still handle a bat.

Rogers Hornsby had three hits, including a home run, in nine at-bats.

That year, Rogers Hornsby began operating a baseball school in Hot Springs, Arkansas, which he ran on and off between 1933 and 1951 with various associates.

In 1934, Rogers Hornsby appeared in 24 games, but started only two of them–one at third base, and the other in right field.

Rogers Hornsby played in 10 games in the 1935 season, starting in four.

Rogers Hornsby appeared in only two games with the team during the 1936 season.

Rogers Hornsby claimed Ball's estate made it difficult to enforce discipline.

Rogers Hornsby signed as a player-coach with the Baltimore Orioles of the International League in 1938 before leaving them to play for and manage the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Southern Association for the rest of the season.

Rogers Hornsby then returned to the Orioles to manage them for 1939, but he did not return to the club following the season.

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Rogers Hornsby led them from last place to the Texas League playoffs, where they fell to the Houston Buffaloes in four games.

Rogers Hornsby began 1941 managing the Indians , but he resigned in the middle of the season.

In February 1944, Rogers Hornsby signed as a player-manager with the Veracruz Blues of the Mexican League for the coming season.

Rogers Hornsby won two games inserting himself as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning, including one occasion in which he drove in three runs with a bases-loaded double.

However, Rogers Hornsby had a long wait to get another major-league job even after Landis died in November 1944.

Rogers Hornsby did some commentary for radio station WTMV in East St Louis, Illinois, served as a spring-training hitting instructor for the Chicago White Sox in 1946 and the Cleveland Indians in 1947, and became a TV announcer for Chicago Cubs games in 1949.

Rogers Hornsby did not become a manager or coach again until 1950, when he was hired to manage the Texas League's Beaumont Roughnecks.

Rogers Hornsby led the Roughnecks to the pennant, but they were swept in the first round of the playoffs by the San Antonio Missions.

The next year, in 1951, Rogers Hornsby managed the Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League.

Rogers Hornsby decided to return to the Browns, apparently believing there was a greater upside to rebuilding a perennial loser than there was to managing a perennial contender.

Rogers Hornsby reportedly spoke to players only to criticize them.

Rogers Hornsby did not initially argue the call, coming out of the dugout only on orders from Veeck.

The Browns players were so happy about Rogers Hornsby's firing that they gave Veeck an engraved trophy to thank him.

Rogers Hornsby resigned with eight games to go in the season; coach Buster Mills replaced him.

Rogers Hornsby was buried in Hornsby Bend Cemetery near Austin, Texas.

Rogers Hornsby won seven batting titles in total, number three all-time at the time of his retirement, and a feat tied or exceeded by only five players.

Rogers Hornsby led the National League in slugging percentage nine times, a record that still stands.

Rogers Hornsby hit more home runs, drove in more runs, and had a higher batting average than any other National League player during the 1920s, which makes him one of four players in baseball history to win a decade "triple crown".

Rogers Hornsby was a very consistent hitter whether he was playing at home or on the road.

Rogers Hornsby is only the second right-handed batter in history to hit over.

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Rogers Hornsby led the National League in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and total bases every year from 1920 to 1925.

Rogers Hornsby was renowned for his speed, and was considered to be the fastest player in the National League in his prime.

Rogers Hornsby did not try to steal very often but used his speed to take extra bases.

Rogers Hornsby never went to movies or read books, convinced that it would harm a batter's eyesight, and he never smoked or drank.

Rogers Hornsby was notoriously difficult to get along with, a major reason he changed teams so frequently in the last decade of his career.

Rogers Hornsby usually left due to falling out with the front office.

Rogers Hornsby was forced to play in the minors well into his 40s to make up for losing so much money on bets that went sour.

Rogers Hornsby was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1942.

In 1999, Rogers Hornsby was ranked ninth on The Sporting News list of Baseball's Greatest Players.

Rogers Hornsby is tied for eighth overall with Stan Musial in wins above replacement for position players.