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Rogers Hornsby Hall Of Fame Second Baseman 768x518

Rogers Hornsby

#2 RANKED AT POSITION
1915—1937
Second Base
BORN
April 27, 1896, in Winters, TX
BATS / THROWS
Right / Right
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
5-11 / 175
PRIMARY TEAM
St. Louis Cardinals
.358
BATTING AVERAGE
2259
GAMES
127.1
WAR
.434
ON-BASE PCT
1579
RUNS
73.9
WAR7
.577
SLUGGING
2930
HITS
33.5
WAR3
1.010
ON-BASE + SLUGGING
301
HOME RUNS
9.1
WAR PER SEASON
He won a lot of batting titles and was named greatest second baseman ever on baseball’s 100th anniversary.
Hall of Fame
Cardinals
ALL-TIME TEAM
1926
WORLD SERIES CHAMPION

Compared to Hall of Fame Second Basemen

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK JAWS WAR PER
Hornsby
CAREER
127.1
LONG PEAK
73.9
PRIME
49.9
SHORT PEAK
33.5
JAWS
100.5
WAR PER
9.1
AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER
CAREER
70.8
LONG PEAK
45.6
PRIME
33.2
SHORT PEAK
22.8
JAWS
58.2
WAR PER
5.2

Where Does Rogers Hornsby Rank Among Second Basemen?

RANKING CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK JAWS
RANKING
2
CAREER
1
LONG PEAK
1
PRIME
1
SHORT PEAK
1
JAWS
1
RANKING
EGG RANKING
CAREER
WAR
LONG PEAK
WAR7
PRIME
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
SHORT PEAK
WAR3
JAWS
JAWS

Hall of Fame Second Basemen Wins Above Replacement Comparison

Hornsby
Average HOF Second Base
150.0150.0120.0120.090.090.060.060.030.030.00.00.0127.173.949.933.5100.59.170.845.633.222.858.25.2Career WARCareer WARWAR7WAR7WAR5CWAR5CWAR3WAR3JAWSJAWSWAR PER SNWAR PER SN
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