Rogers Hornsby

Hall of Fame

Second Base

1915—1937

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Player LeveL
Legend
Top 100 Rank
#13
Second Base RANK
#2

Player Detail

Rogers
GIVEN NAME
Hornsby
SURNAME
April 27, 1896, in Winters, TX
BORN
January 5, 1963, in Chicago, IL, USA
DIED
1915—1937
Playing Career
Played from 19-41
PLAYING AGE
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Giants
Boston Braves
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Browns
Teams Played For
Second Base
PRIMARY POSITION
St. Louis Cardinals
PRIMARY TEAM
1926
World Series titles
Rajah
NICKNAME
none
UNIFORM NUMBER
#4 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-11 / 175
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
September 10, 1915
Major League Debut
July 20, 1937
FINAL GAME
— MEMBER OF THE Hall of Fame —
— Top 50 Second Baseman —
— Cardinals ALL-TIME TEAM —

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WHO IS Rogers Hornsby?

He won a lot of batting titles and was named greatest second baseman ever on baseball’s 100th anniversary.
Rogers Hornsby protected his eyesight so much that he refused to go into a dark movie theater and rarely read a book.
  • Rogers Hornsby Scouting Report

80

HITTING

70

POWER

50

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

40

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
2259
2930
301
1584
.358
1925, 1929 NL MVP
All-Century Team

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
100.2
58.2

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.1011
.714
141.5

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.358
.434
.577

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

George Cutshaw
Johnny Rawlings
Frankie Frisch

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Gabby Hartnett
Jim Bottomley
Milt Stock
Travis Jackson
Harlond Clift
Riggs Stephenson
Edd Roush
Chick Hafey
Jesse Haines
Pete Alexander
Branch Rickey

Rogers Hornsby Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Hornsby
518
186
100
34
11
19
100
66
43
9
298
254
.358
.434
.577
1011
AVG 2B
535
148
72
24
7
5
46
38
11
201
197
.277
.338
.376
.714

Rogers Hornsby Rankings

AT Second Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
2
1
1
1
2
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Second Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
1
1
1
1
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Rogers Hornsby PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
127.1
73.4
49.9
33.3
9.11
70.8
45.6
33.2
22.8
5.19
BLUE = Rogers Hornsby
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 2B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
495.0
282.3
189.6
128.0
35.4
352.5
203.1
147.5
97.5
26.2
BLUE = Rogers Hornsby
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 2B