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Rogers Hornsby, member of the
Baseball Hall of Fame, was born
April 27,
1896, in Winters, Texas, and died
January 5,
1963, in
Chicago,
Illinois. Nicknamed "The Rajah", Hornsby played most of his career in
St. Louis (for the
St. Louis Browns and the
St. Louis Cardinals), with shorter stints for the
Chicago Cubs, the
Boston Braves, and the
New York Giants.
Hornsby is considered by many followers of baseball's history to be one of the game's greatest hitters (and perhaps its greatest right-handed hitter of all time), on a level with Ted Williams, Stan Musial, and other Hall-of-Famers. He holds the modern record for highest batting average in a season, with .424 in 1924, and won baseball's Triple Crown in 1922 and 1925. He won the National League's MVP Award twice, in 1925 and 1929. At his peak ability, from 1920 to 1925, Hornsby led his league in batting average all six years, in RBI four years, and in home runs twice. His career batting average of .358 is the highest ever for a National League player, and second highest in Major League history, after Ty Cobb.
In addition to his success on the field, he was one of baseball's more talented player-managers, guiding his Cardinals to a World Series victory over Babe Ruth's New York Yankees in 1926.
Hornsby was one of the more controversial characters in baseball history. Although he did not drink or smoke, he was a compulsive gambler. He is rumored to have been a member of the Klu Klux Klan for a time. One writer characterized him as "a liturgy of hatred." His chief interest was in winning, and he could be as sarcastic and uncompromising with club owners as he was with his teammates.
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