Rogers Hornsby

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: April 27, 1896 in Winters, TX us

Died: January 5, 1963 in Chicago, IL

Buried: Hornsby Bend Cemetery, Hornsby Bend, TX

High School: Northside HS (Fort Worth, TX)

Debut: September 10, 1915 (Age 19-136d, 4,411th in major league history)
vs. CIN 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 20, 1937 (Age 41-084d)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1942. (Voted by BBWAA on 182/233 ballots)
No induction ceremony in Cooperstown held (until 2013).
View Rogers Hornsby's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1916 season

Full Name: Rogers Hornsby

Nicknames: Rajah

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

127.0

8173

2930

301

.359

1579

RBI

1584

135

OBP

.434

SLG

.577

OPS

1.010

OPS+

175

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
2	2	Apr 12	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
3	3	Apr 13	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	5	2	10	0
4	4	Apr 14	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
5	5	Apr 15	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
6	6	Apr 16	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
7	7	Apr 18	STL	@	CHC	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 19	STL		CIN	W,4-1	CG	44	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
9	9	Apr 20	STL		CIN	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
10	10	Apr 21	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
11	11	Apr 22	STL		PIT	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
12	12	Apr 23	STL		PIT	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
13	13	Apr 24	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	2	6	1	9	2
14	15 (1)	Apr 29	STL		CHC	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	16	May 1	STL		CHC	L,0-9	GS	21	4.0	1	2	0	3	0
16	17	May 2	STL	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
17	18	May 3	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
18	19	May 6	STL	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
19	20	May 10	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
20	21	May 11	STL	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
21	22	May 12	STL	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
22	23	May 14	STL	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	33	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
23	24	May 15	STL	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	25	May 17	STL	@	NYG	L,2-10	CG	36	8.0	6	2	1	9	2
25	26	May 18	STL	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
26	27	May 19	STL	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
27	28	May 21	STL	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
28	29	May 22	STL	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
29	30	May 24	STL	@	BSN	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
30	31	May 25	STL	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
31	32	May 26	STL	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	33	May 29	STL	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	38 (4)	Jun 2	STL		NYG	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
34	39	Jun 3	STL		NYG	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
35	40	Jun 4	STL		NYG	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
36	41	Jun 5	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	0	1	1	2	0
37	42	Jun 6	STL		BSN	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	43	Jun 7	STL		BSN	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
39	44	Jun 8	STL		BSN	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
40	45	Jun 10	STL		PHI	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
41	46	Jun 11	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	53	15.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	47	Jun 12	STL		PHI	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	2
43	48	Jun 14	STL		BRO	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
44	49	Jun 15	STL		BRO	W,3-2	CG	49	12.0	1	3	1	5	1
45	50	Jun 16	STL		BRO	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
46	51	Jun 17	STL		BRO	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	1	4	2
47	52	Jun 18	STL		PIT	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
48	53	Jun 19	STL		PIT	L,3-7	CG	48	11.0	2	6	0	8	1
49	54	Jun 20	STL		PIT	T,4-4	CG	29	6.0	0	4	0	4	1
50	55	Jun 21	STL		CIN	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
51	56	Jun 22	STL		CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
52	57	Jun 23	STL		CIN	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
53	58	Jun 24 (1)	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	59	Jun 24 (2)	STL		CIN	L,4-15	GS	36	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	60	Jun 26 (1)	STL		CHC	W,6-5	CG	54	15.0	1	14	0	15	2
56	61	Jun 26 (2)	STL		CHC	L,6-8	CG	37	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	62	Jun 27 (1)	STL		CHC	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	2	7	2
58	63	Jun 27 (2)	STL		CHC	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	64	Jun 28	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
60	65	Jun 29	STL	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
61	66	Jun 30	STL	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	67	Jul 1	STL	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
63	68	Jul 2	STL	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	7	1	8	2
64	69	Jul 3	STL	@	PIT	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	2	7	1
65	70	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
66	71	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	2	8	2
67	72	Jul 5	STL	@	PIT	W,9-6	CG	47	11.0	1	6	0	7	1
68	73	Jul 6	STL	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
69	74	Jul 7 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	47	11.2	2	2	1	5	1
70	75	Jul 7 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	76	Jul 9	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	2
72	77	Jul 12 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
73	78	Jul 12 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
74	79	Jul 13	STL	@	BSN	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
75	80	Jul 14 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
76	81	Jul 14 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
77	82	Jul 16	STL	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
78	83	Jul 17	STL	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	31	9.1	2	2	0	4	1
79	84	Jul 18	STL	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	85	Jul 20	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
81	86	Jul 21 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
82	87	Jul 21 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
83	88	Jul 23	STL	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	89	Jul 24	STL	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
85	90	Jul 26	STL		BSN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
86	91	Jul 27	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	4	2	0	6	1
87	92	Jul 28	STL		BSN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
88	93	Jul 29	STL		BSN	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	94	Jul 30	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
90	95	Jul 31 (1)	STL		PHI	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
91	96	Jul 31 (2)	STL		PHI	W,4-2	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	102 (5)	Aug 5 (2)	STL		BRO	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
93	103	Aug 6	STL		BRO	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	1	6	2
94	104	Aug 8	STL		NYG	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
95	105	Aug 9	STL		NYG	L,1-4	CG	41	10.0	2	3	1	6	1
96	106	Aug 10	STL		NYG	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	0	1	2	3	0
97	107	Aug 11	STL		NYG	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	3
98	108	Aug 12 (1)	STL		CIN	L,0-7	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
99	109	Aug 12 (2)	STL		CIN	L,6-7	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	1
100	110	Aug 13	STL		CIN	W,6-5	CG	45	12.0	2	5	0	7	3
101	111	Aug 16	STL	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
102	112	Aug 17	STL	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
103	113	Aug 18 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
104	114	Aug 18 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	115	Aug 20	STL	@	BSN	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
106	116	Aug 21	STL	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	19	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	117	Aug 22	STL	@	BSN	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
108	118	Aug 23	STL	@	BRO	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
109	119	Aug 25 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-12	CG	40	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
110	120	Aug 25 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	1	1	2	4	0
111	121	Aug 27	STL	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	2	5	1
112	122	Aug 28	STL	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	2	8	0
113	123	Aug 29	STL	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
114	124	Aug 31 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
115	125	Aug 31 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	17	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
116	126	Sep 1 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
117	127	Sep 1 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	128	Sep 2 (1)	STL		CHC	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	129	Sep 2 (2)	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
120	130	Sep 3 (1)	STL		CHC	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
121	131	Sep 3 (2)	STL		CHC	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
122	132	Sep 4	STL	@	CHC	L,5-12	CG	45	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
123	133	Sep 5	STL	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	3	6	1
124	134	Sep 6	STL	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
125	135	Sep 9 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
126	136	Sep 9 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
127	137	Sep 10	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
128	138	Sep 11 (1)	STL		PIT	L,0-3	CG	42	9.0	1	4	2	7	0
129	139	Sep 11 (2)	STL		PIT	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
130	140	Sep 12	STL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
131	141	Sep 13	STL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
132	142	Sep 15	STL	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
133	143	Sep 16	STL	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	144	Sep 18 (1)	STL		BRO	W,2-0	CG	27	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
135	145	Sep 18 (2)	STL		BRO	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
136	146	Sep 22	STL		BSN	T,0-0	CG	48	14.0	0	1	0	1	1
137	147	Sep 23 (1)	STL		BSN	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
138	148	Sep 23 (2)	STL		BSN	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
139	149	Sep 24	STL		NYG	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
140	150	Sep 25	STL		NYG	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
141	151	Sep 26	STL		NYG	W,2-1	CG	41	12.0	3	2	0	5	3
142	152	Sep 29	STL		PHI	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
143	153	Sep 30 (1)	STL		PHI	L,2-11	GS	35	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
144	154	Sep 30 (2)	STL		PHI	L,6-10	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							144gm		1274.0	268	527	52	847	82