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.

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	6	1	9	2
2	2	Apr 18	STL		CHC	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
3	3	Apr 22	STL		PIT	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 23	STL		PIT	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
5	5	Apr 24	STL	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
6	6	Apr 25	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 26	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	2	3	0	5	0
8	8	Apr 27	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	45	11.1	1	6	2	9	1
9	9	Apr 28	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 30	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	40	10.0	3	2	1	6	2
12	12	May 2	STL	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
13	13	May 3	STL	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	2	7	1
14	14	May 4	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	38	9.1	0	5	0	5	0
15	15	May 5	STL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	16	May 6	STL		CIN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	17	May 7	STL		CIN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	20 (2)	May 10	STL		CIN	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
19	21	May 13	STL		PHI	T,3-3	CG	41	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
20	22	May 14	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
21	23	May 15	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	2	1	0	3	1
22	24	May 16	STL		BSN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	1	4	2
23	25	May 17	STL		BSN	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
24	26	May 18	STL		BSN	L,0-11	GS	21	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	27	May 19	STL		BSN	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
26	31 (3)	May 24	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	45	12.0	1	2	0	3	1
27	32	May 25	STL		BRO	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
28	33	May 26	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	2
29	34	May 27	STL		BRO	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
30	35	May 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	36	May 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
32	37	May 31	STL	@	PIT	L,7-12	CG	41	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	38	Jun 1	STL	@	BRO	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
34	39	Jun 4	STL	@	BRO	W,8-1	CG	52	13.0	1	4	1	6	0
35	40	Jun 5	STL	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
36	41	Jun 6	STL	@	NYG	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
37	42	Jun 8 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	2	7	0	9	0
38	43	Jun 8 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	44	11.0	4	1	1	6	1
39	44	Jun 13	STL	@	PHI	T,8-8	CG	78	19.0	12	6	4	22	3
40	45	Jun 14 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
41	46	Jun 14 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
42	47	Jun 15	STL	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
43	48	Jun 17 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
44	49	Jun 17 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	2	1	3	1
45	50	Jun 18	STL	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
46	51	Jun 21	STL		CIN	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	52	Jun 22 (1)	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
48	53	Jun 22 (2)	STL		CIN	L,7-9	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	54	Jun 23	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
50	55	Jun 24	STL	@	CHC	L,3-8	GS	33	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
51	58 (2)	Jun 27	STL		PIT	L,3-4	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	59	Jun 28	STL		PIT	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	60	Jun 29 (1)	STL		PIT	L,1-5	GS	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
54	61	Jun 29 (2)	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
55	62	Jun 30 (1)	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	8	1	10	0
56	63	Jun 30 (2)	STL		PIT	L,4-5	CG	49	11.0	0	5	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	64	Jul 1	STL		CHC	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
58	65	Jul 2 (1)	STL		CHC	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
59	66	Jul 2 (2)	STL		CHC	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
60	67	Jul 3	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
61	68	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CHC	L,0-1	CG	34	10.0	1	2	1	4	1
62	69	Jul 4 (2)	STL		CHC	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
63	70	Jul 5	STL		CHC	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
64	71	Jul 6	STL		BRO	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	72	Jul 7 (1)	STL		BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	73	Jul 7 (2)	STL		BRO	L,1-2	CG	42	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	85 (11)	Jul 18	STL		NYG	L,5-8	GF	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	86	Jul 19	STL		NYG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
69	87	Jul 20	STL		NYG	L,4-6	CG	43	10.0	1	1	1	3	1
70	88	Jul 21 (1)	STL		NYG	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
71	89	Jul 21 (2)	STL		NYG	L,2-6	CG	42	11.0	1	1	1	3	0
72	90	Jul 24	STL	@	NYG	W,10-2	CG	30	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
73	91	Jul 25 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
74	92	Jul 25 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	2	5	0	7	1
75	93	Jul 26	STL	@	NYG	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	4	5	1	10	1
76	94	Jul 27 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
77	95	Jul 27 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,22-7	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
78	96	Jul 29	STL	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	47	12.0	2	7	0	9	0
79	97	Jul 31 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	51	12.1	1	1	0	2	2
80	98	Jul 31 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	1	1	2	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	99	Aug 1 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
82	100	Aug 1 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	36	10.0	5	2	2	9	0
83	101	Aug 2	STL	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
84	102	Aug 3 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,16-12	CG	44	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
85	103	Aug 3 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
86	104	Aug 5	STL	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
87	105	Aug 6	STL	@	BSN	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
88	106	Aug 7	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	41	10.1	0	0	0	0	0
89	107	Aug 8	STL	@	BSN	L,4-5	GS	10	3.0	1	1	0	2	1
90	108	Aug 10	STL	@	CIN	L,8-9	CG	48	8.2	2	3	0	5	1
91	109	Aug 11 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS	13	3.0	0	0	1	1	0
92	111 (1)	Aug 12	STL		CIN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
93	112	Aug 13	STL		CIN	L,0-6	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
94	113	Aug 14	STL		CIN	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
95	114	Aug 16	STL		BSN	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
96	115	Aug 17 (1)	STL		BSN	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
97	116	Aug 17 (2)	STL		BSN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	117	Aug 18 (1)	STL		PHI	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
99	118	Aug 18 (2)	STL		PHI	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
100	119	Aug 19	STL		PHI	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
101	120	Aug 20	STL		PHI	L,0-3	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
102	121	Aug 21	STL		BRO	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
103	122	Aug 22 (1)	STL		BRO	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
104	123	Aug 22 (2)	STL		BRO	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
105	124	Aug 26 (1)	STL		NYG	L,0-2	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	126 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
107	127	Aug 29 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
108	128	Sep 1 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
109	129	Sep 1 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
110	130	Sep 2 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
111	131	Sep 2 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	26	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
							113gm		962.0	211	434	46	691	58