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.

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 13	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 15	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
4	4	Apr 16	BSN	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
5	5	Apr 18	BSN	@	BRO	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
6	6	Apr 19	BSN	@	NYG	W,9-8	CG	44	10.0	4	4	0	8	1
7	7	Apr 21	BSN		NYG	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
8	9 (1)	Apr 27	BSN		BRO	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
9	10	Apr 29 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	11	Apr 29 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,8-12	CG	45	8.0	5	4	0	9	2
11	12	Apr 30	BSN	@	PHI	W,13-6	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	13	May 1	BSN	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
13	14	May 2	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	15	May 3	BSN	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	4	2	0	6	1
15	16	May 4	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-13	CG	48	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
16	17	May 5	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
17	18	May 7	BSN	@	PIT	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	7	2	0	9	1
18	19	May 8	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
19	20	May 9	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
20	21	May 10	BSN	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	42	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
21	22	May 11	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	5	1	7	0
22	23	May 12	BSN	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
23	24	May 13	BSN	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	25	May 14	BSN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	41	8.2	1	2	0	3	0
25	26	May 15	BSN	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	28	6.2	1	3	0	4	0
26	27	May 17	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
27	28	May 18	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
28	29	May 19	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	3	1	7	2
29	30	May 20	BSN	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
30	31	May 22	BSN		PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	32	May 25	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
32	33	May 26	BSN	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
33	34	May 27 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
34	35	May 27 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
35	36	May 29	BSN	@	PHI	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
36	37	May 30 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	0	10.0	4	4	0	8	3
37	38	May 30 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
38	39	May 31	BSN	@	PHI	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	40	Jun 1	BSN		CIN	L,6-7	CG	51	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
40	41	Jun 2	BSN		CIN	L,12-20	CG	58	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
41	42	Jun 4	BSN		CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
42	43	Jun 7	BSN		PIT	L,6-8	CG	56	12.0	3	5	1	9	0
43	44	Jun 8	BSN		PIT	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	45	Jun 9 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
45	46	Jun 9 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
46	47	Jun 11	BSN		STL	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
47	48	Jun 12	BSN		STL	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	5	2	1	8	1
48	49	Jun 13	BSN		STL	L,8-11	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
49	50	Jun 14	BSN		STL	L,2-3	GS	14	4.0	1	4	0	5	1
50	53 (2)	Jun 18 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
51	54	Jun 18 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,0-12	CG	54	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
52	55	Jun 21 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
53	56	Jun 21 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
54	57	Jun 23 (1)	BSN		BRO	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
55	58	Jun 23 (2)	BSN		BRO	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	59	Jun 25	BSN		BRO	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
57	60	Jun 26 (1)	BSN		BRO	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
58	61	Jun 26 (2)	BSN		BRO	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	2	6	1	9	1
59	62	Jun 30 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,4-7	CG	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
60	63	Jun 30 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-12	CG	41	8.0	1	3	1	5	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	64	Jul 1	BSN	@	BRO	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
62	65	Jul 2 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	61	14.0	6	2	1	9	0
63	66	Jul 2 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
64	67	Jul 3 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,5-6	CG	46	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	68	Jul 3 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,0-15	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
66	69	Jul 4	BSN		PHI	L,6-10	CG	0	9.0	5	2	1	8	1
67	70	Jul 7	BSN	@	STL	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
68	71	Jul 8 (1)	BSN	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	72	Jul 8 (2)	BSN	@	STL	L,8-12	CG	44	8.0	1	3	0	4	2
70	73	Jul 9	BSN	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
71	74	Jul 10	BSN	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	43	8.1	3	2	0	5	1
72	75	Jul 11	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
73	76	Jul 12	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
74	77	Jul 14	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-10	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
75	78	Jul 16	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
76	79	Jul 17	BSN	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
77	80	Jul 18	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-16	GS	32	5.0	2	4	0	6	1
78	81	Jul 19	BSN	@	CIN	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
79	82	Jul 20	BSN	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
80	83	Jul 21	BSN	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
81	84	Jul 22	BSN	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
82	85	Jul 25	BSN		CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
83	86	Jul 26	BSN		CHC	W,7-6	CG	66	14.0	2	3	0	5	0
84	87	Jul 27	BSN		CHC	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
85	88	Jul 30 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	9	0	9	0
86	89	Jul 30 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,5-6	CG	43	10.0	1	5	0	6	0
87	90	Jul 31	BSN		PIT	W,11-5	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	91	Aug 2	BSN		STL	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
89	92	Aug 3	BSN		STL	L,1-5	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
90	97 (4)	Aug 10	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
91	98	Aug 11	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
92	99	Aug 12	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
93	100	Aug 14	BSN	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
94	101	Aug 15	BSN	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
95	102	Aug 16	BSN	@	STL	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
96	103	Aug 17	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	0	3	0	3	0
97	104	Aug 18	BSN	@	CIN	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	3
98	105	Aug 19	BSN	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
99	106	Aug 20	BSN	@	PIT	W,14-11	GS	30	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
100	113 (6)	Aug 28 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
101	114	Aug 28 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	46	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
102	115	Aug 29	BSN	@	NYG	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
103	116	Aug 30	BSN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	117	Aug 31 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
105	118	Aug 31 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	119	Sep 1 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,5-3	CG	45	11.0	3	2	0	5	0
107	120	Sep 1 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
108	121	Sep 2	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
109	122	Sep 4 (1)	BSN		BRO	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	4	5	0	9	0
110	123	Sep 4 (2)	BSN		BRO	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
111	124	Sep 5 (1)	BSN		BRO	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
112	125	Sep 5 (2)	BSN		BRO	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	126	Sep 7 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
114	127	Sep 7 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	3	6	0	9	0
115	128	Sep 8 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,6-10	CG	47	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
116	129	Sep 8 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
117	130	Sep 10 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
118	131	Sep 10 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,0-11	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
119	132	Sep 11 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,6-11	CG	48	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
120	133	Sep 11 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
121	134	Sep 13 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-12	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	135	Sep 13 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
123	136	Sep 14 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
124	137	Sep 14 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
125	138	Sep 15 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
126	139	Sep 15 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,1-6	CG	49	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
127	140	Sep 17	BSN		CHC	L,5-15	CG	51	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
128	141	Sep 18	BSN		CHC	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	3	5	0	8	3
129	142	Sep 20 (1)	BSN		CIN	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
130	143	Sep 20 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
131	144	Sep 21 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
132	145	Sep 21 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
133	146	Sep 22 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,11-4	GS	0		2	1	0	3	1
134	147	Sep 22 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,9-6	GS	31	8.0	0	5	0	5	2
135	148	Sep 24 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,1-3	CG	41	10.0	2	4	0	6	2
136	149	Sep 24 (2)	BSN		PIT	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
137	150	Sep 25	BSN		PIT	L,8-13	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
138	151	Sep 27	BSN		STL	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
139	152	Sep 28	BSN		STL	L,3-10	CG	69	15.0	3	5	0	8	0
140	153	Sep 29	BSN		STL	L,1-3	GS	27	6.0	1	3	2	6	0
							140gm		1231.0	295	450	21	766	85