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.
Triple Plays: 1 (May 26)

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	STL		PIT	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
2	2	Apr 14	STL		PIT	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
3	3	Apr 15	STL		PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
4	4	Apr 16	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
5	5	Apr 17	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
6	6	Apr 18	STL		CHC	W,10-5	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
7	7	Apr 19	STL		CHC	L,4-5	CG	52	14.0	3	3	1	7	0
8	8	Apr 20	STL		CHC	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 22	STL	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	43	10.0	4	8	1	13	2
10	10	Apr 23	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 24	STL	@	PIT	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	1	7	1	9	1
12	12	Apr 25	STL	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
13	13	Apr 26	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
14	14	Apr 28	STL	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
15	15	Apr 29	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
16	16	Apr 30	STL	@	CHC	L,9-10	CG	49	10.1	3	2	0	5	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	STL	@	CHC	L,8-11	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	18	May 2	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
19	19	May 3	STL		CIN	L,6-9	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
20	20	May 4	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
21	21	May 5	STL		CIN	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
22	24 (2)	May 8	STL		BRO	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
23	25	May 9	STL		BRO	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
24	26	May 10	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
25	27	May 11	STL		NYG	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
26	28	May 12	STL		NYG	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
27	29	May 13	STL		NYG	L,1-12	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
28	30	May 15	STL		BSN	W,12-7	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
29	31	May 16	STL		BSN	W,13-2	GS	26	7.0	0	3	0	3	1
30	32	May 17	STL		BSN	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	33	May 19	STL		PHI	L,2-6	GS	9	2.1	2	0	0	2	0
32	34	May 20	STL		PHI	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
33	35	May 21	STL		PHI	W,12-4	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	36	May 22	STL		PHI	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
35	37	May 23	STL		PHI	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	38	May 24	STL		CIN	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
37	39	May 25	STL		CIN	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
38	40	May 26	STL		CIN	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
39	41	May 27 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
40	42	May 27 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
41	43	May 28	STL	@	CIN	L,4-12	CG	44	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
42	44	May 29	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
43	45	May 30	STL	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	6	1	9	0
44	46	May 31 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
45	47	May 31 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	48	Jun 1	STL	@	CHC	L,9-10	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
47	49	Jun 2	STL	@	CHC	W,14-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
48	50	Jun 5 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
49	51	Jun 5 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	2
50	52	Jun 9	STL	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
51	53	Jun 10	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
52	54	Jun 11	STL	@	NYG	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
53	55	Jun 14	STL	@	BRO	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
54	56	Jun 15	STL	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
55	57	Jun 17 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
56	58	Jun 17 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
57	59	Jun 19 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
58	60	Jun 19 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	61	Jun 20	STL	@	BRO	W,9-0	CG	29	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
60	62	Jun 21	STL	@	PIT	L,11-13	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
61	63	Jun 22	STL		PIT	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
62	64	Jun 23	STL		PIT	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
63	65	Jun 24	STL		PIT	T,3-3	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
64	66	Jun 26	STL		CHC	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	67	Jun 27 (1)	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	35	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	68	Jun 27 (2)	STL		CHC	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	1	6	3	10	0
67	69	Jun 28	STL		CHC	L,3-11	GS	31	5.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	79 (9)	Jul 9	STL		BSN	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
69	80	Jul 10	STL		BSN	W,18-6	GS	0	7.0	2	4	0	6	1
70	81	Jul 11 (1)	STL		BSN	W,7-2	GS	0		2	7	0	9	3
71	82	Jul 11 (2)	STL		BSN	L,5-19	GS	0		3	4	0	7	1
72	83	Jul 12	STL		BSN	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
73	84	Jul 13	STL		BRO	W,12-10	GS	24	6.0	0	4	0	4	1
74	85	Jul 14	STL		BRO	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
75	86	Jul 15	STL		BRO	W,11-5	GS	33	7.0	3	3	0	6	1
76	87	Jul 16	STL		BRO	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
77	88	Jul 17	STL		PHI	W,13-5	GS	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	1
78	89	Jul 18	STL		PHI	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	90	Jul 19	STL		PHI	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	2	2	0	4	2
80	91	Jul 22	STL		NYG	L,3-5	GS	32	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
81	92	Jul 23	STL		NYG	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
82	93	Jul 24	STL		NYG	L,3-5	CG	47	11.0	3	5	0	8	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	103 (9)	Aug 4	STL	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
84	104	Aug 5	STL	@	BRO	W,11-9	CG	46	10.0	2	3	2	7	0
85	105	Aug 6	STL	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
86	106	Aug 7 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
87	107	Aug 7 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
88	108	Aug 8	STL	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	4	2	0	6	0
89	109	Aug 9	STL	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG	41	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
90	110	Aug 10	STL	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
91	111	Aug 11	STL	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
92	112	Aug 14	STL		CHC	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
93	113	Aug 15	STL		CHC	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
94	114	Aug 16	STL		CHC	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
95	115	Aug 17	STL		BRO	W,8-7	CG	47	9.0	1	2	2	5	0
96	116	Aug 18	STL		BRO	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
97	117	Aug 19	STL		BRO	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
98	118	Aug 20	STL		NYG	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
99	119	Aug 21	STL		NYG	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
100	120	Aug 22	STL		NYG	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
101	121	Aug 24 (1)	STL		BSN	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
102	122	Aug 24 (2)	STL		BSN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
103	123	Aug 25	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	2	4	0	6	0
104	124	Aug 26	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
105	125	Aug 27	STL		PHI	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
106	126	Aug 28	STL		PHI	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
107	127	Aug 29	STL		PIT	T,2-2	CG	40	10.0	5	4	0	9	1
108	128	Aug 30 (1)	STL		PIT	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
109	129	Aug 30 (2)	STL		PIT	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
110	130	Aug 31 (1)	STL		PIT	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	131	Aug 31 (2)	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	132	Sep 1	STL		PIT	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
113	133	Sep 2 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
114	134	Sep 2 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	5	6	0	11	1
115	135	Sep 3	STL	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
116	136	Sep 4	STL	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	4	1	5	1
117	137	Sep 5	STL	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
118	138	Sep 6 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
119	139	Sep 6 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
120	140	Sep 7	STL	@	PIT	W,8-0	GS	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
121	141	Sep 10	STL	@	BSN	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
122	142	Sep 11 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
123	143	Sep 11 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
124	144	Sep 13	STL	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	55	13.2	2	10	0	12	0
125	145	Sep 15	STL	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
126	146	Sep 16 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,23-3	GS	21	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
127	147	Sep 16 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,10-2	GS	24	7.0	3	3	0	6	2
128	148	Sep 17	STL	@	PHI	W,10-1	GS	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
129	149	Sep 18 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
130	150	Sep 18 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	1	3	0	4	0
131	151	Sep 19	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
132	152	Sep 21	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
133	153	Sep 22	STL	@	BRO	W,15-7	GS	28	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
134	154	Sep 24	STL	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
							134gm		1168.0	245	433	27	705	73