Rogers Hornsby (April 27, 1896 – January 5, 1963), nicknamed "the Rajah", was an American baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons...
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include manager/owner Branch Rickey's invention of the farm system, Rogers Hornsby's two batting Triple Crowns, Dizzy Dean's 30-win season in 1934, Stan...
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.400 in the American League. Four players – Ed Delahanty, Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby and Oscar Charleston – have accomplished the feat in three different...
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boasted six eventual hall of fame members (Wilson, Gabby Hartnett, Rogers Hornsby, George "High Pockets" Kelly, Kiki Cuyler and manager Joe McCarthy)...
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given the presidency. In 1928, the Braves traded for Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby who had a very productive year in his only season with Boston. He batted...
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Pennock again won for the Yankees in Game 5, 3–2. Cards' player-manager Rogers Hornsby chose Alexander to start Game 6, and used him in relief to close out...
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Gibson .372 2 Oscar Charleston .3643 2 Rogers Hornsby .35850 2 Rogers Hornsby .358 2 Ty Cobb .367 3 Rogers Hornsby .3585 3 Shoeless Joe Jackson .35575 3...
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left the baseball side to player-manager and former Cardinals great Rogers Hornsby, whom Ball had hired in one of his last acts before his death. However...
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Turkey Stearnes, 1.0340 Mule Suttles, 1.0276 Hank Greenberg, 1.0169 Rogers Hornsby, 1.0103 The top five were all left-handed batters. Jimmie Foxx has the...
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National League, the most batting Triple Crowns won by a player is two. Rogers Hornsby was the first to accomplish it, winning his first in 1922 and then leading...
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1903–1904, 1906–1909, 1911) 8 Tony Gwynn (1984, 1987–1989, 1994–1997) 7 Rogers Hornsby (1920–1925, 1928) 7 Stan Musial (1943, 1946, 1948, 1950–1952, 1957)...
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titles from 1907 to 1915 and 12 total titles for his career. Otherwise, Rogers Hornsby won the most consecutive titles, with six from 1920 to 1925. Without...
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American singer-songwriter, musician Rogers Hornsby (1896–1963), American major league baseball player Thomas Hornsby (1733–1810), British astronomer and...
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McGinnity, Jim Thorpe, Red Ames, Casey Stengel, Art Nehf, Edd Roush, Rogers Hornsby, Bill Terry and Mel Ott. The Giants under McGraw famously snubbed their...
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Frankie Frisch Charlie Gehringer Joe Gordon Frank Grant Billy Herman Rogers Hornsby Nap Lajoie Tony Lazzeri Bill Mazeroski Bid McPhee Joe Morgan Paul Molitor...
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Texas era postmaster Reuben Hornsby. His great-grandson, Baseball Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby, is buried in Hornsby Bend. Hornsby Bend has a total area of...
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the springtime, Williams met Rogers Hornsby, who had hit over .400 three times, including a .424 average in 1924. Hornsby, who was a coach for the Millers...
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Russell Hornsby (born May 15, 1969) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Edward "Eddie" Sutton on ABC Family's Lincoln Heights, as Luke...
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July 28, 2013, he and eleven other deceased ballplayers, including Rogers Hornsby, received a special tribute during the induction ceremony, held during...
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Stearnes (1.0340), Mule Suttles (1.0176), Hank Greenberg (1.0169), and Rogers Hornsby (1.0103) are the only other players with a career OPS over 1.000. The...
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enterprise in 1958 Larry Holmes – Former Heavyweight Boxing Champion Rogers Hornsby – Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player Howard Hughes – industrialist...
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Baseball Hall of Fame members Hank Aaron (1,137), Jimmie Foxx (1,127) and Rogers Hornsby (1,073). Yount led the American League with 210 hits in 1982. The 1982...
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baseball. During another game he is facing Rogers Hornsby. The catcher passes on a tidbit of info that if Hornsby strikes out he will be booted off the team...
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Washington Senators (2, 1–1) Bucky Harris 1926 St. Louis Cardinals (1, 1–0) Rogers Hornsby 4–3 New York Yankees (4, 1–3) Miller Huggins 1927 New York Yankees (5...
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1929). "Rogers Hornsby Voted Most Valuable Player in National League". Reading Eagle. Retrieved January 6, 2010. "Player Award Goes to Hornsby again"....
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.340 1905–1928 Rod Carew .332 1967–1985 Joe Jackson .331 1908–1920 Rogers Hornsby .330 1915–1937 Ted Williams .327 1939–1960 Stan Musial .325 1941–1963...
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Waner career stats". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 October 2014. "Rogers Hornsby career stats". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 October 2014. "Ichiro...
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and $200,000 were traded by the Cubs to the Boston Braves for Rogers Hornsby. Rogers Hornsby, who was acquired from the Boston Braves in an offseason deal...
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Rogers Hornsby Wright (January 27, 1927 – March 31, 2013) was an American psychologist and writer. He was known as the "Father of Professional Psychology"...
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McGwire** First baseman 517,181 Jackie Robinson†ö Second baseman 788,116 Rogers Hornsby†ö Second baseman 630,761 Mike Schmidt† Third baseman 855,654 Brooks...
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