Rogers
Hornsby
 
Nickname: Rajah
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: April 27, 1896 in Usa, TX, WINTERS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1919    1923   
Silver Slugger Award 1927    1928   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1915 19 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 2 3 6 5 6 5 4 4 9 8 9
1916 20 CIN NL     7 7 7 4 2 3 8 6 7 5 4 4 9 9 9
1917 21 CIN NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 5 3 4 10 8 9 5 5 5 9 9 9
1918 22 CIN NL $ 300,000   10 10 10 6 4 5 10 8 9 6 6 6 10 10 10
1919 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   10 10 10 7 6 6 10 9 10 7 7 7 10 10 10
1920 24 CIN NL $ 4,592,857   10 10 10 7 6 6 10 9 10 7 7 7 9 9 9
1921 25 CIN NL $ 8,000,000   10 10 10 7 6 7 10 10 10 8 7 7 9 9 9
1922 26 CIN NL $ 8,000,000   10 10 10 8 7 7 10 9 10 7 7 7 9 9 9
1923 27 CIN NL $ 8,000,000   10 10 10 8 7 7 10 9 10 7 7 7 9 9 9
1924 28 CIN NL $ 8,000,000   10 10 10 9 8 8 10 9 10 7 6 7 9 9 9
1925 29 CIN NL $ 10,000,000   9 9 10 9 8 8 10 9 10 7 6 6 9 9 9
1926 30 CIN NL $ 10,000,000   9 9 10 9 8 8 10 9 10 7 6 6 9 9 9
1927 31 CIN NL $ 10,000,000   9 9 10 9 8 8 10 9 9 7 6 6 9 9 9
1928 32 CIN NL $ 10,000,000   9 9 9 9 8 8 10 9 9 7 6 6 9 9 9
1929 33 CIN NL $ 10,000,000   9 9 9 9 8 8 10 9 10 7 6 6 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 6 4 2 3 6 5 6 5 4 4 9 8 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,000,000   10 10 10 9 8 8 10 10 10 8 7 7 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1915 19 CIN NL 4 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 .133 .235 .133 .369 0.7 0.0
    AAA   101 372 54 93 9 2 8 46 18 14 77 45 .250 .379 .349 .728 55.2  
1916 20 AAA   131 489 70 136 22 7 13 60 13 17 80 58 .278 .380 .431 .811 79.1  
1917 21 CIN NL 125 451 60 129 18 6 3 43 20 17 48 33 .286 .352 .373 .724 59.9 12.4
1918 22 CIN NL 142 544 72 153 26 10 0 55 25 12 61 32 .281 .354 .366 .719 68.0 16.4
1919 23 CIN NL 130 516 80 150 25 7 5 74 28 14 59 29 .291 .363 .395 .758 70.0 15.5
1920 24 CIN NL 146 524 112 175 24 15 7 99 19 18 72 26 .334 .415 .477 .892 95.1 22.4
1921 25 CIN NL 137 542 105 188 31 17 17 123 21 19 78 28 .347 .426 .561 .987 115.0 21.8
1922 26 CIN NL 149 547 102 181 27 12 12 109 17 25 73 21 .331 .408 .490 .898 99.5 16.9
1923 27 CIN NL 152 568 113 178 31 13 12 94 12 15 84 30 .313 .397 .477 .874 101.0 17.3
1924 28 CIN NL 149 590 104 186 32 16 13 96 13 10 64 22 .315 .382 .490 .872 99.9 19.0
1925 29 CIN NL 149 581 103 199 43 20 20 134 11 13 76 31 .343 .419 .589 1.008 123.3 27.1
1926 30 CIN NL 146 540 84 158 32 9 13 95 3 8 52 19 .293 .353 .457 .811 78.8 15.4
1927 31 CIN NL 152 588 115 199 29 14 22 126 2 6 68 18 .338 .405 .548 .953 113.0 27.5
1928 32 CIN NL 152 570 99 181 29 8 14 108 1 4 80 23 .318 .403 .470 .873 100.5 20.2
1929 33 CIN NL 150 561 88 152 23 7 13 93 2 4 66 22 .271 .346 .406 .752 76.6 10.3
14 Years Sim 1883 7137 1239 2231 370 154 151 1249 175 165 883 335 .313 .387 .471 .858 1201.3 242.0
2 Years AAA 232 861 124 229 31 9 21 106 31 31 157 103 .266 .378 .396 .774 134.3  
162 Game Average 614 106 191 31 13 12 107 15 14 75 28 .313 .387 .471 .858 103.3  
Career Highs 152 590 115 199 43 20 22 134 28 25 84 33 .347 .426 .589 1.008 123.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5415 935 1686 258 114 118 963 127 126 635 266 .311 .382 .466 .849 912.7
vs LH   1722 304 545 112 40 33 286 48 39 248 69 .316 .401 .485 .887 317.2
Home 944 3481 607 1093 178 73 65 590 88 88 456 175 .314 .392 .463 .855 599.7
Away 939 3656 632 1138 192 81 86 659 87 77 427 160 .311 .382 .479 .861 630.3
RISP   2115 0 693 109 41 54 1007 0 0 365 102 .328 .416 .495 .910 431.0
Pinch Hitting   64 13 16 0 2 2 7 2 2 10 4 .250 .351 .406 .758 9.5
Close/Late   763 147 244 42 12 19 110 0 0 132 30 .320 .422 .481 .903 150.6
Mar/Apr 186 727 137 218 37 24 13 135 22 18 105 42 .300 .390 .470 .860 127.4
May 341 1269 204 396 65 26 24 204 26 32 159 59 .312 .386 .461 .847 213.6
June 335 1287 238 405 73 20 32 225 38 30 172 58 .315 .395 .477 .872 230.5
July 349 1338 223 422 72 24 29 230 31 25 146 57 .315 .382 .470 .852 226.3
August 335 1282 208 391 52 23 22 205 32 31 148 51 .305 .376 .433 .809 200.7
Sep/Oct 337 1234 229 399 71 37 31 250 26 29 153 68 .323 .396 .516 .912 231.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1915 19 CIN NL SS 4 4 33.0 6 15 1 1 .955 5.73   0.2
1917 21 CIN NL SS 120 119 1057.3 164 508 34 71 .952 5.72   5.1
    2B 1 1 8.0 3 4 1 1 .875 7.88   0.0
1918 22 CIN NL SS 138 138 1251.3 226 547 53 85 .936 5.56   5.8
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1919 23 CIN NL SS 119 117 1061.0 193 469 33 93 .953 5.62   6.4
    2B 10 10 90.0 21 30 2 5 .962 5.10   0.3
1920 24 CIN NL 2B 133 133 1180.3 310 456 15 77 .981 5.84   3.8
    SS 4 4 37.0 7 14 2 2 .913 5.11   0.2
    3B 4 0 6.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1921 25 CIN NL 3B 59 59 528.0 52 120 16 10 .915 2.93   2.4
    SS 41 39 359.7 61 171 17 29 .932 5.81   2.3
    2B 37 35 313.3 90 126 8 33 .964 6.20   1.1
1922 26 CIN NL 3B 97 92 814.0 57 193 28 12 .899 2.76   2.4
    2B 30 26 232.3 70 98 8 16 .955 6.51   0.6
    SS 21 21 190.0 35 73 4 10 .964 5.12   0.4
1923 27 CIN NL 2B 80 79 701.7 159 292 9 64 .980 5.78   2.8
    SS 70 68 614.7 114 273 12 54 .970 5.67   4.3
    3B 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
1924 28 CIN NL 3B 105 105 932.3 59 285 33 23 .912 3.32   4.1
    2B 31 30 270.7 73 102 7 20 .962 5.82   0.8
    SS 12 9 87.0 17 36 5 7 .914 5.48   0.3
1925 29 CIN NL SS 93 91 806.7 143 357 20 59 .962 5.58   3.7
    3B 37 36 327.0 23 93 12 9 .906 3.19   1.0
    2B 17 16 141.3 34 69 1 13 .990 6.56   0.6
1926 30 CIN NL 3B 130 127 1129.0 83 263 27 15 .928 2.76   4.9
    SS 6 5 47.7 11 22 4 5 .892 6.23   0.3
    2B 6 0 8.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
1927 31 CIN NL 2B 146 146 1314.3 330 556 21 134 .977 6.07   6.1
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1928 32 CIN NL 2B 148 148 1310.0 341 643 28 125 .972 6.76   5.1
    SS 3 0 6.0 4 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1929 33 CIN NL 2B 144 141 1251.7 306 571 23 129 .974 6.31   5.5
    SS 4 0 12.0 1 7 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.1
  2B 783 765 6821.6 1740 2948 123 618 .974 6.19   26.8
  SS 636 615 5564.3 982 2495 185 417 .949 5.62   29.2
  3B 436 419 3743.0 276 956 116 70 .914 2.96   14.9
Career Totals   1855 1799 16128.9 2998 6399 424 1105 .957 5.24   70.9
Career Highs   152 148 1318.3 346 646 53 134 .979 6.77    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1919 23 CIN NL 6 21 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 .286 .375 .286 .661
1921 25 CIN NL 7 26 8 13 2 1 1 7 2 0 3 3 .500 .552 .769 1.321
1923 27 CIN NL 14 55 5 17 2 1 0 15 0 0 4 1 .309 .350 .382 .732
1924 28 CIN NL 12 47 8 12 2 0 2 5 2 0 7 3 .255 .345 .426 .771
1925 29 CIN NL 11 47 9 19 5 0 1 8 0 1 1 1 .404 .417 .574 .991
1926 30 CIN NL 7 28 6 9 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 .321 .367 .357 .724
1927 31 CIN NL 13 52 11 14 3 1 2 10 0 2 8 3 .269 .361 .481 .841
Career Post-Season Batting 70 276 49 90 15 3 6 48 5 5 28 14 .326 .384 .467 .852
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1920-4-.334
1921-6-.347
1925-2-.343
1927-3-.338
1928-4-.318
CAR-22-.313
On-Base Pct
1920-2-.415
1921-6-.426
1922-6-.408
1925-2-.419
1927-3-.405
1928-3-.403
CAR-19-.387
Slugging Pct
1920-8-.477
1921-4-.561
1924-8-.490
1925-3-.589
1927-1-.548
1928-9-.470
CAR-10-.471
OPS
1920-3-.892
1921-4-.987
1922-10-.898
1924-9-.872
1925-2-1.008
1927-1-.953
1928-3-.873
CAR-9-.858
XR
1920-4-95.1
1921-3-115.0
1922-10-99.5
1923-8-101.0
1924-8-99.9
1925-2-123.3
1927-1-113.0
1928-3-100.5
CAR-12-1201.3
Games
1920-3-146
1922-6-149
1923-2-152
1924-6-149
1925-3-149
1927-1-152
1928-1-152
1929-1-150
CAR-34-1883
At-Bats
1921-8-542
1924-4-590
1925-4-581
1927-1-588
1928-5-570
1929-5-561
CAR-31-7137
Runs
1919-9-80
1920-2-112
1921-7-105
1922-8-102
1923-5-113
1924-6-104
1925-8-103
1927-1-115
1928-4-99
CAR-16-1239
Hits
1921-5-188
1923-7-178
1924-6-186
1925-1-199
1927-1-199
1928-1-181
CAR-21-2231
Total Bases
1920-7-250
1921-4-304
1923-10-271
1924-7-289
1925-2-342
1927-1-322
1928-1-268
CAR-13-3362
Singles
1927-5-134
1928-3-130
CAR-35-1556
Doubles
1923-10-31
1924-10-32
1925-2-43
1928-8-29
CAR-17-370
Triples
1920-10-15
1921-2-17
1924-4-16
1925-1-20
1927-8-14
CAR-15-154
Homeruns
1919-9-5
1920-10-7
1921-8-17
1924-10-13
1925-9-20
1926-8-13
1927-4-22
1928-7-14
CAR-7-151
RBIs
1919-9-74
1920-5-99
1921-2-123
1922-5-109
1924-9-96
1925-2-134
1926-6-95
1927-2-126
1928-2-108
1929-8-93
CAR-8-1249
Caught Stealing
1921-7-19
1922-1-25
1923-8-15
Walks
1919-5-59
1920-4-72
1921-4-78
1922-5-73
1923-3-84
1924-8-64
1925-4-76
1928-7-80
1929-9-66
CAR-19-883
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 200    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 61    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1915
Had first career hit on 4/17/1915, off Ray Collins (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 7/2/1917, off Jim Bagby (CHN)
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1919, hitting .419 with 1 HR, 18 RBI
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1919
2/18/1920: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,592,857 through salary arbitration
6/1/1920: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $8,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/18/1920, hitting .522 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against New York (N) on 5/15/1921
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia (N) on 9/21/1921
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1921, hitting .396 with 6 HR, 28 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/25/1922, hitting .647 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1922, hitting .436 with 3 HR, 25 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 10/2/1922, hitting .450 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 4/28/1923
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1923
Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/1924, hitting .478 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
6/1/1924: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $10,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Brooklyn on 8/30/1924
Won Player of the Week award on 4/27/1925, hitting .469 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1925, hitting .397 with 3 HR, 16 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/17/1927, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/21/1927, hitting .478 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (N) on 9/26/1927
Won Player of the Week award on 9/27/1927, hitting .379 with 0 HR, 13 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1927, hitting .425 with 3 HR, 30 RBI
Won Silver Slugger Award in 1927, hitting .338 with 22 HR, 126 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/19/1928, hitting .429 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1928, hitting .418 with 5 HR, 26 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/3/1928, hitting .526 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 7/16/1928, off Heinie Meine (NY1)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/7/1928, hitting .483 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Won Silver Slugger Award in 1928, hitting .318 with 14 HR, 108 RBI