1925CARDINALS
SECOND BASE
ROGERS HORNSBY1925
Rogers Hornsbysecond base · 1925 cardinals
Ht 5'11"Wt 175Bats RThrows RBorn 1896 · Winters, TX
In ’25 the Rajah took the wheel midsummer and never touched the brakes. Player-manager in Cardinals flannel, he hit .403 with thirty-nine homers and one hundred forty-three ribbies, swiping the Triple Crown and the MVP while piloting the club through a sixty-four-and-fifty-one stretch after he seized the dugout. Skipper by day, terror in the box the same afternoon—the dual life was the whole trick. St. Louis lightning with a scorecard in one hand.
PLAYER-MANAGER
Midsummer he took the dugout and kept the bat — dual life, same shoes, Cardinals flannel.
TRIPLE CROWN
.403 with thirty-nine homers and one hundred forty-three ribbies — crown number two while running the club.
MVP
Skipper by day, terror in the box the same afternoon — the league stamped him most valuable.
Major League Batting — Year vs Life
| G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 138 | 504 | 133 | 203 | 41 | 10 | 39 | 143 | 0.403 | 0.489 | 0.756 |
| Life | 2,259 | 8,173 | 1,579 | 2,930 | 541 | 169 | 301 | 1,584 | 0.358 | 0.434 | 0.577 |
SkillScore
162.701925 · SLN
ComponentsAVG 0.403OBP 0.489SLG 0.756
Rogers Hornsby, 1922. Fotograms (NYC) / Wikimedia Commons. Public domain (US).