ROGERS HORNSBY·1929

By 1929 the Rajah had been cast out of St. Louis and passed through New York and Boston, his sharp tongue still grating every front office that held the paper. In Chicago the old fire found its purest heat. He hit .380, drove in one hundred forty-nine, and launched thirty-nine homers—a .679 slug that belonged in another league. National League MVP. Cub thunder after the wander years. Not a soft summer. Power, loud.

.679 SLUG

Thirty-nine homers and a slug that belonged in another league — Cub thunder, not a soft summer.

39 HOMERS

Two hundred twenty-nine hits and forty-seven doubles around the bombs — Chicago felt the Rajah.

CUB MVP

.380 with one hundred forty-nine ribbies after the wander years — another MVP on a new letterhead.

Rogers Hornsby, 1928. Wide World Photos / Wikimedia Commons. Public domain (US).