Rogers Hornsby

1915–1937 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'11", 175 lb · b. 1896 Winters, TX

Career 2,259 G · 2,930 H · 301 HR · 1,584 RBI · .359 AVG

Seasons leading his league

16 best in baseball 59 league only

159 Top-5 finishes

10 Title seasons

17 Categories led

1922 Best season

Spanning 1917–1929, peaking at 13 titles in 1922.

Clubs 200 Hit Seasons ×7 .400 Seasons ×3

Team records #1 Cardinals career AVG #1 Cardinals 1922 H #1 Cubs 1929 H #1 Cubs 1929 R #1 Cardinals 1925 OPS #2 Cardinals 1924 AVG #2 Cardinals 1922 RBI #2 Braves 1928 OPS #3 Cardinals career OPS #3 Braves 1928 AVG

1922 Batting Triple Crown

Led the NL in .401 AVG, 42 HR, 152 RBI

1925 Batting Triple Crown

Led the NL in .403 AVG, 39 HR, 143 RBI

Led in Slugging Percentage for 6 straight seasons (1920–1925) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

3rd League titles 75
63rd Best in baseball 16
11th Top-5 finishes 159

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

3rd Batting Average .359
10th On-Base Percentage .434
11th On-Base Plus Slug. 1.010
16th Slugging Percentage .577
22nd Second Base Assists 5,166
25th Triples 169
35th Second Base Range Factor 5.36
37th Total Bases 4,712
39th Doubles 541
40th Hits 2,930
42nd Runs Batted In 1,584
48th Second Base Double Plays 893
53rd Second Base Putouts 3,206
54th Runs 1,579
109th Second Base Fielding Percentage .965
112th Walks 1,038
169th Home Runs 301
332nd Shortstop Assists 1,262
340th Shortstop Putouts 691
374th Shortstop Double Plays 186

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Slugging Percentage	10	1st	6 yrs (1920–1925)	1922 .722 1917 NL .484 1920 NL .559 1921 NL .639 1923 NL .627 1924 NL .696 1925 NL .756 1927 NL .586 1928 NL .632 1929 NL .679 1918 #3
On-Base Plus Slug.	10	1st	6 yrs (1920–1925)	1922 1.181 1917 NL .868 1920 NL .990 1921 NL 1.097 1923 NL 1.086 1924 NL 1.203 1925 NL 1.245 1927 NL 1.035 1928 NL 1.130 1929 NL 1.139 1919 #2
On-Base Percentage	8	1st	6 yrs (1920–1925)	1920 NL .431 1921 NL .458 1922 NL .459 1923 NL .459 1924 NL .507 1925 NL .489 1927 NL .448 1928 NL .498 1917 #2 1919 #3 1929 #2
Total Bases	7	1st	3 yrs (1920–1922)	1922 450 1929 409 1917 NL 253 1920 NL 329 1921 NL 378 1924 NL 373 1925 NL 381 1919 #2 1927 #2
Batting Average	7	1st	6 yrs (1920–1925)	1924 .424 1920 NL .370 1921 NL .397 1922 NL .401 1923 NL .384 1925 NL .403 1928 NL .387 1917 #2 1919 #2 1927 #2 1929 #3
Runs	5	1st	2 yrs (1921–1922)	1922 141 1929 156 1921 NL 131 1924 NL 121 1927 NL 133 1925 #2
Doubles	4	1st	3 yrs (1920–1922)	1920 NL 44 1921 NL 44 1922 NL 46 1924 NL 43 1928 #3 1929 #2
Hits	4	1st	3 yrs (1920–1922)	1922 250 1924 227 1920 NL 218 1921 NL 235 1919 #2 1929 #3
Runs Batted In	4	1st	3 yrs (1920–1922)	1925 143 1920 NL 94 1921 NL 126 1922 NL 152 1919 #2 1927 #3 1929 #3
Walks	3	1st	2 yrs (1927–1928)	1924 NL 89 1927 NL 86 1928 NL 107 1925 #2
Second Base Double Plays	3	1st	—	1929 106 1920 NL 76 1922 NL 81 1921 #2 1924 #2 1925 #2 1927 #2
Triples	2	1st	—	1921 18 1917 NL 17 1916 #2 1920 #2
Second Base Putouts	2	1st	—	1920 NL 343 1922 NL 398 1921 #2
Second Base Assists	2	1st	—	1920 524 1929 547 1921 #2 1922 #2 1927 #2
Home Runs	2	1st	—	1922 42 1925 39 1917 #3 1921 #2 1924 #2 1927 #3 1929 #3
Second Base Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	1922 NL .967 1927 #2 1928 #3 1929 #2
Shortstop Double Plays	1	1st	—	1917 NL 82 1918 #3
Second Base Range Factor	—	#2	—	1920 #2 1922 #3 1927 #3
Shortstop Range Factor	—	#3	—	1918 #3
Shortstop Fielding Percentage	—	#3	—	1918 #3
Shortstop Assists	—	#2	—	1917 #2 1918 #3

Title Seasons

10 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1929	6	R 156 OPS 1.139 2B A 547 SLG .679 2B DP 106 TB 409
1928	5	AVG .387 OPS 1.130 OBP .498 SLG .632 BB 107
1927	5	R 133 OPS 1.035 OBP .448 SLG .586 BB 86
1925	7	AVG .403 HR 39 RBI 143 OPS 1.245 OBP .489 SLG .756 TB 381
1924	9	AVG .424 H 227 R 121 OPS 1.203 OBP .507 SLG .696 2B 43 TB 373 BB 89
1923	4	AVG .384 OPS 1.086 OBP .459 SLG .627
1922	13	AVG .401 HR 42 RBI 152 H 250 R 141 OPS 1.181 OBP .459 2B PO 398 SLG .722 2B 46 2B DP 81 2B FPCT .967 TB 450
1921	10	AVG .397 RBI 126 H 235 R 131 OPS 1.097 OBP .458 SLG .639 2B 44 3B 18 TB 378
1920	11	AVG .370 RBI 94 H 218 OPS .990 OBP .431 2B A 524 SLG .559 2B PO 343 2B DP 76 2B 44 TB 329
1917	5	SS DP 82 OPS .868 SLG .484 3B 17 TB 253

Batting

led the league 23 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1915	SLN	NL	18	57	5	14	2	0	0	4	2	6	0	.246	.271	.281	.552
1916	SLN	NL	139	495	63	155	17	15	6	65	40	63	17	.313	.369	.444	.814
1917	SLN	NL	145	523	86	171	24	17	8	66	45	34	17	.327	.385	.484	.868
1918	SLN	NL	115	416	51	117	19	11	5	60	40	43	8	.281	.349	.416	.765
1919	SLN	NL	138	512	68	163	15	9	8	71	48	41	17	.318	.385	.430	.814
1920	SLN	NL	149	589	96	218	44	20	9	94	60	50	12	.370	.431	.559	.990
1921	SLN	NL	154	592	131	235	44	18	21	126	60	48	13	.397	.458	.639	1.097
1922	SLN	NL	154	623	141	250	46	14	42	152	65	50	17	.401	.459	.722	1.181
1923	SLN	NL	107	424	89	163	32	10	17	83	55	29	3	.384	.459	.627	1.086
1924	SLN	NL	143	536	121	227	43	14	25	94	89	32	5	.424	.507	.696	1.203
1925	SLN	NL	138	504	133	203	41	10	39	143	83	39	5	.403	.489	.756	1.245
1926	SLN	NL	134	527	96	167	34	5	11	93	61	39	3	.317	.388	.463	.851
1927	NY1	NL	155	568	133	205	32	9	26	125	86	38	9	.361	.448	.586	1.035
1928	BSN	NL	140	486	99	188	42	7	21	94	107	41	5	.387	.498	.632	1.130
1929	CHN	NL	156	602	156	229	47	8	39	149	87	65	2	.380	.459	.679	1.139
1930	CHN	NL	42	104	15	32	5	1	2	18	12	12	0	.308	.385	.433	.817
1931	CHN	NL	100	357	64	118	37	1	16	90	56	23	1	.331	.421	.574	.996
1932	CHN	NL	19	58	10	13	2	0	1	7	10	4	0	.224	.357	.310	.667
1933	SLN +1	NL	57	92	11	30	7	0	3	23	14	7	1	.326	.426	.500	.926
1934	SLA	AL	24	23	2	7	2	0	1	11	7	4	0	.304	.484	.522	1.006
1935	SLA	AL	10	24	1	5	3	0	0	3	3	6	0	.208	.296	.333	.630
1936	SLA	AL	2	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	.400	.500	.400	.900
1937	SLA	AL	20	56	7	18	3	0	1	11	7	5	0	.321	.397	.429	.825
Career	—	—	2,259	8,173	1,579	2,930	541	169	301	1,584	1,038	679	135	.359	.434	.577	1.010

Fielding

5 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1915	SLN	NL	SS	18	—	—	48	46	8	12	102	.922	5.22
1916	SLN	NL	3B	83	—	—	82	174	20	7	276	.928	3.08
			SS	45	—	—	90	132	22	22	244	.910	4.93
			1B	15	—	—	150	5	2	6	157	.987	10.33
			2B	1	—	—	3	4	1	0	8	.875	7.00
1917	SLN	NL	SS	144	—	—	268	527	52	82	847	.939	5.52
1918	SLN	NL	SS	109	—	—	208	434	46	55	688	.933	5.89
			OF	3	—	—	3	0	0	0	3	1.000	1.00
1919	SLN	NL	3B	72	—	—	73	151	16	11	240	.933	3.11
			SS	37	—	—	66	115	13	12	194	.933	4.89
			2B	25	—	—	46	101	5	13	152	.967	5.88
			1B	5	—	—	48	0	0	3	48	1.000	9.60
1920	SLN	NL	2B	149	—	—	343	524	34	76	901	.962	5.82
1921	SLN	NL	2B	142	—	—	305	477	25	59	807	.969	5.51
			OF	6	—	—	14	0	0	0	14	1.000	2.33
			3B	3	—	—	2	2	1	0	5	.800	1.33
			SS	3	—	—	11	8	1	3	20	.950	6.33
			1B	1	—	—	8	0	0	0	8	1.000	8.00
1922	SLN	NL	2B	154	—	—	398	473	30	81	901	.967	5.66
1923	SLN	NL	2B	96	—	—	192	283	19	48	494	.962	4.95
			1B	10	—	—	131	16	2	13	149	.987	14.70
1924	SLN	NL	2B	143	—	—	301	517	30	102	848	.965	5.72
1925	SLN	NL	2B	136	—	—	287	416	34	95	737	.954	5.17
1926	SLN	NL	2B	134	—	—	245	433	27	73	705	.962	5.06
1927	NY1	NL	2B	155	—	—	299	582	25	98	906	.972	5.68
1928	BSN	NL	2B	140	—	—	295	450	21	85	766	.973	5.32
1929	CHN	NL	2B	156	—	—	286	547	23	106	856	.973	5.34
1930	CHN	NL	2B	25	—	—	44	76	11	16	131	.916	4.80
1931	CHN	NL	2B	69	—	—	107	205	16	24	328	.951	4.52
			3B	26	—	—	21	50	6	6	77	.922	2.73
1932	CHN	NL	OF	10	—	—	16	0	0	0	16	1.000	1.60
			3B	6	—	—	1	10	4	0	15	.733	1.83
1933	SLN	NL	2B	17	—	—	24	35	2	7	61	.967	3.47
1934	SLA	AL	3B	1	—	—	1	3	0	1	4	1.000	4.00
			OF	1	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1935	SLA	AL	1B	3	—	—	36	1	0	1	37	1.000	12.33
			2B	2	—	—	1	2	0	0	3	1.000	1.50
			3B	1	—	—	1	2	0	0	3	1.000	3.00
1936	SLA	AL	1B	1	—	—	10	0	0	0	10	1.000	10.00
1937	SLA	AL	2B	17	—	—	30	41	4	10	75	.947	4.18
Career	—	—	2B	1,561	—	—	3,206	5,166	307	893	8,679	.965	5.36
	—	—	SS	356	—	—	691	1,262	142	186	2,095	.932	5.49
	—	—	3B	192	—	—	181	392	47	25	620	.924	2.98
	—	—	1B	35	—	—	383	22	4	23	409	.990	11.57
	—	—	OF	20	—	—	34	0	0	0	34	1.000	1.70