Topic: Rogers Hornsby
Rogers Hornsby is one of the greatest second basemen to ever play the game of baseball. His 42 homeruns, .401 batting average, 152 RBI's, .722 slugging percentage, 46 doubles, 250 hits, and 141 runs scored all led the National League. He ...
The Triple Crown Award for hitting is given to a batter when he leads his league in the three major categories of home runs, runs batted in, and batting average. The first entry of a Triple Crown winner in documented records dates ...
Ty Cobb (1886-1961) was a 6'2" In 1905, Ty Cobb's father snuck up on his own house, trying to catch his wife cheating on him. Three weeks after his father's death, Ty Cobb made his debut in center field ...
I love the game of Baseball. And take youon a tour of some beautiful Baseball fields; show you some still photos of theaction; and share Baseball quotes I get a chuckle out of. "Baseball, it is said, is only a game.True ...
Connie Mack brought his Philadelphia A's back to first place in the 1929 baseball season after a 15-year pennant drought. The 1929 World Series opened with one of the gutsiest gambles in Series history, when Connie Mack sent seldom-used Howard Ehmke ...
The Yankees declined from being stratospheric to merely awesome during the 1928 baseball season and were surprised to find themselves with a good fight on their hands. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig were first and second in home runs with 54 and ...
The New York Yankees found out just how dependent they were on the 30-year-old Babe Ruth during the 1925 baseball season. Key Washington acquisitions shored up the bench and the pitching staff, including first baseman/outfielder Joe Harris, who hit .323 with ...
During the 1917 baseball season, only two years removed from the National League cellar, John McGraw's retooled New York Giants developed into an easy pennant-winner over Philadelphia. Alexander led the National League in wins with 30, complete games with 34, shutouts ...
Under new manager Rogers Hornsby, who had replaced Branch Rickey 38 games into the 1925 season, the Cardinals brought St. Louis its first pennant in a half-century of National League competition. Although the St. Louis Cardinals won the 1926 National League pennant ...
Jan. 5, 1963, Chicago, Ill.), American professional baseball player, generally considered the game's greatest right-handed hitter. His major league career batting average of .358 is second only to Ty Cobb's .367.. Playing second base for the St. Louis Cardinals (1915-26 ...
