Rogers Hornsby
（重定向自Hornsby, Rogers）
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![Rogers Hornsby with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1917](/Images/godic/202501/18/Rhornsby4603.jpg")
![Rogers Hornsby (pictured on a 1922 baseball card) takes a swing.](/Images/godic/202501/18/Rogers_Hornsby_swing4603.jpg")
![Babe Ruth being tagged out at second base by Rogers Hornsby to register the final out of the 1926 World Series](/Images/godic/202501/18/Ruth1926-34603.jpg")
Rogers Hornsby, Sr. (April 27, 1896 – January 5, 1963), nicknamed "The Rajah", was an American baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1915–1926, 1933), New York Giants (1927), Boston Braves (1928), Chicago Cubs (1929–1932), and St. Louis Browns (1933–1937). Hornsby had 2,930 hits and 301 home runs in his career; his career .358 batting average is second only to Ty Cobb's average. He was named the National League (NL)'s Most Valuable Player (MVP) twice, and was a member of one World Series championship team.