Rogers Hornsby
Rogers Hornsby
Rogers Hornsby, Sr., nicknamed "The Rajah", was an American baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, and St. Louis Browns. 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's Most Valuable Playertwice, and was a member of one World Series championship team...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth27 April 1896
CityWinters, TX
CountryUnited States of America
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.
Players who stand flat footed and swing with their arms are golfers, not hitters.
The big trouble is not really who isn't in the Hall of Fame, but who is. It was established for a select few.
I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher.
Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.
To be a good hitter you've got to do one thing - get a good ball to hit.
I never saw a pitcher I didn't feel sorry for.
I've always played hard. If that's rough and tough, I can't help it. I don't believe there's any such thing as a good loser. I wouldn't sit down and play a game of cards with you right now withing wanting to win. If I hadn't felt that way I wouldn't have got very far in baseball.
A great hitter isn't born, he's made. He's made out of practice, fault correction, and confidence.
The home run became glorified with Babe Ruth. Starting with him, batters have been thinking in terms of how far they could hit the ball, not how often.
Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a communist.
I always tried to hit the ball back through the box because that is the largest unprotected area.
Now the advantage is all with the hitters.