Great tribute to the best second sacker and right handed hitter ever.

After Hornsby passed in early 1963, he was buried in an out of the way place called Hornsby's Bend. I remember my parents spent the better part of a Sunday afternoon looking for a his grave, so that I could pay my respects to this great man. I was 11. No GPS back then. His headstone was quite simple. Name,, birth and death dates (1896-1963) and crossed bats carved into the stone. My parents were heros to me too that day.

One of the best of all time-The Rajah!

Hardly any could even compare to him.

Hornsby was a hitting genius

Hornsby-Epitomized Greatness.

Hornsby was unequalled.

Hornsby was a beast!

Hornsby was a phenomenal hitter.

ROGERS-BEST ALL TIME NL PLAYER,RIGHT HAND HITTER,AND SECOND BASEMAN EVER!

He hit .509 in a 30 day period. That is the best for that time span ever recorded

What a hitter Hornsby was!

Hornsby-The "Beethoven" Of Baseball.

Hornsby-Starting At Second For Me.

Now Hornsby here,could flat out hit.

That's a very fine tribute to a great ballplayer. Thanks!

He was a Cub coach in '58.He observed 50-60 Cub prospects in spring training and anounced to them " This guy Santo & ( Billy) Williams will be in the Majors in a year- the rest of you better find jobs"

Cool Tribute.

Greatest single season OBP by a righty in MLB history. Lefties get all the glory.

Only player to hit 40hrs and over .400 in the same season. Almost did it twice.

TWO TRIPLE CROWNS AND HE HOT .400 THREE TIMES!AMAZING!😎

Best hitting second baseman for sure. Best all time? Debatable.

Despite the fact that he didn't steal a lot of bases, he was considered one of the fastest players in the majors during his prime. He had a lot of inside the park homers prior to the dead ball which is partly attributable to his great speed.

There is a great true story about a rookie pitcher complaining to plate umpire for calling balls on some throws, which the pitcher thought were strikes. Hornsby was the batter. The ump called the pitcher over and informed him, that Mr. Hornsby would let him (the pitcher) know, as soon as he threw a strike.

Heard he bummed $$$ off players to bet on horses, then stiffed them when he bet on losers. Even as a manager.

Hornsby led the league in various offensive categories 58 times- NL record!ML BEST:Cobb-65/Ruth-60

Roger Hornsby would've used satchel paige as a batting practice pitcher: satchel paige would've been Roger Hornsby pitching machine

Why on Earth would anyone ever trade this guy while he was still putting up those Hall-of Fame numbers?

Hornsby, like so many hitters of his time, preached hitting off the back leg. I'm sure he believed that sincerely. But the films tell the truth. Hornsby generated power with a strong weight shift. Note how his swing ends with his weight far over his front leg

yea ..... we have pic family pics of him form along time ago il black and white hes the best base ball champ i know hes a lengened .... pple dont beilive me but i show them a pic they belive me lol so wats up ? ????

How would Hornsby fare today? None of those old time speed ballers like Smokey Joe Wood, Lefty Grove or Walter Johnson likely threw 100mph. Pitchers back then pitched the full nine innings and lasted decades. They threw perhaps 90+. There are kids in high school today who throw 90mph. For instance Matt Harvey threw 90 in high school. That's why their arms fall off nowadays.

I wish that he was a Giant longer.

your thinking of ty cobb dude

Another front foot hitter, like Ruth, Aaron, Shoeless Joe.

Rogers, not Rodgers.

I grew up rooting for Stan and the Cardinals and Rogers Hornsby was a distant memory but I don't believe he ever got the credit he deserved. What would he have done( I know he had the hightest BA in baseball) if he had stayed with the Cardinals or gone to the Yankees instead of all the weak teams he played for where he was the best player on the field. Maybe he was the greatest. Greater than Cobb, Ruth , Mays, Williams, and maybe as good as Stan the Man.

that's my cousin

how much would a reproduction card be?

Is this a joke? Biggio was nowhere near the all time elite fielders at 2B, like Collins and Mazeroski.

Probably the greatest right handed hitter who ever played MLB. His 1925 season was undoubtedly the greatest. www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hornsro01.shtml

Are you really related to Rogers Hornsby? How are you related?

In today's game when the Babe was on first they would take him out and put in Ricky Henderson or Bert Campaneris!!! Now the throw to second will need to get there a lot sooner!!! Lol!!!!!!

Once Snoopy (another great short stop) was also almost was traded when Peppermint Patty offered to trade five (5) quality players for him. I am sure the writers of the cartoon show were thinking of Rogers when they wrote that in their story line. Lol!!!!However, the team is angry with Charlie Brown for this, and Charlie Brown finally decides to rip up the contract made for the trade (which is just as well, as the five players Patty was going to trade declared they'd give up baseball before they'd ever play for Charlie Brown! Lol!!!!!!!

that me cuzzin we have pics of him hahha

Heard he could be a real putz. A schmuck and a schmeggeggie.

Cause that was his name-- RODGERS not RODGER

Neither righthanded nor a second baseman. Sheesh...

TRIBUTE??!! One of THE most rabid segregationists in Major League Baseball. Arguably, Hornsby is at least as deserving of the reputation for opposition to integrating baseball largely heaped on Ty Cobb.

I think I could’ve hit 400 back then, their fastball was 80mph ?! Lol!!