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Rogers Hornsby
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Born
April 27
,
1896
·
Winters, Texas, USA
Died
January 5
,
1963
·
Chicago, Illinois, USA
(heart attack)
Nickname
Rajah
Height
5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
Mini Bio
Rogers Hornsby was born on April 27, 1896 in Winters, Texas, USA. He was married to Marjorie Bernice Frederick, Jeanette Pennington Hine and Sarah Martin. He died on January 5, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Spouses
Marjorie Bernice Frederick
(January 27, 1957 - January 5, 1963) (his death)
Jeanette Pennington Hine
(February 29, 1924 - 1953) (divorced, 1 child)
Sarah Martin
(September 22, 1918 - June 12, 1923) (divorced, 1 child)
Trivia
Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, 1942.
At one time, he was a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
Coach for the New York Mets inaugural season (1962).
Generally considered the greatest right-handed hitter of all-time.
He has the highest career batting average (.359) in the National League.
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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.
I hustled on everything I hit. - on how he was able to hit .424
Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a communist.
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.
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