Rogers Hornsby .400 Batting Averages impacted if Sacrifice Flies were added to his At Bats.

Rogers Hornsby: Batting Average (BA) percent above league 1921-1925.  Friday, May 9, 2025

Rogers Hornsby famously had:

BA >= .400 in 3 of 4 years (1922-1925) AND

BA >= .400 cumulative 1921-1925...

AB	H	theBA
2,679	1,078	.40238895

Batting Average (BA): Ted Williams percent above league .406 v. .388 considering SF.  Sunday, January 23, 2022

Batting Average (BA): 1903-2020 percent above league >= 20% and AB >= 370.  Friday, January 21, 2022

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Rogers Hornsby: 35 Sacrifice Flies in 1921-1925

1,078/(2,679+35)=.39719970523

Let's break down those 35 SF per year.

Player	Year	BA	Age	PA	AB	H	theBA	SF	H/(AB+SF)
Rogers Hornsby	1921	.397	25	674	592	235	.39695946	9	.39101498
Rogers Hornsby	1922	.401	26	704	623	250	.40128411	9	.39556962
Rogers Hornsby	1923	.384	27	487	424	163	.38443396	3	.38173302
Rogers Hornsby	1924	.424	28	642	536	227	.42350746	5	.41959335
Rogers Hornsby	1925	.403	29	606	504	203	.40277778	9	.39571150
Player	Year	BA	Age	PA	AB	H	theBA	SF	H/(AB+SF)
Total		Tot		3,113	2,679	1,078	.40238895	35	.39719971

Adding in his 35 SF changes Hornsby's cululative BA from .402 to .397.

And instead of having three .400 BA in four years Hornsby has only one.

Doing this puts Hornsby on equal footing with Ted Williams when Williams had a .406 BA in 1941 when SF were lumped into At Bats (AB). Otherwise Williams would have had BA .413.

Batting Average: adding Sacrifice Flies to At Bats 1954-2024 in individual seasons.  Monday, May 12, 2025