Rogers Hornsby

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: April 27, 1896 in Winters, TX us

Rogers Hornsby famously had:

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

BA >= .400 cumulative 1921-1925.

This post presents that data in more detail and shows its "percent above league" (%Dif) for proper context.

National League (NL) data from:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/bat.shtml

Batting Average (BA) >= .360 since 1939: percent above league. And, how many decimal places does BA need? Wednesday, May 7, 2025

dif	new	Rk	Player	Year	Lg	Team	BA	%Dif	Bat	PA	H	AB	theBA	Lba	Dif
3	1	4	Ted Williams	1957	AL	BOS	.388	52.247%	Left	547	163	420	.3880952	.2549122	.1331830
-1	2	1	Ted Williams	1941	AL	BOS	.406	52.244%	Left	606	185	456	.4057018	.2664812	.1392206
-1	3	2	Tony Gwynn	1994	NL	SDP	.394	47.571%	Left	475	165	419	.3937947	.2668519	.1269429
1	4	5	Rod Carew	1977	AL	MIN	.388	45.740%	Left	694	239	616	.3879870	.2662181	.1217690
-2	5	3	George Brett	1980	AL	KCR	.390	44.848%	Left	515	175	449	.3897550	.2690787	.1206763
2	6	8	Stan Musial	1948	NL	STL	.376	44.316%	Left	698	230	611	.3764321	.2608387	.1155934
23	7	30	Joe Torre	1971	NL	STL	.363	44.111%	Right	707	230	634	.3627760	.2517336	.1110424
15	8	23	Mickey Mantle	1957	AL	NYY	.365	43.178%	Both	623	173	474	.3649789	.2549122	.1100667
12	9	21	Stan Musial	1946	NL	STL	.365	42.915%	Left	702	228	624	.3653846	.2556659	.1097187
4	10	14	Tony Gwynn	1987	NL	SDP	.370	41.997%	Left	680	218	589	.3701188	.2606524	.1094664
9	11	20	Rico Carty	1970	NL	ATL	.366	41.878%	Right	560	175	478	.3661088	.2580456	.1080632
0	12	12	Tony Gwynn	1997	NL	SDP	.372	41.332%	Left	651	220	592	.3716216	.2629431	.1086785
5	13	18	Wade Boggs	1988	AL	BOS	.366	41.321%	Left	719	214	584	.3664384	.2592949	.1071435
-7	14	7	Larry Walker	1999	NL	COL	.379	41.268%	Left	513	166	438	.3789954	.2682814	.1107140
19	15	34	Norm Cash	1961	AL	DET	.361	41.102%	Left	673	193	535	.3607477	.2556644	.1050832

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BA recomputed to get plenty of decimal places. Hornsby:

Year	BA	Age	PA	AB	H	theBA	NL BA	Dif	%Dif	Team	Lg	NL H	NL AB
1921	.397	25	674	592	235	.39695946	.28945630	.10750316	37.140%	STL	NL	12,266	42,376
1922	.401	26	704	623	250	.40128411	.29219512	.10908899	37.334%	STL	NL	12,579	43,050
1923	.384	27	487	424	163	.38443396	.28572751	.09870645	34.546%	STL	NL	12,348	43,216
1924	.424	28	642	536	227	.42350746	.28293085	.14057661	49.686%	STL	NL	12,009	42,445
1925	.403	29	606	504	203	.40277778	.29153737	.11124041	38.156%	STL	NL	12,495	42,859

Year	BA	Age	PA	AB	H	theBA	NL BA	Dif	%Dif	Team	Lg	NL H	NL AB
	Tot		3,113	2,679	1,078	.40238895	.28837651	.11401244	39.536%	STL	NL	61,697	213,946

Hornsby's 1924 49.686% would be third among the seasons 1939-2024 and way higher than the top righty batter Joe Torre's 44.111% in 1971, also for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Hornsby did not have the Sacrifice Fly scoring rule, so his BA would be slightly higher with it but so would the league overall.

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

Ted Williams had a slightly higher percent above the league BA with his .388 in 1957 than with his .406 in 1941.

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