Rogers Hornsby
2B · 23 seasons · 1915 – 1937 · B/T: R/R
Rogers Hornsby is 1st of 0 hitters in career roto value, a top-tier career by any lens the site offers. 1922 is the one to know: no hitter finished higher that year, and it is the 9th best on record, at +29.0. No hitter outscored him in three separate seasons (1922, 1925 and 1929). His profile is all upside: home runs (+72.5), batting average (+71.9) and RBI (+48.6), and nothing on the debit side.
Hitting
Best Season
29.05
1922 · #9 all-time
Career Z
245.5
summed
Avg / Season
10.68
longevity-neutral
Seasons
23
| Season ↑ | Tm | G | Z | Szn | All-Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | STL | 18 | -2.11 | #412 | #66,432 |
| 1916 | STL | 139 | 13.07 | #18 | #2,213 |
| 1917 | STL | 145 | 16.48 | #4 | #746 |
| 1918 | STL | 115 | 10.97 | #23 | #3,909 |
| 1919 | STL | 138 | 13.82 | #9 | #1,756 |
| 1920 | STL | 149 | 16.32 | #7 | #783 |
| 1921 | STL | 154 | 21.13 | #2 | #135 |
| 1922★ | STL | 154 | 29.05 | #1 | #9 |
| 1923 | STL | 107 | 13.66 | #14 | #1,848 |
| 1924 | STL | 143 | 22.82 | #2 | #72 |
| 1925 | STL | 138 | 23.51 | #1 | #58 |
| 1926 | STL | 134 | 10.67 | #26 | #4,206 |
| 1927 | NY1 | 155 | 19.23 | #4 | #285 |
| 1928 | BSN | 140 | 16.42 | #8 | #762 |
| 1929 | CHC | 156 | 20.06 | #1 | #206 |
| 1930 | CHC | 42 | -0.92 | #265 | #36,356 |
| 1931 | CHC | 100 | 9.30 | #32 | #5,823 |
| 1932 | CHC | 19 | -1.61 | #377 | #43,414 |
| 1933 | STL | 57 | 0.56 | #160 | #27,684 |
| 1934 | SLA | 24 | -1.43 | #265 | #41,123 |
| 1935 | SLA | 10 | -2.41 | #516 | #95,368 |
| 1936 | SLA | 2 | -2.08 | #347 | #62,666 |
| 1937 | SLA | 20 | -0.95 | #272 | #36,582 |
★ Best season by Z