02975nam 2200649 a 450 991082085150332120240506032054.0979-82-16-00966-51-282-41795-997866124179550-313-06207-210.5040/9798216009665(CKB)2550000000001184(EBL)494987(OCoLC)651662985(SSID)ssj0000427368(PQKBManifestationID)11306272(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000427368(PQKBWorkID)10406937(PQKB)11313265(Au-PeEL)EBL494987(CaPaEBR)ebr10362843(CaONFJC)MIL241795(MiAaPQ)EBC494987(OCoLC)55633721(DLC)BP9798216009665BC(EXLCZ)99255000000000118420040525d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRogers Hornsby a biography /Jonathan D'Amore1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Greenwood Press,2004.London :Bloomsbury Publishing,20241 online resource (186 p.)Baseball's all-time greatest hittersDescription based upon print version of record.0-313-32870-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-155) and index.Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Stockyards and Sandlots; CHAPTER 2 Growing into the National League; CHAPTER 3 Money; CHAPTER 4 The Rajah; CHAPTER 5 A Championship; CHAPTER 6 ""New York's New Babe Ruth""; CHAPTER 7 Peaks and Valleys; CHAPTER 8 The Great Depression; CHAPTER 9 TO Baseball's Hinterlands and Back; CHAPTER 10 Hornsby'S Bend; CHAPTER 11 Making of a Legend; Appendix: Rogers Hornsby's Career and World Series Statistics; Selected Bibliography; IndexRogers Hornsby has the highest career batting average of any right-handed hitter and the second highest career mark overall. The Rajah won seven batting titles and hit over .400 three times. He was also one of baseball's most successful player-managers, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a historic World Series triumph over the Yankees in 1926. Hornsby had an unrivaled passion for baseball; as a young player, he once even donned a disguise to play in a women's league. But his unyielding drive to succeed often alienated him from lesser players, and his penchant for the racetrack made him powerfBaseball's all-time greatest hitters.Baseball playersUnited StatesBiographyBaseball players796.357/092BD'Amore Jonathan1722921DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910820851503321Rogers Hornsby4123749UNINA