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200 10$aRogers Hornsby$b[electronic resource] $ea biography /$fJonathan D'Amore
210   $aWestport, Conn. $cGreenwood Press$d2004
215   $a1 online resource (186 p.)
225 1 $aBaseball's all-time greatest hitters
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [151]-155) and index.
327   $aContents; 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; Index
330   $aRogers 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 powerf
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