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- Rogers HornsbyΓÇÖs skill as
- a righthanded hitter was
- truly awesome. He batted
- at least .300 in a season
- 14 times. From 1920 to
- 1925, he won six straight batting titles (a
- major league record). He led the league in
- homers twice, and won the RBI crown four
- times. HeΓÇÖs the only righthander ever to bat
- .400 or better three times (his .424 in 1924
- is the highest average in ΓÇ£modern" baseball,
- meaning after 1901). And his lifetime .358
- batting average is second only to that of Ty
- Cobb. Rogers played mainly at second base
- for several teams, but spent most of his
- career with the St. Louis Cardinals.
-
- As a person, "the Rajah," as he was
- called, could be difficult. He often
-