Rogers Hornsby led the National League in hitting with a .424 average while playing as the regular second baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1924.
A batting average of .420 refers to getting a base hit in 42% of your at bats. So you would need 42 hits for every hundred at bats. No Major League Baseball player has hit this high since 1924, when Rogers Hornsby hit .424.
Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Hugh Duffy of the Boston Beaneaters hit .440 in 1894. Since 1920, the end of the "dead-ball era", The highest average for a season was Roger Hornsby's .424 in 1924
In 1924, Jim Roberts played in 11 games, all for the Brooklyn Robins, and batting in all of them. He had 7 at bats, getting 1 hit, for a .143 batting average, with 0 runs batted in. He was walked 1 time. He struck out 1 time. He hit only singles.
According to the website I went on, nobody ever hit.424 in 1924, unless u were talkin bout RBi's or runs
Rogers Hornsby led the National League in hitting with a .424 average while playing as the regular second baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1924.
St. Louis Cardinals. Rogers Hornsby hit .401 in 1922, .424 in 1924, and .403 in 1925.
A batting average of .420 refers to getting a base hit in 42% of your at bats. So you would need 42 hits for every hundred at bats. No Major League Baseball player has hit this high since 1924, when Rogers Hornsby hit .424.
Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Hugh Duffy of the Boston Beaneaters hit .440 in 1894. Since 1920, the end of the "dead-ball era", The highest average for a season was Roger Hornsby's .424 in 1924
In 1924, Rogers Hornsby played in 143 games for the St. Louis Browns, batting in all of them. He had 536 at bats, getting 227 hits, for a .424 batting average, with 13 sacrifice hits, sacrifice flies, and 94 runs batted in. He was walked 89 times, and was hit by the pitch 2 times. He struck out 32 times. He hit 43 doubles, 14 triples, and 25 home runs.
In 1924, Rogers Hornsby played in 143 games, all for the St. Louis Browns, and batting in all of them. He had 536 at bats, getting 227 hits, for a .424 batting average, with 13 sacrifice hits, 0 sacrifice flies, and 94 runs batted in. He was walked 89 times, and was hit by the pitch 2 times. He struck out 32 times. He hit 43 doubles, 14 triples, and 25 home runs.
In 1924, Oscar Roettger pitched in 1 game for the New York Yankees. He gave up 1 hit and 0 earned runs, recording no outs.
There actually was no professional baseball player without hands named Skip Baylor. However, a billiards player with no hands, George Henry Sutton, once won a national billiards championship.
It is how many base hits the player has hit.
A player that can't hit.