Rogers Hornsby, Sr. ( April 27, 1896 – January 5, 1963 ), nicknamed " The Rajah ", was an American baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ).

Born and raised in Texas, Hornsby played for several semi-professional and minor league teams.

While he was in high school, Hornsby also played on the football team, alongside future College Football Hall of Famer Bo McMillin.

Hornsby played third base for most of the year.

Hornsby played right field from May 29 to June 10, appeared in two games as a pinch hitter, played third base from July 14 through July 18, and played one last game as a Cub when he pinch-hit on July 31.

Hornsby had played 19 games, batting. 224 with one home run and seven RBIs.

Hornsby played in 10 games in the 1935 season, starting in 4.

In 1937, Hornsby played in 20 games.

Hornsby never played cards, but he did bet frequently on horse races, and he lost more than he won.

On September 23, 1918, Hornsby married Sarah Elizabeth Martin, whom he had known since he played for the Denison Railroaders, in Philadelphia.

Pat Metheny has also joined projects such as Song X with Ornette Coleman ; Parallel Realities ; and Jazz Baltica, with Ulf Wakenius and other Nordic jazz players like E. S. T., Nils Landgren and has played with unique singers from all over the world, such as Silje Nergaard on Tell Me Where You're Going ( 1990 ), Bruce Hornsby on Harbor Lights ( 1993 ) and Hot House ( 1995 ), Noa on Noa ( 1994 ), Abbey Lincoln on A Turtle's Dream ( 1994 ) and Anna Maria Jopek on Upojenie ( 2002 ).

Serving as team captain, his 153 games played in the 1921 season tied for second in the NL with several others, behind only Rogers Hornsby.

In 1989 Hornsby co-wrote and played piano on Don Henley's hit " The End of the Innocence ", and in 1991 played piano on Bonnie Raitt's hit " I Can't Make You Love Me ".

Hornsby played more than a hundred shows with the Grateful Dead from 1988 until Jerry Garcia's death in 1995.

He played piano ( and frequently accordion ) at many gigs following the death of Grateful Dead keyboardist Brent Mydland in July 1990 ; Mydland's place was filled in March 1992 by Vince Welnick, who became the sole keyboardist, although Hornsby still sat in with the band on occasion.

He is currently playing A grade cricket in Sydney for Hornsby District Cricket Club and has also played numerous games for the Melbourne Super Kings in Melbourne.

During the 1970s, the University of Miami played host to a number of future influential musicians, including Bruce Hornsby, Pat Metheny, Chuck Schuldiner, Jaco Pastorius and others.

The Sunset Music Festival began in 1997 in Newport and has included performances by acts as varied as Saves the Day, Jason Mraz, Paula Cole, moe., Little Feat, Jack's Mannequin, Peter Frampton, Bo Bice, Bruce Hornsby, Guster, Something Corporate, Ben Folds ( who has played at several festival ), Better Than Ezra, Cheap Trick, Gin Blossoms and Anna Nalick and also local artists like Becky Chace, Zox and Monty Are I.

Many notables have played on the field, including Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Hank Aaron, Satchel Paige, Willie Mays, Harmon Killebrew, Ferguson Jenkins, Kiki Cuyler, and Rogers Hornsby.

Many players have played for both teams, including Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby, who holds several single season hitting records for both clubs.

Hornsby finished the season with the first of seven batting titles by hitting. 370, and he also led the league in on-base percentage (. 431 ), slugging percentage (. 559 ), hits ( 218 ), total bases ( 329 ), doubles ( 44 ), and RBIs ( 94 ).

Glenorie is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 44 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government areas of The Hills Shire and Hornsby Shire.

He was elected President of the Royal Astronomical Society ( 1882 – 1884 ), and he was the first to recognize the importance of the old observations accumulated at the Radcliffe Observatory by Hornsby, Robertson and Rigaud.

Rogers Hornsby was the first to accomplish it, winning his first in 1922 and then leading all major leagues in 1925 en route to his second Triple Crown, both with the St. Louis Cardinals.

A comedian named Don Hornsby was supposed to do NBC's first late-night show, but he died two weeks before the show went on the air, so the audience had not yet seen him.

In 1915, he began his major league career with the St. Louis Cardinals and remained with the team for 12 seasons ; during this period, Hornsby won his first MVP Award and the Cardinals won the 1926 World Series.

Hornsby married three times during his life, in 1918, 1924, and 1957, and had two children, one from each of his first two marriages.

After playing nearly every game throughout the first month of the season, Hornsby was called away from the team on May 29 after his brother William was shot and killed in a saloon.

In the 1926 World Series, the Cardinals defeated the Yankees in a seven-game series ; Hornsby tagged out Babe Ruth on a stolen base attempt, ending the Series and giving St. Louis its first undisputed world championship.

After the first two months of the 1930 season, Hornsby was batting. 325 with two home runs.

In the first game of a doubleheader against the Cardinals, Hornsby broke his ankle while advancing to third base.

On April 21, in his first game of the year, Hornsby hit the final home run of his career in a 15 – 10 victory over the Chicago White Sox.

In 1952, Hornsby was again hired to manage the St. Louis Browns, his first major league job in 16 years.

" Hornsby also holds second place on the unofficial major league record list of " consecutive games with two or more hits " with 13 games, first place honors going to Count Campau's 15-game streak.

Following the advice of Rogers Hornsby, he began using a heavier bat and blossomed into one of the National League's best hitters in 1923 when, he hit above. 300 for the first time with a. 338 batting average along with 12 home runs and 101 runs batted in.

The first Hornsby Post Office opened on 1 August 1864, and was renamed South Hornsby on 1 May 1900, the same day Hornsby Junction office near the railway station ( open since 1887 ) was renamed Hornsby.

He and new teammate Rogers Hornsby ( who also contributed 39 home runs ) led the Cubs to their first NL pennant in eleven years.

Their friendship led to La Russa introducing Hornsby to jazz bassist Christian McBride, which then led to the formation of The Bruce Hornsby Trio ( along with drummer Jack DeJohnette ) and their first album, Camp Meeting.

In 1988, Hornsby first appeared on stage with the Grateful Dead, a recurring collaboration that continued until the band's dissolution.

Since his first involvement with the Grateful Dead, Hornsby's live shows have drawn Deadheads and Hornsby has commented: " I've always liked the group of fans that we've drawn from the Grateful Dead time, because those fans are often adventurous music listeners.

As a major league coach for the next 17 years, Corriden would assist managers such as Rogers Hornsby, Charlie Grimm, Gabby Hartnett, Leo Durocher and Bucky Harris with the Cubs ( 1932 – 40 ), Brooklyn Dodgers ( 1941 – 46 ) and New York Yankees ( 1947 – 48 ) — working for five pennant-winning teams.