Up on the blog today, let's stick to the topic of Triple Crowns in my on-going "Turn Back the Clock" thread and celebrate the great Rogers Hornsby on a 1975 edition, on the 50th anniversary of his second Triple Crown season of 1925:
The man was just plain
ridiculous at the plate that year, leading the National League with his
39 homers, 143 runs batted in and a cool .403 batting average, his THIRD
.400 season in four years!
As stated, he TWICE took home a Triple Crown (in 1922 and 1925), and was the
first National League player to hit over 40 homers in a season when he
smashed 42 in 1922.
He batted over .400 three times, topped by an astounding .424
average in 1924, and just missed out on another when he hit .397 in
1921.
By the time he retired as a player, he took home seven
batting titles, two home run titles, and four RBI titles, along with two
MVP Awards and the second highest career average (N.L./A.L.) to this
day, at .358.
I have forever been fascinated by his 1922
season, when he scored 141 runs, collected 250 hits, rapped out 46
doubles, 14 triples and 42 homers, drove in 152 runs, and hit an
astounding .401 with 450 total bases.
Absolutely absurd and one of the greatest single-season performances the game has ever seen!
