Sunday, April 27, 2025

The Back of the Baseball Stat Tournament Rogers Hornsby (1922) v. Hank Aaron (1959) for the Championship

 




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ntil about 1980 there were 8 basic stats on the back of baseball cards.  In 1976 I created a tournament among the TSN all-time all-stars – I picked what years I thought were the best years for Ruth(1927) Williams (1941) Cobb (1911) etc… and had them compete. I remember who won - Rogers Hornsby 1922 -I decided to recreate the tournament and expand it to see if Rogers Hornsby 1922 season will still win.



Aaron 1959 goes against 1922 Rogers Hornsby for the Championship


Rogers Hornsby1922  vs. Hank Aaron 1959

 

 

Hornsby

Aaron

 

AB

623

629

Aaron

RUNS

141

116

Hornsby

HITS

250

223

Hornsby

2B

46

46

 

3B

14

7

Hornsby

HR

42

39

Hornsby

RBI

152

123

Hornsby

BAT

401

355

Hornsby

 

 

 

Hornsby 6-1

 

Rogers Hornsby (1922) has done it again.

50 years later Rogers Hornsby 1922 season is still the greatest of all time based on the stats on the back of the baseball card. No one is able to beat his stats from that year.

 

 

Hornsby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mantle

Helton

Hornsby

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pujols

 

Bench

Hornsby

 

 

 

 

Mantle

 

Cochrane

 

Cobb

 

 

 

 

Clemente

Brett

Bench

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clemente

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clemente

 

 

Cobb

 

 

 

H

 

Aaron

 

Aaron

Musial

 

 

 

O

 

 

 

Banks

 

Cobb

 

 

R

 

 

Aaron

 

Gehrig

Gehrig

 

 

N

 

 

Bonds

Mays

Suzuki

 

 

Hornsby

S

Aaron

 

 

Bonds

 

 

 

Carew

B

Rose

 

 

 

Ruth

 

 

 

Y

 

 

 

Rose

Sosa

Ruth

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stargell

 

Carew

Carew

 

W

 

 

Rose

 

Traynor

 

Wagner

 

I

 

 

Killebrew

Jackson

Carew

 

 

 

N

 

Rose

 

Killebrew

 

 

 

 

N

 

Cabrera

 

 

Williams

 

 

 

E

 

 

 

Yaz

Ramirez

Ramirez

 

 

R

 

 

 

Cabrera

 

Wagner

 

 

 

 

 

Cabrera

 

Wagner

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snider

McCovey

Robinson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snider

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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