Rogers Hornsby: The Rajah | Full Story for Sleep

He was the greatest right-handed hitter who ever lived. In 1924, Rogers Hornsby batted .424 — the highest single-season average of the modern era, a mark unbroken for more than a century — and across twenty-three seasons he batted .358, higher than any right-handed hitter in the history of the game. This is his full story: the farm boy who rebuilt his own body in a single winter, the six straight batting crowns, the World Series he won for St. Louis — and the shocking trade that sent him wandering two months later. Settle in, and fall asleep to history. Chapters: 00:00 Settling In 03:13 The Boy from Winters 07:35 Six Straight Batting Crowns 11:09 The Highest Season Ever Played 14:08 Champions — Then the Shocking Trade 16:37 Four Clubs in Four Years 18:18 Waiting for Spring and Goodnight Photo credits: Fort Worth skyline — photo by Neuwieser, CC BY-SA 2.0; Rogers Hornsby gravesite, Hornsby Bend Cemetery — photo by Joe Stafford, CC BY-SA 4.0. All other photos are in the public domain. Narration is AI-generated.