Facts: - hofdate: 1942 - debutteam: st. louis cardinals - birth date: 27 april 1896 - debutyear: 1915 - finalteam: st. louis browns - statlabel: batting average hits home runs runs batted in - statvalue: .358 2,930 301 1,584 - death date: 5 january 1963 - name: rogers hornsby - death place: chicago , illinois - birth place: winters , texas - position: second baseman / manager - throws: right - debutdate: september 10 - finalyear: 1937 - bats: right - hofvote: 78.1 % -lrb- fifth ballot -rrb- - finaldate: july 20 - image: rogers_hornsby . jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of rogers hornsby .
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rogers hornsby , sr. -lrb- april 27 , 1896 -- january 5 , 1963 -rrb- , nicknamed '' the rajah '' , was an american baseball infielder , manager , and coach who played 23 seasons in major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- .he played for the st. louis cardinals -lrb- 1915 -- 1926 , 1933 -rrb- , new york giants -lrb- 1927 -rrb- , boston braves -lrb- 1928 -rrb- , chicago cubs -lrb- 1929 -- 1932 -rrb- , and st. louis browns -lrb- 1933 -- 1937 -rrb- .hornsby had 2,930 hits and 301 home runs in his career ; his career .358 batting average is second only to ty cobb 's average .he was named the national league -lrb- nl -rrb- 's most valuable player -lrb- mvp -rrb- twice , and was a member of one world series championship team .born and raised in texas , hornsby played for several semi-professional and minor league teams .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 .after that season , he spent one season with the new york giants and another with the boston braves before being traded to the chicago cubs .he played with the cubs for four years and won his second mvp award before the team released him in 1932 .hornsby re-signed with the cardinals in 1933 , but was released partway through the season and was picked up by the st. louis browns .he remained there until his final season in 1937 .from 1925 to 1937 , hornsby was intermittently his own manager .after retiring as a player , he managed the browns in 1952 and the cincinnati reds from 1952 to 1953 .hornsby is one of the best hitters of all time .his career batting average of .358 is second only to ty cobb , at .367 , in mlb history .he also won two triple crowns and batted .400 or more three times during his career .he is the only player to hit 40 home runs and bat .400 in the same year -lrb- 1922 -rrb- .his batting average for the 1924 season was .424 , a mark that no player has...