Roger got traded every year. Great hitter but lousy teammate and employee.

This is why I laugh at modern fans who mock old time players for being milkmen, farmers, plumbers and construction workers during the off-season. Obviously they've never messed with milkmen, farmers, plumbers and construction workers.

Would have been a 400 million dollar player now. And not spend half his career on the injured list

I’m not anti McGuire, Sosa or Bonds but this guy was strong, fast and played catcher and so many positions. Undoubtedly without steroids and much less information on nutrition etc. Nobody knows much about him now. Have to dig.

The only New York Yankee to ever wear the number 4. Even Babe Ruth's number 3 was given to other players until the Yankees retired it. But only Lou Gehrig wore number 4. Trivia: The Yankees started wearing numbers on the back of their uniforms during the 1929 season. The numbers were given out according to the batting order. On that fateful day, Earle Combs wore #1, Mark Koenig #2, Babe Ruth #3, Lou Gehrig #4, Bob Meusel #5, Tony Lazzeri #6, Leo Durocher #7, Johnny Grabowski #8, Benny Bengough #9, and Bill Dickey #10. 😊

Hornsby was a phenomenal hitter.

Foxx was a beast!

Hornsby was a beast!

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How would Hornsby fare today? None of those old time speed ballers like Smokey Joe Wood, Lefty Grove or Walter Johnson likely threw 100mph. Pitchers back then pitched the full nine innings and lasted decades. They threw perhaps 90+. There are kids in high school today who throw 90mph. For instance Matt Harvey threw 90 in high school. That's why their arms fall off nowadays.

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Roger Hornsby would've used satchel paige as a batting practice pitcher: satchel paige would've been Roger Hornsby pitching machine

Top 5 all time

Happy Birthday Lou. The Iron Horse enters on this date in 1903.

Fox is on several top player of all time lists! He could hit, hit for power, field, throw and run! He is top ten in home runs!

After Hornsby passed in early 1963, he was buried in an out of the way place called Hornsby's Bend. I remember my parents spent the better part of a Sunday afternoon looking for a his grave, so that I could pay my respects to this great man. I was 11. No GPS back then. His headstone was quite simple. Name,, birth and death dates (1896-1963) and crossed bats carved into the stone. My parents were heros to me too that day.

He was a Cub coach in '58.He observed 50-60 Cub prospects in spring training and anounced to them " This guy Santo & ( Billy) Williams will be in the Majors in a year- the rest of you better find jobs"

One of the all time greats right there. Mr. double x.

Makes me laugh how modern self appointed experts critique two of the very best ever to do it based on grainy clips of batting practice.

Only one player ever accumulated 500 RBI over three seasons. The Iron Horse was amazing.

Hornsby was a hitting genius

Looks like a stupid guy………

"He wasn't signed. He was trapped."

All time great, who’s almost forgotten. Amazing player....

HARD WORK and GOOD GEENES ....wow he was strong !!! 200Lb. barrell lifted from floor to overhead !!!!Forearms look like a professional arm westler !

Only player to hit 40hrs and over .400 in the same season. Almost did it twice.

Why on Earth would anyone ever trade this guy while he was still putting up those Hall-of Fame numbers?

Greatest single season OBP by a righty in MLB history. Lefties get all the glory.

Heard he bummed $$$ off players to bet on horses, then stiffed them when he bet on losers. Even as a manager.

Heard he could be a real putz. A schmuck and a schmeggeggie.

Heard he was a real asshat.

Fantastic! Thank you.

Imagine if any of these guys had the power of video replay, film sessions, analytics, round-the-clock coaching, private facilities, or any of the engineered equipment of today.

The best ever

He was the neale daniher his day. Rip Lou the legend.

I know Babe idolized Joe. What I did not know was Babe copied his batting stance

Nice a black screen

Cool

He hit the ball so hard, it broke through unoccupied seats in the outfield

Ted Williams quit at 521 home runs, only 13 shy of foxx. He told a reporter that even if he went past foxx, he wouldn’t stay in second place very long as a lot of young sluggers with surely pass him. He turned out to be right. But I wonder, maybe he just had too much respect for Jimmie And was OK with third place.

Joe should be in HOF👍🏻⚾️

6 seconds of heaven

Great career that went downhill fast before age 35.

Had a bod' like Harmon Killebrew, who---Next to Willie Mays, was my Favorite ballplayer. I'm from Minnesota.

That 42 ounce bat would not feel good across the top of your head. Babe was a nice guy for the most part but imagine hitting Ruth on purpose and have him charge the mound with that 50 caliber bat in his hand! LOL

Babe wasn't a fat player till post 1925, after he was 30

Looks like he was COMPLETELY FOOLED and STILL HIT IT 400 PLUS FEET !!

I think the Babe homered off of the pitcher, Carl Hubbell.

The beginning quotes Lefty Gomez... "He has muscles in his hair." Lefty also once said, "That's not a full moon up there. That's a home run Foxx hit off me..."

The Babe, I believe, homered off of Hubbell, the pitcher.