Rogers Hornsby
Rogers Hornsby, nicknamed "the Rajah", was an American baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants (1927), Boston Braves (1928), Chicago Cubs (1929–1932), and St. Louis Browns (1933–1937). He was named the National League (NL)'s Most Valuable Player (MVP) twice, and was a member of one World Series championship team.
27 April 1896
Born on the same birth date (27 April 1896): Wallace Carothers • William Hudson (engineer)
Born on the same birth day (27 April): Ace Frehley • Casey Kasem • Charles Robert Cockerell • Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel • Chuck Knox • Cristian Romero (Argentine footballer) • Edwin Morgan (poet) • Frank Abagnale • Frederick Jagiellon • George Gervin • Jack Klugman • Judy Carne • Nina Ponomaryova • Peter Imbert, Baron Imbert • Sybille Bammer • Vladimir Kozlov • William Moseley (actor)
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