
Rogers hit just 11 homers that season, which was a far cry from his league leading 39 he cranked out of the yard a year before. As stated many times before, Hornsby's leadership as the skipper of the team, along with what was considered an off year for the man who hit .317, was instrumental in bringing the Cardinals their first title. His days with the Birds would end soon thereafter, however, Rogers Hornsby would forever be a Cardinal.
Bonus fact: On that same day in Chicago, the St. Louis Browns won the first game 5-4 of a doubleheader against the White Sox, which came after a 33-year-old George Sisler stole home in the top of the ninth. The Browns came into the inning down 3-2 before turning the scoreboard with a three run rally that was capped off by Sisler's theft of home plate. The Pale Hose fought back in the bottom of the inning by scoring a run, but they could not plate another as Sisler and his boys celebrated a victory at Comiskey.
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