There is an interesting read on Rogers Hornsby in Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract. It is obvious that James considers Hornsby as one of the biggest horses asses to ever play the game. There is an anecdote cited where he was managing a team and the players got together and petitioned to owner to have a word with Rogers to get him to stop pissing in the shower.

Now, I'm not really one way or the other on the exact ranking of the 2Bs, but I think it is interesting that a fan of the Astros got to see 2 of the best FOUR second basemen in the HISTORY of the GAME for about 20 or so years of their 42 or so years of existence --- that's a little less than HALF of their games played by the VERY BEST 2B's of all time. And half of the other half had guys like Art Howe and Billy Doran. We have been fortunate in that regard.

~Crash