Rogers Hornsby has the highest career batting average of any right-handed hitter and the second highest career mark overall. The Rajah won seven batting titles and hit over .400 three times. He was also one of baseball s most successful player-managers leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a historic World Series triumph over the Yankees in 1926. Hornsby had an unrivaled passion for baseball; as a young player he once even donned a disguise to play in a women s league. But his unyielding drive to succeed often alienated him from lesser players and his penchant for the racetrack made him powerful enemies in baseball s higher ranks. Jonathan D Amore presents a fascinating look at this outstanding hitter and complicated man. It has been said that hitting a baseball is the hardest thing in professional sports. Baseball s All-Time Greatest Hitters presents biographies on Greenwood s selection for the 12 best hitters in Major League history written by some of today s best baseball authors. These books present straightforward stories in accessible language for the high school researcher and the general reader alike. Each volume includes a timeline bibliography and index. In addition each volume includes a Making of a Legend chapter that analyses the evolution of the player s fame and (in some cases) infamy.