Bob Horner
James Robert Horner
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 6, 1957 in Junction City, KS
High School: Apollo (Glendale, AZ)
School: Arizona State University
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 1978
Final Game: June 18, 1988
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1978 20 ATL NL 89 359 323 50 86 17 1 23 63 0 0 24 42 .266 .313 .539 .852 124 174 7 2 1 9 2 5 RoY-1
1979 21 ATL NL 121 515 487 66 153 15 1 33 98 0 2 22 74 .314 .346 .552 .898 135 269 9 3 0 3 6 53 MVP-28
1980 22 ATL NL 124 495 463 81 124 14 1 35 89 3 1 27 50 .268 .307 .529 .836 127 245 16 1 0 4 3 *5/3 MVP-9
1981 23 ATL NL 79 336 300 42 83 10 0 15 42 2 3 32 39 .277 .345 .460 .805 126 138 6 1 0 3 3 *5
1982 24 ATL NL 140 572 499 85 130 24 0 32 97 3 5 66 75 .261 .350 .501 .851 132 250 13 4 0 3 3 *5 AS
1983 25 ATL NL 104 439 386 75 117 25 1 20 68 4 2 50 63 .303 .383 .528 .911 143 204 14 1 0 2 2 5/3 MVP-21
1984 26 ATL NL 32 129 113 15 31 8 0 3 19 0 0 14 17 .274 .349 .425 .774 111 48 3 0 0 2 2 5
1985 27 ATL NL 130 540 483 61 129 25 3 27 89 1 1 50 57 .267 .333 .499 .832 126 241 18 1 0 6 4 35
1986 28 ATL NL 141 581 517 70 141 22 0 27 87 1 4 52 72 .273 .336 .472 .808 116 244 16 2 0 10 8 *3
1988 30 STL NL 60 247 206 15 53 9 1 3 33 0 0 32 23 .257 .348 .354 .703 102 73 9 1 0 8 6 3
10 Seasons 1020 4213 3777 560 1047 169 8 218 685 14 18 369 512 .277 .340 .499 .839 127 1886 111 16 1 50 39
162 Game Avg. 162 669 600 89 166 27 1 35 109 2 3 59 81 .277 .340 .499 .839 127 300 18 3 0 8 6
ATL (9 yrs) 960 3966 3571 545 994 160 7 215 652 14 18 337 489 .278 .339 .508 .847 128 1813 102 15 1 42 33
STL (1 yr) 60 247 206 15 53 9 1 3 33 0 0 32 23 .257 .348 .354 .703 102 73 9 1 0 8 6

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1978 20 ATL NL 359 254 54 5.7 104 .236 .266 .275 .313 .345 .539 .405 .852 .750 124 .637 9.2 0.9 .820 .347 .272 .0
1979 21 ATL NL 515 348 89 6.9 105 .313 .314 .277 .346 .344 .552 .411 .898 .755 135 .693 20.2 2.0 .846 .279 .238 .0
1980 22 ATL NL 495 360 70 5.2 97 .233 .268 .270 .307 .333 .529 .392 .836 .725 127 .597 13.0 1.3 .772 .324 .261 5.5
1981 23 ATL NL 336 229 47 5.6 93 .273 .277 .265 .345 .330 .460 .379 .805 .710 126 .634 9.6 1.0 .752 .287 .183 3.5
1982 24 ATL NL 572 390 86 6.0 98 .248 .261 .270 .350 .334 .501 .393 .851 .726 132 .653 21.5 2.2 .822 .369 .240 5.5
1983 25 ATL NL 439 287 76 7.1 103 .318 .303 .272 .383 .342 .528 .404 .911 .746 143 .721 23.5 2.4 .902 .360 .225 6.7
1984 26 ATL NL 129 87 17 5.3 99 .295 .274 .271 .349 .337 .425 .394 .774 .732 111 .604 2.2 0.2 .729 .274 .150 .0
1985 27 ATL NL 540 379 77 5.5 99 .252 .267 .266 .333 .334 .499 .396 .832 .730 126 .618 15.6 1.6 .783 .335 .232 1.9
1986 28 ATL NL 581 406 79 5.3 102 .266 .273 .267 .336 .338 .472 .403 .808 .741 116 .589 11.1 1.1 .745 .294 .199 1.9
1988 30 STL NL 247 170 26 4.1 90 .266 .257 .257 .348 .321 .354 .378 .703 .699 102 .516 2.7 0.3 .654 .252 .097 .0
10 Seasons 4213 2910 621 5.8 100 .268 .277 .270 .340 .336 .499 .397 .839 .734 127 .637 128.6 13.0 .793 .319 .222 26.3
162 Game Avg. 669 462 99 5.8 100 .268 .277 .270 .340 .336 .499 .397 .839 .734 127 .637 20 2 .793 .319 .222 4
ATL (9 yrs) 3966 2740 595 5.9 100 .268 .278 .270 .339 .337 .508 .398 .847 .736 128 .643 125.9 12.7 .801 .323 .229 26.3
STL (1 yr) 247 170 26 4.1 90 .266 .257 .257 .348 .321 .354 .378 .703 .699 102 .515 2.7 0.3 .654 .252 .097 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 24 ATL NL NLCS STL L 3 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182 1 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 ATL NL 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1978 20 ATL NL 359 6.4% 11.7% 6.7% 11.4% 48% 1.75 7.7 14.0 5.1 0.63 74%
1979 21 ATL NL 515 6.4% 14.4% 4.3% 9.5% 32% 3.36 6.6 14.8 5.0 0.71 74%
1980 22 ATL NL 495 7.1% 10.1% 5.5% 10.1% 40% 1.85 9.3 13.2 5.2 0.90 77%
1981 23 ATL NL 336 4.5% 11.6% 9.5% 7.4% 30% 1.22 7.7 20.0 7.1 1.09 74%
1982 24 ATL NL 572 5.6% 13.1% 11.5% 9.8% 43% 1.14 6.7 15.6 5.1 0.85 69%
1983 25 ATL NL 439 4.6% 14.4% 11.4% 10.5% 39% 1.26 6.1 19.3 5.7 0.88 69%
1984 26 ATL NL 129 2.3% 13.2% 10.9% 8.5% 36% 1.21 6.6 37.7 5.9 0.66 74%
1985 27 ATL NL 540 5.0% 10.6% 9.3% 10.2% 43% 1.14 8.5 17.9 5.4 0.88 75%
1986 28 ATL NL 581 4.7% 12.4% 9.0% 8.4% 35% 1.38 7.2 19.1 5.9 0.96 74%
1988 30 STL NL 247 1.2% 9.3% 13.0% 5.3% 25% 0.72 9.0 68.7 6.2 0.84 1.06 76% 18% 4.3% 33%
10 Seasons 4213 5.2% 12.2% 8.8% 9.4% 38% 1.39 7.4 17.3 5.5 0.84 0.86 74% 18% 4.3% 33%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1978 20 ATL NL 3 0 30% 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 23% 14 11 3 6 5 1 6 4 2
1979 21 ATL NL 9 0 23% 186 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 33% 32 24 7 2 2 0 12 3 8
1980 22 ATL NL 12 0 39% 125 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 52% 24 14 10 8 5 3 12 1 10
1981 23 ATL NL 5 0 27% 111 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 43% 16 9 7 7 5 2 7 3 4
1982 24 ATL NL 11 0 32% 202 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 48% 29 19 10 8 5 3 19 4 14
1983 25 ATL NL 11 0 37% 183 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 14 45% 25 18 7 7 4 3 24 7 15
1984 26 ATL NL 2 0 29% 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 42% 10 8 2 2 1 1 7 1 5
1985 27 ATL NL 10 0 22% 198 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 39% 28 21 7 2 1 1 16 5 10
1986 28 ATL NL 16 0 26% 208 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 11 46% 24 14 10 8 8 0 20 3 14
1988 30 STL NL 7 0 15% 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 21% 19 16 3 1 1 0 9 5 3
10 Seasons 86 0 28% 1486 14 18 44% 14 18 0 0 0 0 1 0 37 81 41% 221 154 66 51 37 14 132 36 85
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1978 20 ATL NL 359 27% 86 0 0 0 0 23 0 20 20 3 19 4 0 1 1 100% 84 7 8% 45 17 38% 265 41 15% 28 15 54% 14 0 0% 0
1979 21 ATL NL 515 30% 153 1 0 0 0 0.49 33 0 7 22 11 21 12 0 0 0 102 9 9% 39 6 15% 349 65 19% 29 17 59% 38 12 32% 0
1980 22 ATL NL 495 21% 124 2 0 0 0 2.12 35 0 8 29 6 23 12 0 0 0 76 16 21% 37 11 30% 305 59 19% 29 18 62% 28 10 36% 0
1981 23 ATL NL 336 19% 83 0 0 0 0 15 0 3 12 3 9 6 0 0 0 47 6 13% 26 4 15% 181 27 15% 22 10 45% 27 7 26% 0
1982 24 ATL NL 572 20% 130 3 0 0 0 3.01 32 0 10 25 7 25 7 0 0 0 110 13 12% 50 9 18% 380 66 17% 39 14 36% 31 9 29% 0
1983 25 ATL NL 439 26% 117 0 0 0 0 20 0 15 14 6 12 8 0 0 0 80 14 18% 40 6 15% 292 51 17% 33 13 39% 31 9 29% 0
1984 26 ATL NL 129 25% 31 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0% 24 3 13% 10 3 30% 82 17 21% 6 4 67% 4 2 50% 0
1985 27 ATL NL 540 33% 129 4 1 0 1 2.26 27 0 12 17 10 13 14 0 0 0 122 18 15% 50 15 30% 389 68 17% 39 23 59% 19 6 32% 0
1986 28 ATL NL 581 32% 141 2 2 0 2 2.77 27 1 9 20 7 20 7 0 0 0 112 16 14% 40 15 38% 385 62 16% 36 24 67% 23 10 43% 0
1988 30 STL NL 247 33% 53 4 0 3 2 0 2 1.75 3 0 13 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 0% 55 9 16% 29 12 41% 200 32 16% 28 20 71% 20 9 45% 0
10 Seasons 4213 27% 1047 4 0 15 5 0 5 2.24 218 1 101 163 55 142 76 0 3 1 33% 812 111 14% 366 98 27% 2828 488 17% 289 158 55% 235 74 31% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 30 STL NL 247 816 3.30 457 56% 21% 11% 26% 42% 79% 6% 44% 86% 41% 8% 20 0 21% 52 24 12% 29 14 48% 0 0 0
1 Season 247 816 3.30 457 56% 21% 11% 26% 42% 79% 6% 44% 86% 41% 8% 20 0 21% 52 24 12% 29 14 48% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1978 20 89 359 323 50 86 17 1 23 63 0 0 24 42 .266 .313 .539 .852 124 174 7 2 1 9 2
1979 21 210 874 810 116 239 32 2 56 161 0 2 46 116 .295 .332 .547 .879 130 443 16 5 1 12 8
1980 22 334 1369 1273 197 363 46 3 91 250 3 3 73 166 .285 .323 .540 .864 129 688 32 6 1 16 11
1981 23 413 1705 1573 239 446 56 3 106 292 5 6 105 205 .284 .327 .525 .853 129 826 38 7 1 19 14
1982 24 553 2277 2072 324 576 80 3 138 389 8 11 171 280 .278 .333 .519 .852 130 1076 51 11 1 22 17
1983 25 657 2716 2458 399 693 105 4 158 457 12 13 221 343 .282 .341 .521 .862 132 1280 65 12 1 24 19
1984 26 689 2845 2571 414 724 113 4 161 476 12 13 235 360 .282 .341 .517 .858 131 1328 68 12 1 26 21
1985 27 819 3385 3054 475 853 138 7 188 565 13 14 285 417 .279 .340 .514 .854 130 1569 86 13 1 32 25
1986 28 960 3966 3571 545 994 160 7 215 652 14 18 337 489 .278 .339 .508 .847 128 1813 102 15 1 42 33
1987 29 960 3966 3571 545 994 160 7 215 652 14 18 337 489 .278 .339 .508 .847 128 1813 102 15 1 42 33
1988 30 1020 4213 3777 560 1047 169 8 218 685 14 18 369 512 .277 .340 .499 .839 127 1886 111 16 1 50 39

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1978 20 89 357 322 50 85 17 1 23 63 0 24 42 .264 .311 .537 .848 54 89
1979 21 121 509 482 65 148 15 1 32 97 0 21 74 .307 .338 .541 .879 88 121
1980 22 124 494 462 86 123 14 1 35 95 3 27 50 .266 .306 .528 .834 74 124
1981 23 120 519 461 70 132 16 0 24 70 3 51 59 .286 .356 .477 .834 79 79
1982 24 140 575 501 88 132 24 0 32 100 3 67 75 .263 .353 .503 .856 89 140
1983 25 104 436 384 75 115 25 1 20 68 4 49 63 .299 .378 .526 .904 76 104
1984 26 32 129 113 15 31 8 0 3 19 0 14 17 .274 .349 .425 .774 17 32
1985 27 130 537 481 63 127 25 3 27 92 1 49 57 .264 .330 .497 .826 79 130
1986 28 141 576 513 70 137 21 0 26 87 1 51 72 .267 .330 .460 .790 79 141
1988 30 60 255 211 17 58 10 1 3 38 0 35 23 .275 .369 .374 .743 30 60
10 Seasons 1061 4387 3930 599 1088 175 8 225 729 15 388 532 .277 .340 .497 .838 665 1020
162 Game Avg. 162 670 600 91 166 27 1 34 111 2 59 81 .277 .340 .497 .838 102 1020

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1982 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1978-NL-Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1979-NL-28-0%
1980-NL-9-12%
1983-NL-21-0%
0.12 Career Shares (839th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1979 NL--.314--5th

Slugging % s c a p y
1979 NL--.552--5th
1980 NL--.529--2nd**
1982 NL--.501--8th
1985 NL--.499--10th
Career--.499--107th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1979 NL--.898--8th
Career--.839--201st

Home Runs s c a p y
1979 NL--33--4th
1980 NL--35--2nd
1981 NL--15--8th
1982 NL--32--4th
1985 NL--27--8th
1986 NL--27--5th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1979 NL--98--6th
1980 NL--89--10th
1982 NL--97--9th
1986 NL--87--9th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
Career--127--209th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1983 NL--23--10th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1983 NL--2.4--10th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
Career--.637--245th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1978 NL--9--6th
1985 NL--6--10th
1986 NL--10--3rd
1988 NL--8--7th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1980 NL--16--8th
1986 NL--16--9th

AB per HR s c a p y
1978 NL--14.043--8th**
1979 NL--14.758--5th
1980 NL--13.229--2nd**
1981 NL--20.000--6th
1982 NL--15.594--3rd
1983 NL--19.300--10th**
1985 NL--17.889--6th
1986 NL--19.148--5th
Career--17.326--53rd

Salary s c a p y
1985 NL--$1,500,000--7th
1986 NL--$1,800,000--7th

Youngest s c a p y
1978 NL--born 1957-08-06--7th

                                         
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 40 (489), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (902), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (545), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Gus Zernial (919)
  6. Preston Wilson (914)
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  10. Jason Bay (898)
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  3. Eric Chavez (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Eric Chavez (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Eric Chavez (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jim Ray Hart (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Rocky Colavito (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dale Murphy (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. George Foster (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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