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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 ATL NL 20 3B 89 88 769.2 293 81 199 13 17 .956 -1.8 -2.8 -1.8 0.8 -2.6 0 3.27 3.15 .952 3.00 2.53 RoY-1
1979 ATL NL 21 3B 82 78 683.2 214 56 143 15 11 .930 -10.4 -18.3 -9.4 -5.0 -4.4 -1 2.62 2.43 .952 2.89 2.50 MVP-28
1979 ATL NL 21 1B 45 42 360.1 445 414 24 7 32 .984 -2.8 -9.3 -2.8 0.3 -3.2 0 10.94 9.73 .992 9.89 8.59 MVP-28
1980 ATL NL 22 3B 121 119 954.2 352 78 251 23 20 .935 3.7 4.7 2.7 1.1 1.6 1 3.10 2.72 .949 2.87 2.39 MVP-9
1980 ATL NL 22 1B 1 0 2.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 18.00 4.00 1.000 10.35 9.00 MVP-9
1981 ATL NL 23 3B 79 79 666.1 192 51 129 12 6 .938 -4.3 -7.7 -4.3 -7.0 2.7 0 2.43 2.28 .948 2.84 2.47
1982 ATL NL 24 3B 137 137 1173.0 329 102 217 10 20 .970 -13.4 -13.7 -13.4 -7.9 -5.5 0 2.45 2.33 .950 2.77 2.43 AS
1983 ATL NL 25 3B 104 104 870.2 239 76 153 10 18 .958 -12.9 -17.8 -12.9 -3.9 -9.0 0 2.37 2.20 .949 2.70 2.29 MVP-21
1983 ATL NL 25 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.40 MVP-21
1984 ATL NL 26 3B 32 32 266.0 85 21 61 3 6 .965 0.3 1.4 0.3 -0.1 0.4 0 2.77 2.56 .941 2.79 2.36
1985 ATL NL 27 1B 87 85 746.1 950 892 58 0 105 1.000 -1.4 -2.3 -1.4 -1.5 0.1 0 11.46 10.92 .993 10.06 8.54
1985 ATL NL 27 3B 40 40 319.0 97 25 61 11 6 .887 -9.2 -34.6 -9.2 -4.3 -4.9 0 2.43 2.15 .952 2.88 2.47
1986 ATL NL 28 1B 139 137 1187.2 1488 1378 102 8 138 .995 -7.0 -7.1 -7.0 -4.2 -2.7 0 11.22 10.65 .992 7.58 7.19
1988 STL NL 30 1B 57 57 488.2 508 463 40 5 39 .990 -3.4 -8.3 -3.4 -1.7 -1.7 0 9.26 8.82 .991 9.96 8.65
8 Seasons 3B 684 677 5703.0 1801 490 1214 97 104 .946 -48.0 -10.1 -48.0 -26.3 -21.7 0 2.69 2.49 .950 2.84 2.43
6 Seasons 1B 330 321 2786.0 3397 3151 226 20 314 .994 -14.3 -6.2 -14.3 -6.8 -7.5 0 10.91 10.23 .992 8.96 8.00
10 Seasons TOT 1014 998 8489.0 5198 3641 1440 117 418 .977 -62.3 -8.8 -62.3 -33.1 -29.2 0 5.39 5.01 .955 4.85 4.24

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1978 ATL NL 20 89 88 89 89 0 0 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 ATL NL 21 121 120 121 121 0 0 45 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 ATL NL 22 124 119 124 121 0 0 1 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1981 ATL NL 23 79 79 79 79 0 0 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 ATL NL 24 140 137 140 137 0 0 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1983 ATL NL 25 104 104 104 104 0 0 1 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 ATL NL 26 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 ATL NL 27 130 125 130 127 0 0 87 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1986 ATL NL 28 141 137 141 139 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1988 STL NL 30 60 57 60 57 0 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
10 Seasons 1020 998 1020 1006 0 0 330 0 684 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1978 ATL NL 20 3538 61% 78% 25% 264 91% 1 79 58 12 9 188 153 24 1 8 13 0 12 1 9 17 8 2 10 7 6 1 7 57%
1979 ATL NL 21 3166 54% 79% 25% 205 89% 0 56 36 11 9 143 113 24 4 5 15 0 15 0 14 11 10 1 11 0 0 0 8 63%
1980 ATL NL 22 4205 56% 82% 30% 345 88% 2 79 51 7 21 249 206 39 0 8 21 0 21 0 20 21 19 1 20 1 1 0 20 80%
1981 ATL NL 23 2887 49% 81% 30% 188 86% 1 50 39 4 7 126 104 16 1 6 12 1 9 2 10 6 3 0 3 2 1 1 6 67%
1982 ATL NL 24 5238 52% 79% 27% 328 89% 3 100 67 12 22 223 191 26 1 8 10 1 9 0 6 20 12 3 17 2 1 1 17 65%
1983 ATL NL 25 3853 54% 78% 27% 234 86% 2 76 49 14 13 154 129 19 3 4 10 0 10 0 10 19 6 2 11 6 4 2 9 78%
1984 ATL NL 26 1209 52% 80% 25% 76 95% 1 22 15 2 5 59 47 8 0 5 3 0 3 0 2 6 4 1 5 1 1 0 2 100%
1985 ATL NL 27 1481 48% 79% 28% 82 89% 1 27 15 3 9 60 51 6 1 3 11 0 10 1 10 6 2 0 4 2 1 1 5 100%
8 Seasons 25577 54% 79% 27% 1722 89% 11 489 330 65 95 1202 994 162 11 47 95 2 89 4 81 106 64 10 81 21 15 6 74 73%
MLB Averages 57% 78% 27% 90% 72%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1979 ATL NL 21 1608 56% 80% 29% 77 91% 0 417 15 395 7 37 23 16 2 1 3 7 0 7 0 4 33 1 1 0 30 1 3 1 2 2 100%
1980 ATL NL 22 11 36% 82% 36% 3 67% 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 ATL NL 25 3 100% 100% 67% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 ATL NL 27 3392 54% 78% 30% 178 99% 1 883 26 848 9 95 60 47 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 102 2 1 0 98 4 4 0 4 14 100%
1986 ATL NL 28 5351 53% 76% 35% 264 95% 4 1382 38 1317 26 120 101 70 14 6 2 8 2 4 2 4 138 4 2 0 127 7 11 3 8 16 94%
1988 STL NL 30 2143 60% 79% 33% 92 92% 0 465 21 439 5 29 39 27 7 1 1 5 1 2 2 0 39 1 1 0 38 2 1 1 0 15 87%
6 Seasons 12508 55% 78% 32% 614 95% 5 3151 100 3003 47 281 225 162 30 10 8 20 3 13 4 8 312 8 5 0 293 14 19 5 14 47 94%
MLB Averages 57% 78% 27% 95% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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