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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
Schools: 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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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

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

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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 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 - 56 (448), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (903), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (538), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Al Rosen (933)
  2. Wally Post (932)
  3. Jim Ray Hart (928)
  4. Phil Nevin (927)
  5. Gus Zernial (919)
  6. Preston Wilson (914)
  7. Glenallen Hill (909)
  8. Richard Hidalgo (907)
  9. Kevin Mitchell (901)
  10. Vernon Wells (901)
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  1. Miguel Cabrera (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Eddie Mathews (919) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 3, 1975: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 15th round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1978 amateur draft.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

January 4, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

December 21, 1988: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Atlanta Braves$1,500,000
1986Atlanta Braves$1,800,000
1988St. Louis Cardinals$950,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,250,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: James Bob bobby Robert Horner

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