Bob Horner

Full Name: James Robert Horner	Primary Position: 3B,1B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/195	First Game: June 16, 1978
Birthdate: August 6, 1957	Final Game: June 18, 1988
Birthplace: Junction City, Kansas	MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Bob Horner (James Robert Horner) was born on August 6, 1957 in Junction City, Kansas. He made his Major League debut on June 16, 1978 for the Atlanta Braves. In 1978, his rookie year, he hit .266 with 23 home runs and 63 RBI. Horner played for the Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Bob Horner's best season was 1982, when he slugged 32 home runs and knocked in 97 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1978	ATL	N	89	323	50	86	23	63	.266	.313	.539	17	1	24	42	2	1	0	2	7
1979	ATL	N	121	487	66	153	33	98	.314	.346	.552	15	1	22	74	3	0	0	6	9
1980	ATL	N	124	463	81	124	35	89	.268	.307	.529	14	1	27	50	1	0	3	3	16
1981	ATL	N	79	300	42	83	15	42	.277	.345	.460	10	0	32	39	1	0	2	3	6
1982	ATL	N	140	499	85	130	32	97	.261	.350	.501	24	0	66	75	4	0	3	3	13
1983	ATL	N	104	386	75	117	20	68	.303	.383	.528	25	1	50	63	1	0	4	2	14
1984	ATL	N	32	113	15	31	3	19	.274	.349	.425	8	0	14	17	0	0	0	2	3
1985	ATL	N	130	483	61	129	27	89	.267	.333	.499	25	3	50	57	1	0	1	4	18
1986	ATL	N	141	517	70	141	27	87	.273	.336	.472	22	0	52	72	2	0	1	8	16
1988	STL	N	60	206	15	53	3	33	.257	.348	.354	9	1	32	23	1	0	0	6	9
Total			1020	3777	560	1047	218	685	.277	.340	.499	169	8	369	512	16	1	14	39	111

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1978	ATL	N	3B	89	88	769.2	81	199	13	17	1	.956
1979	ATL	N	3B	82	78	683.2	56	143	15	11	0	.930
1979	ATL	N	1B	45	42	360.1	414	24	7	32	0	.984
1980	ATL	N	3B	121	119	954.2	78	251	23	20	0	.935
1980	ATL	N	1B	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	1.000
1981	ATL	N	3B	79	79	666.1	51	129	12	6	0	.938
1982	ATL	N	3B	137	137	1173	102	217	10	20	0	.970
1983	ATL	N	3B	104	104	870.2	76	153	10	18	0	.958
1983	ATL	N	1B	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
1984	ATL	N	3B	32	32	266	21	61	3	6	0	.965
1985	ATL	N	1B	87	85	746.1	892	58	0	105	0	1.000
1985	ATL	N	3B	40	40	319	25	61	11	6	0	.887
1986	ATL	N	1B	139	137	1187.2	1378	102	8	138	1	.995
1988	STL	N	1B	57	57	488.2	463	40	5	39	0	.990
Total			3B	684	677	5703	490	1214	97	104	1	.946
Total			1B	330	321	2786	3151	226	20	314	1	.994

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Selected by Oakland Athletics in the 15th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 3, 1975).
Selected by Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (1st pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1978).
Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (January 4, 1988).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (December 21, 1988).

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