Bob Horner Stats

Bob Horner was born on Tuesday, August 6, 1957, in Junction City, Kansas. Horner was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 16, 1978, with the Atlanta Braves. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bob Horner baseball stats page.

"You know how fans in the leftfield stands will gather and wait for the home run ball to come down? Well, he (Bob Horner) hit the ball so hard they scattered." - Frank LaCorte (1981)

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Bob Horner

Bob Horner Autograph on a 1981 Fleer (#244)

Bob Horner Autograph on a 1981 Fleer (#244)
 

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Birth Name:   James Robert Horner
Nickname:   Mr. Ho Mah
Born On:   08-06-1957  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Junction City, Kansas
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Apollo High School (Glendale, AZ)
College:   Arizona State University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   210
First Game:   06-16-1978 (Age 20)
Last Game:   06-18-1988
Draft:   1978 : 1st Round (1st) / Signing Bonus
Bob Horner

Bob Horner Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Bob Horner

Bob Horner Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1978 21 Braves 89 323 50 86 17 1 23 0 63 24 2 42 1 9 2 7 .266 .313 .539
1979 22 Braves 121 487 66 153 15 1 33 0 98 22 6 74 0 3 3 9 .314 .346 .552
1980 23 Braves 124 463 81 124 14 1 35 0 89 27 3 50 0 4 1 16 .268 .307 .529
1981 24 Braves 79 300 42 83 10 0 15 0 42 32 3 39 0 3 1 6 .277 .345 .460
1982 25 Braves 140 499 85 130 24 0 32 0 97 66 3 75 0 3 4 13 .261 .350 .501
1983 26 Braves 104 386 75 117 25 1 20 0 68 50 2 63 0 2 1 14 .303 .383 .528
1984 27 Braves 32 113 15 31 8 0 3 0 19 14 2 17 0 2 0 3 .274 .349 .425
1985 28 Braves 130 483 61 129 25 3 27 0 89 50 4 57 0 6 1 18 .267 .333 .499
1986 29 Braves 141 517 70 141 22 0 27 1 87 52 8 72 0 10 2 16 .273 .336 .472
1988 31 Cardinals 60 206 15 53 9 1 3 0 33 32 6 23 0 8 1 9 .257 .348 .354
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
10 Years 1,020 3,777 560 1,047 169 8 218 1 685 369 39 512 1 50 16 111 .277 .340 .499
Bob Horner

Bob Horner Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1978 Braves 3B 89 88 2,307 293 3.3 280 81 199 13 17 n/a n/a n/a .956 3.28
1979 Braves 1B 45 42 1,080 445 9.9 438 414 24 7 32 n/a n/a n/a .984 10.95
1979 Braves 3B 82 78 2,049 214 2.6 199 56 143 15 11 n/a n/a n/a .930 2.62
1980 Braves 1B 1 0 6 4 4.0 4 2 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 18.00
1980 Braves 3B 121 119 2,862 352 2.9 329 78 251 23 20 n/a n/a n/a .935 3.10
1981 Braves 3B 79 79 1,998 192 2.4 180 51 129 12 6 n/a n/a n/a .938 2.43
1982 Braves 3B 137 137 3,519 329 2.4 319 102 217 10 20 n/a n/a n/a .970 2.45
1983 Braves 1B 1 0 3 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 18.00
1983 Braves 3B 104 104 2,610 239 2.3 229 76 153 10 18 n/a n/a n/a .958 2.37
1984 Braves 3B 32 32 798 85 2.7 82 21 61 3 6 n/a n/a n/a .965 2.77
1985 Braves 1B 87 85 2,238 950 10.9 950 892 58 0 105 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 11.46
1985 Braves 3B 40 40 957 97 2.4 86 25 61 11 6 n/a n/a n/a .887 2.43
1986 Braves 1B 139 137 3,561 1,488 10.7 1,480 1,378 102 8 138 n/a n/a n/a .995 11.22
1988 Cardinals 1B 57 57 1,464 508 8.9 503 463 40 5 39 n/a n/a n/a .990 9.28
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
3B Totals 684 677 17,100 1,801 2.6 1,704 490 1,214 97 104 n/a n/a n/a .946 2.69
1B Totals 330 321 8,352 3,397 10.3 3,377 3,151 226 20 314 n/a n/a n/a .994 10.92
10 Years 1,014 998 25,452 5,198 5.1 5,081 3,641 1,440 117 418 n/a n/a n/a .977 5.39
Bob Horner

Bob Horner Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1978 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 14.0 7.7 5.1 - - -
1979 Braves 0 2 .000 1 0 n/a 14.8 6.6 5.0 - - -
1980 Braves 3 1 .750 5 0 n/a 13.2 9.3 5.2 - - -
1981 Braves 2 3 .400 0 0 n/a 20.0 7.7 7.1 - - -
1982 Braves 3 5 .375 3 0 n/a 15.6 6.7 5.1 - - -
1983 Braves 4 2 .667 0 0 n/a 19.3 6.1 5.7 - - -
1984 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 37.7 6.6 5.9 - - -
1985 Braves 1 1 .500 5 0 n/a 17.9 8.5 5.4 - - -
1986 Braves 1 4 .200 4 0 n/a 19.1 7.2 5.9 - - -
1988 Cardinals 0 0 .000 3 0 n/a 68.7 9.0 6.2 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
10 Years 14 18 .438 21 0 n/a 17.3 7.4 5.5 - - -
Bob Horner

Bob Horner Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1978 Atlanta Braves 5 $21,000.00 - -
1979 Atlanta Braves 5 $21,000.00 - -
1980 Atlanta Braves 5 $30,000.00 - -
1981 Atlanta Braves 5 Undetermined - -
1982 Atlanta Braves 5 Undetermined Stats -
1983 Atlanta Braves 5 Undetermined - -
1984 Atlanta Braves 5 Undetermined - -
1985 Atlanta Braves 11 $1,500,000.00 - -
1986 Atlanta Braves 11 $1,800,000.00 - -
1988 St. Louis Cardinals 5 $950,000.00 - -


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