Bob Horner
Bob Horner was born in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States on August 6th, 1957 and is the Baseball Player. At the age of 66, Bob Horner biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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James Robert Horner (born August 6, 1957) is an American former Major League Baseball player who spent the majority of his Major League Baseball career with the Atlanta Braves.
He mainly played as a third baseman who later transitioned to a first baseman after being plagued by injuries for the bulk of his playing career.
Horner also competed in the Nippon Professional Baseball League for one season as a member of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Horner's baseball career was cut short due to his team's collusion to reduce salaries by promising not to make offers to veteran actors.
Amateur career
Horner was born in Junction City, Kansas, but he grew up in Glendale, Arizona, where he set school records. His college experience at Arizona State University culminated in being named the first winner of the Golden Spikes Award. He tied for third all-time by a Sun Devil freshman in 1976, two behind Barry Bonds (1983).
Horner, a second baseman for TSN's College All-America team in 1977 and 1978, set a then-NCAA record of 58 career home runs for Arizona State, tying a 25-homer single-season record, and was named MVP of the 1977 College World Series.
Professional career
Horner was drafted by Atlanta with the first overall pick in the 1978 amateur draft, and he made his Major League Baseball debut the same year. He is one of only a few players to go straight from college to the starting lineup in the majors without spending a day in the minor leagues. Bert Blyleven of the Pirates belted a home run off his first game. Horner batted.266 with 23 home runs and 63 runs batted in 323 at-bats in 89 games, with an on-base percentage of.313 and a slugging percentage of.539. In 1978, his 23 home runs led all National League third basemen. Over Ozzie Smith, he earned the National League Rookie of the Year award.
Horner batted.314 with 33 home runs and 98 RBIs in 1979. Despite being sidelined for 79 games in both seasons due to continuing shoulder and leg injuries, Horner batted.268, with 35 home runs and 89 RBIs. He hit.277 with 15 home runs and 42 RBIs in 79 games during the strike-shortened 1981 season. Horner returned to action in 1982, with 32 home runs, 97 RBIs, and an OBP of.350, while slugging.501.
Horner was hitting.303 with 20 home runs and a career-high OBP of.383 when he broke his right wrist while sliding, missing the last 43 games of the season. Horner cracked his left wrist while diving after a ball in May 1984, and he was suspended for the remainder of the season.
Horner played 130 games and finished with a.267 batting average, 27 home runs, and 89 RBIs in 1985. Horner's personal highlights in 1986 were first published. In a game against the Expos on July 6, 1986, he became the eleventh player in Major League Baseball to reach four home runs in a single game, and only the second one to do so in a game against the Expos (the first one being Ed Delahanty). Horner won the Braves a 4–2 victory over the Pirates later this season after hitting a record-breaking 210 home runs without a grand slam. Sammy Sosa's highest home run of his career, not until 1998, when he set a new record for homers without a grand slam.
Horner was released as a free agent in 1987 after a first season of more than 500 at-bats. Despite the fact that Horner was still at his peak, the Major League clubs were then conspiring to raise salaries, so no bids were made to Horner, whose asking price was $2 million. (More than $7 million from the players' successful case against the owners and their unlawful collusion in 2004) Horner signed a one-year deal with the Yakult Swallows of Japan's Central League after struggling to reach an understanding with an MLB team. He was given the number 50 by the company because that was the number of home runs they expected him to reach. For the team, he had 31 home runs and 73 RBIs.
Despite Yakult's promise Horner a three-year deal, Horner returned to the majors in 1988 with the St. Louis Cardinals. He sustained his left shoulder after 60 games, but not before 60. Horner announced his resignation after being invited to spring training by the Baltimore Orioles in 1989.
Horner batted.277 in ten-year Major League appearances, 685 runs, 560 runs, 8 triples, 14 stolen bases, a.340 on-base percentage, and 14 stolen bases, a.499 slugging average in 1,020 games. He had a.946 fielding percentage in 684 games at third base, and he had a.994 fielding percentage in 330 games at first base. His career fielding percentage was 977%.