| Bob Horner | |
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| Third baseman / First baseman | |
| Born:August 6, 1957 Junction City, Kansas, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| Professional debut | |
| MLB: June 16, 1978, for the Atlanta Braves | |
| NPB: 1987, for the Yakult Swallows | |
| Last appearance | |
| NPB: 1987, for the Yakult Swallows | |
| MLB: June 18, 1988, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .277 |
| Home runs | 218 |
| Runs batted in | 685 |
| NPB statistics | |
| Batting average | .327 |
| Home runs | 31 |
| Runs batted in | 73 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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James Robert Horner (born August 6,1957) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball and the Nippon Professional Baseball league as a third baseman and a first baseman from 1978 to 1988,most prominently as a member of the Atlanta Braves where he was named the 1978 National League (NL) Rookie of the Year and was a member of the 1982 National League All-Star team.
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After a record-setting NCAA College athletic career with the Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team,Horner bypassed the minor leagues and moved directly to the major leagues,where together with Dale Murphy,he formed a power-hitting tandem for the Atlanta Braves teams of the early 1980s. Known for his powerful hitting,Horner averaged 35 home runs and 109 runs batted in per his 162-game average and became the 11th player in Major League Baseball history to hit four home runs in one game on July 6,1986. [1]
Horner became a victim of the Major League Baseball collusion scandal of 1986–87 after the courts found that owners had illegally shared information during free agency negotiations seeking to deflate player salaries. [2] He was among hundreds of players and former players who were awarded millions of dollars in lost salary. [2] He played one season in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yakult Swallows,before returning to play one final season in MLB with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1988. A string of injuries prematurely ended Horner's baseball career after just 11 seasons. He was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame as a member of its inaugural class on July 4,2006. [3]
