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Bob
Horner		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 230
 
Born: August 6, 1957 in Usa, KS, JUNCTION CITY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1980    1983    1987    1988   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 20 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1979 21 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1980 22 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 8 8 8 8 7 6 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1981 23 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1982 24 DET AL $ 2,750,000   7 7 8 8 8 8 7 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1983 25 DET AL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1984 26 BAL AL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1985 27 BAL AL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1986 28 BAL AL $ 3,500,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1987 29 BAL AL $ 7,200,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1988 30 BAL AL $ 7,200,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1989 31 BAL AL $ 7,200,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1990 32 BAL AL $ 3,750,000   5 5 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 6 7 6 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,200,000   7 7 8 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1978 20 DET AL 27 96 11 24 5 1 2 12 0 0 5 14 .250 .279 .385 .664 10.6 0.8
    AAA   133 515 86 149 23 4 42 101 1 1 58 49 .289 .361 .594 .955 105.6  
1979 21 DET AL 154 569 61 134 25 2 24 98 0 0 53 55 .236 .303 .413 .716 74.2 10.8
1980 22 DET AL 148 603 99 194 40 6 33 116 0 0 53 48 .322 .374 .572 .946 110.7 23.2
1981 23 DET AL 154 596 75 155 33 1 22 110 1 0 66 67 .260 .334 .430 .764 79.8 14.8
1982 24 DET AL 154 618 71 163 26 0 18 89 0 0 52 49 .264 .319 .393 .712 75.0 11.9
1983 25 DET AL 153 567 96 158 35 4 37 113 0 0 61 40 .279 .350 .550 .900 98.9 19.5
1984 26 DET AL 101 355 51 87 16 0 12 40 0 1 46 38 .245 .333 .392 .724 43.5 7.2
  BAL AL 56 193 31 48 10 1 8 28 0 1 27 20 .249 .339 .435 .775 26.9 5.3
  TOT   157 548 82 135 26 1 20 68 0 2 73 58 .246 .335 .407 .742 70.4 12.5
1985 27 BAL AL 114 439 63 108 25 1 21 79 3 1 52 49 .246 .321 .451 .772 65.4 11.5
1986 28 BAL AL 129 515 76 149 32 1 34 113 0 0 47 64 .289 .347 .553 .901 93.5 22.2
1987 29 BAL AL 156 574 106 167 48 2 30 126 0 0 86 66 .291 .378 .538 .917 108.7 24.9
1988 30 BAL AL 153 580 87 162 42 3 33 118 0 0 77 72 .279 .364 .533 .897 105.9 24.1
1989 31 BAL AL 132 494 61 106 27 3 12 73 0 0 61 90 .215 .301 .354 .655 52.8 6.9
1990 32 BAL AL 155 593 77 158 33 6 15 81 0 0 47 107 .266 .320 .418 .739 75.6 13.0
13 Years Sim 1786 6792 965 1813 397 31 301 1196 4 3 733 779 .267 .337 .467 .805 1021.5 196.1
1 Years AAA 133 515 86 149 23 4 42 101 1 1 58 49 .289 .361 .594 .955 105.6  
162 Game Average 616 87 164 36 2 27 108 0 0 66 70 .267 .337 .467 .805 92.7  
Career Highs 157 618 106 194 48 6 37 126 3 2 86 107 .322 .378 .572 .946 110.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4899 662 1291 266 22 214 849 3 3 523 575 .264 .333 .458 .790 748.1
vs LH   1893 303 522 131 9 87 347 1 0 210 204 .276 .349 .492 .842 316.4
Home 902 3331 447 847 178 14 135 545 1 2 374 392 .254 .328 .438 .766 485.4
Away 884 3461 518 966 219 17 166 651 3 1 359 387 .279 .346 .496 .842 579.2
RISP   1843 0 507 101 8 86 835 0 0 258 227 .275 .355 .479 .833 320.3
Pinch Hitting   76 6 21 4 1 2 17 0 0 7 11 .276 .337 .434 .772 10.9
Close/Late   725 95 200 40 3 28 120 0 0 112 93 .276 .372 .455 .827 124.4
Mar/Apr 285 1108 156 309 74 6 42 187 0 0 104 117 .279 .341 .470 .811 172.2
May 281 1060 144 280 58 5 52 194 1 0 109 121 .264 .332 .475 .808 166.7
June 302 1169 172 319 69 6 54 211 0 0 134 121 .273 .345 .481 .826 192.6
July 279 1065 148 251 52 2 45 183 0 1 152 130 .236 .330 .415 .745 153.5
August 296 1109 161 300 65 5 51 198 1 0 124 129 .271 .345 .476 .821 179.6
Sep/Oct 343 1281 184 354 79 7 57 223 2 2 110 161 .276 .331 .482 .813 199.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1978 20 DET AL 3B 25 25 209.0 9 58 3 3 .957 2.89   0.4
    2B 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1979 21 DET AL 3B 150 149 1309.3 86 320 31 28 .929 2.79   2.3
    2B 2 0 4.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
    1B 2 0 2.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
1980 22 DET AL 3B 145 144 1298.0 89 298 29 19 .930 2.68   3.4
    2B 2 0 5.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
1981 23 DET AL 3B 148 144 1296.3 86 330 27 43 .939 2.89   4.8
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1982 24 DET AL 3B 38 37 335.0 17 76 2 9 .979 2.50   1.3
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1983 25 DET AL 3B 149 140 1253.3 96 315 26 25 .941 2.95   3.8
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1984 26 DET AL 3B 90 86 768.4 52 170 15 15 .937 2.60   1.3
    2B 4 2 28.4 8 13 0 4 1.000 6.65   0.1
    1B 4 0 6.9 6 1 0 1 1.000 9.13   0.0
  BAL AL 3B 50 48 421.4 28 93 8 8 .938 2.58   1.5
    2B 2 1 15.6 5 7 0 2 1.000 6.92   0.1
    1B 2 0 3.8 3 0 0 0 1.000 7.11   0.0
  TOT   3B 140 134 1189.8 80 263 23 23 .937 2.59   2.8
      2B 6 3 44.0 13 20 0 6 1.000 6.75   0.2
      1B 6 0 10.7 9 1 0 1 1.000 8.41   0.0
1985 27 BAL AL 3B 112 111 999.7 73 228 19 15 .941 2.71   3.8
    1B 2 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1986 28 BAL AL 3B 126 124 1119.3 76 228 26 13 .921 2.44   2.1
    1B 1 0 7.0 6 2 0 0 1.000 10.29   0.0
    2B 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1987 29 BAL AL 3B 153 148 1320.3 75 251 26 27 .926 2.22   3.0
    2B 2 0 5.0 3 2 1 0 .833 9.00   0.0
1988 30 BAL AL 3B 152 148 1334.0 78 271 31 24 .918 2.35   3.7
    2B 1 1 9.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.00   0.1
1989 31 BAL AL 3B 125 125 1119.0 65 208 19 20 .935 2.20   2.8
    2B 4 0 7.7 2 7 0 1 1.000 10.57   0.1
    1B 1 0 4.0 5 0 1 0 .833 11.25   0.0
1990 32 BAL AL 3B 153 147 1317.7 95 257 29 20 .924 2.40   3.9
    2B 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  3B 1616 1576 14100.8 925 3103 291 269 .933 2.57   38.2
  2B 25 4 84.3 21 41 1 10 .984 6.62   0.6
  1B 13 0 28.7 29 3 1 2 .970 10.03   0.0
Career Totals   1654 1580 14213.8 975 3147 293 281 .934 2.61   38.8
Career Highs   155 149 1343.0 102 331 31 43 .979 2.96    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1980 22 DET AL 17 66 13 16 3 2 3 12 0 0 7 12 .242 .311 .485 .796
1981 23 DET AL 19 75 7 23 5 0 2 9 0 0 4 3 .307 .338 .453 .791
1982 24 DET AL 7 25 4 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 1 .240 .387 .320 .707
1983 25 DET AL 7 30 3 5 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 1 .167 .194 .367 .560
1986 28 BAL AL 6 22 2 7 6 0 0 7 0 0 3 2 .318 .400 .591 .991
1987 29 BAL AL 13 49 6 8 2 0 1 5 0 0 8 9 .163 .281 .265 .546
1988 30 BAL AL 17 68 14 19 8 1 0 11 0 0 8 9 .279 .355 .426 .782
1989 31 BAL AL 5 20 2 6 1 0 1 6 0 0 2 5 .300 .364 .500 .864
1990 32 BAL AL 9 33 4 12 3 0 1 5 0 0 7 10 .364 .475 .545 1.020
Career Post-Season Batting 100 388 55 102 30 3 10 62 0 0 46 52 .263 .339 .433 .772
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1980-5-.322
 On-Base Pct
1987-9-.378
 Slugging Pct
1980-1-.572
1983-3-.550
1986-2-.553
1987-3-.538
1988-6-.533
 OPS
1980-1-.946
1983-4-.900
1986-2-.901
1987-2-.917
1988-6-.897
 XR
1980-1-110.7
1983-6-98.9
1986-8-93.5
1987-2-108.7
1988-7-105.9
 Games
1984-4-157
1987-2-156
1990-7-155
At-Bats
1982-4-618
1990-7-593
 Runs
1980-5-99
1983-7-96
1987-4-106
 Hits
1980-4-194
 Total Bases
1980-1-345
1983-3-312
1986-9-285
1987-4-309
1988-5-309
 Doubles
1980-2-40
1987-3-48
1988-9-42
 Triples
1990-10-6
Homeruns
1979-6-24
1980-3-33
1983-3-37
1986-2-34
1987-6-30
1988-6-33
 RBIs
1979-7-98
1980-1-116
1981-5-110
1982-10-89
1983-4-113
1986-2-113
1987-1-126
1988-2-118
 Walks
1987-3-86
1988-10-77
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 103    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 41    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Wally Post (909)
  2. Bobby Thomson (901)
  3. Fred Lynn (900)
  4. Sal Bando (900)
  5. Rocky Colavito (897)
  6. Sid Gordon (895)
  7. George Scott (892)
  8. John Milner (884)
  9. Bill Serena (882)
  10. Tony Perez (880)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Detroit in 1978
Had first career hit (double) on 9/1/1978, off Mike Stanton (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 9/1/1978, off Mike Stanton (OAK)
Injured on 4/17/1980 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/11/1980
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1980, hitting .337 with 11 HR, 30 RBI
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1980, hitting .370 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1980, hitting .369 with 5 HR, 17 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1980, hitting .321 with 6 HR, 23 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1980, hitting .322 with 33 HR, 116 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/1981, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/9/1981, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,750,000 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (N) on 9/12/1982
10/3/1982: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Tampa Bay on 5/20/1983
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Traded from Detroit to Baltimore on 7/31/1984 (Going to DET: CF Mike Brown, CF John Hale, P John Fulgham. Going to BAL: 3B Bob Horner, P Sandy Wihtol)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/23/1985, hitting .400 with 5 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/6/1986, hitting .500 with 5 HR, 10 RBI
Injured on 5/7/1986 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks
Hit 3 homeruns against Boston (A), driving in 8 runs on 8/8/1986
9/1/1986: Signed a contract extension with Baltimore, $7,200,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1986, hitting .423 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1987, hitting .526 with 2 HR, 2 RBI
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Hit 3 homeruns against Colorado, driving in 7 runs on 8/21/1987
Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/1988, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1988, hitting .347 with 8 HR, 22 RBI
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Indianapolis on 8/10/1988
Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/1988, hitting .308 with 5 HR, 17 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 6/16/1989
10/3/1989: Signed a contract extension with Baltimore, $3,750,000 per year, for 4 years
 
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