Bob Horner RIP

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Horner spent nine of his 10 MLB seasons in Atlanta, with the other coming in St. Louis, where he wound up wrapping his playing career with the Cardinals after one season in Japan. He switched between third and first base throughout his decade in MLB, but he mostly played at the hot corner. It was there that he started 88 games as a rookie in his age-20 season.

...he won NL Rookie of the Year, piling up 23 home runs and 63 RBI while posting an .852 OPS, which ended up being the third-best mark of his career in that category. Horner made his lone All-Star appearance in 1982. That year, he recorded one of his three 30-plus-homer campaigns. He smashed 32 home runs and logged 97 RBI, and the Braves reached the NLCS.

He also eclipsed the 30-homer barrier in 1979 and 1980, maxing out with 35 big flies in ’80, his third season in the majors. All said and done, Horner clocked out with 218 home runs in 1,020 career games during a career that, at times, was limited by injury.

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Man, I really thought he'd died already.

The only reason i know is because i lived in NC back then, but for whatever reason he had a seafood/bbq joint in Raleigh for a few years. Not sure if he was involved or someone just asked if they could use his name.

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Man, I really thought he'd died already.

The only reason i know is because i lived in NC back then, but for whatever reason he had a seafood/bbq joint in Raleigh for a few years. Not sure if he was involved or someone just asked if they could use his name.

Captain Bob Horner's!

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Man, I really thought he'd died already.

The only reason i know is because i lived in NC back then, but for whatever reason he had a seafood/bbq joint in Raleigh for a few years. Not sure if he was involved or someone just asked if they could use his name.

Captain Bob Horner's!

I went looking on the internet and found exactly one reference to it - some guy on a Raleigh Facebook going "anyone remember Capt Bob Horner's?".

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Man, I really thought he'd died already.

The only reason i know is because i lived in NC back then, but for whatever reason he had a seafood/bbq joint in Raleigh for a few years. Not sure if he was involved or someone just asked if they could use his name.

Captain Bob Horner's!

I went looking on the internet and found exactly one reference to it - some guy on a Raleigh Facebook going "anyone remember Capt Bob Horner's?".

I only know about it because my Dad drove over the road back then and told us about it. No idea if they just used Horner's name or if he was an investor/owner.

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