Bob Horner
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James Robert Horner was an American 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 198
Horner with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1988
Horner with the Atlanta Braves circa 1980
Golden Spikes Award
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The Golden Spikes Award is bestowed annually to the best amateur baseball player in the United States. The award, created by USA Baseball and sponsored by the Major League Baseball Players Association
Bob Horner
…Series. His college career at Arizona State University culminated with Horner again being named a First Team All-American and the first winner of the Golden Spikes Award, college baseball's equivalent of the Heisman Trophy. Overall, at ASU, Horner batted .383 with a then-NCAA and still-standing ASU record 56 home runs…
Jered Weaver, the 2004 recipient, is one of three award winners to pitch a no-hitter.
Tim Lincecum, the 2006 winner, received the Cy Young Award in 2008 and 2009.