Joe Horlen

Full Name: Joel Edward Horlen	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/170	First Game: September 4, 1961
Birthdate: August 14, 1937	Final Game: October 4, 1972
Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on August 14, 1937 in San Antonio, Texas, Joe Horlen (Joel Edward Horlen) played for the Chicago White Sox and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 12 year career. Horlen broke into the bigs on September 4, 1961 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 4.89 ERA in 108.2 innings pitched in 1962, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Joe Horlen's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1967, when he posted a 2.06 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 103 batters. However, others believe that it was 1964, when he posted a 1.88 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 138 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1961	CHI	A	5	4	1	3	6.62	11	15	13	0	0	0	17.2	25	2	13	0	2	0
1962	CHI	A	20	19	7	6	4.89	63	62	59	5	1	0	108.2	108	10	43	2	3	2
1963	CHI	A	33	21	11	7	3.27	61	50	45	3	0	0	124	122	10	55	8	3	2
1964	CHI	A	32	28	13	9	1.88	138	54	44	9	2	0	210.2	142	11	55	4	4	4
1965	CHI	A	34	34	13	13	2.88	125	88	70	7	4	0	219	203	16	39	9	8	3
1966	CHI	A	37	29	10	13	2.43	124	64	57	4	2	1	211	185	14	53	11	14	6
1967	CHI	A	35	35	19	7	2.06	103	66	59	13	6	0	258	188	13	58	4	5	4
1968	CHI	A	35	35	12	14	2.37	102	75	59	4	1	0	223.2	197	16	70	7	6	14
1969	CHI	A	36	35	13	16	3.78	121	105	99	7	2	0	235.2	237	20	77	10	9	5
1970	CHI	A	28	26	6	16	4.86	77	99	93	4	0	0	172.1	198	18	41	4	7	4
1971	CHI	A	34	18	8	9	4.26	82	72	65	3	0	2	137.1	150	12	30	2	3	5
1972	OAK	A	32	6	3	4	3.00	58	33	28	0	0	1	84	74	3	20	4	4	4
Total			361	290	116	117	3.11	1065	783	691	59	18	4	2002	1829	145	554	65	68	53

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1961	CHI	A	P	5	4	17.2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	CHI	A	P	20	19	108.2	10	28	1	0	0	6	3	0	.974
1963	CHI	A	P	33	21	124	4	30	0	0	1	3	6	0	1.000
1964	CHI	A	P	32	28	210.2	14	46	0	3	1	7	3	1	1.000
1965	CHI	A	P	34	34	218	10	41	3	0	4	10	5	0	.944
1966	CHI	A	P	37	29	211	25	57	3	5	1	15	4	0	.965
1967	CHI	A	P	35	35	258	29	53	0	4	0	12	9	0	1.000
1968	CHI	A	P	35	35	223.2	14	47	3	3	0	12	15	0	.953
1969	CHI	A	P	36	35	235.2	13	32	3	0	4	20	6	0	.938
1970	CHI	A	P	28	26	172.1	22	42	1	1	0	20	5	1	.985
1971	CHI	A	P	34	18	137.1	10	27	2	0	0	7	9	2	.949
1972	OAK	A	P	32	6	84	5	15	0	0	2	6	8	1	1.000
Total			P	361	290	2001	159	421	16	17	13	118	73	5	.973

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1961	CHI	A	5	7	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2
1962	CHI	A	20	38	1	2	0	.053	.100	.053	0	0	2	11	0	4	0	0
1963	CHI	A	33	40	2	9	3	.225	.244	.225	0	0	1	9	0	2	0	1
1964	CHI	A	32	69	2	11	5	.159	.183	.159	0	0	2	11	0	8	0	0
1965	CHI	A	34	68	0	9	2	.132	.192	.147	1	0	5	12	0	8	0	0
1966	CHI	A	64	60	6	4	1	.067	.095	.067	0	0	2	12	0	4	1	1
1967	CHI	A	51	83	8	14	5	.169	.186	.181	1	0	1	14	1	8	0	1
1968	CHI	A	41	67	2	7	3	.104	.143	.134	0	1	3	13	0	5	0	1
1969	CHI	A	36	77	4	14	5	.182	.182	.195	1	0	0	22	0	7	0	1
1970	CHI	A	28	52	2	6	1	.115	.148	.135	1	0	2	14	0	5	0	2
1971	CHI	A	35	40	1	4	1	.100	.098	.100	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0
1972	OAK	A	32	17	1	3	0	.176	.176	.176	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1
Total			411	618	29	83	26	.134	.159	.144	4	1	18	127	1	54	1	10

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago White Sox (1959).
Released by Chicago White Sox (April 2, 1972).
Signed by Oakland Athletics (April 19, 1972).
Released by Oakland Athletics (December 27, 1972).

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