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Willie Horton

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Full Name: William Wattison Horton Primary Position: OF,LF,DH
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/209 First Game: September 10, 1963
Birthdate: October 18, 1942 Final Game: October 5, 1980
Birthplace: Arno, Virginia MLB Experience: 18 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Willie Horton (William Wattison Horton) was born on October 18, 1942 in Arno, Virginia. He made his Major League debut on September 10, 1963 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1965, his rookie year, he hit .273 with 29 home runs and 104 RBI. Horton played for the Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians and Seattle Mariners over the course of his 18 year career.

Most people believe that Willie Horton's best season was 1979, when he slugged 29 home runs, hit for a .279 average and knocked in 106 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1963 DET A 15 43 6 14 1 4 .326 .326 .488 2 1 0 8 0 0 2 0 0
1964 DET A 25 80 6 13 1 10 .162 .272 .287 1 3 11 20 1 0 0 2 0
1965 DET A 143 512 69 140 29 104 .273 .340 .490 20 2 48 101 6 2 5 9 12
1966 DET A 146 526 72 138 27 100 .262 .321 .481 22 6 44 103 3 2 1 4 11
1967 DET A 122 401 47 110 19 67 .274 .338 .481 20 3 36 80 4 1 0 0 12
1968 DET A 143 512 68 146 36 85 .285 .352 .543 20 2 49 110 8 2 0 8 14
1969 DET A 141 508 66 133 28 91 .262 .332 .465 17 1 52 93 3 1 3 10 8
1970 DET A 96 371 53 113 17 69 .305 .354 .501 18 2 28 43 2 0 0 6 7
1971 DET A 119 450 64 130 22 72 .289 .349 .496 25 1 37 75 7 0 1 8 15
1972 DET A 108 333 44 77 11 36 .231 .293 .387 9 5 27 47 3 2 0 5 8
1973 DET A 111 411 42 130 17 53 .316 .362 .501 19 3 23 57 7 1 1 5 14
1974 DET A 72 238 32 71 15 47 .298 .361 .529 8 1 21 36 3 0 0 3 6
1975 DET A 159 615 62 169 25 92 .275 .319 .421 13 1 44 109 0 0 1 11 18
1976 DET A 114 401 40 105 14 56 .262 .342 .409 17 0 49 63 2 0 0 7 16
1977 TEX A 139 519 55 150 15 75 .289 .337 .432 23 3 42 117 0 0 2 5 15
1977 DET A 1 4 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 TOT A 140 523 55 151 15 75 .289 .337 .430 23 3 42 117 0 0 2 5 15
1978 TOR A 33 122 12 25 3 19 .205 .228 .328 6 0 4 29 0 0 0 0 6
1978 OAK A 32 102 11 32 3 19 .314 .369 .480 8 0 9 15 0 1 0 2 1
1978 CLE A 50 169 15 42 5 22 .249 .314 .379 7 0 15 25 1 1 3 4 7
1978 TOT A 115 393 38 99 11 60 .252 .303 .389 21 0 28 69 1 2 3 6 14
1979 SEA A 162 646 77 180 29 106 .279 .326 .458 19 5 42 112 4 2 1 4 20
1980 SEA A 97 335 32 74 8 36 .221 .306 .328 10 1 39 70 4 2 0 2 5
Total 2028 7298 873 1993 325 1163 .273 .332 .457 284 40 620 1313 58 17 20 95 195

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1963 DET A OF 9 9 78 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 DET A LF 8 8 69 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 DET A RF 1 1 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 DET A OF 23 21 191.1 33 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1964 DET A LF 20 19 168.2 29 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .935
1964 DET A RF 3 2 22.2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1965 DET A OF 141 138 1215 249 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1965 DET A 3B 1 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1965 DET A LF 111 106 935.2 202 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1965 DET A RF 34 32 279.1 42 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1966 DET A RF 20 12 120 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1966 DET A OF 137 133 1192.1 233 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1966 DET A LF 129 121 1072.1 198 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1967 DET A RF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1967 DET A OF 110 108 820 165 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1967 DET A LF 109 108 819 163 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1968 DET A OF 139 137 1200.1 212 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1968 DET A LF 139 137 1200.1 203 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1969 DET A RF 4 4 32 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .889
1969 DET A OF 136 135 1161.2 272 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1969 DET A LF 134 131 1129.2 266 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1970 DET A RF 4 4 30 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1970 DET A OF 96 96 844 154 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1970 DET A LF 94 92 814 142 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1971 DET A RF 28 24 175 33 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1971 DET A OF 118 116 1012 176 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1971 DET A LF 107 92 837 143 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1972 DET A RF 30 28 202 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 DET A OF 98 93 746.1 131 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 DET A LF 80 65 544.1 93 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1973 DET A DH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1973 DET A OF 108 106 840.1 160 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 .942
1973 DET A RF 1 1 8.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1973 DET A LF 107 105 832 161 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 .942
1974 DET A LF 64 64 522 107 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .948
1974 DET A DH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1974 DET A OF 64 64 522 106 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .947
1975 DET A DH 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1976 DET A DH 105 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1977 TEX A DH 128 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1977 TEX A LF 10 9 73 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1977 TEX A OF 10 9 73 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1977 DET A OF 1 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 DET A LF 1 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 TOT A LF 11 10 82 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .941
1977 TOT A OF 11 10 82 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .941
1978 TOR A DH 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1978 OAK A OF 1 0 3.2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
1978 OAK A DH 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1978 OAK A LF 1 0 3.2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
1978 CLE A DH 48 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1978 TOT A DH 105 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 SEA A DH 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1980 SEA A DH 92 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total DH 753 746 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 126 108 879.1 169 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .983
Total LF 1114 1058 9029.2 1735 54 55 9 0 0 0 0 0 .970
Total 3B 1 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 1191 1166 9909 1921 58 58 8 0 0 0 0 0 .972

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (August 7, 1961).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers to Texas Rangers in exchange for Steve Foucault (April 12, 1977).
  • Traded by Texas Rangers with David Clyde to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Tom Buskey and John Lowenstein (February 28, 1978).
  • Released by Cleveland Indians (July 3, 1978).
  • Signed by Oakland Athletics (July 13, 1978).
  • Traded by Oakland Athletics with Phil Huffman to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Rico Carty (August 15, 1978).
  • Granted free agency (December 2, 1978).
  • Signed by Seattle Mariners (January 27, 1979).
  • Granted free agency (December 1, 1979).
  • Signed by Seattle Mariners (December 20, 1979).
  • Traded by Seattle Mariners with Rick Honeycutt, Mario Mendoza, Larry Cox and Leon Roberts to Texas Rangers in exchange for Richie Zisk, Rick Auerbach, Ken Clay, Jerry Gleaton, Brian Allard and Steve Finch (December 12, 1980).
  • Released by Texas Rangers (April 1, 1981).
  • Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (May 4, 1981).

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