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Ricky Horton
Ricky Neal Horton

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.
School University of Virginia

Debut April 7, 1984
  vs. SFG 2.3 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER
Final Game July 23, 1990
Born July 30, 1959 in Poughkeepsie, NY

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1984 24 STL NL   9   4  37  18   1   1   7  1  125.7  140   53   48  14   39   76   1   5   537   2   6  3.44  3.52  102 1.424
 1985 25 STL NL   3   2  49   3   0   0  10  1   89.7   84   30   29   5   34   59   3   3   382  13   2  2.91  3.56  122 1.316
 1986 26 STL NL   4   3  42   9   1   0  12  3  100.3   77   25   25   7   26   49   1   1   387   7   0  2.24  3.69  164 1.027
 1987 27 STL NL   8   3  67   6   0   0  24  7  125.0  127   58   53  15   42   55   0   3   533  10   4  3.82  4.17  109 1.352
 1988 28 TOT      7  11  64   9   1   0  13  2  118.3  131   71   64   8   38   36   5   0   512   4   3  4.87  3.93   81 1.428
         CHW AL   6  10  52   9   1   0  12  2  109.3  120   64   59   6   36   28   5   0   471   4   3  4.86  3.98   82 1.427
         LAD NL   1   1  12   0   0   0   1  0    9.0   11    7    5   2    2    8   0   0    41   0   0  5.00  3.35   67 1.444
 1989 29 TOT NL   0   3  34   8   0   0   7  0   72.3   85   39   39   3   21   26   4   0   314   4   0  4.85  3.54   73 1.465
         LAD NL   0   0  23   0   0   0   6  0   26.7   35   15   15   1   11   12   1   0   120   2   0  5.06  3.43   68 1.725
         STL NL   0   3  11   8   0   0   1  0   45.7   50   24   24   2   10   14   3   0   194   2   0  4.73  3.61   76 1.314
 1990 30 STL NL   1   1  32   0   0   0   8  1   42.0   52   25   23   3   22   18   1   1   193   7   1  4.93  3.80   77 1.762
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .542  32  27 325  53   3   1  81 15  673.3  696  301  281  55  222  319  15  13  2858  47  16  3.76  3.76  100 1.363
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5   4  58   9   0   0  14  2  121.0  125   54   50   9   39   57   2   2   514   8   2  3.76  3.76  100 1.363
 Career High      9  11  67  18   1   1  24  7  125.7  140   71   64  15   42   76   5   5   537  13   6  2.24  4.17  164 1.027

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1984 24 STL NL  39   31    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  13  .065  .094  .065  -54    2   6   0   0   0   0
 1985 25 STL NL  49   16    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   5  .063  .211  .063  -20    1   2   0   0   0   0
 1986 26 STL NL  42   18    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   5   3  .056  .261  .056   -7    1   2   0   0   0   0
 1987 27 STL NL  68   29    2    5   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   9  .172  .200  .207    8    6   0   0   0   0   0
 1989 29 TOT NL  34   12    0    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .250  .250  .333   64    4   2   0   0   0   0
         LAD NL  23    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         STL NL  11   11    0    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .273  .273  .364   79    4   2   0   0   0   0
 1990 30 STL NL  32    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      328  110    5   12   2  0   0    0   0  0  10  33  .109  .183  .127  -12   14  13   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         54    2    6   1  0   0    0   0  0   5  16  .109  .183  .127  -12    7   6   0   0   0   0
 Career High     68   31    2    5   1  0   0    0   0  0   5  13                           6   6   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1984 24 STL NL   38   35    0   0.0    92| .065  .261| .094  .326| .065  .379| .159  .705| -54  .000  -6.4  -0.7   0%
 1985 25 STL NL   21   17    1   1.6    95| .063  .260| .211  .328| .063  .388| .274  .715| -20  .144  -2.6  -0.3   0%
 1986 26 STL NL   25   19    1   1.4    97| .056  .261| .261  .331| .056  .394| .317  .726|  -7  .115  -2.6  -0.3   0%
 1987 27 STL NL   30   24    1   1.1   108| .172  .271| .200  .341| .207  .423| .407  .764|   8  .066  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1989 29 TOT NL   14   11    1   2.5    93| .250  .257| .250  .325| .333  .383| .583  .707|  64  .286  -0.6   0.0   0%
         LAD NL    1    1    0   0.0    90| .000  .253| .000  .320| .000  .376| .000  .696|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         STL NL   13   10    1   2.7    93| .273  .257| .273  .325| .364  .383| .637  .708|  79  .322  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1990 30 STL NL    5    5    0   0.0    98| .000  .264| .000  .330| .000  .397| .000  .728|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       133  111    4   1.0    98| .109  .263| .183  .331| .127  .395| .310  .727| -12  .061 -17.2  -1.8   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1984 24 STL NL P 37 5 35 3 3 .930 .955 1.08 0.67 2.86 1.88 18 125.7 1985 25 STL NL P 49 9 21 2 0 .938 .952 0.61 0.68 3.01 1.92 3 89.7 1986 26 STL NL P 42 4 24 0 3 1.000 .956 0.67 0.66 2.51 1.94 9 100.3 1987 27 STL NL P 67 12 31 2 2 .956 .956 0.64 0.62 3.10 1.91 6 125.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1988 28 TOT P 64 5 27 2 4 .941 .961 0.50 0.67 2.43 1.80 9 118.3 CHW AL P 52 5 23 2 4 .933 .962 0.54 0.67 2.31 1.78 9 109.3 LAD NL P 12 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.69 4.00 2.00 0 9.0 1989 29 TOT NL P 34 2 13 0 2 1.000 .943 0.44 0.63 1.86 1.86 8 72.4 LAD NL P 23 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 0.22 0.63 1.69 1.85 0 26.7 STL NL P 11 1 9 0 2 1.000 .943 0.91 0.63 1.97 1.87 8 45.7 1990 30 STL NL P 32 2 14 0 2 1.000 .958 0.50 0.58 3.43 1.80 0 42.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1987 27 STL NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1984 24 STL NL P 37 5 35 3 3 .930 .955 1.08 0.67 2.86 1.88 18 125.7 1985 25 STL NL P 49 9 21 2 0 .938 .952 0.61 0.68 3.01 1.92 3 89.7 1986 26 STL NL P 42 4 24 0 3 1.000 .956 0.67 0.66 2.51 1.94 9 100.3 1987 27 STL NL P 67 12 31 2 2 .956 .956 0.64 0.62 3.10 1.91 6 125.0 1988 28 TOT P 64 5 27 2 4 .941 .961 0.50 0.67 2.43 1.80 9 118.3 CHW AL P 52 5 23 2 4 .933 .962 0.54 0.67 2.31 1.78 9 109.3 LAD NL P 12 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.69 4.00 2.00 0 9.0 1989 29 TOT NL P 34 2 13 0 2 1.000 .943 0.44 0.63 1.86 1.86 8 72.4 LAD NL P 23 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 0.22 0.63 1.69 1.85 0 26.7 STL NL P 11 1 9 0 2 1.000 .943 0.91 0.63 1.97 1.87 8 45.7 1990 30 STL NL P 32 2 14 0 2 1.000 .958 0.50 0.58 3.43 1.80 0 42.0 1987 27 STL NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 325 39 165 9 16 .958 .955 0.63 0.65 2.73 1.88 53 673.3 RF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 326 39 165 9 16 .958 .955 0.63 0.65 2.72 1.88 53 674
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1985   NLCS  STL LAD     W   3   0   9.00  0  0  0  0   3     4   3   2   1 
        WS    STL KCR     L   3   0   6.75  0  0  0  0   4     4   3   5   5 
 1987   NLCS  STL SFG     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   3     2   0   0   2 
        WS    STL MIN     L   2   0   6.00  0  0  0  0   3     5   2   0   1 
 1988   NLCS  LAD NYM     W   4   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   4.1   4   0   2   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Champ Series     3-0   8   0   2.61  0  0  0  0  10.1  10   3   4   6 
  2 World Series        0-2   5   0   6.43  0  0  0  0   7     9   5   5   6 
  5 Postseason Ser      3-2  13   0   4.15  0  0  0  0  17.1  19   8   9  12 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1985   NLCS  STL LAD     W   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    STL KCR     L   3   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1987   NLCS  STL SFG     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    STL MIN     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1988   NLCS  LAD NYM     W   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Champ Series     3-0   8   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  2 World Series        0-2   5   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
  5 Postseason Series   3-2  13   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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Transactions 

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 20th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

February 9, 1988: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Lance Johnson and cash to the Chicago White Sox for Jose DeLeon.

August 30, 1988: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Shawn Hillegas.

July 16, 1989: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

July 20, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

July 25, 1990: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

August 10, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

September 5, 1990: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985St. Louis Cardinals$110,000
1986St. Louis Cardinals$275,000
1987St. Louis Cardinals$410,000
1988Chicago White Sox$532,500
1989Los Angeles Dodgers$68,000
1990St. Louis Cardinals$120,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,515,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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