Willie Horton

Positions: Leftfielder and Designated Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 209lb (180cm, 94kg)

Born: October 18, 1942 in Arno, VA us

High School: Northwestern HS (Detroit, MI)

Debut: September 10, 1963 (Age 20-327d, 12,160th in major league history)
vs. WSA 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 1980 (Age 37-353d)
vs. TEX 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: William Wattison Horton

Nicknames: Willie the Wonder or The Ancient Mariner

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.4

7298

1993

325

.273

873

RBI

1163

OBP

.332

SLG

.457

OPS

.789

OPS+

120

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	9-15 / in Starts: 9-11
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	24 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 92 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	67 (29-24-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 92 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	54 (28-17-8)

Most Driven In
A Kaline	3
B Freehan	2
J Northrup	1
J Lumpe	1
D Wert	1
D Demeter	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
B Freehan	2
Self	1
G Thomas	1
M Lolich	1
D McAuliffe	0

1964 Batting Game Log

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1964 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	16	2 (1)	Apr 17	DET		LAA	L,3-8	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	1.32	0.063	2.91	0.08%	1.00	PH LF
2	17	3	Apr 18	DET		LAA	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	6	.67	-0.023	1.37	-0.03%	-0.27	LF
3	18	4	Apr 19 (1)	DET		MIN	L,3-12	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	6	.21	-0.020	.45	-0.03%	-0.60	LF
4	19	5	Apr 19 (2)	DET		MIN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.545	.879	5	.92	0.182	1.88	0.22%	1.92	LF
5	20	6	Apr 21	DET	@	LAA	W,6-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.294	.400	.694	5	1.72	-0.055	3.93	-0.08%	-0.70	LF
6	21	7	Apr 22	DET	@	LAA	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.238	.316	.554	6	1.81	-0.181	4.55	-0.27%	-1.03	LF
7	22	8	Apr 24	DET	@	MIN	W,5-0	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.308	.318	.626	6	.60	0.032	1.48	0.05%	0.71	LF
8	23	10 (1)	Apr 26	DET	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.290	.296	.587	6	1.36	-0.110	3.85	-0.19%	-0.81	LF
9	24	11	Apr 28	DET	@	KCA	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.281	.286	.567	9	.04	-0.001	.10	0.00%	-0.10	PH
10	25	12	Apr 29	DET	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG(10)	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.297	.258	.555	5	1.27	-0.048	2.96	-0.07%	-0.05	LF
11	26	13	Apr 30	DET	@	KCA	L,3-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.268	.229	.497	5	.24	-0.025	.63	-0.04%	-0.94	LF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	27	14	May 2	DET	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.289	.237	.526	6	.79	0.059	1.85	0.08%	0.53	LF
13	28	15	May 3	DET	@	BOS	L,7-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.265	.214	.480	6	.67	-0.092	1.79	-0.15%	-1.19	LF
14	29	16	May 5	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.264	.217	.482	5	2.00	0.187	4.93	0.28%	0.35	LF
15	30	17	May 6	DET		BOS	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.246	.200	.446	5	.36	-0.035	.80	-0.05%	-0.68	LF
16	31	18	May 7	DET		BOS	L,3-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.137	.241	.196	.437	9	1.00	-0.024	2.37	-0.04%	-0.15	PH
17	32	20 (1)	May 9	DET		BAL	L,6-7	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.145	.254	.200	.454	6	2.27	-0.008	4.28	-0.01%	0.31	LF
18	33	21	May 10 (1)	DET		BAL	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.239	.186	.425	6	3.76	-0.361	6.95	-0.40%	-1.33	LF
19	34	23 (1)	May 12	DET		NYY	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.268	.274	.542	6	.50	0.105	.68	0.09%	2.23	LF
20	35	24	May 13	DET		NYY	T,1-1	CG(6)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.274	.281	.555	6	1.71	0.101	2.68	0.10%	0.76	LF
21	36	25	May 14	DET		NYY	W,7-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.282	.279	.561	7	1.74	0.131	2.78	0.13%	0.05	LF
22	37	26	May 15	DET		CLE	L,6-10	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.277	.264	.541	6	1.86	-0.088	3.04	-0.09%	-0.55	RF
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	38	158 (131)	Sep 30 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.279	.257	.536	6	.73	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.13	LF
24	39	162 (3)	Oct 2	DET	@	BAL	L,4-10	5-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.276	.253	.529	1	.22	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.21	RF
25	40	163	Oct 3	DET	@	BAL	L,6-7	CG(10)	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.272	.288	.559	4	1.26	0.056	.00	0.00%	0.95	RF
							9-15		92	80	6	13	1	3	1	10	11	2	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.163	.272	.288	.559		1.26	-0.173	2.44	-0.41%	0.09

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