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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	DET		BOS	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
2	2	Apr 18	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
3	3	Apr 19	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
4	4	Apr 20	DET	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	5	Apr 22	DET	@	MIL	W,8-2	GS	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
6	6	Apr 23	DET	@	MIL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
7	7	Apr 25	DET	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
8	9 (1)	Apr 28	DET		CHW	W,12-0	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
9	10	Apr 29	DET		CHW	W,6-1	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	11	Apr 30	DET		CHW	L,3-6	GS	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	12	May 2	DET		KCR	L,3-6	GS	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
12	13	May 3	DET		KCR	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	14	May 5	DET		TEX	L,1-2	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
14	15	May 6	DET		TEX	W,4-1	GS	17	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
15	17 (1)	May 9	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	19 (1)	May 13	DET	@	KCR	W,3-1	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
17	20	May 14 (1)	DET	@	KCR	W,3-2	GS	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF LF
18	21	May 14 (2)	DET	@	KCR	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
19	22	May 15	DET		BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
20	23	May 16	DET		BAL	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
21	24	May 17	DET		BAL	W,6-1	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF LF
22	25	May 18	DET		BOS	W,7-2	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
23	27 (1)	May 20	DET		CLE	L,1-2	GS	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF LF
24	28	May 21	DET		CLE	W,5-0	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	47 (18)	Jun 11	DET		OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
26	49 (1)	Jun 13	DET	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	51 (1)	Jun 16	DET	@	CAL	W,3-0	GS	29	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF LF
28	52	Jun 17	DET	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	54 (1)	Jun 19	DET	@	OAK	L,4-7	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF LF
30	55	Jun 20	DET	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	56	Jun 21	DET	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	57	Jun 24 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
33	58	Jun 24 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS	23	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
34	60 (1)	Jun 26	DET		NYY	W,4-3	GS	23	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
35	61	Jun 27	DET		NYY	W,5-2	GS	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	64 (2)	Jun 30	DET		BAL	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	65	Jul 1	DET		BAL	W,2-0	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
38	66	Jul 2	DET		BAL	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
39	68 (1)	Jul 4	DET	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	69	Jul 5	DET	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	70	Jul 6	DET	@	KCR	W,7-0	GS	17	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	74 (3)	Jul 9 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	75	Jul 10	DET		TEX	W,8-3	GF	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
44	76	Jul 11	DET		TEX	W,6-5	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	77	Jul 12	DET		TEX	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
46	78	Jul 13	DET		KCR	W,6-4	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
47	79	Jul 14	DET		KCR	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	80	Jul 15	DET		KCR	W,5-3	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	81	Jul 16	DET		KCR	W,2-0	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	82	Jul 17	DET		CHW	W,3-1	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	83	Jul 18	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
52	84	Jul 19	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
53	85	Jul 20	DET	@	TEX	W,5-1	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	86	Jul 21	DET	@	TEX	W,3-1	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
55	87	Jul 22	DET	@	TEX	W,6-2	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	89 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	DET	@	MIL	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	90	Jul 27 (2)	DET	@	MIL	W,8-5	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
58	91	Jul 28	DET	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	LF
59	92	Jul 29	DET	@	MIL	L,3-8	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	100 (7)	Aug 5	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS	45	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
61	101	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
62	102	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
63	103	Aug 8	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
64	104	Aug 9 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
65	105	Aug 9 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
66	106	Aug 10	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
67	107	Aug 11	DET		CLE	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
68	109 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	110	Aug 13 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-9	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
70	111	Aug 15	DET		MIN	L,6-7	CG	58	13.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
71	114 (2)	Aug 18	DET		CAL	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
72	115	Aug 19	DET		CAL	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
73	116	Aug 20	DET		CAL	W,11-9	GS	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
74	118 (1)	Aug 22	DET		OAK	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
75	119	Aug 23	DET		OAK	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
76	120	Aug 26	DET	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	44	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
77	121	Aug 27 (1)	DET	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	50	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
78	122	Aug 27 (2)	DET	@	MIN	W,1-0	CG	39	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
79	123	Aug 29	DET	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
80	125 (1)	Aug 31	DET	@	CAL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	126	Sep 1	DET	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
82	127	Sep 2	DET	@	OAK	W,3-1	GS	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
83	129 (1)	Sep 4	DET		CLE	W,2-1	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	130	Sep 5	DET		CLE	W,4-2	GS	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
85	132 (1)	Sep 7	DET	@	BAL	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
86	134 (1)	Sep 9	DET		NYY	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
87	138 (3)	Sep 13	DET		BAL	W,6-5	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
88	143 (4)	Sep 19 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
89	145 (1)	Sep 21	DET	@	BOS	W,10-3	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
90	146	Sep 22	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
91	149 (2)	Sep 27	DET		NYY	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
92	150	Sep 28	DET		NYY	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
93	151	Sep 29	DET		MIL	W,12-5	GS	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
94	152	Sep 30	DET		MIL	W,13-4	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
95	153	Oct 1	DET		MIL	W,5-1	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
96	154	Oct 2	DET		BOS	W,4-1	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
97	155	Oct 3	DET		BOS	W,3-1	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
98	156	Oct 4	DET		BOS	L,1-4	GS	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
							110gm		746.1	134	5	0	139	0