Joe Horlen
Joel Edward Horlen
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 14, 1937 in San Antonio, TX
High School: Burbank (Burbank, TX)
School: Oklahoma State University
Signed
by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1961
Final Game: October 4, 1972
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1961 23 CHW AL 5 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 2 0 1 0 0 /1
1962 24 CHW AL 20 44 38 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .053 .100 .053 .153 -57 2 0 0 4 0 0 1
1963 25 CHW AL 33 43 40 2 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 9 .225 .244 .225 .469 34 9 1 0 2 0 0 1
1964 26 CHW AL 32 79 69 2 11 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 11 .159 .183 .159 .343 -2 11 0 0 8 0 0 1 MVP-21
1965 27 CHW AL 34 81 68 0 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 12 .132 .192 .147 .339 1 10 0 0 8 0 0 1
1966 28 CHW AL 64 67 60 6 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 12 .067 .095 .067 .162 -51 4 1 0 4 1 0 1
1967 29 CHW AL 51 94 83 8 14 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 14 .169 .186 .181 .367 13 15 1 1 8 1 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-4
1968 30 CHW AL 41 75 67 2 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 13 .104 .143 .134 .277 -17 9 1 0 5 0 0 1
1969 31 CHW AL 36 84 77 4 14 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 22 .182 .182 .195 .377 3 15 1 0 7 0 0 1
1970 32 CHW AL 28 59 52 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 .115 .148 .135 .283 -22 7 2 0 5 0 0 1
1971 33 CHW AL 36 43 40 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .100 .098 .100 .198 -45 4 0 0 2 1 0 1
1972 34 OAK AL 32 17 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .176 .176 .176 .353 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Seasons 412 694 618 29 83 4 1 0 26 1 1 18 127 .134 .159 .144 .303 -12 89 10 1 54 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 273 243 11 33 2 0 0 10 0 0 7 50 .134 .159 .144 .303 -12 35 4 0 21 1 0
CHW (11 yrs) 380 677 601 28 80 4 1 0 26 1 1 18 123 .133 .159 .143 .302 -13 86 9 1 54 3 0
OAK (1 yr) 32 17 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .176 .176 .176 .353 8 3 1 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1961 23 CHW AL 8 10 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .263 .000 .338 .000 .409 .000 .747 -100 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1962 24 CHW AL 44 40 0 0.0 103 .074 .053 .263 .100 .335 .053 .410 .153 .745 -57 .000 -8.6 -0.9 .111 .053 .000
1963 25 CHW AL 43 34 2 1.6 93 .290 .225 .253 .244 .319 .225 .391 .469 .710 34 .145 -3.6 -0.4 .313 .025 .000
1964 26 CHW AL 79 66 3 1.2 94 .190 .159 .252 .183 .320 .159 .392 .343 .712 -2 .093 -9.5 -1.0 .224 .029 .000
1965 27 CHW AL 81 67 3 1.2 86 .161 .132 .243 .192 .311 .147 .372 .339 .683 1 .100 -8.6 -0.9 .254 .088 .015
1966 28 CHW AL 67 62 1 0.4 84 .082 .067 .240 .095 .306 .067 .370 .162 .676 -51 .017 -11.4 -1.2 .123 .050 .000 .0
1967 29 CHW AL 94 80 3 1.0 79 .200 .169 .235 .186 .303 .181 .353 .367 .656 13 .083 -8.8 -1.0 .225 .012 .012
1968 30 CHW AL 75 66 1 0.4 84 .130 .104 .244 .143 .314 .134 .361 .277 .676 -17 .019 -10.0 -1.2 .197 .075 .030
1969 31 CHW AL 84 71 3 1.1 100 .255 .182 .261 .182 .339 .195 .394 .377 .733 3 .084 -10.6 -1.1 .234 .013 .013
1970 32 CHW AL 59 53 1 0.5 98 .158 .115 .259 .148 .334 .135 .395 .283 .729 -22 .020 -8.8 -0.9 .188 .058 .019
1971 33 CHW AL 43 39 1 0.7 95 .105 .100 .259 .098 .332 .100 .385 .198 .717 -45 .038 -7.8 -0.8 .111 .000 .000
1972 34 OAK AL 17 15 0 0.0 79 .231 .176 .241 .176 .309 .176 .348 .353 .657 8 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .200 .000 .000
12 Seasons 694 603 18 0.8 90 .168 .134 .250 .159 .320 .144 .379 .303 .699 -12 .049 -91.7 -9.8 .198 .039 .010 .0
162 Game Avg. 273 237 7 0.8 90 .168 .134 .250 .159 .320 .144 .379 .303 .699 -12 .049 -91.7 -9.8 .198 .039 .010
CHW (11 yrs) 677 588 18 0.8 91 .166 .133 .250 .159 .320 .143 .380 .302 .700 -13 .052 -89.7 -9.6 .198 .040 .010 .0
OAK (1 yr) 17 15 0 0.0 79 .231 .176 .241 .176 .309 .176 .348 .353 .657 8 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .200 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1972 34 OAK AL ALCS DET W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 34 OAK AL WS CIN W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1967 CHW AL 29 DNP

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1961 23 CHW AL 8 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.5 7.00 63%
1962 24 CHW AL 44 0.0% 25.0% 4.6% 0.0% 0% 5.50 3.5 3.00 61%
1963 25 CHW AL 43 0.0% 20.9% 2.3% 0.0% 0% 9.00 4.4 13.3 1.40 72%
1964 26 CHW AL 79 0.0% 13.9% 2.5% 0.0% 0% 5.50 6.3 13.8 2.06 73%
1965 27 CHW AL 81 0.0% 14.8% 6.2% 1.2% 11% 2.40 5.7 34.0 1.75 69%
1966 28 CHW AL 67 0.0% 17.9% 3.0% 0.0% 0% 6.00 5.0 60.0 1.00 73%
1967 29 CHW AL 94 0.0% 14.9% 1.1% 1.1% 7% 14.00 5.9 16.6 1.78 74%
1968 30 CHW AL 75 0.0% 17.3% 4.0% 1.3% 14% 4.33 5.2 22.3 1.94 72%
1969 31 CHW AL 84 0.0% 26.2% 0.0% 1.2% 7% 3.5 15.4 1.33 65%
1970 32 CHW AL 59 0.0% 23.7% 3.4% 1.7% 17% 7.00 3.7 52.0 1.79 64%
1971 33 CHW AL 43 0.0% 7.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 13.3 40.0 0.89 88%
1972 34 OAK AL 17 0.0% 23.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.3 1.40 76%
12 Seasons 694 0.0% 18.3% 2.6% 0.7% 6% 7.06 4.9 23.8 1.61 71%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1961 23 CHW AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 24 CHW AL 1 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1963 25 CHW AL 0 0 20% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20% 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
1964 26 CHW AL 0 0 15% 19 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
1965 27 CHW AL 0 0 0% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1966 28 CHW AL 1 0 100% 46 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 25% 5 3 2 2 2 0 1 1 0
1967 29 CHW AL 1 0 50% 27 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 50% 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 2
1968 30 CHW AL 0 0 20% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17% 4 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
1969 31 CHW AL 1 0 29% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 2
1970 32 CHW AL 0 0 25% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1971 33 CHW AL 0 0 25% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 34 OAK AL 0 0 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
12 Seasons 4 0 28% 203 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 11 27% 23 17 5 9 9 0 13 6 7
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1961 23 CHW AL 8 38% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 2 50% 4 0 0% 7 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1962 24 CHW AL 44 9% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 9 0 0% 12 0 0% 26 0 0% 0 0 5 1 20% 0
1963 25 CHW AL 43 35% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 12 1 8% 11 5 45% 35 4 11% 6 2 33% 2 1 50% 0
1964 26 CHW AL 79 47% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 89% 16 0 0% 15 2 13% 59 6 10% 4 3 75% 2 0 0% 0
1965 27 CHW AL 81 27% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 89% 16 0 0% 22 4 18% 57 2 4% 4 0 0% 6 1 17% 0
1966 28 CHW AL 67 37% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 14 1 7% 16 3 19% 40 1 3% 4 1 25% 2 0 0% 0
1967 29 CHW AL 94 31% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 100% 19 1 5% 24 8 33% 57 5 9% 3 2 67% 6 5 83% 0
1968 30 CHW AL 75 31% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 11 1 9% 14 3 21% 41 3 7% 0 0 4 1 25% 0
1969 31 CHW AL 84 26% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 100% 20 1 5% 20 3 15% 51 5 10% 2 1 50% 2 2 100% 0
1970 32 CHW AL 59 47% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 12 2 17% 13 2 15% 26 1 4% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1971 33 CHW AL 43 47% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 5 0 0% 7 3 43% 18 1 6% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 0
1972 34 OAK AL 17 18% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 694 33% 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 58 54 93% 141 10 7% 161 33 21% 420 28 7% 30 10 33% 32 11 34% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1961 23 5 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 2 0 1 0 0
1962 24 25 52 45 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 .044 .085 .044 .130 -64 2 2 0 5 0 0
1963 25 58 95 85 3 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 22 .129 .159 .129 .289 -19 11 3 0 7 0 0
1964 26 90 174 154 5 22 0 0 0 8 0 0 5 33 .143 .170 .143 .313 -12 22 3 0 15 0 0
1965 27 124 255 222 5 31 1 0 0 10 0 0 10 45 .140 .177 .144 .321 -8 32 3 0 23 0 0
1966 28 188 322 282 11 35 1 0 0 11 1 0 12 57 .124 .159 .128 .287 -17 36 4 0 27 1 0
1967 29 239 416 365 19 49 2 0 0 16 1 1 13 71 .134 .165 .140 .305 -10 51 5 1 35 2 0
1968 30 280 491 432 21 56 2 1 0 19 1 1 16 84 .130 .162 .139 .301 -11 60 6 1 40 2 0
1969 31 316 575 509 25 70 3 1 0 24 1 1 16 106 .138 .165 .147 .312 -9 75 7 1 47 2 0
1970 32 344 634 561 27 76 4 1 0 25 1 1 18 120 .135 .163 .146 .309 -10 82 9 1 52 2 0
1971 33 380 677 601 28 80 4 1 0 26 1 1 18 123 .133 .159 .143 .302 -13 86 9 1 54 3 0
1972 34 412 694 618 29 83 4 1 0 26 1 1 18 127 .134 .159 .144 .303 -12 89 10 1 54 3 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1961 23 5 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1962 24 20 40 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .000 .050 .000 .050 0 20
1963 25 33 41 40 2 9 0 0 0 3 0 1 9 .225 .244 .225 .469 2 33
1964 26 32 75 72 2 14 0 0 0 6 0 3 11 .194 .227 .194 .421 3 32
1965 27 34 78 71 0 12 1 0 0 2 0 7 12 .169 .244 .183 .427 3 34
1966 28 64 68 63 11 7 0 0 0 2 2 4 12 .111 .162 .111 .273 1 64
1967 29 51 89 86 11 17 1 0 0 7 0 1 14 .198 .213 .209 .423 4 51
1968 30 41 73 69 3 9 0 1 0 4 0 4 13 .130 .178 .159 .338 2 41
1969 31 36 77 77 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 22 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 36
1970 32 28 54 52 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 14 .115 .148 .135 .283 1 28
1971 33 36 41 40 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 36
1972 34 33 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 32
12 Seasons 413 661 633 37 74 3 1 0 32 2 24 127 .117 .150 .125 .275 20 412
162 Game Avg. 162 259 248 15 29 1 0 0 13 1 9 50 .117 .150 .125 .275 8 412

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1967

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1964-AL-21-2%
1967-AL-4-32%
0.34 Career Shares (549th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1967-AL--2--10%
0.10 Career Shares (171st)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1964 AL--8--10th

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