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Sam Horn

Samuel Lee Horn

Positions: Designated Hitter and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: November 2, 1963 in Dallas, TX
High School: Morse HS (San Diego, CA)
Drafted
by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 1987
Teams (by GP): Orioles/RedSox/Indians/Rangers 1987-1995
Agents: Stephen Wittman, previously: George Kalafatis [*]
Final Game: September 20, 1995
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Standard Batting

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
1987 23 BOS AL 46 177 158 31 44 7 0 14 34 0 1 17 55 .278 .356 .589 .945 143 93 5 2 0 0 0 D
1988 24 BOS AL 24 73 61 4 9 0 0 2 8 0 0 11 20 .148 .274 .246 .520 45 15 1 0 0 1 3 D
1989 25 BOS AL 33 62 54 1 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 8 16 .148 .258 .185 .443 24 10 4 0 0 0 1 D/3
1990 26 BAL AL 79 280 246 30 61 13 0 14 45 0 0 32 62 .248 .332 .472 .804 126 116 8 0 0 2 1 D3
1991 27 BAL AL 121 362 317 45 74 16 0 23 61 0 0 41 99 .233 .326 .502 .828 130 159 10 3 0 1 4 D
1992 28 BAL AL 63 185 162 13 38 10 1 5 19 0 0 21 60 .235 .324 .401 .726 102 65 8 1 0 1 2 D
1993 29 CLE AL 12 36 33 8 15 1 0 4 8 0 0 1 5 .455 .472 .848 1.321 248 28 1 1 0 1 0 D
1995 31 TEX AL 11 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .111 .200 .111 .311 -17 1 0 0 0 0 0 /D
8 Yrs 389 1185 1040 132 250 49 1 62 179 0 1 132 323 .240 .328 .468 .797 119 487 37 7 0 6 11
162 Game Avg. 162 493 433 55 104 20 0 26 75 0 0 55 135 .240 .328 .468 .797 119 203 15 3 0 2 5
BOS (3 yrs) 103 312 273 36 61 9 0 16 46 0 1 36 91 .223 .317 .432 .750 99 118 10 2 0 1 4
BAL (3 yrs) 263 827 725 88 173 39 1 42 125 0 0 94 221 .239 .328 .469 .797 122 340 26 4 0 4 7
TEX (1 yr) 11 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .111 .200 .111 .311 -17 1 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 12 36 33 8 15 1 0 4 8 0 0 1 5 .455 .472 .848 1.321 248 28 1 1 0 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1987 23 BOS AL 46 177 9 -1 -1 0 -4 3 0.3 5 8 0.8 .506 .502 0.8 -0.3 8 $62,500 D
1988 24 BOS AL 24 73 -4 -0 0 0 -2 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .472 .496 -0.4 -0.1 -4 $80,000 D
1989 25 BOS AL 33 62 -6 -0 -1 0 -2 -9 -0.9 2 -7 -0.7 .472 .494 -0.7 -0.1 -7 $ D/3
1990 26 BAL AL 79 280 8 0 -1 -1 -7 -1 -0.0 10 9 0.8 .499 .499 1.0 -0.8 10 $120,000 D3
1991 27 BAL AL 121 362 10 -1 -2 0 -10 -2 -0.1 12 10 1.0 .498 .498 1.0 -1.0 10 $175,000 D
1992 28 BAL AL 63 185 -0 -0 -2 0 -4 -7 -0.7 6 -1 -0.1 .488 .495 -0.1 -0.4 -1 $687,500 D
1993 29 CLE AL 12 36 6 0 -0 0 -1 5 0.5 1 6 0.6 .542 .503 0.6 -0.1 6 $ D
1995 31 TEX AL 11 10 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .485 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /D
8 Seasons 389 1185 21 -3 -6 -1 -30 -19 -1.7 39 20 1.9 .495 .498 2.1 -3.0 21 $1,125,000
BOS (3 yrs) 103 312 -1 -2 -2 0 -7 -12 -1.2 10 -2 -0.3 .487 .497 -0.3 -0.6 -2 $142,500
BAL (3 yrs) 263 827 18 -1 -5 -1 -22 -10 -0.8 28 18 1.7 .496 .498 1.9 -2.3 19 $982,500
TEX (1 yr) 11 10 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .485 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $
CLE (1 yr) 12 36 6 0 -0 0 -1 5 0.5 1 6 0.6 .542 .503 0.6 -0.1 6 $

Advanced Batting

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
1987 23 BOS AL 177 120 32 7.1 108 .337 .278 .267 .356 .336 .589 .429 .945 .765 143 .658 9.2 0.9 .925 .411 .310 .0
1988 24 BOS AL 73 54 5 2.5 98 .175 .148 .264 .274 .330 .246 .397 .520 .727 45 .259 -4.6 -0.5 .491 .279 .098 .0
1989 25 BOS AL 62 50 2 1.1 99 .211 .148 .269 .258 .335 .185 .395 .443 .730 24 .072 -5.6 -0.6 .360 .185 .037
1990 26 BAL AL 280 195 38 5.2 92 .273 .248 .256 .332 .324 .472 .382 .804 .706 126 .579 8.4 0.8 .767 .354 .224 .0
1991 27 BAL AL 362 254 51 5.4 93 .260 .233 .256 .326 .324 .502 .388 .828 .711 130 .578 12.2 1.2 .802 .397 .268 .0
1992 28 BAL AL 185 133 20 4.0 95 .337 .235 .260 .324 .330 .401 .387 .726 .716 102 .461 0.6 0.1 .659 .296 .167 .0
1993 29 CLE AL 36 20 13 17.4 103 .440 .455 .267 .472 .337 .848 .408 1.321 .745 248 .913 6.7 0.6 1.579 .424 .394 .0
1995 31 TEX AL 10 8 0 0.0 112 .333 .111 .274 .200 .348 .111 .433 .311 .781 -17 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .250 .111 .000
8 Yrs 1185 834 161 5.2 97 .284 .240 .260 .328 .328 .468 .395 .797 .723 119 .560 25.3 2.4 .755 .354 .228 .0
162 Game Avg. 493 347 67 5.2 97 .284 .240 .260 .328 .328 .468 .395 .797 .723 119 .560 11 1 .755 .354 .228
BOS (3 yrs) 312 224 39 4.7 104 .269 .223 .267 .317 .334 .432 .415 .750 .750 99 .494 -0.9 -0.2 .695 .337 .209 .0
BAL (3 yrs) 827 582 109 5.0 93 .281 .239 .257 .328 .325 .469 .386 .797 .711 122 .555 21.1 2.1 .758 .360 .230 .0
TEX (1 yr) 10 8 0 0.0 112 .333 .111 .274 .200 .348 .111 .433 .311 .781 -17 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .250 .111 .000
CLE (1 yr) 36 20 13 17.4 103 .440 .455 .267 .472 .337 .848 .408 1.321 .745 248 .913 6.7 0.6 1.579 .424 .394 .0

Ratio Batting*

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
1987 23 BOS AL 177 7.9% 31.1% 9.6% 11.9% 48% 3.24 2.9 11.3 4.6 1.30 50%
1988 24 BOS AL 73 2.7% 27.4% 15.1% 2.7% 22% 1.82 3.1 30.5 7.6 0.86 0.88 55% 12% 18.2% 50%
1989 25 BOS AL 62 0.0% 25.8% 12.9% 3.2% 25% 2.00 3.4 13.5 1.38 1.43 61% 8% 0.0% 50%
1990 26 BAL AL 280 5.0% 22.1% 11.4% 9.6% 44% 1.94 4.0 17.6 5.5 0.74 1.11 61% 17% 16.3% 20%
1991 27 BAL AL 362 6.4% 27.4% 11.3% 10.8% 53% 2.41 3.2 13.8 5.2 0.51 0.84 54% 20% 18.7% 15%
1992 28 BAL AL 185 2.7% 32.4% 11.4% 8.7% 42% 2.86 2.7 32.4 8.5 0.58 1.06 53% 26% 9.3% 17%
1993 29 CLE AL 36 11.1% 13.9% 2.8% 13.9% 33% 5.00 6.6 8.3 4.1 0.45 0.88 69% 31% 21.1% 5%
1995 31 TEX AL 10 0.0% 60.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 6.00 1.5 2.00 1.00 30% 0% 0.0% 0%
8 Yrs 1185 5.2% 27.3% 11.1% 9.5% 45% 2.45 3.2 16.8 5.8 0.65 1.02 56% 19% 15.9% 20%
MLB Averages 2.3% 15.2% 8.7% 7.0% 30% 1.75 5.9 39.6 8.2 0.81 1.07 72% 21% 6.7% 20%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1987 23 BOS AL 9.0 0.8 178 0.3 3.3 -3.0 .89 1.4 -1.1 12.4 1.1 0.96 14.4 1.92 6
1988 24 BOS AL -4.6 -0.5 75 0.1 1.3 -1.2 1.16 -0.3 0.3 -3.2 -0.3 1.03 -4.0 1.99 4
1989 25 BOS AL -5.6 -0.6 62 -0.4 1.1 -1.5 1.41 -0.5 0.3 -7.6 -0.8 1.07 -6.8 1.33 17
1990 26 BAL AL 8.4 0.8 283 0.4 5.6 -5.2 1.02 -0.0 0.4 3.0 0.3 0.99 3.5 2.42 10
1991 27 BAL AL 12.2 1.2 366 -1.2 6.4 -7.6 1.03 0.6 -1.8 9.0 0.9 0.94 9.8 1.65 24
1992 28 BAL AL 0.3 0.0 185 -0.9 2.9 -3.8 1.06 -0.3 -0.5 -8.0 -0.8 0.98 -3.9 1.78 11
1993 29 CLE AL 6.7 0.6 36 0.3 0.9 -0.5 1.04 0.8 -0.5 5.1 0.5 0.90 8.7 3.51 1
1995 31 TEX AL -1.6 -0.2 10 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 1.57 -0.2 0.0 -2.8 -0.3 1.13 -2.1 1.74 9
8 Yrs 24.8 2.3 1195 -1.7 21.5 -23.2 1.04 1.5 -3.2 8.0 0.7 0.97 19.7 1.76 82

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1987 23 BOS AL 1 0 35% 62 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43% 5 5 0 0 0 0 9 3 6
1988 24 BOS AL 2 0 11% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1989 25 BOS AL 0 0 6% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17% 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 0
1990 26 BAL AL 3 0 20% 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 35% 15 12 3 3 3 0 5 0 5
1991 27 BAL AL 1 0 23% 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 33% 19 14 5 3 2 1 8 4 4
1992 28 BAL AL 1 0 15% 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 2
1993 29 CLE AL 0 0 31% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1995 31 TEX AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 8 0 21% 356 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 33% 53 42 11 8 6 2 29 12 17

Situational Hitting*

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
1987 23 BOS AL 177 81% 44 6 1 0 1 1.92 14 1 6 11 3 6 8 0 0 0 38 5 13% 14 4 29% 122 21 17% 12 6 50% 11 6 55% 0
1988 24 BOS AL 73 90% 9 0 0 4 0 0 0 1.99 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 15 1 7% 7 1 14% 60 6 10% 8 3 38% 8 2 25% 0
1989 25 BOS AL 62 95% 8 0 0 17 4 0 3 1.33 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 4 19% 8 2 25% 59 4 7% 3 2 67% 5 1 20% 0
1990 26 BAL AL 280 94% 61 5 0 10 4 2 3 2.42 14 1 11 14 0 8 6 0 0 0 58 8 14% 21 3 14% 203 32 16% 21 8 38% 9 6 67% 0
1991 27 BAL AL 362 95% 74 11 0 24 7 3 4 1.65 23 1 5 22 1 12 11 0 0 0 62 10 16% 31 5 16% 217 38 18% 19 8 42% 14 3 21% 0
1992 28 BAL AL 185 98% 38 16 0 11 2 0 2 1.78 5 0 4 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 38 8 21% 18 3 17% 129 14 11% 13 5 38% 3 1 33% 0
1993 29 CLE AL 36 86% 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.51 4 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 7 1 14% 6 4 67% 20 4 20% 3 2 67% 2 2 100% 0
1995 31 TEX AL 10 100% 1 1 0 9 1 0 0 1.74 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 13 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
8 Yrs 1185 92% 250 33 0 82 19 5 13 1.76 62 3 34 58 4 32 30 0 0 0 241 37 15% 107 22 21% 823 119 14% 81 34 42% 53 21 40% 0
MLB Averages 59% 72% 10% 35% 15% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 24 BOS AL 73 267 3.66 158 59% 26% 28% 20% 27% 74% 11% 44% 62% 33% 8% 6 1 16% 12 4 12% 9 4 25% 0 0 0
1989 25 BOS AL 60 244 4.07 143 59% 20% 30% 24% 25% 80% 1% 47% 62% 45% 8% 5 0 13% 8 2 8% 5 3 25% 2 0 0
1990 26 BAL AL 278 1057 3.80 628 59% 19% 24% 27% 29% 80% 0% 47% 69% 42% 5% 15 4 18% 49 30 10% 28 13 24% 2 0 5
1991 27 BAL AL 362 1449 4.00 864 60% 19% 28% 28% 25% 81% 3% 49% 65% 39% 8% 28 6 17% 63 27 11% 41 24 22% 0 0 0
1992 28 BAL AL 185 745 4.03 447 60% 19% 30% 27% 23% 81% 2% 48% 63% 39% 6% 12 4 14% 25 10 8% 14 9 13% 0 0 0
1993 29 CLE AL 35 126 3.60 86 68% 9% 23% 34% 34% 91% 0% 62% 74% 66% 0% 0 0 9% 3 3 3% 1 1 25% 1 0 0
1995 31 TEX AL 10 52 5.20 33 63% 9% 48% 33% 9% 91% 0% 58% 47% 40% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 10% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1003 3940 3.93 2359 60% 19% 28% 27% 26% 81% 2% 48% 66% 41% 7% 66 15 16% 160 76 10% 99 54 21% 5 0 5
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

Cumulative Batting

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
1987 23 46 177 158 31 44 7 0 14 34 0 1 17 55 .278 .356 .589 .945 143 93 5 2 0 0 0
1988 24 70 250 219 35 53 7 0 16 42 0 1 28 75 .242 .332 .493 .825 117 108 6 2 0 1 3
1989 25 103 312 273 36 61 9 0 16 46 0 1 36 91 .223 .317 .432 .750 99 118 10 2 0 1 4
1990 26 182 592 519 66 122 22 0 30 91 0 1 68 153 .235 .324 .451 .775 111 234 18 2 0 3 5
1991 27 303 954 836 111 196 38 0 53 152 0 1 109 252 .234 .325 .470 .795 118 393 28 5 0 4 9
1992 28 366 1139 998 124 234 48 1 58 171 0 1 130 312 .234 .325 .459 .784 116 458 36 6 0 5 11
1993 29 378 1175 1031 132 249 49 1 62 179 0 1 131 317 .242 .329 .471 .801 120 486 37 7 0 6 11
1994 30 378 1175 1031 132 249 49 1 62 179 0 1 131 317 .242 .329 .471 .801 120 486 37 7 0 6 11
1995 31 389 1185 1040 132 250 49 1 62 179 0 1 132 323 .240 .328 .468 .797 119 487 37 7 0 6 11

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1987 23 46 176 157 30 43 7 0 14 33 0 17 55 .274 .352 .586 .938 31 46
1988 24 24 73 61 4 9 0 0 2 8 0 11 20 .148 .274 .246 .520 4 24
1989 25 33 64 55 1 9 2 0 0 5 0 9 16 .164 .281 .200 .481 3 33
1990 26 79 288 251 34 66 14 0 15 51 0 35 62 .263 .351 .498 .849 44 79
1991 27 121 368 321 49 78 17 0 24 67 0 43 99 .243 .337 .520 .857 56 121
1992 28 63 188 164 14 40 11 1 5 21 0 22 60 .244 .335 .415 .750 23 63
1993 29 12 36 33 8 15 1 0 4 8 0 1 5 .455 .472 .848 1.321 13 12
1995 31 12 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 11
8 Yrs 390 1204 1052 140 260 52 1 64 193 0 139 324 .247 .337 .481 .818 174 389
162 Game Avg. 162 500 437 58 108 22 0 27 80 0 58 135 .247 .337 .481 .818 72 389

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