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Ricky Horton
Ricky Neal Horton
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 30, 1959 in Poughkeepsie, NY
Schools: University of Virginia
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1984
Final Game: July 23, 1990
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1984 24 STL NL 9 4 .692 3.44 37 18 7 1 1 1 125.2 140 53 48 14 39 2 76 1 6 5 537 102 1.424 10.0 1.0 2.8 5.4 1.95
1985 25 STL NL 3 2 .600 2.91 49 3 10 0 0 1 89.2 84 30 29 5 34 13 59 3 2 3 382 122 1.316 8.4 0.5 3.4 5.9 1.74
1986 26 STL NL 4 3 .571 2.24 42 9 12 1 0 3 100.1 77 25 25 7 26 7 49 1 0 1 387 164 1.027 6.9 0.6 2.3 4.4 1.88
1987 27 STL NL 8 3 .727 3.82 67 6 24 0 0 7 125.0 127 58 53 15 42 10 55 0 4 3 533 109 1.352 9.1 1.1 3.0 4.0 1.31
1988 28 TOT MLB 7 11 .389 4.87 64 9 13 1 0 2 118.1 131 71 64 8 38 4 36 5 3 0 512 81 1.428 10.0 0.6 2.9 2.7 0.95
1988 28 CHW AL 6 10 .375 4.86 52 9 12 1 0 2 109.1 120 64 59 6 36 4 28 5 3 0 471 82 1.427 9.9 0.5 3.0 2.3 0.78
1988 28 LAD NL 1 1 .500 5.00 12 0 1 0 0 0 9.0 11 7 5 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 41 67 1.444 11.0 2.0 2.0 8.0 4.00
1989 29 TOT NL 0 3 .000 4.85 34 8 7 0 0 0 72.1 85 39 39 3 21 4 26 4 0 0 314 73 1.465 10.6 0.4 2.6 3.2 1.24
1989 29 LAD NL 0 0 5.06 23 0 6 0 0 0 26.2 35 15 15 1 11 2 12 1 0 0 120 68 1.725 11.8 0.3 3.7 4.1 1.09
1989 29 STL NL 0 3 .000 4.73 11 8 1 0 0 0 45.2 50 24 24 2 10 2 14 3 0 0 194 76 1.314 9.9 0.4 2.0 2.8 1.40
1990 30 STL NL 1 1 .500 4.93 32 0 8 0 0 1 42.0 52 25 23 3 22 7 18 1 1 1 193 77 1.762 11.1 0.6 4.7 3.9 0.82
7 Seasons 32 27 .542 3.76 325 53 81 3 1 15 673.1 696 301 281 55 222 47 319 15 16 13 2858 100 1.363 9.3 0.7 3.0 4.3 1.44
162 Game Avg. 6 5 .542 3.76 58 10 15 1 0 3 121 125 54 51 10 40 8 57 3 3 2 514 100 1.363 9.3 0.7 3.0 4.3 1.44
STL (6 yrs) 25 16 .610 3.44 238 44 62 2 1 13 528.1 530 215 202 46 173 41 271 9 13 13 2226 109 1.331 9.0 0.8 2.9 4.6 1.57
LAD (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 5.05 35 0 7 0 0 0 35.2 46 22 20 3 13 2 20 1 0 0 161 68 1.654 11.6 0.8 3.3 5.0 1.54
CHW (1 yr) 6 10 .375 4.86 52 9 12 1 0 2 109.1 120 64 59 6 36 4 28 5 3 0 471 82 1.427 9.9 0.5 3.0 2.3 0.78
NL (7 yrs) 26 17 .605 3.54 273 44 69 2 1 13 564.0 576 237 222 49 186 43 291 10 13 13 2387 105 1.351 9.2 0.8 3.0 4.6 1.56
AL (1 yr) 6 10 .375 4.86 52 9 12 1 0 2 109.1 120 64 59 6 36 4 28 5 3 0 471 82 1.427 9.9 0.5 3.0 2.3 0.78

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1985 25 STL NL NLCS W LAD 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 14 2.000 12.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
1985 25 STL NL WS L KCR 0 0 6.75 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 3 3 0 5 2 5 0 1 0 21 2.250 9.0 0.0 11.3 11.3 1.00
1987 27 STL NL NLCS W SFG 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1987 27 STL NL WS L MIN 0 0 6.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 1.667 15.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
1988 28 LAD NL NLCS W NYM 0 0 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 4 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 18 1.385 8.3 0.0 4.2 6.2 1.50
3 Seasons (5 Series) 0 0 4.15 13 0 2 0 0 0 17.1 19 8 8 0 9 3 12 0 1 0 76 1.615 9.9 0.0 4.7 6.2 1.33
3 NLCS 0 0 2.61 8 0 1 0 0 0 10.1 10 3 3 0 4 1 6 0 0 0 42 1.355 8.7 0.0 3.5 5.2 1.50
2 WS 0 0 6.43 5 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 9 5 5 0 5 2 6 0 1 0 34 2.000 11.6 0.0 6.4 7.7 1.20

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
1984 24 STL NL 39 38 31 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .065 .094 .065 .158 -54 2 0 0 6 0 0 1
1985 25 STL NL 49 21 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .063 .211 .063 .273 -20 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1986 26 STL NL 42 25 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 .056 .261 .056 .316 -7 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1987 27 STL NL 68 30 29 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .172 .200 .207 .407 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 1/9
1988 28 TOT MLB 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 28 LAD NL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 29 TOT NL 34 14 12 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .333 .583 64 4 0 0 2 0 0 1
1989 29 LAD NL 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 29 STL NL 11 13 11 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .364 .636 79 4 0 0 2 0 0 1
1990 30 STL NL 32 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
7 Seasons 276 133 110 5 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 33 .109 .183 .127 .311 -12 14 0 0 13 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 78 65 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 19 .109 .183 .127 .311 -12 8 0 0 8 0 0
STL (6 yrs) 241 132 109 5 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 32 .110 .185 .128 .313 -12 14 0 0 13 0 0
LAD (2 yrs) 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 276 133 110 5 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 33 .109 .183 .127 .311 -12 14 0 0 13 0 0

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
1985 25 STL NL NLCS LAD W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 25 STL NL WS KCR L 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 27 STL NL NLCS SFG W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 28 LAD NL NLCS NYM W 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (4 Series) 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 NLCS 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 STL NL 24 P 37 18 125.2 43 5 35 3 3 .930 2.86 1.08 .956 1.88 0.67
1985 STL NL 25 P 49 3 89.2 32 9 21 2 0 .938 3.01 0.61 .953 1.92 0.68
1986 STL NL 26 P 42 9 100.1 28 4 24 0 3 1.000 2.51 0.67 .954 1.94 0.66
1987 STL NL 27 P 67 6 125.0 45 12 31 2 2 .956 3.10 0.64 .956 1.91 0.62
1987 STL NL 27 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -360.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1987 STL NL 27 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -360.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1988 TOT MLB 28 P 64 9 118.1 34 5 27 2 4 .941 2.43 0.50 .962 1.79 0.67
1988 CHW AL 28 P 52 9 109.1 30 5 23 2 4 .933 2.30 0.54 .963 1.78 0.67
1988 LAD NL 28 P 12 0 9.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.00 0.33 .950 2.00 0.69
1989 TOT NL 29 P 34 8 72.4 15 2 13 0 2 1.000 1.87 0.44 .940 1.87 0.63
1989 LAD NL 29 P 23 0 26.2 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.22 .940 1.86 0.63
1989 STL NL 29 P 11 8 45.2 10 1 9 0 2 1.000 1.97 0.91 .940 1.87 0.63
1990 STL NL 30 P 32 0 42.0 16 2 14 0 2 1.000 3.43 0.50 .956 1.80 0.58
7 Seasons P 325 53 673.1 213 39 165 9 16 .958 2.73 0.63 .955 1.88 0.65
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -360.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1 Season RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -360.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
7 Seasons TOT 326 53 674.1 213 39 165 9 16 .958 -0.3 -0.5 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 2.72 0.63 .913 1.88 0.65

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1249), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
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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