Tony Horton
Anthony Darrin Horton
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 6, 1944 in Santa Monica, CA
High School: University (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1964
Final Game: August 28, 1970
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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
1964 19 BOS AL 36 130 126 9 28 5 0 1 8 0 0 3 20 .222 .238 .286 .524 43 36 7 0 0 1 0 7/3
1965 20 BOS AL 60 183 163 23 48 8 1 7 23 0 2 18 36 .294 .361 .485 .845 133 79 2 0 0 2 1 3
1966 21 BOS AL 6 23 22 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .136 .136 .136 .273 -24 3 2 0 1 0 0 /3
1967 22 TOT AL 127 427 402 37 114 16 4 10 53 3 0 18 57 .284 .319 .418 .737 114 168 10 4 1 2 3 3
1967 22 BOS AL 21 40 39 2 12 3 0 0 9 0 0 0 5 .308 .300 .385 .685 94 15 2 0 0 1 0 /3
1967 22 CLE AL 106 387 363 35 102 13 4 10 44 3 0 18 52 .281 .321 .421 .743 117 153 8 4 1 1 3 3
1968 23 CLE AL 133 517 477 57 119 29 3 14 59 3 1 34 56 .249 .302 .411 .713 116 196 8 3 1 2 5 *3
1969 24 CLE AL 159 669 625 77 174 25 4 27 93 3 3 37 91 .278 .319 .461 .780 114 288 21 2 2 3 3 *3
1970 25 CLE AL 115 452 413 48 111 19 3 17 59 3 2 30 54 .269 .321 .453 .774 108 187 18 4 0 5 5 *3 MVP-27
7 Seasons 636 2401 2228 251 597 102 15 76 297 12 8 140 319 .268 .313 .430 .743 109 957 68 13 5 15 17
162 Game Avg. 162 612 568 64 152 26 4 19 76 3 2 36 81 .268 .313 .430 .743 109 244 17 3 1 4 4
BOS (4 yrs) 123 376 350 34 91 16 1 8 42 0 2 21 66 .260 .299 .380 .679 87 133 13 0 1 4 1
CLE (4 yrs) 513 2025 1878 217 506 86 14 68 255 12 6 119 253 .269 .316 .439 .754 114 824 55 13 4 11 16

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
1964 19 BOS AL 130 106 7 1.8 100 .255 .222 .261 .238 .330 .286 .406 .524 .736 43 .170 -10.2 -1.1 .371 .087 .063 .0
1965 20 BOS AL 183 121 29 6.4 97 .336 .294 .257 .361 .328 .485 .394 .845 .723 133 .703 7.3 0.8 .798 .288 .190 .0
1966 21 BOS AL 23 22 0 0.0 98 .176 .136 .260 .136 .328 .136 .401 .273 .729 -24 .000 -3.7 -0.4 .143 .000 .000
1967 22 TOT AL 427 301 52 4.7 86 .309 .284 .246 .319 .316 .418 .369 .737 .685 114 .600 5.6 0.6 .648 .187 .134 4.6
1967 22 BOS AL 40 30 4 3.6 91 .343 .308 .253 .300 .323 .385 .379 .685 .702 94 .483 -0.3 0.0 .517 .077 .077
1967 22 CLE AL 387 271 48 4.8 86 .305 .281 .245 .321 .315 .421 .368 .743 .683 117 .611 5.9 0.6 .662 .198 .140 4.6
1968 23 CLE AL 517 370 59 4.3 79 .257 .249 .237 .302 .306 .411 .351 .713 .656 116 .591 8.2 0.9 .640 .237 .161 4.9
1969 24 CLE AL 669 480 85 4.8 97 .288 .278 .258 .319 .335 .461 .389 .780 .724 114 .557 7.8 0.8 .688 .242 .182 5.4
1970 25 CLE AL 452 327 55 4.5 101 .271 .269 .263 .321 .337 .453 .401 .774 .738 108 .523 3.2 0.3 .689 .259 .184 5.1
7 Seasons 2401 1727 287 4.5 92 .282 .268 .252 .313 .325 .430 .381 .743 .706 109 .554 18.2 1.9 .653 .226 .162 20.7
162 Game Avg. 612 440 73 4.5 92 .282 .268 .252 .313 .325 .430 .381 .743 .706 109 .554 5 0 .653 .226 .162 5
BOS (4 yrs) 376 279 40 3.9 97 .296 .260 .258 .299 .329 .380 .397 .679 .726 87 .477 -6.9 -0.7 .555 .174 .120 .0
CLE (4 yrs) 2025 1448 247 4.6 91 .279 .269 .251 .316 .324 .439 .378 .754 .702 114 .567 25.1 2.6 .671 .236 .169 20.4

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
1964 19 BOS AL 130 0.8% 15.4% 2.3% 4.6% 21% 6.67 6.3 126.0 15.8 1.71 82%
1965 20 BOS AL 183 3.8% 19.7% 9.8% 8.7% 33% 2.00 4.5 23.3 7.1 1.13 67%
1966 21 BOS AL 23 0.0% 21.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.4 11.0 1.13 74%
1967 22 TOT AL 427 2.3% 13.4% 4.2% 7.0% 26% 3.17 7.1 40.2 7.6 1.28 79%
1967 22 BOS AL 40 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 7.5% 25% 7.8 4.3 0.92 88%
1967 22 CLE AL 387 2.6% 13.4% 4.7% 7.0% 27% 2.89 7.0 36.3 8.3 1.33 78%
1968 23 CLE AL 517 2.7% 10.8% 6.6% 8.9% 39% 1.65 8.5 34.1 8.1 1.31 79%
1969 24 CLE AL 669 4.0% 13.6% 5.5% 8.4% 32% 2.46 6.9 23.1 6.7 1.35 76%
1970 25 CLE AL 452 3.8% 12.0% 6.6% 8.6% 35% 1.80 7.6 24.3 7.0 1.39 77%
7 Seasons 2401 3.2% 13.3% 5.8% 8.0% 32% 2.28 7.0 29.3 7.5 1.34 77%
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
1964 19 BOS AL 2 0 27% 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 40% 7 4 1 2 0 2 1 0 1
1965 20 BOS AL 1 0 27% 76 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 65% 8 4 4 1 1 0 8 1 7
1966 21 BOS AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 22 TOT AL 9 0 21% 142 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 60% 14 8 6 5 1 4 6 1 5
1967 22 BOS AL 0 0 17% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 75% 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
1967 22 CLE AL 9 0 22% 128 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 57% 12 7 5 4 1 3 5 1 4
1968 23 CLE AL 12 0 30% 157 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 20 40% 30 16 11 6 6 0 12 3 8
1969 24 CLE AL 8 0 27% 208 3 3 50% 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 13 56% 18 11 6 9 4 5 18 4 14
1970 25 CLE AL 6 0 24% 170 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 9 33% 26 17 8 2 2 0 8 4 4
7 Seasons 38 0 26% 805 12 8 60% 11 9 1 0 0 0 6 0 39 54 48% 103 60 36 25 14 11 53 13 39
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
1964 19 BOS AL 130 24% 28 6 0 0 0 0.99 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 7 26% 12 6 50% 84 8 10% 5 4 80% 6 2 33% 0
1965 20 BOS AL 183 50% 48 14 3 0 1 1.88 7 0 7 4 3 3 4 0 1 0 0% 34 2 6% 17 3 18% 124 18 15% 9 6 67% 9 2 22% 0
1966 21 BOS AL 23 30% 3 2 0 0 0 1.56 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 2 29% 5 1 20% 16 2 13% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1967 22 TOT AL 427 36% 114 31 10 0 7 1.29 10 1 7 8 2 8 2 0 1 1 100% 65 10 15% 38 10 26% 252 46 18% 23 10 43% 33 9 27% 0
1967 22 BOS AL 40 15% 12 14 6 0 6 1.90 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 6 3 50% 41 9 22% 4 3 75% 4 0 0% 0
1967 22 CLE AL 387 38% 102 17 4 0 1 0.79 10 1 5 8 2 8 2 0 1 1 100% 56 8 14% 32 7 22% 211 37 18% 19 7 37% 29 9 31% 0
1968 23 CLE AL 517 29% 119 9 2 0 1 1.32 14 0 12 10 4 7 7 0 1 1 100% 89 8 9% 36 9 25% 314 48 15% 21 10 48% 25 11 44% 0
1969 24 CLE AL 669 28% 174 2 0 0 0 2.43 27 0 19 21 6 16 11 0 2 2 100% 140 21 15% 52 15 29% 453 69 15% 46 26 57% 23 8 35% 0
1970 25 CLE AL 452 43% 111 9 3 1 2 1.57 17 1 15 6 11 14 3 0 0 0 93 18 19% 52 13 25% 322 44 14% 24 13 54% 24 6 25% 0
7 Seasons 2401 34% 597 73 18 1 11 1.46 76 2 64 50 26 48 28 0 6 5 83% 455 68 15% 212 57 27% 1565 235 15% 129 69 53% 120 38 32% 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
1964 19 36 130 126 9 28 5 0 1 8 0 0 3 20 .222 .238 .286 .524 43 36 7 0 0 1 0
1965 20 96 313 289 32 76 13 1 8 31 0 2 21 56 .263 .310 .398 .708 94 115 9 0 0 3 1
1966 21 102 336 311 32 79 13 1 8 33 0 2 21 61 .254 .299 .379 .678 86 118 11 0 1 3 1
1967 22 229 763 713 69 193 29 5 18 86 3 2 39 118 .271 .310 .401 .711 101 286 21 4 2 5 4
1968 23 362 1280 1190 126 312 58 8 32 145 6 3 73 174 .262 .307 .405 .712 107 482 29 7 3 7 9
1969 24 521 1949 1815 203 486 83 12 59 238 9 6 110 265 .268 .311 .424 .735 109 770 50 9 5 10 12
1970 25 636 2401 2228 251 597 102 15 76 297 12 8 140 319 .268 .313 .430 .743 109 957 68 13 5 15 17

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
1964 19 36 126 122 9 25 4 0 1 8 0 3 20 .205 .222 .262 .485 7 36
1965 20 60 184 164 24 49 8 1 7 24 0 18 36 .299 .364 .488 .852 30 60
1966 21 6 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1967 22 127 438 412 43 124 17 4 11 62 3 20 57 .301 .338 .442 .780 61 127
1968 23 133 544 498 74 140 34 4 16 77 4 40 56 .281 .338 .462 .800 77 133
1969 24 159 663 622 80 171 25 4 27 97 3 36 91 .275 .315 .458 .773 89 159
1970 25 115 447 409 49 107 18 3 16 60 3 29 54 .262 .313 .438 .751 56 115
7 Seasons 636 2424 2249 279 616 106 16 78 328 13 146 319 .274 .320 .439 .759 320 636
162 Game Avg. 162 617 573 71 157 27 4 20 84 3 37 81 .274 .320 .439 .759 82 636

* 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

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1970-AL-27-0%
0.00 Career Shares (1667th)

Games Played s c a p y
1969 AL--159--7th

At Bats s c a p y
1969 AL--625--3rd

Hits s c a p y
1969 AL--174--5th

Doubles s c a p y
1968 AL--29--5th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1969 AL--93--10th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1969 AL--21--5th
1970 AL--18--10th

Outs Made s c a p y
1969 AL--480--4th

Youngest s c a p y
1964 AL--born 1944-12-06--6th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 11 (1201), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2143), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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