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Tony Horton

Anthony Darrin Horton

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 6, 1944 in Santa Monica, CA
High School: University HS (Los Angeles, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1964
Teams (by GP): Indians/RedSox 1964-1970

Final Game: August 28, 1970
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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 .743 116 153 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 Yrs 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

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
1964 19 BOS AL 36 130 -9 -1 -1 -1 -2 -14 -1.7 4 -10 -1.3 .455 .490 -1.1 -0.4 -9 $ 7/3
1965 20 BOS AL 60 183 6 -0 0 -4 -2 -0 -0.1 5 5 0.4 .499 .500 0.9 -0.7 9 $ 3
1966 21 BOS AL 6 23 -4 0 -0 0 -0 -4 -0.5 1 -4 -0.5 .412 .497 -0.5 -0.0 -4 $ /3
1967 22 BOS AL 21 40 -1 0 -0 -0 -0 -1 -0.2 1 -0 -0.1 .492 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 $17,000 /3
1967 22 CLE AL 106 387 9 0 -1 4 -5 8 0.8 11 19 1.9 .509 .506 1.5 -0.2 15 $ 3
1968 23 CLE AL 133 517 11 0 0 5 -7 10 1.0 15 25 2.5 .510 .508 2.0 -0.4 19 $22,000 *3
1969 24 CLE AL 159 669 10 0 -2 1 -9 0 -0.1 18 18 1.7 .500 .500 1.7 -1.0 17 $25,000 *3
1970 25 CLE AL 115 452 3 -2 -2 0 -6 -7 -0.9 15 8 0.6 .493 .495 0.6 -0.7 8 $45,000 *3 MVP-27
7 Seasons 636 2401 26 -3 -5 5 -33 -9 -1.6 69 60 5.2 .499 .499 5.1 -3.6 55 $109,000
BOS (4 yrs) 123 376 -8 -1 -1 -6 -5 -20 -2.5 10 -10 -1.5 .481 .496 -0.7 -1.3 -4 $17,000
CLE (4 yrs) 513 2025 34 -1 -4 11 -28 11 0.9 59 70 6.7 .503 .502 5.8 -2.3 59 $92,000

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 BOS AL 19 LF 24 23 16 182.2 38 38 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -12 1.87 1.58 .975 1.81 1.80
1964 BOS AL 19 OF 24 23 16 182.2 41 39 2 0 0 1.000 -2 -12 2.02 1.71 .980 2.04 2.03
1964 BOS AL 19 1B 8 6 5 56.0 60 55 3 2 3 .967 1 15 9.32 7.25 .991 9.43 9.41
1965 BOS AL 20 1B 44 38 34 344.0 342 311 24 7 30 .980 -4 -14 8.76 7.61 .991 9.56 9.53
1966 BOS AL 21 1B 6 4 4 44.2 48 43 5 0 7 1.000 0 3 9.67 8.00 .991 9.59 9.58
1967 TOT AL 22 1B 100 94 84 857.2 872 811 50 11 66 .987 4 5 9.03 8.61 .991 9.53 9.55
1967 BOS AL 22 1B 6 6 5 51.0 56 48 4 4 4 .929 -0 -12 9.18 8.67 .991 9.53 9.55
1967 CLE AL 22 1B 94 88 79 806.2 816 763 46 7 62 .991 4 6 9.03 8.61 .991 9.53 9.55
1968 CLE AL 23 1B 128 124 115 1105.1 1043 972 63 8 80 .992 5 6 8.43 8.09 .989 9.59 9.54
1969 CLE AL 24 1B 157 157 143 1380.2 1293 1179 100 14 130 .989 1 1 8.34 8.15 .992 9.63 9.62
1970 CLE AL 25 1B 112 105 96 935.1 977 898 73 6 106 .994 0 0 9.34 8.67 .991 9.59 9.56 MVP-27
7 Seasons 1B 555 528 481 4723.2 4635 4269 318 48 422 .990 7 2 8.74 8.26 .991 9.59 9.57
1 Season LF 24 23 16 182.2 38 38 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -12 1.87 1.58 .975 1.81 1.80
1 Season OF 24 23 16 182.2 41 39 2 0 0 1.000 -2 -12 2.02 1.71 .980 2.04 2.03
7 Seasons TOT 579 551 497 4906.1 4676 4308 320 48 422 .990 5 1 8.49 7.99 .991 9.31 9.25
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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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 (1736th)

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)

Putouts† s c a p y
1969 AL  1,179 (3rd)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1968 AL  128 (4th)
1969 AL  157 (1st)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1968 AL  972 (5th)
1969 AL  1,179 (3rd)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1969 AL  100 (1st)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1967 AL  11 (3rd)
1969 AL  14 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1968 AL  5 (2nd)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1968 AL  .992 (2nd)
1970 AL  .994 (3rd)

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 11 (1351), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1947), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS First Base (234th), 5.2 career WAR/6.5 7yr-peak WAR/5.9 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 18) = 62.3 career WAR/40.7 7yr-peak WAR/51.5 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Randy Milligan (954)
  6. Dave Revering (953)
  7. Larry Sheets (951)
  8. Butch Huskey (946)
  9. Gordy Coleman (945)
  10. Pat Putnam (944)
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  1. Keith Hernandez (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ed Stevens (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Keith Hernandez (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Derrek Lee (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196722Boston Red Sox$17,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196823Cleveland Indians$22,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196924Cleveland Indians$25,000Curse of Rocky Colavito 1254/4/70 TSN: $30,000
197025Cleveland Indians$45,000Curse of Rocky Colavito 124
Career to date (may be incomplete)$109,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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