Willie Horton
William Wattison Horton
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 209 lb.

Born: October 18, 1942 in Arno, VA
High School: Northwestern (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1963
Final Game: October 5, 1980
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Standard Fielding

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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 DET AL 20 OF 9 9 78.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -10.8 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0 1.50 1.44 .977 2.16 1.91
1963 DET AL 20 LF 8 8 69.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -10.4 -0.6 -0.2 -0.4 0 1.43 1.38 .973 1.90 1.58
1963 DET AL 20 RF 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.00 2.00 1.000 2.00 1.70
1964 DET AL 21 OF 23 21 191.1 35 33 0 2 0 .943 -0.5 -3.1 0.5 0.5 -0.1 -1 1.55 1.43 .980 2.04 1.79
1964 DET AL 21 LF 20 19 168.2 31 29 0 2 0 .935 -0.6 -4.3 0.4 0.4 -0.1 -1 1.55 1.45 .977 1.81 1.46
1964 DET AL 21 RF 3 2 22.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 5.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.99 1.67 .980 1.87 1.60
1965 DET AL 22 OF 141 138 1215.0 259 249 7 3 1 .988 0.9 0.9 1.9 1.2 0.7 -1 1.90 1.82 .978 2.04 1.78 AS,MVP-8
1965 DET AL 22 LF 111 106 935.2 211 202 7 2 2 .991 2.8 3.6 4.8 3.4 1.4 -2 2.01 1.88 .979 1.87 1.49 AS,MVP-8
1965 DET AL 22 RF 34 32 279.1 43 42 0 1 0 .977 -1.9 -8.2 -2.9 -2.2 -0.7 1 1.35 1.24 .979 1.85 1.57 AS,MVP-8
1965 DET AL 22 3B 1 0 6.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.4 80.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.00 2.00 .950 3.15 2.90 AS,MVP-8
1966 DET AL 23 OF 137 133 1192.1 242 233 4 5 1 .979 -3.4 -3.4 -3.4 -3.3 0.1 0 1.79 1.73 .982 2.10 1.82 MVP-21
1966 DET AL 23 LF 129 121 1072.1 207 198 4 5 1 .976 -5.3 -5.9 -4.3 -2.6 -1.6 -1 1.70 1.57 .980 1.83 1.45 MVP-21
1966 DET AL 23 RF 20 12 120.0 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 1.9 19.0 0.9 -0.7 1.7 1 2.25 1.50 .980 1.94 1.69 MVP-21
1967 DET AL 24 OF 110 108 820.0 175 165 5 5 2 .971 5.1 7.5 3.1 1.8 1.3 2 1.87 1.55 .980 2.05 1.76
1967 DET AL 24 LF 109 108 819.0 172 163 4 5 2 .971 5.1 7.5 3.1 1.8 1.3 2 1.84 1.53 .976 1.87 1.40
1967 DET AL 24 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1968 DET AL 25 LF 139 137 1200.1 215 203 6 6 2 .972 -1.7 -1.7 -3.7 -2.6 -1.0 2 1.57 1.50 .978 1.85 1.45 AS,MVP-4
1968 DET AL 25 OF 139 137 1200.1 224 212 6 6 2 .973 -1.7 -1.7 -3.7 -2.6 -1.0 2 1.63 1.57 .981 2.08 1.80 AS,MVP-4
1969 DET AL 26 OF 136 135 1161.2 288 272 8 8 0 .972 10.4 10.7 10.4 9.7 0.7 0 2.17 2.06 .978 2.13 1.84
1969 DET AL 26 LF 134 131 1129.2 280 266 7 7 0 .975 10.8 11.5 10.8 10.1 0.7 0 2.17 2.04 .978 1.99 1.60
1969 DET AL 26 RF 4 4 32.0 9 7 1 1 0 .889 -0.4 -15.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 .978 1.91 1.60
1970 DET AL 27 OF 96 96 844.0 167 154 10 3 1 .982 -4.7 -6.7 -7.7 -3.2 -4.5 3 1.75 1.71 .980 2.14 1.85 AS
1970 DET AL 27 LF 94 92 814.0 155 142 10 3 1 .981 -3.8 -5.6 -6.8 -3.3 -3.5 3 1.68 1.62 .978 1.81 1.48 AS
1970 DET AL 27 RF 4 4 30.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -36.0 -0.9 0.1 -1.0 0 1.80 1.50 .967 1.98 1.60 AS
1971 DET AL 28 OF 118 117 1012.0 191 176 8 7 1 .963 -6.5 -7.7 -7.5 -3.9 -3.6 1 1.64 1.56 .982 2.24 1.96
1971 DET AL 28 LF 107 92 837.0 157 143 8 6 1 .962 -6.4 -9.2 -6.4 -4.1 -2.3 0 1.62 1.41 .982 1.93 1.60
1971 DET AL 28 RF 29 25 175.0 34 33 0 1 0 .971 -0.1 -0.7 -1.1 0.2 -1.3 1 1.70 1.14 .979 2.05 1.70
1972 DET AL 29 OF 98 93 746.1 137 131 6 0 0 1.000 2.6 4.2 1.6 2.6 -1.0 1 1.65 1.40 .982 2.22 1.91
1972 DET AL 29 LF 80 65 544.1 97 93 4 0 0 1.000 1.1 2.4 0.1 -0.1 0.2 1 1.60 1.21 .979 1.89 1.53
1972 DET AL 29 RF 30 28 202.0 42 41 1 0 0 1.000 1.5 8.9 1.5 2.7 -1.2 0 1.87 1.40 .979 2.12 1.76
1973 DET AL 30 LF 107 105 832.0 173 161 2 10 0 .942 -11.7 -16.9 -9.7 -3.1 -6.6 -2 1.76 1.52 .978 2.00 1.68 AS,MVP-29
1973 DET AL 30 OF 107 106 840.1 172 160 2 10 0 .942 -11.5 -16.4 -9.5 -2.9 -6.6 -2 1.74 1.51 .980 2.29 2.02 AS,MVP-29
1973 DET AL 30 DH 1 AS,MVP-29
1973 DET AL 30 RF 1 1 8.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 28.8 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.24 3.00 .967 2.05 1.70 AS,MVP-29
1974 DET AL 31 LF 64 64 522.0 115 107 2 6 0 .948 -5.6 -12.9 -2.6 -2.2 -0.4 -3 1.88 1.70 .975 2.12 1.75
1974 DET AL 31 OF 64 64 522.0 114 106 2 6 0 .947 -5.6 -12.9 -2.6 -2.2 -0.4 -3 1.86 1.69 .981 2.41 2.12
1974 DET AL 31 DH 1
1975 DET AL 32 DH 159
1976 DET AL 33 DH 105
1977 TOT AL 34 LF 11 10 82.0 17 16 0 1 0 .941 -1.2 -17.6 -1.2 -1.1 -0.2 0 1.76 1.45 .976 2.11 1.74
1977 TOT AL 34 OF 11 10 82.0 17 16 0 1 0 .941 -1.2 -17.6 -1.2 -1.1 -0.2 0 1.76 1.45 .982 2.34 2.03
1977 DET AL 34 LF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -40.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.70
1977 DET AL 34 OF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -40.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.30 2.00
1977 TEX AL 34 DH 128
1977 TEX AL 34 LF 10 9 73.0 16 15 0 1 0 .938 -0.9 -14.8 -0.9 -1.1 0.1 0 1.85 1.50 .975 2.11 1.74
1977 TEX AL 34 OF 10 9 73.0 16 15 0 1 0 .938 -0.9 -14.8 -0.9 -1.1 0.1 0 1.85 1.50 .981 2.34 2.03
1978 TOT AL 35 DH 105
1978 CLE AL 35 DH 48
1978 OAK AL 35 DH 27
1978 OAK AL 35 LF 1 0 3.2 3 1 0 2 0 .333 -0.8 -261.8 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 2.45 1.00 1.000 2.21 1.80
1978 OAK AL 35 OF 1 0 3.2 3 1 0 2 0 .333 -0.8 -261.8 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 2.45 1.00 1.000 2.45 2.10
1978 TOR AL 35 DH 30
1979 SEA AL 36 DH 162 MVP-24
1980 SEA AL 37 DH 92
14 Seasons OF 1190 1167 9909.0 2037 1921 58 58 8 .972 -17.6 -2.1 -19.6 -3.7 -15.8 2 1.80 1.66 .980 2.15 1.87
14 Seasons LF 1114 1058 9029.2 1844 1735 54 55 9 .970 -17.9 -2.4 -16.9 -3.6 -13.3 -1 1.78 1.61 .978 1.91 1.53
8 Seasons DH 753
10 Seasons RF 127 109 879.1 174 169 2 3 0 .983 0.3 0.4 -2.7 -0.1 -2.5 3 1.75 1.35 .979 1.98 1.67
1 Season 3B 1 0 6.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.4 80.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.00 2.00 .950 3.15 2.90
18 Seasons TOT 1191 1167 9915.0 2039 1921 60 58 8 .972 -17.2 -2.1 -19.2 -3.3 -15.8 2 0 1.80 1.66 .952 2.15 1.87
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1963 DET AL 20 15 9 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 9 6 0
1964 DET AL 21 25 21 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 3 23 3 0
1965 DET AL 22 143 138 143 143 0 0 0 0 1 0 111 0 34 141 3 0
1966 DET AL 23 146 133 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 20 137 11 0
1967 DET AL 24 122 108 122 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 0 1 110 14 0
1968 DET AL 25 143 137 143 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 139 6 0
1969 DET AL 26 141 135 141 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 4 136 6 0
1970 DET AL 27 96 96 96 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 0 4 96 0 0
1971 DET AL 28 119 117 119 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 0 29 118 2 0
1972 DET AL 29 108 93 108 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 0 30 98 12 1
1973 DET AL 30 111 107 111 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 0 1 108 1 4 0
1974 DET AL 31 72 65 72 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 0 0 64 1 7 0
1975 DET AL 32 159 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 159 0 0
1976 DET AL 33 114 105 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 9 0
1977 TEX AL 34 139 132 139 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 123 7 0
1977 DET AL 34 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
1978 CLE AL 35 50 46 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 4 0
1978 TOR AL 35 33 30 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 3 0
1978 OAK AL 35 32 27 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 27 4 0
1979 SEA AL 36 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0
1980 SEA AL 37 97 92 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 5 0
18 Seasons 2028 1913 2028 1242 0 0 0 0 1 0 1114 0 127 1191 746 106 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1963 DET AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 5 71.4% 2 0 0.0% 0 311 58% 71% 23% 21 52%
1964 DET AL 21 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 6 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 9 52.9% 8 0 0.0% 0 738 68% 74% 26% 73 40%
1965 DET AL 22 2 0 2 0 1 7 0 3 1 1 52 44 1 35 5 0 16 8 0 11 2 0 14 13 0 128 72 56.3% 55 1 0.8% 6 4074 61% 74% 25% 449 46%
1966 DET AL 23 5 0 5 0 1 4 0 1 1 1 51 43 0 37 8 2 22 15 0 15 2 0 9 9 0 134 77 57.5% 55 2 1.5% 2 4630 64% 75% 26% 499 40%
1967 DET AL 24 5 0 5 0 1 4 0 2 0 2 24 21 0 16 4 0 9 4 2 8 2 1 14 13 1 71 44 62.0% 23 4 5.6% 0 3497 58% 74% 25% 308 54%
1968 DET AL 25 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 0 3 44 34 0 18 5 1 15 12 0 8 3 1 16 16 0 101 70 69.3% 29 2 2.0% 4 5006 58% 74% 27% 420 49%
1969 DET AL 26 7 0 7 0 1 7 0 4 2 1 56 50 0 31 5 1 16 10 0 12 2 0 21 20 0 136 87 64.0% 48 1 0.7% 6 4879 61% 74% 27% 557 49%
1970 DET AL 27 3 0 3 0 1 10 0 5 4 1 58 46 3 37 10 1 14 9 0 10 2 0 13 12 1 132 79 59.8% 48 5 3.8% 5 3624 66% 75% 25% 415 36%
1971 DET AL 28 6 0 6 0 0 8 0 3 3 2 51 38 0 33 9 2 18 11 0 5 1 0 16 15 1 123 74 60.2% 46 3 2.4% 5 3726 68% 74% 25% 390 38%
1972 DET AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 23 19 0 13 3 1 8 5 1 4 1 0 3 3 0 51 31 60.8% 18 2 3.9% 2 2282 65% 74% 28% 242 40%
1973 DET AL 30 10 0 10 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 37 25 0 29 9 0 11 7 0 9 3 0 6 6 0 92 50 54.3% 42 0 0.0% 2 3722 64% 78% 25% 370 44%
1974 DET AL 31 6 0 5 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 7 5 0 18 0 0 12 7 0 5 0 0 6 6 0 48 18 37.5% 30 0 0.0% 2 2354 63% 77% 26% 231 47%
1977 TEX AL 34 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 8 5 62.5% 3 0 0.0% 0 328 52% 77% 23% 33 45%
1977 DET AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 42 71% 83% 14% 7 14%
1978 OAK AL 35 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 20 65% 80% 45% 5 20%
14 Seasons 55 0 52 3 10 54 0 23 12 13 421 337 4 273 60 8 147 91 3 88 18 2 123 117 3 1052 623 59.2% 409 20 1.9% 34 39233 63% 75% 26% 4020 44%
MLB Averages 57.5% 2.7% 60% 78% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1963 DET AL 20 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 0 0 0 0 0 44 70% 59% 23% 3 67%
1964 DET AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 107 61% 72% 28% 8 63%
1965 DET AL 22 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 6 3 0 5 5 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 22 13 59.1% 9 0 0.0% 0 1182 62% 74% 26% 97 43%
1966 DET AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 7 1 1 4 1 0 3 2 0 4 3 0 26 13 50.0% 12 1 3.8% -1 542 65% 77% 27% 63 49%
1967 DET AL 24 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 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 67% 0% 0
1969 DET AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 151 55% 76% 27% 19 42%
1970 DET AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 141 73% 71% 17% 16 38%
1971 DET AL 28 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 7 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 22 13 59.1% 9 0 0.0% 0 750 64% 74% 26% 67 49%
1972 DET AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 4 0 4 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 16 8 50.0% 8 0 0.0% 1 848 60% 76% 29% 76 55%
1973 DET AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 35 71% 86% 26% 4 75%
10 Seasons 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 43 24 0 22 6 1 19 11 0 7 4 0 10 9 0 101 54 53.5% 46 1 1.0% 1 3803 63% 75% 27% 353 49%
MLB Averages 42.4% 3.1% 60% 78% 26% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1965 DET AL 22 21 52% 76% 38% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 21 52% 76% 38% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 89% 67%

* 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.

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