Sam Horn

Positions: Designated Hitter and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-5, 215lb (196cm, 97kg)

Born: November 2, 1963 in Dallas, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (16th) of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Samuel F. B. Morse HS (San Diego, CA).

High School: Samuel F. B. Morse HS (San Diego, CA)

Debut: July 25, 1987 (Age 23-265d, 15,364th in major league history)
vs. SEA 4 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 20, 1995 (Age 31-322d)
vs. SEA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Agents: Stephen Wittman • Previously: George Kalafatis

Full Name: Samuel Lee Horn

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.3

1040

250

.240

132

RBI

179

OBP

.328

SLG

.468

OPS

.797

OPS+

119

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 62 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 18 go ahead

3 Tms
BAL	42
BOS	16
CLE	4

Platoon
vs RHP	58
vs LHP	4

Home/Road
Home	32
Away	30

Outs
0	25
2	19
1	18

14 Opps
KCR	8
SEA	7
MIL	7
NYY	6
DET	6
TOR	6
TEX	5
BOS	3
CLE	3
CHW	3
MIN	2
OAK	2
CAL	2
BAL	2

52 Pitchers
Bret Saberhagen	4
Bill Gullickson	3
José Núñez	2
Bill Wegman	2
Eric King	2
Charlie Hough	2
Duane Ward	2
Bob Welch	1
Nolan Ryan	1
Gary Eave	1
Jeff Montgomery	1
Jim Acker	1
Jack Savage	1
Joe Slusarski	1
Stan Clarke	1
Rich DeLucia	1
Walt Terrell	1
Scott Bankhead	1
Melido Perez	1
Wade Taylor	1
Brian Holman	1
Jeff Reardon	1
Tim Leary	1
Mike Moore	1
Greg Harris	1
Steve Searcy	1
Jerry Reed	1
Steve Farr	1
Mike Fetters	1
Kirk McCaskill	1
Jeff Gray	1
Ricky Bones	1
Jaime Navarro	1
Kevin Brown	1
Jack Armstrong	1
Keith Creel	1
Ray Searage	1
Dave Johnson	1
Mark Knudson	1
Roy Smith	1
Juan Nieves	1
Luis Encarnación	1
Scott Sanderson	1
Richard Dotson	1
Ed Núñez	1
Tom Gordon	1
Tom Henke	1
John Habyan	1
Dave Eiland	1
Pascual Pérez	1
Rod Nichols	1
José Mesa	1

14 Parks
Memor. Stad (BAL)	22
Fenway Pk (BOS)	10
Yankee Stad (NYC)	4
ClevelandStd (CLE)	4
Tiger Stad (DET)	4
KauffmanStad (KAN)	4
Arlington St (ARL)	4
County Stad (MIL)	3
Camden Yards (BAL)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1

Where Hit
9	22
89	17
8	8
7	6
78	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	14
3	10
1	10
2	9
4	8
5	5
6	3
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	54
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	33
1--	14
12-	6
123	3
--3	2
1-3	2
-2-	1
-23	1

106 RBI
RISP	15
0 on	33
1 on	17
2 on	9
3 on	3
Any on	29

Inning
1	3
2	13
3	5
4	9
5	8
6	6
7	3
8	8
9	7

1-3	21
4-6	23
7-end	18

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	3
+2	9
+1	7
Tied	17
-1	3
-2	3
-3	4
-4..	6

Ahead	29
Tied	17
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	14
0-0	10
1-2	5
0-1	5
2-2	5
2-0	5
1-0	4
1-1	4
2-1	4
3-2	3
3-1	2
0-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
DH	56
PH	3
PH/DH	2
1B	1

OrderPos
4th	21
6th	19
5th	11
7th	7
9th	2
3rd	2

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	22
Low Lev	27

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1987-07-25	BOS		SEA	Stan Clarke	tied 5-5	b 5	0	1--		2	5	DH	0.189	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Rice Scores
2	2	2	1	1987-07-26	BOS		SEA	Mike Moore	ahead 4-1	b 3	2	---		1	5	DH	0.062	87%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1987-07-29	BOS	@	TOR	José Núñez	ahead 3-1	t 5	2	1--		2	5	DH	0.153	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Boggs Scores
4	4	4	1	1987-07-31	BOS	@	KCR	Bret Saberhagen	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---		1	5	DH	0.083	80%		Home Run
5	5	5	1	1987-08-03	BOS	@	TEX	Keith Creel	ahead 4-2	t 3	1	---		1	5	DH	0.086	77%		Home Run (CF-RF)
6	6	6	1	1987-08-10	BOS		TOR	José Núñez	ahead 5-1	b 8	2	123		4	6	DH	0.012	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Barrett Scores; W. Boggs Scores; D. Henderson Scores
7	7	7	1	1987-08-14 (2)	BOS		TEX	Charlie Hough	behind 3-5	b 7	0	---		1	6	DH	0.144	38%		Home Run (Deep CF)
8	8	8	1	1987-08-25	BOS		CHW	Richard Dotson	behind 0-1	b 2	2	---		1	6	DH	0.105	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	9	2	1987-08-25	BOS		CHW	Ray Searage	ahead 6-3	b 8	0	---		1	6	DH	0.017	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	10	1	1987-09-18 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	John Habyan	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--		2	6	DH	0.174	68%		Home Run; D. Evans Scores
11	11	11	1	1987-09-20 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	José Mesa	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---		1	6	DH	0.101	60%		Home Run
12	12	12	1	1987-09-25	BOS	@	MIL	Juan Nieves	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---		1	7	DH	0.101	56%		Home Run
13	13	13	2	1987-09-25	BOS	@	MIL	Mark Knudson	ahead 6-2	t 9	2	12-		3	7	DH	0.017	100%		Home Run; M. Greenwell Scores/unER; E. Romero Scores/unER; S. Horn Scores/unER
14	14	14	1	1987-09-28	BOS	@	NYY	Bill Gullickson	ahead 6-0	t 4	2	---		1	3	DH	0.023	96%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1988-05-13	BOS		SEA	Jerry Reed	ahead 9-2	b 4	2	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	DH	0.014	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Boggs Scores; D. Evans Scores
16	16	2	1	1988-05-14	BOS		SEA	Scott Bankhead	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	6	DH	0.109	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1990-04-09	BAL	@	KCR	Bret Saberhagen	tied 0-0	t 2	0	12-	4,(2-1) BBSX	3	6	DH	0.193	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Tettleton Scores; R. Milligan Scores
18	18	2	2	1990-04-09	BAL	@	KCR	Steve Farr	behind 3-6	t 8	1	-23	5,(2-2) SBFB.X	3	6	DH	0.303	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Ripken Scores; R. Milligan Scores
19	19	3	1	1990-05-04	BAL	@	SEA	Gary Eave	behind 2-3	t 4	0	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	7	DH	0.129	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	4	1	1990-07-04	BAL	@	TEX	Charlie Hough	tied 2-2	t 6	1	1--	3,(2-0) B1BX	2	7	DH	0.269	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Ripken Scores
21	21	5	1	1990-07-14	BAL		MIN	Roy Smith	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	7,(2-2) SBFFFBX	1	6	DH	0.104	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
22	22	6	1	1990-07-15	BAL		MIN	Jack Savage	behind 2-10	b 9	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	3	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
23	23	7	1	1990-07-22	BAL		CHW	Melido Perez	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	DH	0.096	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
24	24	8	1	1990-07-27	BAL	@	KCR	Luis Encarnación	ahead 8-2	t 9	2	---	4,(2-1) SBBX	1	7	DH	0.002	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
25	25	9	1	1990-08-03	BAL		KCR	Tom Gordon	ahead 5-0	b 3	0	---	6,(2-2) FBCBFX	1	4	DH	0.024	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	10	1	1990-08-17	BAL		OAK	Bob Welch	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	9,(3-2) BBFFFBFFX	1	4	DH	0.111	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
27	27	11	1	1990-09-07	BAL		CAL	Mike Fetters	ahead 3-2	b 7	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	4	DH	0.179	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Finley Scores; D. Gallagher Scores
28	28	12	1	1990-09-14	BAL	@	TOR	Duane Ward	behind 2-3	t 6	1	123	5,(1-2) .CSBFX	4	5	PH	0.354	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Anderson Scores; C. Ripken Scores; M. Tettleton Scores
29	29	13	1	1990-09-19	BAL		BOS	Greg Harris	tied 2-2	b 5	1	12-	4,(1-2) CSBX	3	4	DH	0.272	89%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); S. Finley Scores; C. Ripken Scores
30	30	14	1	1990-10-01	BAL		TOR	Duane Ward	ahead 5-3	b 8	1	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	5	PH/DH	0.035	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1991-04-14	BAL	@	TEX	Nolan Ryan	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	5	DH	0.254	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); C. Ripken Scores; G. Davis Scores; S. Horn Scores
32	32	2	1	1991-04-15	BAL	@	MIL	Ed Núñez	ahead 3-2	t 8	2	123	3,(1-1) .BSX	4	6	DH	0.212	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball); C. Ripken Scores; G. Davis Scores; D. Evans Scores; S. Horn Scores
33	33	3	1	1991-04-29	BAL		SEA	Rich DeLucia	behind 0-4	b 2	1	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	5	DH	0.068	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Horn Scores
34	34	4	1	1991-05-03	BAL	@	CAL	Kirk McCaskill	ahead 1-0	t 6	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	5	DH	0.121	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball); S. Horn Scores
35	35	5	1	1991-05-22	BAL	@	DET	Bill Gullickson	behind 4-9	t 8	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	DH	0.009	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Horn Scores
36	36	6	1	1991-05-30	BAL	@	BOS	Jeff Gray	ahead 6-3	t 9	1	1-3	2,(0-1) .CX	3	6	PH/DH	0.021	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Orsulak Scores; D. Evans Scores; S. Horn Scores
37	37	7	1	1991-06-02	BAL	@	BOS	Jeff Reardon	ahead 3-1	t 9	1	---	5,(3-1) FBBBX	1	6	DH	0.047	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Horn Scores
38	38	8	1	1991-06-06	BAL		TOR	Jim Acker	behind 0-2	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	DH	0.105	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); S. Horn Scores
39	39	9	1	1991-06-08	BAL		TOR	Tom Henke	behind 2-8	b 9	0	1--	3,(2-0) .BBX	2	9	PH	0.010	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball); E. Whitt Scores; S. Horn Scores
40	40	10	1	1991-06-12	BAL		KCR	Bret Saberhagen	behind 0-5	b 4	1	---	6,(3-2) BSBBFX	1	4	DH	0.044	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); S. Horn Scores
41	41	11	1	1991-06-25	BAL	@	CLE	Rod Nichols	tied 0-0	t 4	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	DH	0.189	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Ripken Scores; S. Horn Scores
42	42	12	1	1991-07-01	BAL		DET	Steve Searcy	ahead 7-0	b 5	1	---	3,(0-2) SFX	1	4	DH	0.005	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); S. Horn Scores
43	43	13	1	1991-07-05	BAL	@	NYY	Tim Leary	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	-2-	1,(0-0) .X	2	4	DH	0.122	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); C. Ripken Scores; S. Horn Scores
44	44	14	1	1991-07-06	BAL	@	NYY	Scott Sanderson	tied 3-3	t 5	2	--3	8,(3-2) SFBBBFFX	2	4	DH	0.240	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Anderson Scores; S. Horn Scores
45	45	15	1	1991-07-21	BAL		SEA	Brian Holman	tied 1-1	b 3	2	1--	4,(1-2) CBCX	2	4	DH	0.221	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); C. Ripken Scores/unER; S. Horn Scores/unER
46	46	16	1	1991-08-08	BAL		MIL	Bill Wegman	behind 2-5	b 8	0	1--	4,(2-1) SBBX	2	4	DH	0.168	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); C. Ripken Scores; S. Horn Scores
47	47	17	1	1991-09-06	BAL		KCR	Bret Saberhagen	ahead 3-2	b 8	1	12-	6,(2-2) SBSBFX	3	6	DH	0.097	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); G. Davis Scores; D. Evans Scores; S. Horn Scores
48	48	18	1	1991-09-07	BAL		KCR	Jeff Montgomery	behind 3-7	b 9	2	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	9	PH	0.003	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); S. Horn Scores
49	49	19	1	1991-09-09	BAL		NYY	Dave Eiland	ahead 4-0	b 6	0	1--	5,(2-2) SBSBX	2	5	DH	0.027	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); G. Davis Scores; S. Horn Scores/unER
50	50	20	1	1991-09-11	BAL		NYY	Wade Taylor	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	1--	4,(1-2) 1F1BF1X	2	4	DH	0.121	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Devereaux Scores; S. Horn Scores
51	51	21	1	1991-09-15	BAL		CLE	Eric King	behind 0-3	b 1	2	1--	1,(0-0) 1X	2	4	DH	0.170	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball); J. Orsulak Scores; S. Horn Scores
52	52	22	1	1991-09-27	BAL	@	DET	Walt Terrell	ahead 4-2	t 5	0	--3	2,(0-1) FX	2	4	DH	0.070	90%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); C. Ripken Scores; S. Horn Scores
53	53	23	1	1991-10-02	BAL	@	NYY	Pascual Pérez	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	4	DH	0.105	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Horn Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1992-04-20	BAL		DET	Eric King	behind 1-4	b 4	0	1--	4,(2-1) BBCX	2	4	DH	0.174	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball); C. Ripken Scores; S. Horn Scores
55	55	2	1	1992-05-13	BAL	@	TEX	Kevin Brown	ahead 2-0	t 1	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	DH	0.118	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball); C. Ripken Scores; S. Horn Scores
56	56	3	1	1992-05-30	BAL	@	OAK	Joe Slusarski	ahead 3-2	t 6	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	DH	0.123	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); S. Horn Scores
57	57	4	1	1992-06-16	BAL	@	CLE	Jack Armstrong	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	DH	0.131	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); S. Horn Scores
58	58	5	1	1992-07-01	BAL		MIL	Bill Wegman	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	DH	0.109	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Horn Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
59	59	1	1	1993-09-19	CLE	@	DET	Bill Gullickson	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	DH	0.107	57%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
60	60	2	2	1993-09-19	CLE	@	DET	Dave Johnson	ahead 8-0	t 7	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	DH	0.004	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball); P. Sorrento Scores
61	61	3	1	1993-09-25	CLE		MIL	Jaime Navarro	ahead 5-0	b 5	1	---	4,(1-2) SBSX	1	6	DH	0.019	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
62	62	4	1	1993-09-26	CLE		MIL	Ricky Bones	behind 2-4	b 6	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	6	DH	0.136	40%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)