Ricky Horton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: July 30, 1959 in Poughkeepsie, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 20th round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from Franklin Delano Roosevelt HS (Hyde Park, NY) and the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA).

High School: Franklin Delano Roosevelt HS (Hyde Park, NY)

School: University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)

Debut: April 7, 1984 (Age 24-252d, 14,872nd in major league history)
vs. SFG 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 23, 1990 (Age 30-358d)
vs. CHC 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Full Name: Ricky Neal Horton

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1988 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.9

ERA

3.76

325

673.1

319

WHIP

1.363

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

Summary of 55 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 13 go ahead

3 Tms
STL	46
CHW	6
LAD	3

Platoon
vs RHB	50
vs LHB	5

Home/Road
Away	31
Home	24

Outs
0	23
1	16
2	16

14 Opps
NYM	9
PHI	8
SFG	6
CIN	5
HOU	5
LAD	4
SDP	4
PIT	3
ATL	3
CAL	3
MON	2
OAK	1
SEA	1
TOR	1

47 Batters
Jeffrey Leonard	3
Darryl Strawberry	2
Pedro Guerrero	2
Kevin McReynolds	2
Rick Schu	2
Bob Brenly	2
Glenn Davis	2
José Canseco	1
Brad Komminsk	1
Jim Morrison	1
Brian Downing	1
Nick Esasky	1
Steve Garvey	1
Tracy Jones	1
John Wockenfuss	1
Pat Borders	1
Benito Santiago	1
Bert Peña	1
George Foster	1
Rex Hudler	1
Ray Knight	1
Wally Joyner	1
Mitch Webster	1
Mark Parent	1
Mike Fitzgerald	1
Dale Murphy	1
Tony Peña	1
Juan Samuel	1
Keith Hernandez	1
Dave Parker	1
Tim Teufel	1
Lance Parrish	1
Henry Cotto	1
Ronn Reynolds	1
Gary Carter	1
Mike Schmidt	1
Chris James	1
Joe Oliver	1
Johnny Ray	1
Bruce Benedict	1
Kevin Bass	1
Eric Davis	1
Randy Ready	1
Dale Berra	1
Phil Garner	1
Billy Hatcher	1
Mark Bailey	1

13 Parks
Busch Stad (STL)	17
Shea Stad (NYC)	6
VeteransStad (PHI)	5
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	5
Dodger Stad (LOS)	4
3Com Park (SFO)	4
Qualcomm St (SAN)	3
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	3
Astrodome (HOU)	2
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1

Where Hit
7	24
8	4
9	4
78	2
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	39
3	5
2	4
1	3
4	2
7+	1
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	47
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	37
1--	12
123	2
1-3	2
--3	1
-2-	1

79 Runs
RISP	6
0 on	37
1 on	14
2 on	2
3 on	2
Any on	18

Inning
2	6
3	7
4	7
5	6
6	9
7	7
8	6
9	3
Extra	4

1-3	13
4-6	22
7-end	20

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	3
+2	1
+1	5
Tied	11
-1	6
-2	6
-3	6
-4..	9

Ahead	17
Tied	11
Behind	27

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	39
1-1	4
0-0	3
1-0	3
3-2	1
1-2	1
2-1	1
3-1	1
0-1	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	11
LF	9
1B	8
PH	7
CF	7
RF	4
3B	4
2B	2
SS	2
DH	1

OrderPos
4th	12
7th	9
3rd	8
5th	7
6th	6
9th	5
2nd	5
8th	2
1st	1

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	17
Low Lev	26

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1984-04-07	Jeffrey Leonard	SFG		STL	ahead 9-0	b 6	2	1--		2	4	7	0%	100%		Home Run; J. Clark Scores
2	2	2	1	1984-05-25	Dale Murphy	ATL		STL	ahead 7-4	b 7	0	---		1	4	8	3%	97%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1984-06-12	John Wockenfuss	PHI		STL	behind 1-5	b 4	2	---		1	6	3	6%	16%		Home Run
4	4	4	1	1984-06-17	Darryl Strawberry	NYM	@	STL	behind 1-4	t 6	1	---		1	5	8	7%	17%		Home Run
5	5	5	1	1984-07-04 (1)	Jeffrey Leonard	SFG		STL	behind 0-2	b 3	2	---		1	4	7	11%	38%		Home Run
6	6	6	1	1984-07-18	Jeffrey Leonard	SFG	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---		1	4	7	11%	61%		Home Run
7	7	7	1	1984-07-23	Mike Fitzgerald	NYM		STL	tied 1-1	b 2	0	1--		2	7	2	17%	76%		Home Run; H. Brooks Scores/unER
8	8	8	1	1984-07-29	Dale Berra	PIT		STL	behind 0-4	b 4	2	1--		2	7	6	14%	24%		Home Run; T. Peña Scores
9	9	9	1	1984-08-19	Brad Komminsk	ATL	@	STL	behind 1-4	t 6	0	1--		2	9	PH	17%	32%		Home Run; K. Oberkfell Scores
10	10	10	1	1984-08-28	Bruce Benedict	ATL		STL	behind 2-5	b 10	0	---		1	8	2	5%	9%		Home Run
11	11	11	1	1984-09-02	Bert Peña	HOU	@	STL	behind 0-4	t 5	0	---		1	8	6	6%	14%		Home Run
12	12	12	1	1984-09-07	Jim Morrison	PIT		STL	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---		1	6	5	11%	80%		Home Run
13	13	13	1	1984-09-11	George Foster	NYM		STL	behind 0-2	b 4	2	---		1	4	7	12%	36%		Home Run
14	14	14	2	1984-09-11	Keith Hernandez	NYM		STL	behind 1-3	b 6	1	---		1	3	3	13%	34%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1985-06-11	Tony Peña	PIT		STL	ahead 10-0	b 4	1	---		1	5	2	0%	100%		Home Run
16	16	2	1	1985-07-06	Pedro Guerrero	LAD	@	STL	ahead 4-0	t 5	1	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	4	7	4%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	3	1	1985-08-20	Mark Bailey	HOU		STL	ahead 4-0	b 3	1	123		4	7	2	5%	99%		Home Run; J. Cruz Scores; J. Mumphrey Scores; G. Davis Scores
18	18	4	1	1985-08-30	Glenn Davis	HOU	@	STL	ahead 4-1	t 3	1	---		1	6	3	7%	87%		Home Run
19	19	5	1	1985-09-29	Mitch Webster	MON		STL	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	---		1	7	8	12%	78%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1986-04-25	Ray Knight	NYM	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---		1	7	5	15%	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	2	1	1986-04-30	Kevin McReynolds	SDP		STL	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	---		1	3	8	11%	75%		Home Run (Deep CF)
22	22	3	2	1986-04-30	Steve Garvey	SDP		STL	ahead 4-0	b 5	2	---		1	4	3	3%	96%		Home Run (Deep CF)
23	23	4	1	1986-05-20	Dave Parker	CIN	@	STL	tied 3-3	t 7	1	--3		2	3	9	22%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Jones Scores
24	24	5	1	1986-08-17 (2)	Tim Teufel	NYM		STL	ahead 5-2	b 6	1	---		1	9	PH	4%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	6	1	1986-09-25	Ronn Reynolds	PHI	@	STL	behind 0-3	t 3	0	---		1	7	2	8%	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	7	2	1986-09-25	Rick Schu	PHI	@	STL	behind 1-3	t 6	1	---		1	9	PH	12%	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1987-05-08	Pedro Guerrero	LAD		STL	behind 0-5	b 9	0	---		1	4	7	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep CF)
28	28	2	1	1987-05-12	Bob Brenly	SFG		STL	behind 2-6	b 9	1	1-3		3	9	PH	6%	11%		Home Run; C. Speier Scores; W. Clark Scores
29	29	3	1	1987-05-22	Glenn Davis	HOU		STL	behind 3-7	b 8	0	---		1	4	3	4%	8%		Home Run
30	30	4	1	1987-06-01	Tracy Jones	CIN		STL	tied 5-5	b 7	0	---		1	9	PH	20%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	5	1	1987-06-08	Chris James	PHI		STL	behind 6-12	b 8	2	---		1	1	8	0%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	6	1	1987-07-01	Gary Carter	NYM		STL	ahead 6-5	b 7	0	1--		2	4	2	12%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Hernandez Scores
33	33	7	1	1987-07-07 (1)	Phil Garner	LAD	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---		1	6	5	11%	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	8	1	1987-07-12	Bob Brenly	SFG	@	STL	behind 0-2	t 7	0	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	5	2	12%	31%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	9	1	1987-07-29	Darryl Strawberry	NYM	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---		1	4	9	10%	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	10	1	1987-08-08	Rick Schu	PHI		STL	behind 4-8	b 7	0	---		1	2	3	6%	13%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	11	1	1987-08-09	Lance Parrish	PHI		STL	behind 6-7	b 14	1	---		1	5	2	47%	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	12	1	1987-08-24	Billy Hatcher	HOU	@	STL	ahead 3-1	t 9	2	1--		2	2	7	7%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Young Scores
39	39	13	1	1987-09-01	Eric Davis	CIN	@	STL	behind 0-3	t 6	0	1--		2	3	8	16%	34%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Concepción Scores
40	40	14	2	1987-09-01	Nick Esasky	CIN	@	STL	behind 2-3	t 6	2	---		1	6	3	16%	44%		Home Run (LF-CF)
41	41	15	1	1987-09-15	Mike Schmidt	PHI		STL	behind 2-4	b 4	0	---		1	4	5	12%	43%		Home Run (CF-RF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1988-04-04	Johnny Ray	CAL	@	CHW	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	7	11%	69%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
43	43	2	1	1988-04-20	Henry Cotto	SEA		CHW	behind 1-4	b 6	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	8	19%	39%		Home Run (Deep LF Line); R. Quiñones Scores
44	44	3	1	1988-04-24	José Canseco	OAK	@	CHW	tied 1-1	t 3	2	1-3	4,(1-2) LCBX	3	3	9	28%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Phillips Scores; C. Lansford Scores
45	45	4	1	1988-05-16	Pat Borders	TOR	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 5	0	1--	3,(1-1) B1FX	2	7	2	21%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Gruber Scores
46	46	5	1	1988-07-28	Brian Downing	CAL	@	CHW	tied 6-6	t 11	2	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	3	DH	41%	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
47	47	6	1	1988-07-31	Wally Joyner	CAL	@	CHW	tied 5-5	t 7	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	3	3	27%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. White Scores
48	48	7	1	1988-09-21 (1)	Benito Santiago	SDP	@	LAD	ahead 5-0	t 2	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	6	2	5%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Gwynn Scores; K. Moreland Scores; J. Kruk Scores
49	49	8	1	1988-09-28	Mark Parent	SDP		LAD	behind 0-1	b 16	2	1--	3,(1-1) ..CBX	2	5	PH	91%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Martínez Scores
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	1989-05-31	Rex Hudler	MON	@	LAD	behind 3-8	t 8	2	---	8,(3-2) .BFFBBFFX	1	2	PH	1%	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
51	51	2	1	1989-08-18 (2)	Joe Oliver	CIN		STL	behind 1-2	b 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	2	16%	56%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
52	52	3	1	1989-09-06	Kevin McReynolds	NYM		STL	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	5	7	13%	55%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	1990-04-22	Randy Ready	PHI	@	STL	behind 1-2	t 8	1	1--	3,(1-1) B11CX	2	2	4	48%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Hollins Scores
54	54	2	1	1990-04-27	Kevin Bass	SFG		STL	ahead 10-3	b 8	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); W. Clark Scores
55	55	3	1	1990-06-29	Juan Samuel	LAD		STL	ahead 5-0	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)