Willie Horton

Positions: Leftfielder and Designated Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 209lb (180cm, 94kg)

Born: October 18, 1942 in Arno, VA us

High School: Northwestern HS (Detroit, MI)

Debut: September 10, 1963 (Age 20-327d, 12,160th in major league history)
vs. WSA 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 1980 (Age 37-353d)
vs. TEX 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: William Wattison Horton

Nicknames: Willie the Wonder or The Ancient Mariner

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.4

7298

1993

325

.273

873

RBI

1163

OBP

.332

SLG

.457

OPS

.789

OPS+

120

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	36-36 / in Starts: 33-32
Longest Hitting Streak	10 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	17 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 10 bases loaded PA and 8 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	7

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 263 PAs	47
Actual Runners on Base	180 (91-61-28)
Avg. MLBer w/ 263 PAs	26
Avg. Runners on Base	165 (83-54-27)

Most Driven In
Self	15
A Kaline	9
J Northrup	6
M Stanley	6
G Sutherland	5
E Brinkman	2
B Oglivie	2
B Freehan	1

Most Driven In By
Self	15
A RodrÃguez	5
J Northrup	4
B Freehan	2
J Moses	2
N Cash	1
B Oglivie	1
E Brinkman	1

1974 Batting Game Log

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1974 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1170	1	Apr 5	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	5	1.39	-0.010	2.12	-0.01%	0.25	LF
2	1171	2	Apr 6	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.500	.625	5	1.50	-0.157	2.24	-0.14%	-1.21	LF
3	1172	3	Apr 7 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.083	.083	.333	.417	5	.38	-0.025	.61	-0.02%	0.42	LF
4	1173	4	Apr 7 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,8-4	GS-10	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.529	.706	5	1.57	0.130	2.40	0.12%	0.85	LF
5	1174	5	Apr 9	DET		NYY	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.238	.500	.738	5	.57	0.041	.94	0.04%	0.34	LF
6	1175	6	Apr 11	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.280	.542	.822	5	.77	-0.070	1.22	-0.07%	-0.67	LF
7	1176	7	Apr 12	DET	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.276	.481	.757	5	.50	-0.019	.78	-0.02%	-0.44	LF
8	1177	8	Apr 13	DET	@	BOS	L,1-8	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.250	.433	.683	5	.21	-0.003	.32	0.00%	-0.08	LF
9	1178	9	Apr 14	DET	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.270	.429	.699	5	2.05	-0.014	2.84	-0.01%	-0.76	LF
10	1179	10	Apr 15	DET	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.250	.395	.645	5	.87	-0.066	1.14	-0.05%	-0.57	LF
11	1180	11	Apr 17	DET		BAL	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.195	.250	.366	.616	5	.88	-0.030	1.24	-0.03%	-0.59	LF
12	1181	12	Apr 20	DET		MIL	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.234	.341	.575	5	1.47	-0.109	2.02	-0.09%	-0.92	LF
13	1182	13	Apr 21	DET		MIL	W,6-5	CG(14)	6	5	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.245	.388	.633	5	1.46	0.045	1.73	0.03%	0.68	LF
14	1183	14	Apr 23	DET		MIN	L,0-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.246	.377	.623	5	1.52	-0.089	1.57	-0.06%	-0.35	LF
15	1184	15	Apr 24	DET		MIN	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.262	.386	.648	5	.61	0.080	.58	0.05%	0.79	LF
16	1185	16	Apr 26	DET	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.277	.410	.687	5	1.13	-0.019	1.24	-0.01%	0.22	LF
17	1186	17	Apr 27	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.446	.732	5	.80	-0.036	.76	-0.02%	0.34	LF
18	1187	18	Apr 28	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	5	4	2	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.307	.507	.814	5	.57	0.191	.61	0.12%	1.55	LF
19	1188	19	Apr 30	DET	@	KCR	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.260	.316	.507	.823	5	.84	0.019	.97	0.01%	1.42	LF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	1189	20	May 1	DET	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.313	.494	.807	5	.95	-0.001	1.19	0.00%	0.00	LF
21	1190	21	May 2	DET	@	KCR	W,9-7	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.322	.494	.816	5	.51	0.085	.69	0.07%	1.07	LF
22	1191	22	May 3	DET	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.319	.518	.836	5	1.44	0.256	2.13	0.23%	0.89	LF
23	1192	23	May 4	DET	@	MIN	L,0-10	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.309	.500	.809	5	1.00	-0.079	1.64	-0.08%	-0.69	LF
24	1193	24	May 5	DET	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.306	.489	.795	5	.96	0.021	1.52	0.02%	-0.17	LF
25	1194	25	May 6	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.314	.495	.808	4	1.37	-0.016	2.15	-0.02%	0.21	LF
26	1195	26	May 7	DET		CHW	L,0-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.311	.485	.796	5	1.73	-0.027	2.71	-0.03%	-0.33	LF
27	1196	27	May 10	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.309	.485	.795	5	1.04	0.125	1.69	0.12%	0.01	LF
28	1197	28	May 11	DET		BOS	L,5-8	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.316	.495	.811	5	1.84	0.270	3.31	0.29%	2.00	LF
29	1198	29	May 12	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.331	.541	.871	5	1.04	0.253	1.69	0.25%	3.26	LF
30	1199	30	May 14	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.325	.526	.851	5	.84	-0.096	1.41	-0.10%	-0.38	LF
31	1200	31	May 15	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.336	.554	.890	5	1.90	0.276	3.37	0.29%	1.94	LF
32	1201	32	May 17	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.333	.540	.874	5	.68	0.008	1.32	0.01%	0.40	LF
33	1202	33	May 18	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.289	.331	.531	.862	5	1.06	0.077	2.21	0.10%	0.71	LF
34	1203	34	May 19 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.329	.519	.848	5	1.68	0.003	3.76	0.01%	0.30	LF
35	1204	35	May 19 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.319	.504	.823	4	.78	-0.079	1.68	-0.10%	-0.98	LF
36	1205	36	May 20	DET	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.318	.496	.814	5	1.13	-0.009	2.32	-0.01%	-0.07	LF
37	1206	37	May 21	DET	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.322	.538	.861	5	1.68	0.056	3.28	0.07%	0.86	LF
38	1207	38	May 22	DET	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	5	4	1	3	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.338	.565	.902	4	.92	0.234	1.73	0.26%	2.23	LF
39	1208	39	May 23	DET	@	MIL	L,3-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.335	.556	.892	4	1.35	-0.079	2.65	-0.09%	-0.16	LF
40	1209	40	May 24	DET		CLE	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.333	.548	.882	4	.87	-0.047	1.56	-0.05%	-0.26	LF
41	1210	41	May 25	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.331	.560	.891	4	1.88	0.444	3.03	0.43%	1.31	LF
42	1211	42	May 26	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.294	.335	.558	.894	4	1.09	0.002	1.84	0.00%	-0.20	LF
43	1212	43	May 27	DET	@	OAK	L,2-12	GS-5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.330	.548	.878	4	.17	-0.013	.27	-0.01%	-1.32	LF
44	1213	44	May 28	DET	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.328	.541	.869	4	.55	-0.028	.82	-0.03%	-0.23	LF
45	1214	45	May 29	DET	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.321	.529	.849	4	.71	-0.074	1.10	-0.07%	-0.79	LF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	1215	47 (1)	Jun 1	DET	@	CAL	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.319	.526	.845	9	2.03	-0.042	3.06	-0.04%	-0.38	PH
47	1216	48	Jun 2	DET	@	CAL	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.275	.317	.517	.834	4	1.13	0.018	1.52	0.02%	0.17	DH
48	1217	49	Jun 4 (1)	DET		OAK	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.321	.514	.835	4	.71	0.036	1.00	0.03%	0.26	LF
49	1218	51 (1)	Jun 5	DET		OAK	L,1-9	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.320	.524	.844	4	.32	0.035	.46	0.03%	0.47	LF
50	1219	52	Jun 7	DET		CAL	W,5-4	GS-8	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.323	.524	.847	4	1.23	0.055	1.51	0.04%	0.99	LF
51	1220	53	Jun 8	DET		CAL	W,5-2	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.281	.324	.536	.860	4	.58	0.160	.79	0.13%	1.29	LF
52	1221	54	Jun 9	DET		CAL	W,5-3	GS-6	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.332	.544	.875	4	1.30	0.072	1.87	0.06%	1.16	LF
53	1222	55	Jun 10	DET		TEX	L,3-6	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.336	.543	.880	4	1.04	-0.039	1.58	-0.04%	-0.30	LF
54	1223	56	Jun 11	DET		TEX	W,8-6	GS-7	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.291	.340	.558	.897	4	.95	0.114	1.35	0.10%	1.07	LF
55	1224	57	Jun 12	DET		TEX	W,7-0	GS-7	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.347	.559	.906	4	.39	0.026	.56	0.02%	0.65	LF
56	1225	58	Jun 14	DET		KCR	L,3-4	GS-4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.348	.559	.907	4	1.49	0.082	2.30	0.08%	0.65	LF
57	1226	59	Jun 15	DET		KCR	W,11-9	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.298	.347	.556	.903	6	1.51	-0.033	2.16	-0.03%	-0.46	PH
58	1227	60	Jun 16	DET		KCR	W,3-2	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.293	.345	.548	.893	4	1.48	-0.078	2.26	-0.07%	-0.39	LF
59	1228	62 (1)	Jun 18	DET	@	TEX	L,0-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.344	.545	.889	4	.78	-0.019	1.31	-0.02%	-0.21	LF
60	1229	64 (1)	Jun 21	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.346	.548	.894	6	5.40	0.706	10.33	0.81%	1.89	PH
61	1230	65	Jun 22	DET	@	NYY	W,4-1	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.349	.550	.899	8	1.62	0.067	3.36	0.08%	1.35	PH
62	1231	67 (1)	Jun 24	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.352	.552	.904	8	2.57	0.112	5.66	0.15%	0.94	PH
63	1232	68	Jun 25	DET	@	BAL	W,2-0	GS-7	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.350	.546	.897	4	.95	0.053	1.88	0.06%	0.23	LF
64	1233	69	Jun 26	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.349	.544	.893	8	1.23	-0.030	2.65	-0.04%	-0.09	PH
65	1234	70	Jun 27	DET		MIL	L,1-5	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.349	.539	.888	4	1.12	-0.039	2.26	-0.05%	-0.45	LF
66	1235	71	Jun 28	DET		MIL	W,9-7	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.349	.536	.885	4	.56	-0.012	1.08	-0.01%	0.06	LF
67	1236	73 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	DET		MIL	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.298	.351	.533	.884	4	1.66	-0.105	3.11	-0.12%	-1.14	LF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
68	1237	77 (3)	Jul 3	DET		NYY	W,8-6	GS-8	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.349	.526	.876	4	1.23	0.041	2.24	0.05%	0.01	LF
69	1238	78	Jul 4	DET		NYY	L,4-6	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.352	.526	.878	8	.90	0.005	1.85	0.01%	0.13	PH
70	1239	79	Jul 5 (1)	DET		CHW	W,9-6	GS-7	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.358	.526	.884	4	1.00	0.085	1.93	0.10%	1.40	LF
71	1240	81 (1)	Jul 6	DET		CHW	L,8-9	GS-8	5	4	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.367	.538	.905	4	1.54	0.191	3.32	0.25%	2.43	LF
72	1241	82	Jul 7	DET		CHW	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.361	.529	.891	4	1.24	-0.131	2.43	-0.16%	-0.96	LF
							36-36		263	238	32	71	8	1	15	47	21	3	36	3	0	1	6	6	0	1	.298	.361	.529	.891		1.11	2.751	1.81	2.85%	21.65

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