Willie Horton Stats

Willie Horton was born on Sunday, October 18, 1942, in Arno, Virginia. Horton was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 10, 1963, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Willie Horton baseball stats page.
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Willie Horton

Willie Horton Autograph on a 2006 Fleer Greats of the Game (#DET-WH)

Willie Horton Autograph on a 2006 Fleer Greats of the Game (#DET-WH)
 

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Birth Name:   William Wattison Horton
Nickname:   Willie or Willie the Wonder
Born On:   10-18-1942  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Arno, Virginia
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Northwestern High School (Detroit, MI)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   209
First Game:   09-10-1963 (Age 20)
Last Game:   10-05-1980
Draft:   Not Applicable
Willie Horton

Willie Horton Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Willie Horton

Willie Horton Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1963 21 Tigers 15 43 6 14 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 .326 .326 .488
1964 22 Tigers 25 80 6 13 1 3 1 0 10 11 2 20 0 0 1 0 .163 .272 .288
1965 23 Tigers 143 512 69 140 20 2 29 0 104 48 9 101 2 4 6 12 .273 .340 .490
1966 24 Tigers 146 526 72 138 22 6 27 1 100 44 4 103 2 3 3 11 .262 .321 .481
1967 25 Tigers 122 401 47 110 20 3 19 0 67 36 0 80 1 3 4 12 .274 .338 .481
1968 26 Tigers 143 512 68 146 20 2 36 0 85 49 8 110 2 7 8 14 .285 .352 .543
1969 27 Tigers 141 508 66 133 17 1 28 3 91 52 10 93 1 4 3 8 .262 .332 .465
1970 28 Tigers 96 371 53 113 18 2 17 1 69 28 6 43 0 3 2 7 .305 .354 .501
1971 29 Tigers 119 450 64 130 25 1 22 1 72 37 8 75 0 4 7 15 .289 .349 .496
1972 30 Tigers 108 333 44 77 9 5 11 0 36 27 5 47 2 2 3 8 .231 .293 .387
1973 31 Tigers 111 411 42 130 19 3 17 0 53 23 5 57 1 1 7 14 .316 .362 .501
1974 32 Tigers 72 238 32 71 8 1 15 0 47 21 3 36 0 1 3 6 .298 .361 .529
1975 33 Tigers 159 615 62 169 13 1 25 0 92 44 11 109 0 8 0 18 .275 .319 .421
1976 34 Tigers 114 401 40 105 17 0 14 0 56 49 7 63 0 4 2 16 .262 .342 .409
1977 35 Tigers 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250
1977 35 Rangers 139 519 55 150 23 3 15 0 75 42 5 117 0 8 0 15 .289 .337 .432
1978 36 Indians 50 169 15 42 7 0 5 1 22 15 4 25 1 0 1 7 .249 .314 .379
1978 36 Athletics 32 102 11 32 8 0 3 0 19 9 2 15 1 0 0 1 .314 .369 .480
1978 36 Blue Jays 33 122 12 25 6 0 3 0 19 4 0 29 0 1 0 6 .205 .228 .328
1979 37 Mariners 162 646 77 180 19 5 29 2 106 42 4 112 2 2 4 20 .279 .326 .458
1980 38 Mariners 97 335 32 74 10 1 8 0 36 39 2 70 2 4 4 5 .221 .306 .328
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
18 Years 2,028 7,298 873 1,993 284 40 325 9 1,163 620 95 1,313 17 59 58 195 .273 .332 .457
Willie Horton

Willie Horton Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1963 Tigers LF 8 8 207 11 1.4 11 11 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.43
1963 Tigers RF 1 1 27 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.00
1964 Tigers LF 20 19 504 31 1.6 29 29 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .935 1.55
1964 Tigers RF 3 2 66 5 1.7 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.05
1965 Tigers 3B 1 0 18 2 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1965 Tigers LF 111 106 2,805 211 1.9 209 202 7 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .991 2.01
1965 Tigers RF 34 32 837 43 1.3 42 42 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .977 1.35
1966 Tigers LF 129 121 3,216 207 1.6 202 198 4 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .976 1.70
1966 Tigers RF 20 12 360 30 1.5 30 30 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1967 Tigers LF 109 108 2,457 172 1.6 167 163 4 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .971 1.84
1967 Tigers RF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1968 Tigers LF 139 137 3,600 215 1.5 209 203 6 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .972 1.57
1969 Tigers LF 134 131 3,387 280 2.1 273 266 7 7 0 n/a n/a n/a .975 2.18
1969 Tigers RF 4 4 96 9 2.3 8 7 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 2.25
1970 Tigers LF 94 92 2,442 155 1.6 152 142 10 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .981 1.68
1970 Tigers RF 4 4 90 6 1.5 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.80
1971 Tigers LF 107 92 2,511 157 1.5 151 143 8 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .962 1.62
1971 Tigers RF 28 24 525 34 1.2 33 33 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .971 1.70
1972 Tigers LF 80 65 1,632 97 1.2 97 93 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.60
1972 Tigers RF 30 28 606 42 1.4 42 41 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.87
1973 Tigers LF 107 105 2,496 173 1.6 163 161 2 10 0 n/a n/a n/a .942 1.76
1973 Tigers RF 1 1 24 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.38
1974 Tigers LF 64 64 1,566 115 1.8 109 107 2 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .948 1.88
1977 Tigers LF 1 1 27 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.00
1977 Rangers LF 10 9 219 16 1.6 15 15 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .938 1.85
1978 Athletics LF 1 0 9 3 3.0 1 1 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .333 3.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
LF Totals 1,114 1,058 27,078 1,844 1.7 1,789 1,735 54 55 9 n/a n/a n/a .970 1.78
RF Totals 126 108 2,634 174 1.4 171 169 2 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .983 1.75
3B Totals 1 0 18 2 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
18 Years 1,994 1,166 29,730 2,193 1.1 2,125 1,904 58 58 9 n/a n/a n/a .971 1.78
Willie Horton

Willie Horton Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1963 Tigers 2 0 1.000 6 0 n/a 43.0 5.4 10.8 - - -
1964 Tigers 0 0 .000 3 0 n/a 80.0 4.0 8.0 - - -
1965 Tigers 5 9 .357 3 0 n/a 17.7 5.1 4.9 - - -
1966 Tigers 1 1 .500 11 0 n/a 19.5 5.1 5.3 - - -
1967 Tigers 0 0 .000 14 0 n/a 21.1 5.0 6.0 - - -
1968 Tigers 0 3 .000 6 0 n/a 14.2 4.7 6.0 - - -
1969 Tigers 3 3 .500 6 0 n/a 18.1 5.5 5.6 - - -
1970 Tigers 0 1 .000 0 0 n/a 21.8 8.6 5.4 - - -
1971 Tigers 1 5 .167 2 0 n/a 20.5 6.0 6.3 - - -
1972 Tigers 0 0 .000 12 1 n/a 30.3 7.1 9.3 - - -
1973 Tigers 1 4 .200 4 0 1 24.2 7.2 7.8 - - -
1974 Tigers 0 1 .000 7 0 1 15.9 6.6 5.1 - - -
1975 Tigers 1 2 .333 0 0 159 24.6 5.6 6.7 - - -
1976 Tigers 0 0 .000 9 0 105 28.6 6.4 7.2 - - -
1977 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1977 Rangers 2 3 .400 7 0 128 34.6 4.4 6.9 - - -
1978 Indians 3 0 1.000 4 0 48 33.8 6.8 7.7 - - -
1978 Athletics 0 1 .000 4 0 27 34.0 6.8 5.4 - - -
1978 Blue Jays 0 0 .000 3 0 30 40.7 4.2 6.4 - - -
1979 Mariners 1 1 .500 0 0 162 22.3 5.8 6.1 - - -
1980 Mariners 0 4 .000 5 0 92 41.9 4.8 9.3 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
18 Years 20 38 .345 106 1 753 22.5 5.6 6.3 - - -
Willie Horton

Willie Horton Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1963 Detroit Tigers 48 Undetermined - -
1964 Detroit Tigers 23 $8,000.00 - -
1965 Detroit Tigers 23 Undetermined Stats -
1966 Detroit Tigers 23 Undetermined - -
1967 Detroit Tigers 23 Undetermined - -
1968 Detroit Tigers 23 Undetermined Stats Stats
1969 Detroit Tigers 23 Undetermined - -
1970 Detroit Tigers 23 Undetermined Stats -
1971 Detroit Tigers 23 Undetermined - -
1972 Detroit Tigers 23 Undetermined - -
1973 Detroit Tigers 23 Undetermined Stats -
1974 Detroit Tigers 23 Undetermined - -
1975 Detroit Tigers 23 Undetermined - -
1976 Detroit Tigers 23 $105,000.00 - -
1977 Detroit Tigers 23 Undetermined - -
1977 Texas Rangers 23 $110,000.00 - -
1978 Cleveland Indians 23 Undetermined - -
1978 Oakland Athletics 23 Undetermined - -
1978 Toronto Blue Jays 48 Undetermined - -
1979 Seattle Mariners 53 Undetermined - -
1980 Seattle Mariners 53 Undetermined - -




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