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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	18 (17)	May 5	DET		BAL	W,4-0	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
2	19	May 6	DET		BAL	W,4-1	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
3	20	May 7	DET		BAL	W,4-0	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
4	21	May 9	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	22	May 10	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
6	23	May 12	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	24	May 13	DET	@	BOS	W,10-8	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
8	25	May 14 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
9	26	May 14 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,9-13	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	27	May 16	DET	@	WSA	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	28	May 17	DET	@	WSA	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
12	29	May 19	DET		NYY	W,4-2	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
13	30	May 20	DET		NYY	W,3-1	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
14	31	May 21 (1)	DET		NYY	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
15	32	May 21 (2)	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
16	33	May 23	DET		BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	34	May 24	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
18	35	May 25	DET		BOS	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
19	36	May 26	DET		WSA	W,10-5	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	37	May 27	DET		WSA	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
21	38	May 28	DET		WSA	W,3-1	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
22	39	May 30 (1)	DET		CHW	W,4-2	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
23	40	May 30 (2)	DET		CHW	W,4-3	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	41	May 31	DET		CLE	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	42	Jun 1	DET		CLE	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
26	43	Jun 2	DET	@	NYY	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
27	44	Jun 3	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	45	Jun 4 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
29	46	Jun 4 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,11-7	CG	51	13.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	47	Jun 5	DET	@	KCA	W,3-2	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	48	Jun 6 (1)	DET	@	KCA	W,11-1	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
32	49	Jun 6 (2)	DET	@	KCA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	50	Jun 7	DET	@	KCA	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	51	Jun 9	DET	@	CAL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	52	Jun 10	DET	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
36	53	Jun 11	DET	@	CAL	L,4-6	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
37	54	Jun 12	DET	@	MIN	L,5-11	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
38	55	Jun 13	DET	@	MIN	W,15-10	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	56	Jun 14	DET	@	MIN	L,0-7	GS	32	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
40	57	Jun 15	DET	@	MIN	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
41	58	Jun 17 (1)	DET		KCA	W,7-6	GS	32	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
42	59	Jun 17 (2)	DET		KCA	L,5-6	CG	84	19.0	7	1	0	8	1	LF
43	61 (1)	Jun 19 (1)	DET		CAL	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
44	62	Jun 19 (2)	DET		CAL	W,5-1	GS	23	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
45	65 (2)	Jun 22	DET		MIN	W,5-2	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	66	Jun 23	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	67	Jun 24	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
48	68	Jun 25	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	69	Jun 27	DET		CLE	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	70	Jun 28	DET		CLE	W,7-4	GS	30	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	85 (14)	Jul 15	DET	@	WSA	L,2-3	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	86	Jul 16	DET	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
53	87	Jul 17	DET	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	88	Jul 18	DET		WSA	W,5-2	GS	23	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	90 (1)	Jul 20	DET		WSA	W,8-4	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
56	91	Jul 21	DET		NYY	W,4-2	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
57	92	Jul 22	DET		NYY	W,11-4	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
58	94 (1)	Jul 23 (2)	DET		NYY	W,7-3	GS	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	95	Jul 27	DET	@	BAL	W,4-0	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	96	Jul 28	DET	@	CHW	W,7-4	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
61	97	Jul 29	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
62	99 (1)	Jul 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	100	Aug 1	DET	@	BAL	W,4-2	GS	19	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
64	102 (1)	Aug 2 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
65	103	Aug 3	DET	@	BAL	W,5-0	GS	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
66	104	Aug 4	DET	@	CLE	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
67	105	Aug 5	DET	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
68	108 (2)	Aug 8 (1)	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
69	110 (1)	Aug 9	DET		CHW	W,4-2	GS	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
70	111	Aug 10	DET		CHW	L,1-2	GS	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	LF
71	113 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	DET		BAL	W,5-2	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	116 (2)	Aug 15	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
73	117	Aug 16	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
74	118	Aug 17	DET	@	BOS	W,7-4	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
75	119	Aug 18	DET		CLE	W,4-0	CG	17	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
76	120	Aug 19	DET		CLE	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
77	122 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-0	GS	20	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
78	123	Aug 22 (1)	DET		MIN	W,7-3		14	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
79	124	Aug 22 (2)	DET		MIN	W,2-1	CG	43	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
80	125	Aug 23 (1)	DET		MIN	W,10-0	GS	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
81	127 (1)	Aug 24	DET		MIN	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
82	132 (4)	Aug 29 (1)	DET	@	CAL	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
83	134 (1)	Aug 30	DET	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	135	Sep 1	DET	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
85	136	Sep 2	DET	@	MIN	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
86	137	Sep 3	DET	@	MIN	W,5-0	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
87	139 (1)	Sep 4 (2)	DET		KCA	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
88	140	Sep 5	DET		KCA	W,4-0	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
89	141	Sep 6 (1)	DET		KCA	W,8-5	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
90	142	Sep 6 (2)	DET		KCA	W,6-3	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
91	143	Sep 8	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	GS	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
92	144	Sep 9	DET	@	CHW	W,7-3	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
93	145	Sep 10 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
94	146	Sep 10 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-4	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
95	147	Sep 12	DET		BAL	W,6-4	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
96	148	Sep 13	DET		BAL	W,6-1	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
97	149	Sep 15	DET		WSA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
98	150	Sep 16	DET		WSA	W,5-4	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
99	151	Sep 17	DET		WSA	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
100	152	Sep 18	DET		BOS	L,5-6	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
101	153	Sep 19	DET		BOS	L,2-4	GS	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
102	154	Sep 20	DET		NYY	W,10-1	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
103	155	Sep 22 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,8-3	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
104	156	Sep 22 (2)	DET	@	WSA	W,4-0	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
105	157	Sep 24	DET	@	WSA	L,4-5	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
106	158	Sep 25	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
107	160 (1)	Sep 30 (1)	DET		CAL	W,5-0	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
108	161	Sep 30 (2)	DET		CAL	L,6-8	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
109	162	Oct 1 (1)	DET		CAL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
110	163	Oct 1 (2)	DET		CAL	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							110gm		820.0	163	4	5	172	2