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Willie
Horton		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 214
 
Born: October 18, 1942 in Usa, VA, ARNO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1967   
All-Star Selections 1969    1971    1972    1978   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1963 20 STL NL     6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 4 4 6 5 5
1964 21 STL NL     6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1965 22 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1966 23 STL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1967 24 STL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1968 25 STL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1969 26 STL NL $ 1,864,286   8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1970 27 STL NL $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1971 28 STL NL $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1972 29 STL NL $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1973 30 STL NL $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
1974 31 STL NL $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1975 32 SDP NL $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1976 33 SDP NL $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 5 5
1977 34 SDP NL $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1978 35 MIA NL $ 4,800,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
1979 36 MIA NL $ 4,800,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5
1980 37 MIA NL $ 4,800,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,800,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 4 4 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1963 20 AAA   137 540 89 177 25 7 36 98 4 5 51 80 .328 .386 .600 .986 113.2  
1964 21 AAA   137 556 101 177 22 1 42 101 8 4 58 95 .318 .383 .588 .971 116.9  
1965 22 STL NL 122 416 48 107 16 1 13 46 3 1 23 69 .257 .296 .394 .690 46.2 7.4
    AAA   26 100 19 34 5 0 6 14 0 1 17 13 .340 .436 .570 1.006 22.9  
1966 23 STL NL 152 570 73 169 29 3 22 96 2 4 20 71 .296 .321 .474 .795 78.6 16.9
1967 24 STL NL 157 553 60 156 27 3 20 88 2 4 37 91 .282 .330 .450 .780 75.4 16.1
1968 25 STL NL 155 534 60 152 24 4 8 50 6 3 33 77 .285 .327 .390 .716 62.2 10.6
1969 26 STL NL 154 601 77 180 38 3 21 81 4 2 48 105 .300 .350 .478 .827 92.9 17.4
1970 27 STL NL 157 605 84 197 26 0 27 112 4 4 39 81 .326 .367 .502 .869 99.6 21.5
1971 28 STL NL 161 618 86 171 28 3 25 79 4 2 60 93 .277 .344 .453 .797 93.8 17.0
1972 29 STL NL 154 589 85 177 28 3 22 106 2 1 47 93 .301 .352 .470 .823 90.5 18.2
1973 30 STL NL 162 625 76 163 22 5 18 90 3 1 48 88 .261 .313 .398 .712 75.6 11.6
1974 31 STL NL 162 629 56 170 24 1 10 61 0 4 43 98 .270 .318 .359 .677 63.1 8.3
1975 32 SDP NL 104 315 52 103 15 1 10 54 2 0 31 41 .327 .382 .476 .858 53.3 11.8
1976 33 SDP NL 133 466 52 144 19 1 13 77 0 0 26 71 .309 .346 .438 .784 62.1 12.1
1977 34 SDP NL 119 333 46 106 7 1 7 62 0 0 20 50 .318 .360 .408 .769 44.7 9.1
1978 35 MIA NL 153 555 61 160 11 2 15 64 0 0 35 103 .288 .333 .396 .729 71.8 14.7
1979 36 MIA NL 122 362 35 102 7 0 7 28 0 0 14 37 .282 .314 .359 .673 36.0 5.6
1980 37 MIA NL 49 102 10 21 1 0 0 9 0 0 5 21 .206 .250 .216 .466 3.9 0.0
16 Years Sim 2216 7873 961 2278 322 31 238 1103 32 26 529 1189 .289 .335 .429 .764 1049.7 198.3
3 Years AAA 300 1196 209 388 52 8 84 213 12 10 126 188 .324 .390 .592 .982 253.0  
162 Game Average 575 70 166 23 2 17 80 2 1 38 86 .289 .335 .429 .764 76.7  
Career Highs 162 629 86 197 38 5 27 112 6 4 60 105 .327 .382 .502 .869 99.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4726 574 1364 183 20 141 649 16 19 304 723 .289 .333 .425 .758 643.0
vs LH   3147 387 914 139 11 97 454 16 7 225 466 .290 .339 .434 .773 447.5
Home 1098 3864 480 1102 168 9 120 547 21 15 246 612 .285 .329 .427 .756 523.1
Away 1118 4009 481 1176 154 22 118 556 11 11 283 577 .293 .341 .431 .772 567.4
RISP   1943 0 566 78 7 53 811 0 0 180 314 .291 .346 .420 .766 282.8
Pinch Hitting   197 33 71 8 1 5 44 0 0 16 26 .360 .407 .487 .894 35.8
Close/Late   998 111 303 43 5 27 134 0 0 91 146 .304 .361 .438 .799 153.3
Mar/Apr 348 1250 170 363 49 7 35 171 6 1 81 171 .290 .336 .425 .761 172.1
May 373 1278 149 354 45 1 45 171 4 6 90 223 .277 .323 .419 .743 170.4
June 363 1275 147 387 52 6 36 200 6 5 79 179 .304 .345 .438 .784 183.1
July 351 1249 137 341 53 6 26 150 8 8 84 211 .273 .320 .388 .707 150.1
August 395 1470 196 459 64 7 52 225 3 4 97 213 .312 .357 .471 .828 231.4
Sep/Oct 386 1351 162 374 59 4 44 186 5 2 98 192 .277 .326 .424 .750 183.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1965 22 STL NL LF 115 114 923.7 177 13 6 4 .969 1.85   1.7
    2B 8 0 16.0 3 10 0 4 1.000 7.31   0.1
    1B 2 2 16.0 15 2 0 0 1.000 9.56   0.1
1966 23 STL NL LF 149 147 1304.3 293 10 12 0 .962 2.09   3.7
    2B 2 0 8.0 3 2 0 2 1.000 5.63   0.0
1967 24 STL NL LF 148 143 1277.3 265 10 3 1 .989 1.94   2.4
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1968 25 STL NL LF 147 143 1236.7 251 12 6 1 .978 1.91   2.6
    2B 3 0 6.3 1 3 0 1 1.000 5.69   0.0
1969 26 STL NL LF 57 55 498.7 75 2 3 0 .963 1.39   0.7
    2B 4 1 11.0 5 3 1 0 .889 6.55   0.0
1970 27 STL NL LF 150 143 1304.3 239 5 5 1 .980 1.68   2.1
    2B 6 1 21.7 6 10 0 2 1.000 6.65   0.1
1971 28 STL NL 2B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1972 29 STL NL LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1975 32 SDP NL LF 11 0 21.3 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.53   0.0
    2B 2 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.0
1976 33 SDP NL 2B 27 8 115.0 34 66 2 18 .980 7.83   0.8
    LF 8 4 38.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.61   0.1
1977 34 SDP NL 2B 32 9 124.3 35 68 2 19 .981 7.46   0.6
    LF 23 6 86.7 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.35   0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1978 35 MIA NL 2B 63 58 501.7 129 209 10 53 .971 6.06   1.9
    LF 4 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
1979 36 MIA NL 2B 35 9 135.3 21 57 4 11 .951 5.19   0.3
    LF 10 7 69.3 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.34   0.1
    CF 1 0 15.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.15    
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1980 37 MIA NL 2B 32 21 202.3 50 95 5 22 .967 6.45   0.8
    LF 7 1 18.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.96   0.1
    SS 2 0 4.3 2 2 0 2 1.000 8.31   0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 830 763 6789.6 1351 54 35 7 .976 1.86   13.6
  2B 218 107 1152.6 291 525 24 133 .971 6.37   4.8
  CF 2 0 17.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.02    
  1B 2 2 16.0 15 2 0 0 1.000 9.56   0.1
  SS 3 0 5.3 3 2 0 2 1.000 8.44   0.1
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1056 872 7982.3 1662 583 59 142 .974 2.53   18.6
Career Highs   156 147 1326.0 296 209 12 53 1.000 6.53    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1966 23 STL NL 5 18 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .278 .350 .389 .739
1971 28 STL NL 12 46 7 16 1 0 1 8 1 0 4 4 .348 .412 .435 .847
1972 29 STL NL 5 17 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .176 .263 .235 .498
1976 33 SDP NL 3 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .400 .429 .400 .829
Career Post-Season Batting 25 86 10 26 4 0 1 9 1 0 9 11 .302 .371 .384 .755
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1969-5-.300
1970-3-.326
1976-4-.309
 On-Base Pct
1970-10-.367
 Slugging Pct
1970-8-.502
 OPS
1969-10-.827
1970-7-.869
 XR
1969-8-92.9
1970-8-99.6
 Games
1967-4-157
1969-10-154
1970-3-157
1971-1-161
1973-1-162
1974-1-162
At-Bats
1969-7-601
1970-4-605
1971-1-618
1972-6-589
1973-4-625
1974-2-629
 Hits
1966-10-169
1969-3-180
1970-1-197
1971-6-171
1972-4-177
1974-9-170
 Total Bases
1969-5-287
1970-4-304
1971-8-280
1972-8-277
 Singles
1969-9-118
1970-2-144
1972-8-124
1974-5-135
1978-7-132
CAR-35-1687
 Doubles
1966-9-29
1969-4-38
 Triples
1973-10-5
Homeruns
1970-9-27
1971-9-25
 RBIs
1966-9-96
1970-5-112
1972-4-106
 Strikeouts
1978-6-103
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 70    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 42    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Ken Boyer (850)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1963
Injured on 6/2/1963 with a Concussion, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 5/1/1965, off George Brunet (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 5/15/1965, off Jim O'toole (MON)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1966, hitting .519 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1966, hitting .370 with 5 HR, 25 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 4/15/1967
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1967, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 14 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1967
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,864,286 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
9/22/1969: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1970, hitting .440 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1970, hitting .586 with 5 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1970, hitting .387 with 11 HR, 32 RBI
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1972, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
9/1/1973: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from St. Louis to San Diego on 3/3/1975 (Going to SDP: DH Willie Horton, P Pete Richert. Going to STL: C Pete Varney, P Mike Wallace, P Rick Wise)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1975, hitting .542 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Miami on 2/3/1978 to a 3-year deal worth $4,800,000 per year
Had 2000th career hit on 4/14/1978, off John Montefusco (PIT)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1978, hitting .522 with 1 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
6/1/1980: Signed a contract extension with Miami, $1,500,000 per year, for 1 years
Injured on 7/23/1980 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 6 weeks
 
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