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Joe
Horlen		  
Nickname: Texas Joe
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: August 14, 1937 in Usa, TX, SAN ANTONIO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1969   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1961 23 BSN NL   7 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8
1962 24 BSN NL   7 5 5 5 7 7 7 9 9 9
1963 25 BSN NL $ 300,000 7 5 6 5 7 7 7 9 9 9
1964 26 BSN NL $ 300,000 7 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
1965 27 BSN NL $ 300,000 7 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
1966 28 BSN NL $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 8 8 8
1967 29 BSN NL $ 2,857,143 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1968 30 BSN NL $ 5,350,000 8 7 7 7 6 7 7 8 8 8
1969 31 WAS NL $ 7,000,000 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1970 32 WAS NL $ 7,000,000 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7
1971 33 WAS NL $ 7,000,000 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7
1972 34 WAS NL $ 7,000,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1973 35 OAK AL   5 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1961 23 BSN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1962 24 BSN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1963 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1964 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1965 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1966 28 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1967 29 BSN NL $ 2,857,143   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1968 30 BSN NL $ 5,350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1969 31 WAS NL $ 7,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1970 32 WAS NL $ 7,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1971 33 WAS NL $ 7,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1972 34 WAS NL $ 7,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1973 35 OAK AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1961 23 AAA   13 9 .591 29 29 6 4 0 217.3 190 58 13 56 153 2.40 .235 .284 .340 .624  
1962 24 AAA   15 10 .600 30 30 2 1 0 210.3 206 82 13 57 180 3.51 .251 .299 .355 .654  
1963 25 BSN NL 10 18 .357 37 37 9 1 0 279.0 256 107 14 99 155 3.45 .243 .308 .328 .636 17.8
    AAA   0 1 .000 3 3 0 0 0 21.0 13 4 2 6 20 1.71 .188 .253 .304 .558  
1964 26 BSN NL 13 18 .419 43 43 6 1 0 301.7 306 120 18 86 199 3.58 .266 .317 .368 .685 16.8
1965 27 BSN NL 15 12 .556 36 29 5 2 0 230.3 217 107 20 72 145 4.18 .251 .310 .368 .678 8.4
1966 28 BSN NL 10 19 .345 41 41 8 0 0 288.0 296 135 38 83 206 4.22 .266 .319 .441 .760 8.5
1967 29 BSN NL 23 8 .742 45 45 6 2 0 328.7 258 98 20 103 268 2.68 .215 .278 .316 .594 28.9
1968 30 BSN NL 18 17 .514 43 43 13 4 0 326.7 275 108 22 110 245 2.98 .230 .296 .332 .627 28.2
1969 31 BSN NL 10 6 .625 19 19 4 1 0 148.7 131 56 12 57 105 3.39 .236 .309 .354 .663 13.3
  WAS NL 4 9 .308 17 17 3 1 0 127.3 147 71 13 43 75 5.02 .288 .344 .429 .773 4.0
  TOT   14 15 .483 36 36 7 2 0 276.0 278 127 25 100 180 4.14 .261 .325 .390 .715 17.3
1970 32 WAS NL 17 15 .531 34 34 12 3 0 264.7 221 99 29 98 188 3.37 .224 .297 .362 .659 23.2
1971 33 WAS NL 10 12 .455 34 34 3 2 0 245.7 238 105 17 97 149 3.85 .257 .329 .363 .692 15.7
1972 34 WAS NL 15 9 .625 31 29 4 1 0 220.0 200 78 21 69 131 3.19 .242 .302 .372 .674 18.7
1973 35 AAA   3 7 .300 15 15 0 0 0 102.7 105 49 14 49 73 4.30 .267 .348 .430 .778  
10 Years Sim 145 143 .503 380 371 73 18 0 2760.6 2545 1084 224 917 1866 3.53 .245 .308 .363 .671 183.4
4 Years AAA 31 27 .534 77 77 8 5 0 551.3 514 193 42 168 426 3.15 .246 .302 .362 .663  
Season Average 14 14 .500 38 37 7 1 0 276.1 254 108 22 91 186 3.53 .245 .308 .363 .671  
Career Highs 23 19 .742 45 45 13 4 0 328.7 306 135 38 110 268 4.22 .266 .329 .441 .760  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1301 567 124 459 1073   .236 .295 .358 .652
vs LH   1244 517 100 458 793   .256 .320 .370 .690
Home 65 63 .508 181 177 28 6 0 1322.0 1262 531 111 439 866 3.62 .253 .313 .370 .683
Away 80 80 .500 199 194 45 12 0 1438.7 1283 553 113 478 1000 3.46 .239 .301 .357 .658
Mar/Apr 21 22 .488 57 57 7 3 0 422.3 387 165 38 149 285 3.52 .243 .308 .363 .671
May 31 24 .564 69 69 8 3 0 496.3 448 197 34 191 347 3.57 .242 .313 .351 .663
June 31 25 .554 66 66 16 5 0 504.3 414 164 33 155 355 2.93 .225 .285 .333 .618
July 20 26 .435 62 61 15 2 0 456.3 453 205 41 148 287 4.04 .258 .316 .391 .707
August 21 23 .477 67 61 9 3 0 452.0 440 190 41 158 315 3.78 .257 .320 .380 .700
Sep/Oct 21 23 .477 59 57 20 2 0 429.3 403 163 37 116 277 3.42 .248 .298 .363 .661
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 25 BSN NL 37 90 6 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 11 .167 .174 .189 .363 1.7 0.0
1964 26 BSN NL 43 93 3 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 28 .108 .117 .118 .235 -1.5 0.0
1965 27 BSN NL 36 76 3 7 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 16 .092 .114 .105 .219 -1.3 0.0
1966 28 BSN NL 41 88 3 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 17 .068 .079 .102 .181 -3.7 0.0
1967 29 BSN NL 45 107 4 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 2 31 .075 .100 .075 .175 -4.4 0.0
1968 30 BSN NL 43 111 3 17 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 26 .153 .153 .162 .315 0.3 0.0
6 Years Sim 245 565 22 63 6 1 0 27 0 0 7 129 .112 .123 .126 .249 -8.9 0.0
162 Game Average 373 14 41 3 0 0 17 0 0 4 85 .112 .123 .126 .249 -5.9  
Career Highs 45 111 6 17 2 1 0 8 0 0 2 31 .167 .174 .189 .363 1.7  
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   357 12 40 5 0 0 15 0 0 5 88 .112 .124 .126 .250 -7.6
vs LH   208 10 23 1 1 0 12 0 0 2 41 .111 .123 .125 .248 -4.8
Home 118 253 10 29 2 0 0 13 0 0 4 62 .115 .128 .123 .250 -5.2
Away 127 312 12 34 4 1 0 14 0 0 3 67 .109 .120 .128 .248 -7.2
RISP   130 0 11 0 0 0 26 0 0 3 33 .085 .110 .085 .195 -4.9
Close/Late   52 0 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .173 .173 .173 .346 0.4
Mar/Apr 35 83 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 22 .072 .072 .084 .157 -4.2
May 45 107 4 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 27 .093 .110 .093 .204 -3.6
June 43 103 6 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 25 .058 .092 .058 .150 -5.0
July 42 102 4 15 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 .147 .147 .157 .304 -0.6
August 42 82 3 7 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 13 .085 .085 .122 .207 -2.9
Sep/Oct 38 88 4 19 3 0 0 10 0 0 1 20 .216 .233 .250 .483 3.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1963 25 BSN NL P 37 37 279.0 21 54 1 5 .987 2.42    
1964 26 BSN NL P 43 43 301.7 17 45 0 2 1.000 1.85    
1965 27 BSN NL P 36 29 230.3 18 33 1 2 .981 1.99    
1966 28 BSN NL P 41 41 288.0 16 50 2 3 .971 2.06    
1967 29 BSN NL P 45 45 328.7 21 50 1 5 .986 1.94    
1968 30 BSN NL P 43 43 326.7 16 69 2 5 .977 2.34    
1969 31 BSN NL P 19 19 148.7 10 27 0 2 1.000 2.24    
  WAS NL P 17 17 127.3 8 24 0 2 1.000 2.26    
  TOT   P 36 36 276.0 18 51 0 4 1.000 2.25    
1970 32 WAS NL P 34 34 264.7 18 55 3 4 .961 2.48    
1971 33 WAS NL P 34 34 245.7 13 46 1 4 .983 2.16    
1972 34 WAS NL P 31 29 220.0 20 37 0 3 1.000 2.33    
Career Totals   380 371 2760.6 178 490 11 37 .984 2.18    
Career Highs   45 45 328.7 21 69 3 5 1.000 2.48    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1969 31 WAS NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .333 .333 .333 .667
1970 32 WAS NL 1 3 .250 4 4 2 0 0 32.0 31 14 3 10 21 3.94 .267 .325 .379 .705
1971 33 WAS NL 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 13.7 11 6 2 6 7 3.95 .216 .298 .392 .690
1972 34 WAS NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 3 .250 8 6 2 0 0 47.0 43 20 5 16 29 3.83 .250 .314 .378 .692
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1967-5-2.68
1968-6-2.98
1970-8-3.37
1972-7-3.19
 Wins
1967-3-23
1970-2-17
 Losses
1963-6-18
1964-8-18
1966-6-19
1968-9-17
1969-8-15
 Winning Pct
1967-3-.742
1972-10-.625
 Games Started
1964-3-43
1966-10-41
1967-1-45
1968-8-43
1969-2-36
1970-7-34
1971-2-34
 Complete Games
1968-10-13
1970-8-12
Shutouts
1965-9-2
1967-8-2
1968-2-4
1969-7-2
1970-2-3
1971-9-2
 Innings Pitched
1967-3-328.7
1968-7-326.7
1969-5-276.0
1970-5-264.7
1971-9-245.7
 Hits Allowed
1964-8-306
1966-10-296
1969-10-278
 Homeruns Allowed
1966-5-38
1970-8-29
 Strikeouts
1967-4-268
1968-6-245
1969-10-180
1970-5-188
 Walks Allowed
1963-5-99
1967-7-103
1968-6-110
1969-8-100
1970-4-98
1971-7-97
Hits per 9IP
1967-4-7.1
1968-6-7.6
1970-5-7.5
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1967-9-7.3
1968-9-6.8
1970-10-6.4
 WHiP
1967-8-1.10
1970-8-1.21
1972-7-1.22
 OAVG
1967-4-.215
1968-10-.230
1970-5-.224
 OOBP
1967-7-.278
1970-9-.297
1972-6-.302
 OSLG
1963-7-.328
1967-4-.316
1968-6-.332
1970-9-.362
OOPS
1967-3-.594
1968-8-.627
1970-10-.659
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 90    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Don Nottebart (955)
  2. Joe Coleman (939)
  3. Danny McDevitt (933)
  4. Mort Cooper (921)
  5. Mike Marshall (911)
  6. Jim York (908)
  7. Carl Hubbell (907)
  8. Bill Stoneman (905)
  9. Howie Nunn (904)
  10. Balor Moore (904)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Mickey Lolich (994)
  2. Bill Singer (993)
  3. Charlie Beamon (993)
  4. Ken Raffensberger (991)
  5. Bob Veale (990)
  6. Rube Melton (990)
  7. Tex Hughson (989)
  8. Johnny Murphy (988)
  9. Masanori Murakami (988)
  10. Eddie Fisher (987)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1961
Injured on 4/7/1963 with a Inflamed Tricep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Had first career hit on 5/9/1963, off Bob Gibson (PIT)
Earned first career win on 5/17/1963
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1965, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,857,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,350,000 through salary arbitration
9/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $7,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Boston (N) to Washington on 7/1/1969 (Going to WAS: P Joe Horlen. Going to BSN: C Ellie Rodriguez, CF Fred Valentine, P Stan Williams, P Gaylord Perry)
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1970, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 6/1/1973 to a minor league deal
 
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