Willie Horton

Left Field

1963—1980

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Left Field RANK
#86

Player Detail

William Wattison
GIVEN NAME
Horton
SURNAME
October 18, 1942, in Arno, VA
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1963—1980
Playing Career
Played from 20-37
PLAYING AGE
Detroit Tigers
Seattle Mariners
Teams Played For
Left Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Detroit Tigers
PRIMARY TEAM
1968
World Series titles
Willie the Wonder, The Ancient Mariner
NICKNAME
23
UNIFORM NUMBER
#4 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-11 / 209
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
September 10, 1963
Major League Debut
October 5, 1980
FINAL GAME
— Tigers ALL-TIME TEAM —

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WHO IS Willie Horton?

Detroit-raised strongman who swatted 32 homers when Tigers won 1968 pennant and World Series.
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60

HITTING

70

POWER

40

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
2028
1993
325
1163
.273
4 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
23.5
55.9

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.789
.739
107.1

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.273
.332
.457

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Don Buford
Carl Yastrzemski
Roy White
Rico Carty

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.280
.345
.475

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Bill Freehan
Norm Cash
Julio Cruz
Bert Campaneris
Buddy Bell
Tom Paciorek
Ron LeFlore
Al Kaline
Mickey Lolich
Denny McLain
Billy Martin

Willie Horton Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Horton
544
149
65
21
3
24
87
46
98
1
248
199
.273
.332
.457
789
AVG LF
534
142
71
23
4
15
54
79
12
216
199
.265
.334
.405
.739

Willie Horton Rankings

AT Left Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
86
98
82
94
50
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Left Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
75
NR
79
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Willie Horton PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
26.4
20.7
16.9
11.9
2.10
68.6
43.2
31.4
22.4
4.81
BLUE = Willie Horton
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
234.1
137.3
104.8
69.0
18.7
368.7
208.0
151.6
101.2
26.4
BLUE = Willie Horton
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF