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Proper Name

Willie Watterson Horton

Stat Years

1962-1982 [mlb] 1963-1980

Height/Weight

5-11 / 209

Bats/Throws

Right / Right

Positions

OF (1191) ... DH (753) ... 1B (5) ... 3B (1)

Draft Position

Born Date/Place

1942-10-18 in Arno, Virginia [77.266]

High School

Northwestern (Detroit,MI)

Colleges

Draft

Signed as undrafted free agent by the Detroit Tigers in 1961

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Organizations

DET [15] SEA [2] PIT [2] TEX [1] CLE [1] OAK [1] TOR [1]

ID Numbers

tbc id: 12997 ... retro id: hortw101 ... mlbam id: 116164

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Year Context-dependent but usually self-evident. (Season, Draft Year etc) Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. Lg League Org Major League Parent Organization. For college teams, might include RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) Unif Uniform Number, if available Age Player's age for the selected season or as of a current date if in YY.DDD format. Pos Defensive Position Detail Includes links to additional MLB stat detail including Game Logs, Splits and Extended Statistics Exp Experience in # of years. For Player stats, refers to nth PRO season. Count is ontextual to the purpose of the grid G Games Played (or Pitched) AB At Bats R Runs H Hits 2B Doubles 3B Triples HR Home Runs RBI Runs Batted In SB Stolen Bases (Total) CS Caught Stealings BB Walks SO Strikeouts HP Hit by Pitch SH Sacrifice Hits SF Sacrifice Flies IW Intentional Walks DP Grounded into Double Play (Offense) Double Plays Participation (Defense) AVG Batting Average ( H/AB ) OBP On Base Percentage ( H+BB+HBP / (AB+BB+HBP+SF) SLG Slugging Percentage ( TB / AB ) OPS On Base Plus Slugging (OBP + SLG) PA Plate Appearances TB Total Bases (Singles + (2*Doubles) + (3*Triples) + (4*Home Runs)) XBH Extra Base Hits (Doubles+Triples+Home Runs) secA Seconday Average. Measures extra bases earned by player (BB+(TB-H)+(SB-CS) / AB ISO Isolated Power. Measures the portion of a slugging percentage that is for extra base hits. (SLG-BAVG). babip Batting Average on Balls Put in Play. (H/(AB-SO)) XBH% Extra Base Hit Percentage (XBH/H)

Glossary:
Year Context-dependent but usually self-evident. (Season, Draft Year etc) Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. Lg League Age Player's age for the selected season or as of a current date if in YY.DDD format. G Games Played (or Pitched) GS Games Started Inn Innings in a game or Innings played at position PO Putouts A Fielding assists E Errors DP Grounded into Double Play (Offense) Double Plays Participation (Defense) TC Total Chances (PO+A+E) TSC Total Successful Chances (PO+A) FPCT Fielding Percentage (TSC/TC) RFg Range Factor by Game (Total Successful Chances/Games) Rfi Range Factor by Inning (Total Successful Chances/Innings) Team Share Share of team's games played at that position. Will add up to more than 100% since the formula is player games at position / team games. Player Share Share of player's games played at that position Team Rank Rank of games for team at that position.

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Year	Category	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1963	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-
1964	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-
1965	MLB	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	141	-
1966	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	137	-
1967	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	110	-
1968	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	139	-
1969	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	136	-
1970	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	96	-
1971	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	118	-
1972	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	98	-
1973	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	108	1
1974	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	64	1
1975	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	159
1976	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	105
1977	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	128
1978	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	105
1979	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	162
1980	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	92
1982	Minor	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Totals		-	-	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	1191	753

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Grid Filters		MLB Minors Full Season Short Season AAA AA A+ A A- Rookie College Indy/Intl/+
Year	Team Name	Lg	Lvl	Org	Unif	Age	Pos	Detail	Exp	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HP	SH	SF	IW	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PA	TB	XBH	secA	ISO	babip	BB%	SO%	SOBB	ABHR	HR%	XBH%
1962	Duluth-Superior	Northern	Ind	---	-	19	of	---	1	123	441	68	130	20	4	15	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.295	.460	.755	441	203	39	.000	.165	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	29.4	3.40	30.0
1963	Knoxville	SAL	A	---	-	20	of	---	2	118	442	77	147	20	9	14	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.514	.847	442	227	43	.000	.181	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	31.6	3.17	29.2
1963	Syracuse	IL	AAA	---	-	20	of	---	2	21	78	12	17	2	1	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.218	.346	.564	78	27	5	.000	.128	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	39.0	2.56	29.4
1963	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	48	20	of	L-S-E-P	2	15	43	6	14	2	1	1	4	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	.326	.326	.488	.814	43	21	4	.209	.162	.382	0.00	18.60	0.00	43.0	2.33	28.6
1964	Syracuse	IL	AAA	---	-	21	of	---	3	135	490	73	141	16	9	28	99	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.288	.529	.817	490	259	53	.000	.241	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	17.5	5.71	37.6
1964	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	21	of	L-S-E-P	3	25	80	6	13	1	3	1	10	0	0	11	20	1	0	0	2	0	.163	.272	.288	.560	92	23	5	.263	.125	.203	11.96	21.74	1.82	80.0	1.09	38.5
1965	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	22	of	L-S-E-P	4	143	512	69	140	20	2	29	104	5	9	48	101	6	2	4	9	12	.273	.340	.490	.830	572	251	51	.303	.217	.288	8.39	17.66	2.10	17.7	5.07	36.4
1966	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	23	of	L-S-E-P	5	146	526	72	138	22	6	27	100	1	1	44	103	3	2	3	4	11	.262	.321	.481	.802	578	253	55	.302	.219	.278	7.61	17.82	2.34	19.5	4.67	39.9
1967	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	24	of	L-S-E-P	6	122	401	47	110	20	3	19	67	0	0	36	80	4	1	3	0	12	.274	.338	.481	.819	445	193	42	.297	.207	.298	8.09	17.98	2.22	21.1	4.27	38.2
1968	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	25	of	L-S-E-P	7	143	512	68	146	20	2	36	85	0	3	49	110	8	2	7	8	14	.285	.352	.543	.895	578	278	58	.348	.258	.295	8.48	19.03	2.24	14.2	6.23	39.7
1969	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	26	of	L-S-E-P	8	141	508	66	133	17	1	28	91	3	3	52	93	3	1	4	10	8	.262	.332	.465	.797	568	236	46	.305	.203	.269	9.15	16.37	1.79	18.1	4.93	34.6
1970	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	27	of	L-S-E-P	9	96	371	53	113	18	2	17	69	0	1	28	43	2	0	3	6	7	.305	.354	.501	.855	404	186	37	.270	.196	.306	6.93	10.64	1.54	21.8	4.21	32.7
1971	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	28	of	L-S-E-P	10	119	450	64	130	25	1	22	72	1	5	37	75	7	0	4	8	15	.289	.349	.496	.845	498	223	48	.280	.207	.303	7.43	15.06	2.03	20.5	4.42	36.9
1972	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	33	29	of	L-S-E-P	11	108	333	44	77	9	5	11	36	0	0	27	47	3	2	2	5	8	.231	.293	.387	.680	367	129	25	.237	.156	.238	7.36	12.81	1.74	30.3	3.00	32.5
1973	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	30	of	L-S-E-P	12	111	411	42	130	19	3	17	53	1	4	23	57	7	1	1	5	14	.316	.362	.501	.863	443	206	39	.234	.185	.334	5.19	12.87	2.48	24.2	3.84	30.0
1974	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	31	of	L-S-E-P	13	72	238	32	71	8	1	15	47	0	1	21	36	3	0	1	3	6	.298	.361	.529	.890	263	126	24	.315	.231	.298	7.98	13.69	1.71	15.9	5.70	33.8
1975	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	32	dh	L-S-E-P	14	159	615	62	169	13	1	25	92	1	2	44	109	0	0	8	11	18	.275	.319	.421	.740	667	259	39	.216	.146	.294	6.60	16.34	2.48	24.6	3.75	23.1
1976	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	33	dh	L-S-E-P	15	114	401	40	105	17	0	14	56	0	0	49	63	2	0	4	7	16	.262	.342	.409	.751	456	164	31	.269	.147	.277	10.75	13.82	1.29	28.6	3.07	29.5
1977	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	34	of	L-S-E-P	16	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	4	1	0	.000	.000	.250	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.0
1977	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	23	34	dh	L-S-E-P	16	139	519	55	150	23	3	15	75	2	3	42	117	0	0	8	5	15	.289	.337	.432	.769	569	224	41	.222	.143	.342	7.38	20.56	2.79	34.6	2.64	27.3
1978	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	23	35	dh	L-S-E-P	17	50	169	15	42	7	0	5	22	3	0	15	25	1	1	0	4	7	.249	.314	.379	.693	186	64	12	.237	.130	.266	8.06	13.44	1.67	33.8	2.69	28.6
1978	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	oak	11	35	dh	L-S-E-P	17	32	102	11	32	8	0	3	19	0	1	9	15	0	1	0	2	1	.314	.369	.480	.849	112	49	11	.245	.166	.345	8.04	13.39	1.67	34.0	2.68	34.4
1978	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	MLB	tor	48	35	dh	L-S-E-P	17	33	122	12	25	6	0	3	19	0	0	4	29	0	0	1	0	6	.205	.228	.328	.556	127	40	9	.156	.123	.242	3.15	22.83	7.25	40.7	2.36	36.0
1979	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	53	36	dh	L-S-E-P	18	162	646	77	180	19	5	29	106	1	1	42	112	4	2	2	4	20	.279	.326	.458	.784	696	296	53	.245	.179	.298	6.03	16.09	2.67	22.3	4.17	29.4
1980	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	53	37	dh	L-S-E-P	19	97	335	32	74	10	1	8	36	0	4	39	70	4	2	4	2	5	.221	.306	.328	.634	384	110	19	.212	.107	.253	10.16	18.23	1.79	41.9	2.08	25.7
1981	Portland Beavers	PCL	AAA	pit	-	38	of	---	20	104	368	50	111	25	1	17	75	1	1	26	61	3	0	8	1	0	.302	.346	.514	.860	405	189	43	.283	.212	.315	6.42	15.06	2.35	21.6	4.20	38.7
1982	Portland Beavers	PCL	AAA	pit	-	39	1b	---	21	119	440	61	121	11	1	22	82	2	2	48	71	3	0	6	5	0	.275	.346	.455	.801	497	200	34	.289	.180	.280	9.66	14.29	1.48	20.0	4.43	28.1
MLB Totals (21 yrs)										2028	7298	873	1993	284	40	325	1163	20	38	620	1313	58	17	59	95	195	.273	.332	.457	.789	8052	3332	649	.266	.184	.292	7.70	16.31	2.12	22.5	4.04	32.6
American League Totals (21 yrs)										2028	7298	873	1993	284	40	325	1163	20	38	620	1313	58	17	59	95	195	.273	.332	.457	.789	8052	3332	649	.266	.184	.292	7.70	16.31	2.12	22.5	4.04	32.6
Minor League Totals										497	1818	273	537	74	21	83	334	3	3	74	132	6	0	14	6	0	.295	.323	.496	.819	1912	902	178	.241	.201	.281	3.87	6.90	1.78	21.9	4.34	33.2
Minor: Ind Totals										123	441	68	130	20	4	15	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.295	.460	.755	441	203	39	.166	.165	.270	0.00	0.00	0.00	29.4	3.40	30.0
Minor: A Totals										118	442	77	147	20	9	14	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.514	.847	442	227	43	.181	.181	.311	0.00	0.00	0.00	31.6	3.17	29.2
Minor: AAA Totals										379	1376	196	390	54	12	69	264	3	3	74	132	6	0	14	6	0	.283	.320	.491	.811	1470	675	135	.261	.208	.270	5.03	8.98	1.78	19.9	4.69	34.6
Detroit Tigers Totals (15 yrs)										1515	5405	671	1490	211	31	262	886	14	29	469	945	49	11	44	78	141	.276	.337	.472	.809	5978	2549	504	.280	.196	.289	7.85	15.81	2.01	20.6	4.38	33.8
Seattle Mariners Totals (2 yrs)										259	981	109	254	29	6	37	142	1	5	81	182	8	4	6	6	25	.259	.319	.414	.733	1080	406	72	.233	.155	.283	7.50	16.85	2.25	26.5	3.43	28.4
Texas Rangers Totals (1 yrs)										139	519	55	150	23	3	15	75	2	3	42	117	0	0	8	5	15	.289	.337	.432	.769	569	224	41	.222	.143	.342	7.38	20.56	2.79	34.6	2.64	27.3
Cleveland Indians Totals (1 yrs)										50	169	15	42	7	0	5	22	3	0	15	25	1	1	0	4	7	.249	.314	.379	.693	186	64	12	.237	.130	.266	8.06	13.44	1.67	33.8	2.69	28.6
Toronto Blue Jays Totals (1 yrs)										33	122	12	25	6	0	3	19	0	0	4	29	0	0	1	0	6	.205	.228	.328	.556	127	40	9	.156	.123	.242	3.15	22.83	7.25	40.7	2.36	36.0
Oakland Athletics Totals (1 yrs)										32	102	11	32	8	0	3	19	0	1	9	15	0	1	0	2	1	.314	.369	.480	.849	112	49	11	.245	.166	.345	8.04	13.39	1.67	34.0	2.68	34.4

Grid Filters		MLB Minors Full Season Short Season AAA AA A+ A A- Rookie
Year	Team Name	Lg	Lvl	Age	posit	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPCT	RFG	RFI	Team Share	Player Share	Team Rank
1963	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	20	OF	9	0	0.0	13	0	0	0	13	13	1.000	1.40	0.00	5.6	60.0	6
1964	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	21	OF	23	0	0.0	33	0	2	0	35	33	.943	1.40	0.00	14.2	92.0	6
1965	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	22	3B	1	0	0.0	0	2	0	0	2	2	1.000	2.00	0.00	0.6	0.7	3
1965	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	22	OF	141	0	0.0	249	7	3	1	259	256	.988	1.80	0.00	87.0	98.6	1
1966	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	23	OF	137	0	0.0	233	4	5	1	242	237	.979	1.70	0.00	84.6	93.8	1
1967	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	24	OF	110	0	0.0	165	5	5	2	175	170	.971	1.50	0.00	67.9	90.2	4
1968	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	25	OF	139	0	0.0	212	6	6	2	224	218	.973	1.60	0.00	85.8	97.2	2
1969	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	26	OF	136	0	0.0	272	8	8	0	288	280	.972	2.10	0.00	84.0	96.5	2
1970	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	27	OF	96	0	0.0	154	10	3	1	167	164	.982	1.70	0.00	59.3	100.0	3
1971	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	28	OF	118	0	0.0	176	8	7	1	191	184	.963	1.60	0.00	72.8	99.2	3
1972	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	29	OF	98	0	746.1	131	6	0	0	137	137	1.000	1.40	0.18	62.8	90.7	3
1973	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	30	OF	108	0	840.1	160	2	10	0	172	162	.942	1.50	0.19	66.7	97.3	3
1973	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	30	DH	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	0.6	0.9	8
1974	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	31	OF	64	0	0.0	106	2	6	0	114	108	.947	1.70	0.00	39.5	88.9	3
1974	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	31	DH	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	0.6	1.4	5
1975	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	32	DH	159	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	100.0	100.0	1
1976	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	33	DH	105	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	65.2	92.1	1
1977	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	34	OF	10	0	0.0	15	0	1	0	16	15	.938	1.50	0.00	6.2	7.2	9
1977	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	34	OF	1	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.000	1.00	0.00	0.6	100.0	7
1977	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	34	DH	128	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	79.0	92.1	1
1978	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	35	OF	1	0	0.0	1	0	2	0	3	1	.333	1.00	0.00	0.6	3.1	13
1978	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	35	DH	48	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	30.2	96.0	2
1978	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	MLB	35	DH	30	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	18.6	90.9	2
1978	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	35	DH	27	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	16.7	84.4	4
1979	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	36	DH	162	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	100.0	100.0	1
1980	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	37	DH	92	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	56.8	94.8	1
1982	Portland Beavers	PCL	AAA	39	1B	5	0	0.0	41	3	3	2	47	44	.936	8.80	0.00	3.5	4.2	3
MLB Totals - (3B)						1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	1.000	2.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	0
MLB Totals - (OF)						1191	0	1,586	1921	58	58	8	2037	1979	.972	1.70	1.25	0.0	0.0	0
MLB Totals - (DH)						753	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	0
AAA Totals - (1B)						5	0	0	41	3	3	2	47	44	.936	8.80	0.00	0.0	0.0	0

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