Willie Horton
1963–1980 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Athletics, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays
2,028G
.273AVG
.332OBP
.457SLG
More career statistics
1,993H
325HR
1,163RBI
20SB
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 1,313 | 1,315 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,028 | 8,052 | 7,298 | 873 | 1,993 | 284 | 40 | 325 | 1,163 | 620 | 1,313 | 20 | 38 | 58 | 59 | 3,332 | .273 | .332 | .457 | .789 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1970-05-30 to 1970-06-16
25longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1970-06-09 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1965-05-08 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | 11 total bases | 1971-04-17 | 1 in 2,522 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 987 | 3788 | 949 | 153 | 555 | 327 | 620 | .280 | .337 | .474 |
| Away | 1041 | 4264 | 1044 | 172 | 608 | 293 | 695 | .267 | .314 | .441 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 240 | 986 | 233 | 42 | 138 | 77 | 177 | .262 | .314 | .455 |
| May | 363 | 1448 | 358 | 81 | 247 | 132 | 231 | .278 | .338 | .512 |
| June | 376 | 1469 | 381 | 55 | 226 | 108 | 246 | .286 | .333 | .460 |
| July | 359 | 1407 | 358 | 49 | 182 | 106 | 199 | .279 | .330 | .455 |
| August | 366 | 1449 | 349 | 49 | 193 | 105 | 245 | .263 | .313 | .418 |
| September | 304 | 1219 | 298 | 46 | 166 | 89 | 199 | .267 | .317 | .438 |
| October | 20 | 74 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 18 | .239 | .257 | .448 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 208 | 810 | 199 | 25 | 108 | 56 | 115 | .267 | .315 | .417 |
| cleveland-guardians | 204 | 803 | 194 | 35 | 118 | 60 | 145 | .265 | .316 | .450 |
| baltimore-orioles | 190 | 737 | 170 | 27 | 96 | 59 | 114 | .254 | .311 | .425 |
| boston-red-sox | 190 | 782 | 201 | 40 | 120 | 50 | 135 | .282 | .321 | .503 |
| minnesota-twins | 182 | 730 | 174 | 27 | 100 | 64 | 115 | .266 | .326 | .443 |
| california-angels | 182 | 713 | 187 | 36 | 112 | 61 | 119 | .291 | .348 | .485 |
| chicago-white-sox | 176 | 695 | 173 | 21 | 96 | 52 | 120 | .279 | .324 | .442 |
| athletics | 134 | 530 | 117 | 17 | 53 | 40 | 127 | .241 | .296 | .381 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 |  Detroit Tigers | 15 | 43 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .326 | – | – |
| 1964 | Detroit Tigers | 25 | 80 | 13 | 1 | 10 | – | .163 | – | – |
| 1965 | Detroit Tigers | 143 | 512 | 140 | 29 | 104 | 5 | .273 | – | – |
| 1966 | Detroit Tigers | 146 | 526 | 138 | 27 | 100 | 1 | .262 | – | – |
| 1967 | Detroit Tigers | 122 | 401 | 110 | 19 | 67 | – | .274 | – | – |
| 1968 | Detroit Tigers | 143 | 512 | 146 | 36 | 85 | – | .285 | – | – |
| 1969 | Detroit Tigers | 141 | 508 | 133 | 28 | 91 | 3 | .262 | – | – |
| 1970 | Detroit Tigers | 96 | 371 | 113 | 17 | 69 | – | .305 | – | – |
| 1971 | Detroit Tigers | 119 | 450 | 130 | 22 | 72 | 1 | .289 | – | – |
| 1972 | Detroit Tigers | 108 | 333 | 77 | 11 | 36 | – | .231 | – | – |
| 1973 | Detroit Tigers | 111 | 411 | 130 | 17 | 53 | 1 | .316 | – | – |
| 1974 | Detroit Tigers | 72 | 238 | 71 | 15 | 47 | – | .298 | – | – |
| 1975 | Detroit Tigers | 159 | 615 | 169 | 25 | 92 | 1 | .275 | – | – |
| 1976 | Detroit Tigers | 114 | 401 | 105 | 14 | 56 | – | .262 | – | – |
| 1977 | Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers | 140 | 523 | 151 | 15 | 75 | 2 | .289 | – | – |
| 1978 | Cleveland Guardians, Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays | 115 | 393 | 99 | 11 | 60 | 3 | .252 | – | – |
| 1979 |  Seattle Mariners | 162 | 646 | 180 | 29 | 106 | 1 | .279 | – | – |
| 1980 | Seattle Mariners | 97 | 335 | 74 | 8 | 36 | – | .221 | – | – |