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Willie Horton

Tigers Career team 1963 to 1977
Position LF
Born Oct 18, 1942

Key Insights

1980
One opponent brings the best out of him

Horton has hit .364/.462/1.182 against Mike Hedlund in 13 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

4 for 11 with 3 home runs and 0 strikeouts, against a .714 OPS median across his matchups.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Horton has hit 10 home runs off Dave McNally, one every 11.4 plate appearances they have shared.

114 career plate appearances against him.
He is a different player against this opponent

Horton carries a .789 career OPS; against Dan Petry it is 1.463, over 17 plate appearances.

7 for 15 with 2 home runs.
This matchup usually ends with a free pass

Moe Drabowsky walks Horton in 38.5% of their meetings, 5 times in 13 plate appearances.

5 walks in 13 plate appearances.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Hoyt Wilhelm has struck Horton out 10 times in 20 plate appearances, 50% of everything between them.

10 strikeouts in 20 plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

Horton swings through more against Eddie Watt than against anyone else he has faced this often: 0% of the swings between them come up empty.

18 plate appearances between them. 100th percentile of the 22 matchups on his own record.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Oct 18, 1942