How Willie Horton's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Willie Horton posted a career Batting Average of .273, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1963, posting .326, well above the league average of .246 that year. The lowest point came in 1964 at .163, well below the league average of .247 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .252 in 1978 to .279 in 1979 and .221 in 1980. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 18 seasons.
Willie Horton Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.273 | 8052 | 7298 | 0.292 |
| Season Avg. | 0.273 | 447.33 | 405.44 | 0.292 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.273 | 643.21 | 582.98 | 0.292 |
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Willie Horton Batting Average Per Season
Willie Horton's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Willie Horton Batting Average by Team
Willie Horton's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Willie Horton Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Willie Horton's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Willie Horton Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Willie Horton's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Willie Horton Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Willie Horton's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
