Willie Horton career batting average
.273Career Regular Season
Willie Horton has a career batting average of .273 over 18 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .326 in 1963.
- Most recent: .221 in 1980.
Average of 18 regular seasons, 1963 through 1980. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches. | SLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single. | OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory. | ||
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| 1963 |  DET | 15 | 43 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .326 | .326 | .488 | .814 |
| 1964 | DET | 25 | 80 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 | .163 | .272 | .288 | .559 |
| 1965 | DET | 143 | 512 | 69 | 140 | 29 | 104 | 5 | .273 | .340 | .490 | .831 |
| 1966 | DET | 146 | 526 | 72 | 138 | 27 | 100 | 1 | .262 | .321 | .481 | .802 |
| 1967 | DET | 122 | 401 | 47 | 110 | 19 | 67 | 0 | .274 | .338 | .481 | .819 |
| 1968 | DET | 143 | 512 | 68 | 146 | 36 | 85 | 0 | .285 | .352 | .543 | .895 |
| 1969 | DET | 141 | 508 | 66 | 133 | 28 | 91 | 3 | .262 | .332 | .465 | .796 |
| 1970 | DET | 96 | 371 | 53 | 113 | 17 | 69 | 0 | .305 | .354 | .501 | .855 |
| 1971 | DET | 119 | 450 | 64 | 130 | 22 | 72 | 1 | .289 | .349 | .496 | .845 |
| 1972 | DET | 108 | 333 | 44 | 77 | 11 | 36 | 0 | .231 | .293 | .387 | .681 |
| 1973 | DET | 111 | 411 | 42 | 130 | 17 | 53 | 1 | .316 | .362 | .501 | .863 |
| 1974 | DET | 72 | 238 | 32 | 71 | 15 | 47 | 0 | .298 | .361 | .529 | .891 |
| 1975 | DET | 159 | 615 | 62 | 169 | 25 | 92 | 1 | .275 | .319 | .421 | .740 |
| 1976 | DET | 114 | 401 | 40 | 105 | 14 | 56 | 0 | .262 | .342 | .409 | .751 |
| 1977 |  DET/TEX | 140 | 523 | 55 | 151 | 15 | 75 | 2 | .289 | .337 | .430 | .767 |
| 1978 |  CLE/ATH/TOR | 115 | 393 | 38 | 99 | 11 | 60 | 3 | .252 | .303 | .389 | .692 |
| 1979 |  SEA | 162 | 646 | 77 | 180 | 29 | 106 | 1 | .279 | .326 | .458 | .784 |
| 1980 | SEA | 97 | 335 | 32 | 74 | 8 | 36 | 0 | .221 | .306 | .328 | .635 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS