Ricky Horton stats
Bio
- Age
- 67 yearsJul 30, 1959
- Height
- 6' 2"
Ricky Horton played 7 MLB seasons, 1984 to 1990.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 325
- W
- 32
- L
- 27
- ERA
- 3.76
- IP
- 673.1
- K
- 319
- BB
- 222
- WHIP
- 1.36
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | STL | 37 | 9 | 4 | 3.44 | 125.2 | 76 | 39 | 1.42 |
| 1985 | STL | 49 | 3 | 2 | 2.91 | 89.2 | 59 | 34 | 1.32 |
| 1986 | STL | 42 | 4 | 3 | 2.24 | 100.1 | 49 | 26 | 1.03 |
| 1987 | STL | 67 | 8 | 3 | 3.82 | 125.0 | 55 | 42 | 1.35 |
| 1988 |  CHW/LAD | 64 | 7 | 11 | 4.87 | 118.1 | 36 | 38 | 1.43 |
| 1989 |  LAD/STL | 34 | 0 | 3 | 4.85 | 72.1 | 26 | 21 | 1.47 |
| 1990 | STL | 32 | 1 | 1 | 4.93 | 42.0 | 18 | 22 | 1.76 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 13
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 4.24
- IP
- 17.0
- K
- 12
- BB
- 9
- WHIP
- 1.65
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 3
- SHO
- 1
- K/9
- 4.3
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | STL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | CHW/LAD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | LAD/STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bio
- Age
- 67 yearsJul 30, 1959
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1984
- Birthplace
- Poughkeepsie, NY
- College
- Virginia
What were Ricky Horton's career stats?
Ricky Horton played 7 seasons for the Cardinals. He had 32 wins and 319 strikeouts with a 3.76 ERA over 673.1 innings. His best season was 1984: 9 wins, a 3.44 ERA and 76 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
7 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1984 to 1990
Ricky Horton finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.
Championships
- 1988 World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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