Ricky Horton | Major Leaguer 1984-1990

Full Name: Ricky Neal Horton
Born: July 30,1959 in Poughkeepsie, New York
Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: F.D. Roosevelt (Hyde Park,NY)
College: University of Virginia

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Drafted: Selected by San Francisco Giants in 20th Round (500th overall) of 1977 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in 4th Round (93rd overall) of 1980 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Feb 9,1988] - Traded by Cardinals with Lance Johnson and Cash to White Sox for Jose DeLeon. [Aug 30,1988] - Traded by White Sox to Dodgers for Shawn Hillegas. [Jul 16,1989] - Released by Dodgers. [Jul 20,1989] - Signed as Free Agent by Cardinals. [Nov 13,1989] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 6,1989] - Signed as Free Agent by Cardinals. [Jul 25,1990] - Released by Cardinals. [Aug 10,1990] - Signed as Free Agent by Brewers. [Sep 5,1990] - Released by Brewers.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1980	Gastonia	SAL	20	Stl	A	2	4	3.64	14	3	0	0		1	42.0	30	21	17	3	25	30	1		6.43	0.64	5.36	6.43	1.31	--
	St. Peters	FSL	20	Stl	A+	0	2	6.12	6	5	0	0		0	25.0	29	18	17	1	17	13	8		10.44	0.36	6.12	4.68	1.84	--
1981	St. Peters	FSL	21	Stl	A+	7	3	4.41	28	15	2	1	8	2	100.0	101	52	49	6	49	66	7		9.09	0.54	4.41	5.94	1.50	--
1982	Arkansas	Tex	22	Stl	AA	9	6	3.15	16	16	5	2	0	0	108.2	83	45	38	6	52	90	6		6.87	0.50	4.31	7.45	1.24	--
	Louisville	Amer	22	Stl	AAA	2	3	6.69	8	6	0	0	1	0	36.1	47	31	27	6	11	37	3		11.64	1.49	2.73	9.17	1.60	--
1983	Louisville	Amer	23	Stl	AAA	10	6	4.82	30	24	3	1	1	0	157.0	177	99	84	20	58	92	8		10.15	1.15	3.32	5.27	1.50	--
1984	St. Louis	NL	24	Stl	MLB	9	4	3.44	37	18	1	1	7	1	125.2	140	53	48	14	39	76	5	6	10.03	1.00	2.79	5.44	1.42	50%
1985	St. Louis	NL	25	Stl	MLB	3	2	2.91	49	3	0	0	10	1	89.2	84	30	29	5	34	59	3	2	8.43	0.50	3.41	5.92	1.32	57%
1986	Sprngfield	Midw	26	Stl	A	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0		9.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	1.00	--
	St. Louis	NL	26	Stl	MLB	4	3	2.24	42	9	1	0	12	3	100.1	77	25	25	7	26	49	1	0	6.91	0.63	2.33	4.40	1.03	53%
1987	St. Louis	NL	27	Stl	MLB	8	3	3.82	67	6	0	0	24	7	125.0	127	58	53	15	42	55	3	4	9.14	1.08	3.02	3.96	1.35	54%
1988	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	6	10	4.86	52	9	1	0	12	2	109.1	120	64	59	6	36	28	0	3	9.88	0.49	2.96	2.30	1.43	52%
	LA Dodgers	NL	28	La	MLB	1	1	5.00	12	0	0	0	1	0	9.0	11	7	5	2	2	8	0	0	11.00	2.00	2.00	8.00	1.44	52%
1989	Louisville	Amer	29	Stl	AAA	1	0	1.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	8	1	1	0	2	1	0		8.00	0.00	2.00	1.00	1.11	--
	St. Louis	NL	29	Stl	MLB	0	3	4.73	11	8	0	0	1	0	45.2	50	24	24	2	10	14	0	0	9.86	0.39	1.97	2.76	1.31	51%
	LA Dodgers	NL	29	La	MLB	0	0	5.06	23	0	0	0	6	0	26.2	35	15	15	1	11	12	0	0	11.82	0.34	3.71	4.05	1.73	56%
1990	Denver	Amer	30	Mil	AAA	3	1	4.81	5	5	0	0	0	0	24.1	37	17	13	2	7	10	1		13.69	0.74	2.59	3.70	1.81	--
	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	MLB	1	1	4.93	32	0	0	0	8	1	42.0	52	25	23	3	22	18	1	1	11.14	0.64	4.71	3.86	1.76	61%
1991	Canton/Akr	East	31	Cle	AA	1	2	3.67	25	0	0	0	7	1	27.0	25	12	11	1	5	23	0		8.33	0.33	1.67	7.67	1.11	--
	Colo Spr	PCL	31	Cle	AAA	3	2	6.67	22	0	0	0	6	1	27.0	37	21	20	4	7	18	0		12.33	1.33	2.33	6.00	1.63	--

Major League Totals - 7 Season(s)						32	27	3.76	325	53	3	1	81	15	673.1	696	301	281	55	222	319	13	16	9.30	0.74	2.97	4.26	1.36	53%
Minor League Totals - 8 Season(s)						38	29	4.47	157	77	10	4		5	558.1	576	317	277	49	233	382	34		9.29	0.79	3.76	6.16	1.45	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1984	St. Louis	NL	24	Stl	MLB	p	9	39	31	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	0	0	6	0	0	.065	.094	.065	159	75%
1985	St. Louis	NL	25	Stl	MLB	p	9	49	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	2	0	0	.063	.211	.063	274	64%
1986	St. Louis	NL	26	Stl	MLB	p	9	42	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	2	0	0	.056	.261	.056	317	59%
1987	St. Louis	NL	27	Stl	MLB	p	9	68	29	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.200	.207	407	53%
1988	LA Dodgers	NL	28	La	MLB	p	9	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	p	0	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1989	Louisville	Amer	29	Stl	AAA	p		2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		.500	.500	.500	1000	--
	St. Louis	NL	29	Stl	MLB	p	9	11	11	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	.273	.273	.364	637	67%
	LA Dodgers	NL	29	La	MLB	p	9	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1990	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	MLB	p	9	32	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 7 Season(s)								328	110	5	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	33	0	0	13	0	0	.109	.183	.127	310	63%
Minor League Totals - 1 Season(s)								2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		.500	.500	.500	1000	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1985	St. Louis	NL	25		Ch	0	0	9.00	3		0			0	3.0	4		3		2	1			12.00	---	6.00	3.00	2.00	--
	St. Louis	NL	25		Ws	0	0	6.75	3		0			0	4.0	4		3		5	5			9.00	---	11.25	11.25	2.25	--
1987	St. Louis	NL	27		Ch	0	0	0.00	1		0			0	3.0	2		0		0	2			6.00	---	0.00	6.00	0.67	--
	St. Louis	NL	27		Ws	0	0	6.00	2		0			0	3.0	5		2		0	1			15.00	---	0.00	3.00	1.67	--
1988	LA Dodgers	NL	28		Ch	0	0	0.00	4		0			0	4.1	4		0		2	3			8.31	---	4.16	6.24	1.39	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						0	0	4.15	13		0			0	17.1	19		8		9	12			9.87	---	4.67	6.23	1.62	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1985	St. Louis	NL	25	Stl	Ch	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	St. Louis	NL	25	Stl	Ws	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1987	St. Louis	NL	27	Stl	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	St. Louis	NL	27	Stl	Ws	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1988	LA Dodgers	NL	28	La	Ch	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1980	Gastonia	SAL	20	Stl	A	P	14			2	12	2	16	2	-	-	-	.875	--

1981	St. Peters	FSL	21	Stl	A+	P	28			4	23	1	28	0	-	-	-	.964	--

1982	Arkansas	Tex	22	Stl	AA	P	16			6	21	1	28	1	-	-	-	.964	--
1982	Louisville	Amer	22	Stl	AAA	P	8			2	5	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1983	Louisville	Amer	23	Stl	AAA	P	30			5	20	1	26	4	-	-	-	.962	--

1984	St. Louis	NL	24	Stl	MLB	P	37		125.2	5	35	3	43	3	-	-	-	.930	2.86

1985	St. Louis	NL	25	Stl	MLB	P	49		89.2	9	21	2	32	0	-	-	-	.938	3.01

1986	St. Louis	NL	26	Stl	MLB	P	42		100.1	4	24	0	28	3	-	-	-	1.000	2.51

1987	St. Louis	NL	27	Stl	MLB	P	67		125	12	31	2	45	2	-	-	-	.956	3.10
1987	St. Louis	NL	27	Stl	MLB	OF	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

1988	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	P	52		109.1	5	23	2	30	4	-	-	-	.933	2.30
1988	LA Dodgers	NL	28	La	MLB	P	12		9	0	4	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	4.00

1989	Louisville	Amer	29	Stl	AAA	P	2			0	6	0	6	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1989	LA Dodgers	NL	29	La	MLB	P	23		26.2	1	4	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.69
1989	St. Louis	NL	29	Stl	MLB	P	11		45.2	1	9	0	10	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.97

1990	Denver	Amer	30	Mil	AAA	P	5			0	5	1	6	1	-	-	-	.833	--
1990	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	MLB	P	32		42	2	14	0	16	2	-	-	-	1.000	3.43

1991	Canton/Akr	East	31	Cle	AA	P	25			3	5	1	9	0	-	-	-	.889	--
1991	Colo Spr	PCL	31	Cle	AAA	P	22			0	6	0	6	2	-	-	-	1.000	--

Awards

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	110,000		299,108	57
1986	275,000		325,466	42
1987	410,000		292,853	27
1988	532,500		325,305	24
1989	68,000		375,257	69
1990	120,000		426,358	59

Career:	$1,515,500	estimate

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