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As part of the Boys and Girls Club opening day and Play Ball Detroit, Detroit Tigers legend Willie Horton visited his ...
Detroit’s baseball community is celebrating a remarkable achievement, as former Tigers outfielder and Detroit native Rajai Davis was honored with the 2025 Willie Horton African American Legacy ...
Former Detroit Tigers player Willie Horton looks on before a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Friday, July 21, 2023, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) "I spent a lot of time in boxing ...
Horton, 79, recently discussed his latest book with the Free Press, touching on the people and experiences that shaped his life as a baseball player, community servant and civil rights advocate.
In an 18-year major league career spent mostly with the Tigers, Horton batted .273 with 1,993 hits, 325 home runs and drove in 1,163 runs. Oestrike played baseball and football at Eastern Michigan ...
Willie "the Wonder" Horton — who wore No 23 when he played for the 1968 World Champion Detroit Tigers — appears on CBS 62's "Michigan Matters" in an ... 1968 Willie Horton Baseball Card, ...
Detroit Tigers legend Willie Horton faced down many pitchers through his illustrious career in major league baseball. After 15 seasons with the Tigers and a few elsewhere, Horton knows a thing or ...
Willie Horton can't recite the exact date in 1961, but he'll never forget the day. ... "I had a great career playing baseball, but what's gone on outside of the field is so much greater.
Willie Horton is a Detroit baseball legend. A graduate of the city’s Northwestern High School, Horton signed with the Tigers in 1961 and went on to play 14 of his 18 big league seasons in Detroit, ...
Willie Horton, a longtime member of the Detroit Tigers and a special assistant to the general manager, is headed to the 2022 All-Star Game on July 19 at Dodger Stadium.. He accepted an invitation ...
COMSTOCK PARK, MI – Former Detroit Tigers All-Star Willie Horton enjoyed several memorable moments during his Major League baseball career. A throw to home plate from left field in Game 5 of the ...
On Friday, after the announcement that Harmon Killebrew had entered hospice care, Willie Horton stood in the Detroit Tigers clubhouse and remembered his longtime opponent. Horton broke into the ...