Talk:Willie Horton (baseball)

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Full name, siblings

Different sources vary on Horton's full name and the number of siblings he had; The Baseball Encyclopedia, Total Baseball, The Baseball Page and Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia give his full name as Willie Watterson Horton, while Baseball-Reference and Retrosheet give the name as William Wattison Horton. The annual Sporting News Register listed his name as William Wattison Horton through the 1969 edition, and as Willie Wattison Horton from 1970-1980. The Biographical Dictionary of American Sports gives the name as Willie Wattison Horton, and notes his mother's maiden name as Wattison. The latter volume states that he was one of 21 children, possibly using as a source Fred Smith's 1981 book 995 Tigers; The Baseball Page gives the number as 19, apparently based on a SABR member's research. MisfitToys 21:28, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Better Source Regarding Activities During 1967 Riots

The article cites no contemporaneous source for Horton's alleged peacemaking activities during the Detroit riot. Are there any news articles, television news reports, or the like, from July, 1967, that verify his attempt to restore peace? The citation is from 2005, some 38 years after the riot.John Paul Parks (talk) 05:39, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Michigan

I felt like he should've been on the category for "baseball players from Michigan" - even though he was born in Virginia he grew up in Detroit and is readily identified as being a native son. So I edited it to reflect that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.209.185.166 (talk) 17:11, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Date of first career home run

His first Major League Home Run occurred on September 14, 1963 and that was not his second at bat. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.237.34.211 (talk) 21:12, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Magallanes and Caribbean Series in the infobox

@Yankees10: Why don't his time with Magallanes or the Caribbean Series championship go in the infobox? [1] -- irn (talk) 17:44, 30 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Past discussions on WP:baseball. Only MLB, NPB and KBO teams. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Player style advice.--Yankees10 21:21, 1 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the link. The list of highlights is exhaustive, right? That lists represents some serious systemic bias. (The only championship that counts is the World Series? That's absurd.) Cheers, -- irn (talk) 22:09, 1 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Be realistic. The 1968 Major League Baseball World Championship was earned by playing 162 games against a 12-team American League, then besting the champion of the 12-team National League in a seven-game series, reflecting at the time the greatest single concentration of baseball talent on earth. The Caribbean championship was based on six games of Winter League ball played among a handful of regional teams. Wikiuser100 (talk) 00:25, 12 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]