Joe Horlen
Joe Horlen | |
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San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | |
Died: April 10, 2022 San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | (aged 84)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 4, 1961, for the Chicago White Sox | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 4, 1972, for the Oakland Athletics | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 116–117 |
Earned run average | 3.11 |
Strikeouts | 1,065 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Joel Edward Horlen (August 14, 1937 – April 10, 2022) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1961 to 1972 for the Chicago White Sox and Oakland Athletics. In references, he is called Joe Horlen or Joel Horlen with roughly equal frequency.[1]
From 1964 to 1968, Horlen led all American League pitchers with a 2.32 ERA.[2] In his career, Horlen won 116 games against 117 losses, with a 3.11 earned run average and 1,065 strikeouts in 2,002 innings pitched.
He is the only baseball player to play for teams that won a Pony League World Series (1952), a College World Series (Oklahoma State, 1959), and a Major League World Series (Oakland, 1972).[3]
Early life
Horlen was born in
Horlen attended
Minor league career
Horlen was signed by the Chicago White Sox in 1959. That year he pitched for the
Major league career
Chicago White Sox (1961–1971)
Horlen made his Major League debut against the Minnesota Twins in the second game of a September 4, 1961 doubleheader.[4] He won the game in relief while wearing a numberless uniform, as the only available road uniform did not have a number.[8] Horlen pitched as a spot starter in his first two full seasons with the White Sox. In 1963, he returned to the minors to pitch four games for the AAA Indianapolis Indians, going 3–0 with a 1.74 ERA.[9]
In 1964 he earned a spot in the starting rotation, posting a 13–9 record and setting career bests in earned run average (1.88; second in the American League only to Dean Chance's 1.65) and strikeouts (138).[4] He also led the majors by allowing only 6.07 hits per nine innings, bettering Sandy Koufax's National League-leading 6.22. In the next 42 years, only eight right-handed pitchers bettered that ratio in a season. He also led the AL in Walks + Hits per IP (WHIP) (.935). That year his White Sox battled the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles for the pennant, but finished second, one game behind the Yankees and one game ahead of the Orioles.[8]
In 1965, Horlen was second in the league in shutouts (four), and was third in walks/9 IP (1.60). In 1966, he led the league in wild pitches (14), was sixth in hit batsmen (six), and was second in ERA (2.43).[4]
Horlen finished the 1967 season with a 19–7 record and led American League pitchers with a 2.06 ERA and six shutouts, was second in W-L percentage (.731), fourth in wins, complete games (13), and walks/9 IP (2.02), and 7th in innings pitched (258).
In 1968 Horlen led the AL in hit batsmen (14).[4] In 1970 he was fifth in walks/9 IP (2.14).[4] In spring training of 1972, the White Sox released Horlen.[11]
Oakland Athletics (1972)
Horlen later signed with Oakland, and pitched mostly in relief as the Athletics won the 1972 World Series.[8]
After the major leagues
In 1973 he pitched for the AA
In 2017, it was announced that he had Alzheimer's disease.[2] He died on April 10, 2022, at the age of 84.[12][13]
See also
- List of Major League Baseball annual ERA leaders
- List of Major League Baseball no-hitters
- List of select Jewish baseball players
References
- ^ Internet Archive Ngram Viewer. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
- ^ a b c Bragg, Roy (March 3, 2017). "The lost memories of Joe Horlen". San Antonio Express-News.
- ^ "San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame - Inductees". Archived from the original on January 3, 2004. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Joe Horlen Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Horlen, Joe". Jewsinsports.org. August 14, 1937. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
- ^ The Big Book of Jewish Sports People, by Peter Horvitz, page 53
- ISBN 9781561719730– via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d Wolf, Gregory H. "Joe Horlen". sabr.org. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Joe Horlen Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Every White Sox no-hitter in franchise history, including Carlos Rodón | RSN". Nbcsports.com. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
- ^ "31 Mar 1972, 10 - Portage Daily Register at". Newspapers.com. March 31, 1972. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
- ^ "Cowboy Baseball Hall Of Famer Horlen Passes Away". Oklahoma State University Athletics.
- ^ Joel Edward Horlen
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Horlen's "Jews in Sports" profile
- Boxscore of Horlen's 1967 no-hitter
- Oral History Interview with Joel Horlen, Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at the OSU Library