Willie Horton

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Major League Baseball player baseball player human

Willie Horton is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter best known as a longtime Detroit Tigers star and key contributor to their 1968 World Series championship team.

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball player → baseball player → human →
activeYearsInMLB	1963–1980 →
awardReceived	MLB All-Star selection →
bats	right →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1942-10-18 →
ethnicGroup	African American →
familyName	Horton →
givenName	Willie →
hallOfFame	Detroit Tigers Hall of Fame →
hasNumberRetiredBy	Detroit Tigers →
jerseyNumber	23 →
league	Major League Baseball →
memberOfSportsTeam	Cleveland Indians → Detroit Tigers → Oakland Athletics → Texas Rangers → Toronto Blue Jays →
notableFor	community and civic involvement in Detroit → key contributor to Detroit Tigers 1968 World Series championship → longtime Detroit Tigers star →
notableWork	1968 Detroit Tigers season →
occupation	baseball outfielder → designated hitter →
participatedIn	1968 World Series →
placeOfBirth	Arno, Virginia →
positionPlayed	left fielder →
residence	Detroit, Michigan →
retiredFrom	Major League Baseball →
sexOrGender	male →
sport	baseball →
teamFoundedBy	played primarily for Detroit Tigers in the 1960s and 1970s →
throws	right →
winnerOf	1968 World Series →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Detroit Tigers →	retiredNumberHonoree