Horton was dealt to the Rangers for
pitcher Steve Foucault in April of 1977, where he would go on to post a
very solid season for s new team.
He would go on to hit .289 with 15 homers and 75 runs batted in for the Rangers, with 150 hits over 519 at-bats in 139 games.
But
surprisingly, he would be dealt again in the off-season, this time to
the Cleveland Indians along with former overall #1 pick David Clyde, for
Tom Buskey and John Lowenstein.
Now 35 years of age, he'd put
in a half season with the Tribe before finding himself playing with TWO
more teams that year: the Oakland A's and Toronto Blue Jays.
However
1979 saw him put in one last All-Star season in the Big Leagues, now
playing for the Seattle Mariners, when strictly a Designated Hitter he'd
play all 162 games and slug 29 home runs with 106 runs batted in while
batting .279.
Not bad for a 36 year old who played for five teams over the past two years!
After
a partial season in 1980, which saw him play 97 games, he retired as a
player, ending up with 325 home runs and 1163 RBIs, along with a very
nice .273 batting average over 2028 games, with four All-Star nods and a
World Championship in 1968 with the Tigers.
