Scott Fennessy sent me this 1993 Sam Horn card. Now, I’ve heard about Sam Horn’s monster card from some of you readers but this is the first time I’ve seen it. Yeah, it’s quite a doozy.
Left-hitting part-timer Horn was playing for Cleveland by 1993. He only got in 36 plate appearances (all as a DH) for the Indians but made the most of them. He went 15 for 33 (.455) with four homeruns.
| Split | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 Totals | 12 | 36 | 33 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .455 | .472 | .848 |
Horn received power numbers 1-1-5-5, a slight decline from what he mathematically should have gotten. With 36 PA, it’s easy to calculate that he should have gotten the equivalent of four 1s (perhaps a 1–1-1-1-6?). After that. he also got five 7s all the way out to 51. That gives this card a nice 62-9.
1993 Horn only received one 14, justifiably so. However, he does get a handy 45-42 for his one HBP.
Fun numbers: 22-5, 51-7, 62-9
1993 Sam Horn is rated as a 1B-2 though he is probably lucky to get that. In fact, in his eight years in the majors, he only played 12 games in the field all at first base.
Horn was your definitive platoon player. He knew how to hit righties and managers knew not to bat him against left-handers. In 1993, he faced a lefty starter just once. Overall, he went 0 for 4 against southpaws that year (giving him a .517 batting average against righties!). For his career, his righty/lefty split was still pretty pronounced at .248/.152.
thanks Scott!
That is a monster card and he sure won’t walk much with those numbers. Unless of course he is intentionally walked.