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Willie Horton

(Photo by Oscar Pete ©)

Subject(s): Willie Horton
Sport: Baseball

Location: Detroit Tigers, Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
Unveiled: 15/7/2000
Sculptor: Julie Rotblatt-Amrany, Omni Amrany and Gary Tillery
Material: Steel
Status: In Situ

Inscription(s):
Inscribed on plinth: WILLIE HORTON. "WILLIE THE WONDER". BORN: OCTOBER 18, 1942 ARNO, VIRGINIA. DETROIT TIGERS OF, DH 1963-77. TEXAS RANGERS, CLEVELAND INDIANS, & TORONTO BLUE JAYS DH, OF 1978. SEATTLE MARINERS DH 1979-80. A HOMETOWN HERO WHOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON AND OFF THE FIELD ARE A CREDIT TO THE CITY OF DETROIT. ACHIEVEMENTS AND HONORS. RAISED IN A DETROIT HOUSING PROJECT AND OVERCAME ADVERSITY TO BECOME A TIGER HOMETOWN HERO. WAS A BASEBALL STAR FOR DETROIT'S NORTHWESTERN HIGH SCHOOL AND PLAYED DETROIT SANDLOT BASEBALL. WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING CRUSH THE VIOLENCE THAT ERUPTED DURING THE 1967 RIOTS IN DETROIT. BATTED .326 HIS FIRST SEASON WITH THE TIGERS. HAD 100 OR MORE RBI IN 1965 104 AND 1966 100. THREW OUT LOU BROCK AT HOME PLATE IN THE PIVOTAL GAME FIVE OF THE 1968 WORLD SERIES. LED THE TEAM IN HOME RUNS 1968 36, 1969 28 AND 1975 25. HIT 325 CAREER HOME RUNS, 1163 RBI, AND HAD A .273 LIFETIME BATTING AVERAGE. WAS ELECTED TO FOUR ALL-STAR TEAMS AS A TIGER. HAD HIS UNIFORM NUMBER 23 RETIRED JULY 15, 2000. SCULPTORS: JULIE & OMRI R. AMRANY. CO-SCULPTOR: GARY TILLERY. DEDICATED: JULY 15, 2000

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