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Joe Horlen played 12 major-league seasons (1961-1972) as a P (361). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 12 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24 | CHA | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1962 | 25 | CHA | 20 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .053 | .153 | -56 |
| 1963 | 26 | CHA | 33 | 40 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .225 | .469 | 37 |
| 1964 | 27 | CHA | 32 | 69 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .159 | .343 | 0 |
| 1965 | 28 | CHA | 34 | 68 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .132 | .339 | 1 |
| 1966 | 29 | CHA | 64 | 60 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .067 | .162 | -51 |
| 1967 | 30 | CHA | 51 | 83 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .169 | .367 | 12 |
| 1968 | 31 | CHA | 41 | 67 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .104 | .277 | -13 |
| 1969 | 32 | CHA | 36 | 77 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .182 | .377 | 9 |
| 1970 | 33 | CHA | 28 | 52 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .115 | .283 | -18 |
| 1971 | 34 | CHA | 36 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .198 | -42 |
| 1972 | 35 | OAK | 32 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .176 | .353 | 9 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24 | CHA | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17.2 | 11 | 13 | 6.62 | 61 |
| 1962 | 25 | CHA | 20 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 108.2 | 63 | 43 | 4.89 | 81 |
| 1963 | 26 | CHA | 33 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 124 | 61 | 55 | 3.27 | 111 |
| 1964 | 27 | CHA | 32 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 210.2 | 138 | 55 | 1.88 | 193 |
| 1965 | 28 | CHA | 34 | 34 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 219 | 125 | 39 | 2.88 | 120 |
| 1966 | 29 | CHA | 37 | 29 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 211 | 124 | 53 | 2.43 | 141 |
| 1967 | 30 | CHA | 35 | 35 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 258 | 103 | 58 | 2.06 | 157 |
| 1968 | 31 | CHA | 35 | 35 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 223.2 | 102 | 70 | 2.37 | 125 |
| 1969 | 32 | CHA | 36 | 35 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 235.2 | 121 | 77 | 3.78 | 96 |
| 1970 | 33 | CHA | 28 | 26 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 172.1 | 77 | 41 | 4.86 | 76 |
| 1971 | 34 | CHA | 34 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 137.1 | 82 | 30 | 4.26 | 81 |
| 1972 | 35 | OAK | 32 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 84 | 58 | 20 | 3.00 | 102 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | P | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1962 | P | 20 | 19 | 10 | 28 | 1 | 0 |
| 1963 | P | 33 | 21 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | P | 32 | 28 | 14 | 46 | 0 | 3 |
| 1965 | P | 34 | 34 | 10 | 41 | 3 | 0 |
| 1966 | P | 37 | 29 | 25 | 57 | 3 | 5 |
| 1967 | P | 35 | 35 | 29 | 53 | 0 | 4 |
| 1968 | P | 35 | 35 | 14 | 47 | 3 | 3 |
| 1969 | P | 36 | 35 | 13 | 32 | 3 | 0 |
| 1970 | P | 28 | 26 | 22 | 42 | 1 | 1 |
| 1971 | P | 34 | 18 | 10 | 27 | 2 | 0 |
| 1972 | P | 32 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1967, 1964.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 22 | 7 / 280 | 0 |
| 1967 | Cy Young Award | AL | 2 | 2 / 20 | 2 |
| 1967 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 91 / 280 | 0 |
Joe Horlen ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #73 | starting pitchers | 1964 | 193 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.