Tuesday, July 22, 2014

#685 Joe Horlen

Sometime mistakenly called Joel….The once formidable ace of mid sixties White Sox pitching staff….but hard luck; possibly one of the best pitchers ever with a career losing record …could have sued the Chisox offence for non support….Entered into starting rotation in 1962 ….number starts limited with injury…Achieved effective status following year…1964 was first great season with a 1.88 ERA…. Was although he did not win a lot of games….ERA champion and shutout leader of 1967 plus 2nd in win pct and Cy Young voting….experienced a horrible 1970 mirroring the fortunes of the franchise…went 1-14 in his last 15 decisions….1971 started with injury but he was able to cut down his losses and improve his stats….late in his career Horlen became the White Sox player representative…henceforth he was released before 1972 season…picked up by the veteran hungry Oakland…became a long reliever…made two post season appearances both ineffective…After retirement became a renaissance man, working in construction, coaching baseball and starting a college golf program 


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