After hitting .278 with 27 HR and 93 RBI in 1969, the career of this promising hitter
ended at age 25 the following year when a batting slump and booing fans led to such
emotional distress that he had @]^
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to be hospitalized. Horton hit three homers
for Cleveland on May 24, 1970, but was reportedly upset because the Indians lost
when he failed to hit a fourth.
(JCA)