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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 @]^ @x 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)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » June 4, 1967: Cleveland sends Gary Bell to Boston for OF Don Demeter and 1B Tony Horton. Bell, a 16-game winner last year, is 1–5 in 1967, but he'll win 12 games for Boston during their pennant drive. » May 24, 1970: Cleveland's Tony Horton hits three home runs versus New York, but the Yankees win anyway 8–7 in 11 innings. » June 24, 1970: In a doubleheader with the Indians at Yankee Stadium, Bobby Murcer ties Lou Gehrig's record of four straight homers. The Yanks lose the opener 7–2, despite Murcer's 9th-inning home run off Sam McDowell. Murcer next connects off game 2's starter Mike Paul, hitting a solo shot in the 1st inning. A walk in the 4th, then a 2-run homer off Paul in the 5th, and a game-tying homer in the 8th, off Fred Lasher. New York scores in the bottom of the 9th to salvage a 5–4 win. Cleveland 1B Tony Horton hears a hoo and literally crawls back to the dugout after fanning on two of Yankee hurler Steve Hamilton's "folly floaters." Sensitive to fans' booing during the season, Horton will be hospitalized, and at 25, this is his last season. » July 2, 1970: Cleveland edges the Orioles, 10–9, helped by Tony Horton, who hits for the cycle. Dennis Higgins is the winning pitcher. » August 28, 1970: Cleveland and California split a pair, with the Angels taking the opener, 3–2 and the Tribe the nitecap, 5–1. Cleveland's Tony Horton plays his last professional game. The 25-year-old budding star, despondent over a batting slump and fans' booing, will be hospitalized for depression.