Early Years
Horton is the youngest of twenty-one children of James Horton and his wife Lillian (Wattison) Horton. He was born in Arno, a small community in the corporate limits of Appalachia, Virginia. After winning a city championship with Detroit Northwestern High School in 1959, he signed with the Tigers in 1961, and made his debut with the team on September 10, 1963; he had a pinch-hit home run off Robin Roberts in his second at bat.
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