Will Horn

Baseball player
Will Horn
Pitcher
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
debut
1899, for the Chicago Unions
Last appearance
1910, for the Cuban Stars (West)
Teams
  • Chicago Unions (1899–1900) [1]
  • Algona Brownies (1902–1903)[2][3]
  • Philadelphia Giants (1904)[4]
  • Philadelphia Quaker Giants (1906)
  • Leland Giants (1905–1906)[1]
  • Cuban Stars (West) (1910)

William Horn (birthdate unknown) was an American baseball pitcher in the pre-Negro leagues. He played several years for Chicago teams like the Chicago Unions and Leland Giants.[1] He also spent a couple of seasons with Iowa's Algona Brownies.[3]

Horn played with several popular players of the day, including Bill Gatewood, Bruce Petway, Dangerfield Talbert, Henry W. Moore, Chappie Johnson, Albert Toney, George Hopkins, and Harry Hyde.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club" Fraternal Printing Company, 1910
  2. ^ "Algona Brownies Win the Big Game" Webster City Tribune, Webster City, IA, Friday, September 5, 1902 Page 12, Columns 4 and 5
  3. ^ a b "Brownies Humble Giants" Upper Des Moines-Republican, Algona, IA, Wednesday, June 24, 1903, Page 1, Columns 4 and 5
  4. ^ "Pottstown and Philadelphia Giants" Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Tuesday Morning, June 21, 1904, Page 10, Column 5
  • Negro league and Cuban League statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball Reference (Negro leagues)