Will Horn Explained

Will Horn
Position:	Pitcher
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Debutteam:	Chicago Unions
Finalteam:	Cuban Stars (West)
Teams:	Chicago Unions (–) ^[1] Algona Brownies (–)^[2] ^[3] Philadelphia Giants ^[4] Philadelphia Quaker Giants Leland Giants (–) Cuban Stars (West)

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. He also spent a couple of seasons with Iowa's Algona Brownies.

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.

Notes and References

1. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdOGxTTXJvRVNWRmc "Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club" Fraternal Printing Company, 1910
2. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdc0dpbUlTelFRVVE "Algona Brownies Win the Big Game" Webster City Tribune, Webster City, IA, Friday, September 5, 1902 Page 12, Columns 4 and 5
3. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdV1dhdlVlTndkLTA "Brownies Humble Giants" Upper Des Moines-Republican, Algona, IA, Wednesday, June 24, 1903, Page 1, Columns 4 and 5
4. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Wcncq5-bHdOHZKc1JJbjRhRUU/edit "Pottstown and Philadelphia Giants" Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Tuesday Morning, June 21, 1904, Page 10, Column 5