Rick Horton
Former MLB Pitcher
MLB Broadcaster
FCA Director
STL Cardinal’s Chaplain
Ricky Horton will continue his work as a broadcaster on Cardinals telecasts for a 16th season and will join the radio broadcast team for all road games. He will provide play-by-play and color commentary on FOX Sports Midwest and on KMOX/Cardinals Radio Network. Horton provided color commentary on all KSDK broadcasts during the 2007-10 seasons, as well as working as a baseball play-by-play announcer and analyst, and Cardinals Live pre- and post-game analyst for FOX Sports Midwest. He provided color commentary on KPLR telecasts from 2004-2006. Horton has been a part of the Cardinals Radio broadcast team since 1997.
A former left-handed pitcher for the Cardinals, Ricky spent seven years in the Major Leagues, playing for St. Louis, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago White Sox. He made his Major League debut with the Cardinals in 1984 and participated in the 1985 and 1987 World Series with the Redbirds and won the Series in 1988 while with the Dodgers. Horton was both a starter and relief pitcher for the club and had one of his best years in 1987 when he went 8-3 in 67 games, pitching 125 innings. In 1991, he spent the season as a pitching coach in the Cleveland Indians minor league system.
After retiring from his Major League playing career, Horton remained in the St. Louis area where he has been active in the Greater St. Louis Area Fellowship of Christian Athletes, serving as the Director of the St. Louis FCA since 1993. Horton has assisted with Baseball Chapel with the Cardinals and he also worked with the St. Louis Rams football team in leading chapel and Bible studies. He received the National Sportsmanship Award in 2008, the Mid American Emmy Award for Sports Broadcasting in 2011 and he was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.
Horton, 59, and his wife, Ann, reside in St. Louis and have two children, Jen and Drew.
A former left-handed pitcher for the Cardinals, Ricky spent seven years in the Major Leagues, playing for St. Louis, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago White Sox. He made his Major League debut with the Cardinals in 1984 and participated in the 1985 and 1987 World Series with the Redbirds and won the Series in 1988 while with the Dodgers. Horton was both a starter and relief pitcher for the club and had one of his best years in 1987 when he went 8-3 in 67 games, pitching 125 innings. In 1991, he spent the season as a pitching coach in the Cleveland Indians minor league system.
After retiring from his Major League playing career, Horton remained in the St. Louis area where he has been active in the Greater St. Louis Area Fellowship of Christian Athletes, serving as the Director of the St. Louis FCA since 1993. Horton has assisted with Baseball Chapel with the Cardinals and he also worked with the St. Louis Rams football team in leading chapel and Bible studies. He received the National Sportsmanship Award in 2008, the Mid American Emmy Award for Sports Broadcasting in 2011 and he was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.
Horton, 59, and his wife, Ann, reside in St. Louis and have two children, Jen and Drew.
