I’d forgotten about that. That was really classy on the part of Willie Horton. People forget that the Tiger outfield that year was do great that Al Kaline was technically a backup (less plate appearances than Horton, Northrup or Stanley) and the Tigers had a .370 hitter on the bench used mostly as a pinch hitter (less than 100 plate appearances, as I recall).
Willie Horton is another solid Christian. Here he explains that he didn’t know why but later realized it was because God called him to do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My6nV7Iy_Rk