Joel Horlen​

Joel Horlen is the only baseball player to have won a Pony League World Series, a College World Series, and a professional World Series.  At the age of 14, Horlen was the star pitcher in the first Pony League World Series in 1952. He led Oklahoma State University to the College World Series title in 1959 and earned his Major League Baseball World Series ring with the Oakland Athletics in 1972.​

The Burbank High School graduate played YMCA, American Legion and Pony League baseball in San Antonio before pitching 12 professional seasons with the Chicago White Sox and Oakland Athletics. He earned 116 major league wins with a lifetime earned run average of 3.11 in 361 games. For six straight seasons he started every fourth game, twice leading the American League in ERA and twice finishing second.​

Horlen’s best season was with Chicago in 1967 when he went 19-7, led the league with a 2.06 ERA and six shutouts, pitched a no-hitter, was selected for the All-Star Game, placed second in Cy Young Award voting and was fourth in the league MVP voting. He is a member of the Oklahoma State University Hall of Fame.​