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Duke Snider League
6-10-2078
Bill Taft Relief Pitcher
Retired (1966, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 4.68 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
W-L 39-25 Status Deceased (2000) Option Years 0  
SV 7 Age at Death 70 Date of Birth 02-12-1930
K 425 Drafted Round 2, Pick 24
(1952)		 Majors Svc Time 8 years
(133 games)
IP 655.2
WHIP 1.51
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R F  Contact vs. L D- Endurance D-   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R D- Power vs. L D- Velocity B-   Mentor Val A-
Speed C  Bunt B- Control B 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm C+ WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF ---   Health D+ LCS Appearances 2
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1952 NYA
0
 1
1
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 3 3 3 0 0
0
99.99
99.99
1954 MIL
5
 5
62
0
0
0
0
 0
67.2
 90 53 48 1 41
42
1.94
6.38
1955 MIL
3
 6
46
0
0
0
0
 0
55.2
 66 57 54 0 42
31
1.94
8.73
1956 MIL
4
 1
33
0
0
0
0
 0
50.2
 52 28 22 2 22
36
1.46
3.91
1957 MIL
5
 1
43
0
0
0
0
 0
68.2
 75 23 23 3 22
37
1.41
3.01
1958 MIL
3
 2
30
0
0
0
0
 0
48.0
 51 22 22 2 18
33
1.44
4.13
1959 MIL
2
 0
43
0
0
0
0
 0
50.2
 47 23 23 0 16
47
1.24
4.09
1960 MIL
2
 1
42
0
0
0
1
 0
39.1
 47 23 22 0 18
25
1.65
5.03
1961 MIL
2
 2
35
0
0
0
0
 0
39.0
 41 17 17 0 14
27
1.41
3.92
1962 MIL
1
 1
55
1
0
0
0
 0
66.1
 66 36 31 2 24
47
1.36
4.21
1963 MIL-WAS
4
 1
18
0
0
0
0
 0
16.0
 25 20 19 0 9
7
2.13
10.69
1964 WAS-BRO
5
 1
44
0
0
0
2
 0
56.2
 59 20 18 2 9
28
1.20
2.86
1965 BRO
1
 1
49
0
0
0
3
 0
63.0
 68 29 25 1 16
40
1.33
3.57
1966 BRO-NYN-CLE
2
 2
30
0
0
0
1
 0
35.0
 35 17 14 0 15
25
1.43
3.60
2078
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
39
 25
531
1
0
0
7
 0
655.2
 725 371 341 13 266
425
1.51
4.68
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1966-11-01Bill Taft has retired from the Cleveland Wahoos
1966-06-07The Cleveland Wahoos have promoted Bill Taft to the major league team. The Cleveland Wahoos have designated Skipper Swan for assignment.
1966-06-07The Cleveland Wahoos have acquired Bill Taft from the waiver wire.
1966-06-03The New York Spikes have waived Bill Taft.
1966-04-10The New York Spikes have acquired Bill Taft from the waiver wire.
1966-04-06The Brooklyn Atlantics have waived Bill Taft.
1966-04-01The Brooklyn Atlantics have promoted Rico Donahue to the major league team. The Brooklyn Atlantics have promoted Glenn Auerbach to the major league team. The Brooklyn Atlantics have designated Bill Taft for assignment. The Brooklyn Atlantics have designated Tom Small for assignment.
1964-04-26The Brooklyn Atlantics have promoted Bill Taft to the major league team. The Brooklyn Atlantics have designated Wayne Garland for assignment.
1964-04-26The Brooklyn Atlantics have acquired Bill Taft from the waiver wire.
1964-04-22The Washington Gamblers have waived Bill Taft.
1964-04-16The Washington Gamblers have designated Bill Taft for assignment.
1964-04-10The Washington Gamblers have promoted Bill Taft to the major league team. The Washington Gamblers have designated Louie Regan for assignment.
1963-05-28The Washington Gamblers have designated Bill Taft for assignment.
1963-04-09The Washington Gamblers have renamed Steve Avery to Bill Taft.
1963-04-05The Washington Gamblers have acquired Steve Avery from the waiver wire.
1963-04-01The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Magglio Pasanchez to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have designated Steve Avery for assignment.
1956-09-09The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Steve Avery to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Don Mossi to the minors.
1956-06-26The Milwaukee Braves have sent Steve Avery down to the minors.
1955-07-22The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Fred Funk to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Steve Avery to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Luke Walker to the minors. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Doc Ellis to the minors.
1955-07-10The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Luke Walker to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Steve Avery to the minors.
1954-03-07The Milwaukee Braves have renamed Bill Taft to Steve Avery.
1953-04-01The New York Highlanders have renamed Sammy Blakely to Bill Taft.
1952-07-20The New York Highlanders have promoted Don Baker to the major league team. The New York Highlanders have sent Sammy Blakely to the minors.
1952-07-19The New York Highlanders have promoted Sammy Blakely to the major league team. The New York Highlanders have sent Don Baker to the minors.