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Vida Blue League
3-25-2028
Bill Taylor Third Base
Retired (1980, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .283 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .822 Status Retired (1980) Option Years 0  
H 3019 Age 86 (OS 86) Date of Birth 02-27-1942
HR 433 Drafted Round 1, Pick 4
(1961)
Majors Svc Time 17 years
(47 games)
RBI 1818
SB 295
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed A- Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 5
1B --- LF --- Arm A- WS Appearances 5
2B --- CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 7
3B A+ (100%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 12
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1961 Minors 19 50.00 6 / 7 3 / 3 9 / 9 7 / 8 4 / 9 6 / 7 6 / 7 41 / 50
1961 Pos (2B) 19 42.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 19 / 42
1961 Pos (C) 19 65.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 65
1962 Minors 20 53.00 3 / 3 6 / 9 10 / 12 6 / 8 0 / 1 9 / 11 6 / 9 40 / 53
1962 Pos (3B) 20 70.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 20 / 70
1962 Pos (RF) 20 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2
1962 Pos (SS) 20 9.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 9
1963 Minors 21 67.00 2 / 10 7 / 15 5 / 9 4 / 9 2 / 8 7 / 10 4 / 6 31 / 67
1963 Pos (SS) 21 39.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 39
1964 Majors 22 56.97 162 161 0 5 / 10 4 / 4 2 / 5 3 / 7 3 / 10 6 / 10 6 / 10 29 / 56
1965 Majors 23 55.29 138 138 24 5 / 6 1 / 6 2 / 8 3 / 7 0 / 4 4 / 9 11 / 15 26 / 55
1966 Majors 24 65.11 162 161 0 2 / 3 3 / 11 3 / 11 2 / 8 0 / 11 5 / 12 3 / 9 18 / 65
1967 Majors 25 66.33 162 161 0 2 / 6 5 / 14 5 / 13 3 / 14 1 / 6 1 / 7 2 / 6 19 / 66
1968 Majors 26 64.18 162 161 0 1 / 4 1 / 13 3 / 12 3 / 9 1 / 7 4 / 10 3 / 9 16 / 64
1969 Majors 27 65.46 162 161 0 3 / 12 1 / 12 0 / 7 2 / 11 1 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 5 7 / 65
1970 Majors 28 64.11 162 161 0 0 / 9 0 / 7 1 / 10 0 / 6 4 / 10 0 / 13 0 / 9 5 / 64
1971 Majors 29 63.47 162 162 0 0 / 8 0 / 10 2 / 12 0 / 7 0 / 4 1 / 13 0 / 9 3 / 63
1972 Majors 30 64.12 162 161 0 1 / 11 1 / 13 1 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 10 3 / 64
1973 Majors 31 64.82 162 160 0 0 / 10 0 / 8 1 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 8 1 / 64
1974 Majors 32 65.00 162 161 0 0 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 6 2 / 14 0 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 6 2 / 65
1975 Majors 33 65.00 162 161 0 0 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 12 0 / 65
1976 Majors 34 65.00 162 161 0 -1 / 9 -4 / 15 -4 / 9 -3 / 7 0 / 11 -2 / 7 -2 / 7 -16 / 65
1977 Majors 35 64.95 162 160 0 -2 / 8 -2 / 8 0 / 8 -5 / 10 -1 / 12 -2 / 6 -2 / 12 -14 / 64
1978 Majors 36 64.99 162 159 0 -1 / 7 -3 / 8 -2 / 11 -3 / 12 -3 / 7 -2 / 9 -3 / 10 -17 / 64
1979 Majors 37 64.99 162 159 0 -1 / 7 -1 / 8 0 / 15 -5 / 7 -3 / 7 -3 / 8 -2 / 12 -15 / 64
1980 Majors 38 60.03 162 157 0 -4 / 12 -6 / 8 -1 / 10 0 / 6 -8 / 3 -2 / 10 -3 / 11 -24 / 60
Total 2730 2705 24 21 / 160 16 / 192 37 / 196 19 / 175 1 / 158 32 / 180 29 / 182 197 / 1470
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1980-11-01Bill Taylor has retired from the Seattle 69 PILOTS
1980-09-05Bill Taylor collected his 3000th career hit.
1965-06-22Bill Taylor of the Seattle 69 PILOTS is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1964-04-01The Seattle 69 PILOTS have promoted Mike Crider to the major league team. The Seattle 69 PILOTS have promoted Bill Taylor to the major league team. The Seattle 69 PILOTS have promoted Moose Berry to the major league team. The Seattle 69 PILOTS have sent Ken Aguayo to the minors.
1961-07-13A trade has been completed between the Seattle Pilots and the Chicago Nittany Lions. The Chicago Nittany Lions receive Dan Connor from the Seattle Pilots in exchange for Brian Grubb, Tommie Carpenter, Aaron Blaeholder, Bill Taylor, Draft Pick - 1962 Round 3 (CHN).