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Nomar Garciaparra League
3-25-2332
Happy Taylor Second Base
Retired (1973, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .247 Total Rating 60   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .661 Status Deceased (2011) Option Years 0  
H 539 Age at Death 75 Date of Birth 11-26-1936
HR 28 Drafted Round 2, Pick 23
(1956)
Majors Svc Time 6 years
(139 games)
RBI 213
SB 34
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R 79 Contact vs. L 77 Endurance 55   Ldrship 68
Power vs. R 41 Power vs. L 44 Velocity 30   Mentor vR 100
Speed 55 Bunt 44 Control 6   Mentor vL 100
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS 1 (1.5%) Range 44 WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm 86 WS Appearances 0
2B 100 (100%) CF ---   Health 51 LCS Appearances 0
3B 1 (1.3%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1962 Away 23 39 5 11 2 0 2 6 7 7 0 1 1 .891 .404 .487 .205 .282
1962 Home 18 42 4 7 1 1 0 1 3 7 0 1 0 .460 .222 .238 .071 .167
1963 Away 3 12 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 1 .718 .385 .333 .000 .333
1963 Home 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
1964 Away 35 86 5 15 2 0 2 7 7 13 2 0 3 .504 .237 .267 .093 .174
1964 Home 33 89 9 19 2 0 2 10 9 12 0 1 1 .593 .290 .303 .090 .213
1965 Away 28 66 7 18 0 2 1 6 8 10 1 0 0 .739 .360 .379 .106 .273
1965 Home 30 68 10 24 5 1 1 5 9 7 2 0 2 .929 .429 .500 .147 .353
1966 Away 26 68 13 24 3 0 1 7 10 12 0 1 1 .877 .436 .441 .088 .353
1966 Home 22 61 10 16 1 1 1 5 9 9 1 0 2 .718 .357 .361 .098 .262
1967 Away 2 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .444 .222 .222 .000 .222
1967 Home 2 5 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 .733 .333 .400 .200 .200
1969 Away 10 42 4 7 1 0 0 0 5 7 0 0 1 .446 .255 .190 .024 .167
1969 Home 15 60 10 19 2 2 1 4 6 11 2 2 3 .845 .379 .467 .150 .317
1970 Away 71 305 37 77 12 2 4 33 30 56 10 2 6 .669 .324 .344 .092 .252
1970 Home 72 283 39 75 13 2 4 33 35 50 7 0 8 .720 .352 .367 .102 .265
1971 Away 74 330 37 77 13 3 2 27 29 60 5 2 11 .607 .298 .309 .076 .233
1971 Home 70 266 31 58 12 1 3 29 26 57 1 1 4 .597 .293 .305 .086 .218
1972 Away 46 194 23 47 7 2 2 23 17 39 1 1 6 .635 .305 .330 .088 .242
1972 Home 41 155 17 38 8 0 2 11 14 25 2 2 2 .647 .312 .335 .090 .245
Total Away 318 1151 133 282 40 9 14 111 114 211 19 7 30 .648 .317 .332 .087 .245
Total Home 305 1031 132 257 45 8 14 102 112 180 15 7 22 .676 .327 .349 .100 .249
Total 623 2182 265 539 85 17 28 213 226 391 34 14 52 .661 .321 .340 .093 .247
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1973-11-01Happy Taylor has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1972-08-28The Colorado Rocks have waived Happy Taylor.
1972-07-29The Colorado Rocks have promoted Bill Douglas to the major league team. The Colorado Rocks have promoted Gary Daniels to the major league team. The Colorado Rocks have promoted Jeff Cristall to the major league team. The Colorado Rocks have designated Angelo James for assignment. The Colorado Rocks have designated Happy Taylor for assignment.
1970-09-27Happy Taylor of the Colorado Rocks is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
1969-09-05The Colorado Rocks have promoted Happy Taylor to the major league team.
1968-09-19The Colorado Rocks have acquired Happy Taylor from the waiver wire.
1968-08-01The Montreal Royals have waived Happy Taylor.
1967-06-28The Montreal Royals have designated Happy Taylor for assignment.
1967-06-10The Montreal Royals have promoted Happy Taylor to the major league team. The Montreal Royals have sent Dutch Tomlin to the minors.
1967-04-03The Montreal Royals have promoted Scott Wilhoit to the major league team. The Montreal Royals have promoted John Smith to the major league team. The Montreal Royals have designated Bill Davis for assignment. The Montreal Royals have designated Happy Taylor for assignment.
1963-04-15Happy Taylor of the Montreal Royals is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1962-04-30The Montreal Royals have promoted Happy Taylor to the major league team. The Montreal Royals have promoted Preston Givens to the major league team.
1959-07-11The Montreal Royals have acquired Happy Taylor from the waiver wire.
1959-04-01The San Francisco Bay Shrimp have waived Happy Taylor.
1956-05-22The San Francisco Bay Shrimp have acquired Happy Taylor from the waiver wire.
1956-04-16The Texas Stars have waived Happy Taylor.
1953-10-15A trade has been completed between the Florida Northmen and the Texas Stars. The Texas Stars receive Jimmy Myers, Draft Pick 1956 Round 2 FLA (Stan Milstead), Draft Pick 1956 Round 1 FLA (Randy Cangelosi), Draft Pick 1955 Round 2 FLA (Bob Hughes), Draft Pick 1954 Round 2 FLA (Archie Jackson), Draft Pick 1955 Round 2 PIT (Keith Bone), Draft Pick 1956 Round 2 PIT (Happy Taylor) from the Florida Northmen in exchange for Mike Aleno.
1953-09-07A trade has been completed between the Florida Northmen and the Pittsburgh Steel Workers. The Pittsburgh Steel Workers receive Al Billings from the Florida Northmen in exchange for Draft Pick 1956 Round 1 PIT (Cal Sharperson), Draft Pick 1955 Round 1 PIT (Wes Marshall), Draft Pick 1956 Round 2 PIT (Happy Taylor), Draft Pick 1955 Round 2 PIT (Keith Bone).