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Nomar Garciaparra League
10-20-2331
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 POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1962 2B MON 30 11 121.0 71 23 47 1 6 +2 5.21 .986
3B MON 2 2 17.0 4 1 3 0 1 -3 2.12 1.000
RF MON 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
1963 2B MON 2 2 16.0 10 5 4 1 0 -1 5.06 .900
3B MON 1 1 9.0 4 1 3 0 0 0 4.00 1.000
1964 3B MON 19 19 165.0 53 14 37 2 3 -4 2.78 .962
2B MON 35 15 157.2 76 22 52 2 7 +1 4.22 .974
SS MON 6 6 55.0 28 10 18 0 4 -3 4.58 1.000
RF MON 1 1 9.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.96 1.000
1965 2B MON 44 23 236.1 126 52 72 2 14 0 4.72 .984
RF MON 2 2 17.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 3.71 1.000
CF MON 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
1966 2B MON 39 23 229.2 120 50 68 2 12 -2 4.62 .983
3B MON 3 3 26.0 13 1 11 1 0 -2 4.15 .923
RF MON 2 2 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
1967 SS MON 2 2 18.0 8 5 3 0 1 0 4.00 1.000
2B MON 1 1 9.0 5 2 3 0 0 -2 5.00 1.000
1969 2B COL 25 25 221.0 135 51 80 4 19 0 5.33 .970
1970 2B COL 143 143 1266.2 760 316 430 14 91 +4 5.30 .982
1971 2B COL 144 144 1273.1 763 324 424 15 98 -4 5.29 .980
1972 2B COL 85 85 737.2 415 182 226 7 48 -5 4.98 .983
SS COL 1 1 15.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.20 1.000
3B COL 1 1 8.0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3.38 .750
Pos Total 2B 548 472 4268.1 2481 1027 1406 48 295 -7 5.13 .981
3B 26 26 225.0 78 19 55 4 4 -9 2.96 .949
SS 9 9 88.0 38 16 22 0 5 -3 3.89 1.000
RF 6 6 52.1 12 12 0 0 0 0 2.06 1.000
CF 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
Total 590 514 4642.2 2611 1076 1483 52 304 -19 4.96 .980
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).