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Wilbur Wood League
4-1-1980
Mike Taber Center Field
Retired (1964, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .254 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .692 Status Retired (1964) Option Years 0  
H 269 Age 50 (OS 50) Date of Birth 01-03-1930
HR 11 Drafted Round 4, Pick 53
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 8 years
(11 games)
RBI 116
SB 35
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A+ Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R C- Power vs. L C  Velocity D    Mentor vR C-
Speed A- Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL C-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B D- (5.3%) LF A+ (98.7%) Arm A  WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health C+ LCS Appearances 4
3B --- RF A+ (99.0%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* 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 
1950 Minors 20 21.00 3 / 4 3 / 3 2 / 2 3 / 3 1 / 2 2 / 4 3 / 3 17 / 21
1951 Minors 21 27.00 4 / 5 0 / 0 3 / 4 5 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 3 3 / 6 15 / 27
1951 Pos (3B) 21 30.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 30
1952 Minors 22 37.00 3 / 4 4 / 5 5 / 6 3 / 5 2 / 6 1 / 6 3 / 5 21 / 37
1952 Majors 22 3.53 14 4 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 3
1953 Majors 23 33.46 162 18 0 2 / 2 1 / 5 4 / 5 2 / 4 1 / 4 2 / 7 4 / 6 16 / 33
1954 Minors 24 5.00 1 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 4 / 5
1954 Majors 24 4.86 27 2 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 3 1 / 4
1955 Minors 25 19.00 1 / 2 3 / 4 0 / 2 1 / 1 2 / 4 2 / 5 0 / 1 9 / 19
1956 Majors 26 35.60 162 27 0 2 / 9 1 / 3 2 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 4 2 / 6 7 / 35
1957 Majors 27 57.63 162 75 0 1 / 10 1 / 7 1 / 9 1 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 8 2 / 10 6 / 57
1958 Minors 28 1.00 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1
1958 Majors 28 29.70 119 34 0 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 29
1959 Minors 29 32.00 2 / 5 1 / 5 0 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 6 3 / 8 0 / 4 8 / 32
1960 Majors 30 18.41 142 13 0 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 18
1961 Minors 31 27.00 0 / 3 0 / 5 1 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 5 1 / 6 2 / 27
1961 Majors 31 7.35 30 10 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 7
1962 Majors 32 30.18 162 29 0 0 / 4 0 / 6 1 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 6 0 / 6 1 / 30
1963 Majors 33 20.24 162 5 0 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 2 0 / 20
1964 Majors 34 22.48 162 9 0 -3 / 0 -6 / 4 -3 / 4 -4 / 4 -7 / 3 0 / 4 -4 / 3 -27 / 22
Total 1304 226 0 17 / 58 8 / 56 18 / 57 14 / 51 0 / 59 10 / 75 15 / 71 82 / 457
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1964-11-01Mike Taber has retired from the Montreal Expos
1961-09-04The Montreal Expos have promoted Mike Taber to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Dwayne Valentine to the minors.
1961-05-01The Montreal Expos have acquired Mike Taber from the waiver wire. The Montreal Expos have waived Al Stanton.
1961-04-10The Atlanta Anarchists have waived Mike Taber.
1961-04-06The Atlanta Anarchists have designated Mike Taber for assignment.
1960-09-06The Atlanta Anarchists have acquired Mike Taber from the waiver wire.
1960-09-02The Pittsburgh Bucs have designated Alan Pool for assignment. The Pittsburgh Bucs have designated Mike Taber for assignment.
1960-07-18The Pittsburgh Bucs have promoted Mike Taber to the major league team.
1960-07-14The Pittsburgh Bucs have promoted Hal Gardiner to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Bucs have designated Mike Taber for assignment.
1960-04-14The Pittsburgh Bucs have promoted Mike Taber to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Bucs have sent Eduardo Holtzman to the minors.
1959-04-05The Pittsburgh Bucs have acquired Mike Taber from the waiver wire.
1959-04-01The Los Angeles Angels have waived Mike Taber.
1958-09-26The Los Angeles Angels have promoted Enrique Byers to the major league team. The Los Angeles Angels have designated Mike Taber for assignment.
1958-05-15The Los Angeles Angels have promoted Mike Taber to the major league team. The Los Angeles Angels have sent Wilbur Frank to the minors.
1958-05-08The Los Angeles Angels have acquired Mike Taber from the waiver wire.
1958-04-03The New York Nights have promoted Fred Peters to the major league team. The New York Nights have waived Mike Taber.
1956-04-01The New York Nights have promoted Mike Taber to the major league team. The New York Nights have promoted Jim Harman to the major league team. The New York Nights have waived Ken Wood.
1955-04-05The New York Nights have acquired Mike Taber from the waiver wire.
1955-04-01The Tampa Bay River Cats have waived Mike Taber.
1954-09-05The Tampa Bay River Cats have acquired Mike Taber from the waiver wire.
1954-09-01The Boston Red Sox have waived Mike Taber.
1954-05-02The Boston Red Sox have promoted Bill Eddy to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have sent Mike Taber to the minors.
1952-09-22The Boston Red Sox have auto-promoted Mike Taber to the major leagues.
1952-09-22A trade has been completed between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. The Boston Red Sox receive Mike Taber from the New York Yankees in exchange for Ross Schaffernoth.
1952-09-17The New York Yankees have promoted Mike Taber to the major league team. The New York Yankees have sent Harry Galloway to the minors.