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Larry Doby League
4-1-2044
John Taylor Center Field
Retired (2009, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .275 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .772 Status Deceased (2040) Option Years 0  
H 1981 Age at Death 69 Date of Birth 03-24-1971
HR 202 Drafted Round 1, Pick 16
(1994)		 Majors Svc Time 15 years
(160 games)
RBI 941
SB 337
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship A+
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B- Velocity D+   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt C- Control C+   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B D  (15.7%) LF B+ (69.1%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health C+ LCS Appearances 7
3B --- RF B+ (68.2%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 2
* League requires 50% 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
1994 Away 53 205 27 53 10 1 3 23 15 37 2 6 3 .677 .316 .361 .102 .259
1994 Home 53 207 26 50 8 5 2 24 17 45 4 4 5 .658 .301 .357 .116 .242
1995 Away 70 248 27 57 7 4 3 22 19 45 5 6 3 .614 .288 .327 .097 .230
1995 Home 68 222 27 64 9 2 2 26 29 37 10 5 2 .744 .370 .374 .086 .288
1996 Away 66 253 33 56 10 1 6 34 25 54 9 4 4 .631 .291 .340 .119 .221
1996 Home 76 273 31 65 6 2 7 34 28 58 13 7 1 .663 .311 .352 .114 .238
1997 Away 72 275 28 64 8 3 8 38 29 63 17 5 1 .678 .307 .371 .138 .233
1997 Home 72 252 40 79 12 1 10 48 30 43 15 8 5 .876 .388 .488 .175 .313
1998 Away 71 268 42 86 9 5 8 37 34 36 13 3 1 .876 .395 .481 .160 .321
1998 Home 73 270 43 75 16 2 10 44 23 50 5 0 2 .800 .337 .463 .185 .278
1999 Away 59 177 24 52 13 4 4 25 30 29 8 2 0 .876 .396 .480 .186 .294
1999 Home 59 177 24 52 8 1 2 22 22 35 7 5 2 .756 .372 .384 .090 .294
2000 Away 68 232 41 72 7 6 8 35 31 38 14 7 1 .887 .392 .496 .185 .310
2000 Home 65 218 44 80 18 3 11 42 29 31 13 3 2 1.072 .444 .628 .261 .367
2001 Away 67 262 26 61 11 2 4 32 29 56 8 5 0 .647 .311 .336 .103 .233
2001 Home 68 232 34 59 7 1 11 40 28 48 12 6 1 .770 .335 .435 .181 .254
2002 Away 73 295 47 90 13 3 6 47 35 44 20 10 4 .811 .380 .431 .125 .305
2002 Home 70 266 51 74 7 7 10 42 36 45 16 5 5 .835 .365 .470 .192 .278
2003 Away 69 261 41 62 5 3 8 30 31 43 13 3 2 .696 .324 .372 .134 .238
2003 Home 66 247 38 75 8 3 10 42 24 36 12 8 4 .849 .367 .482 .178 .304
2004 Away 61 191 33 63 9 3 9 36 18 36 7 6 1 .934 .384 .550 .220 .330
2004 Home 61 190 32 55 11 3 6 21 24 33 12 5 2 .846 .372 .474 .184 .289
2005 Away 54 127 20 43 8 1 4 19 18 22 5 2 0 .933 .421 .512 .173 .339
2005 Home 54 123 20 33 3 2 4 17 12 17 5 4 1 .761 .338 .423 .154 .268
2006 Away 67 251 40 66 12 0 5 25 25 43 11 6 1 .698 .327 .371 .108 .263
2006 Home 70 263 51 74 14 2 8 24 37 31 19 5 2 .812 .371 .441 .160 .281
2007 Away 58 228 33 51 7 2 6 20 29 43 15 2 0 .664 .313 .351 .127 .224
2007 Home 62 246 40 73 10 3 11 38 28 50 13 9 1 .865 .369 .496 .199 .297
2008 Away 71 285 42 72 8 2 8 26 32 52 15 5 2 .706 .327 .379 .126 .253
2008 Home 71 293 42 74 9 3 4 15 33 58 15 12 2 .673 .328 .345 .092 .253
2009 Away 51 78 10 22 2 2 0 5 12 16 2 1 0 .744 .385 .359 .077 .282
2009 Home 58 91 20 29 2 1 4 8 7 8 2 1 0 .862 .367 .495 .176 .319
Total Away 1030 3636 514 970 139 42 90 454 412 657 164 73 23 .745 .342 .402 .136 .267
Total Home 1046 3570 563 1011 148 41 112 487 407 625 173 87 37 .800 .358 .442 .159 .283
Total 2076 7206 1077 1981 287 83 202 941 819 1282 337 160 60 .772 .350 .422 .147 .275
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2009-11-01John Taylor has retired from the Detroit Tigers
2007-08-25John Taylor of the Detroit Tigers is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
2000-09-21John Taylor of the Detroit Tigers is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1996-07-13A trade has been completed between the Washington Strategos and the Detroit Tigers. The Detroit Tigers receive John Taylor, Draft Pick 1999 Round 1 WAS (Joe Dan Nichols), Draft Pick 1998 Round 1 WAS (Don Barkley) from the Washington Strategos in exchange for Jonnie Hottub, Travis Kerhanowicz, Carson Webb.
1994-05-01The Washington Strategos have promoted John Taylor to the major league team.
1994-04-21A trade has been completed between the Montreal Royals and the Washington Strategos. The Washington Strategos receive Mike Altrock, Milt Hollins, Frankie Price, Ramon Nichols, John Taylor, Huck Dobb, Lary Gardenhire, Joe Durning, Harry Legett from the Montreal Royals in exchange for Don Nelson, Oscar Osborne, Red Powers.
1994-04-05The Montreal Royals have acquired John Taylor from the waiver wire.
1994-04-01The Houston Colts have waived John Taylor.