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Name	Team	Age
Chris Taylor	Retired (1989, Age 39)	Died (2026, Age 76)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 11 (1973)	1B	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Joe Jackson League	0	15 years (122 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	C	B
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	B	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A-	B-	D+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
F	0	9/6/1950
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	1	1
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
A- (82.2 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1973

Minors

3.00

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 3

1973

Majors

48.56

3 / 10

2 / 5

2 / 3

2 / 5

6 / 11

8 / 9

4 / 5

27 / 48

1974

Majors

51.64

162

130

0

2 / 6

3 / 11

5 / 7

4 / 7

4 / 8

5 / 7

5 / 5

28 / 51

1975

Majors

62.31

162

130

0

1 / 8

3 / 10

5 / 9

6 / 8

3 / 9

6 / 8

8 / 10

32 / 62

1976

Majors

63.85

162

128

0

1 / 10

3 / 5

2 / 13

6 / 10

1 / 8

4 / 11

1 / 6

18 / 63

1977

Majors

63.79

162

130

0

1 / 11

0 / 7

1 / 6

2 / 10

3 / 13

3 / 8

3 / 8

13 / 63

1978

Majors

48.80

122

98

40

0 / 7

0 / 5

2 / 11

1 / 6

0 / 3

3 / 8

1 / 8

7 / 48

1979

Majors

55.33

138

111

24

0 / 4

0 / 11

0 / 3

1 / 6

1 / 13

1 / 8

0 / 10

3 / 55

1980

Majors

69.04

162

130

0

0 / 8

0 / 10

1 / 10

1 / 17

0 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 9

2 / 69

1981

Majors

62.40

152

121

10

3 / 19

0 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 8

1 / 2

4 / 62

1982

Majors

56.37

136

110

24

0 / 11

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 4

0 / 12

0 / 9

0 / 56

1983

Majors

64.87

157

126

5

1 / 7

0 / 9

1 / 7

1 / 11

0 / 7

1 / 11

1 / 12

5 / 64

1984

Majors

68.93

162

129

0

-1 / 8

-3 / 9

-2 / 12

-7 / 5

-8 / 8

-2 / 13

-2 / 13

-25 / 68

1985

Majors

58.55

148

108

14

-2 / 5

-1 / 7

-2 / 7

-1 / 11

0 / 8

1 / 11

-2 / 9

-7 / 58

1986

Majors

67.46

162

122

0

0 / 12

-5 / 11

-1 / 12

-4 / 8

-4 / 8

-1 / 6

-2 / 10

-17 / 67

1987

Majors

45.14

162

52

0

-2 / 3

0 / 6

0 / 8

-4 / 4

-6 / 6

-3 / 8

0 / 10

-15 / 45

1988

Majors

39.20

126

68

17

-1 / 6

-3 / 6

-1 / 4

-3 / 4

-5 / 7

-4 / 3

0 / 9

-17 / 39

1989

Majors

23.73

111

23

47

-3 / 6

-3 / 5

-5 / 4

-7 / 3

-7 / 1

-3 / 2

0 / 2

-28 / 23

Total

2386

1716

181

3 / 142

-4 / 132

8 / 130

-1 / 133

-12 / 129

19 / 141

18 / 137

31 / 944

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1989-11-01	Chris Taylor has retired from the Boston Bandits
1989-08-10	Chris Taylor of the Boston Bandits is injured and is expected to be out 54 days.
1989-04-13	The Boston Bandits have acquired Chris Taylor from the waiver wire.
1989-04-09	The New York Ginger Kids have promoted Paul DeVoy to the major league team. The New York Ginger Kids have designated Chris Taylor for assignment.
1988-07-10	Chris Taylor of the New York Ginger Kids is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1988-04-05	The New York Ginger Kids have acquired Chris Taylor from the waiver wire.
1988-03-01	The Philadelphia Centennials have promoted Grant Shaw to the major league team. The Philadelphia Centennials have promoted Fritz Martinez to the major league team. The Philadelphia Centennials have promoted Joey Oldis to the major league team. The Philadelphia Centennials have promoted Jim Plaskett to the major league team. The Philadelphia Centennials have designated Red Nelliss for assignment. The Philadelphia Centennials have designated Chris Taylor for assignment. The Philadelphia Centennials have designated Johnny Steels for assignment.
1985-07-16	Chris Taylor of the Philadelphia Centennials is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1983-09-26	Chris Taylor of the Philadelphia Centennials is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1982-07-02	Chris Taylor of the Philadelphia Centennials is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1981-04-08	Chris Taylor of the Philadelphia Centennials is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1979-04-30	Chris Taylor of the Philadelphia Centennials is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1978-07-14	Chris Taylor of the Philadelphia Centennials is injured and is expected to be out 45 days.
1975-04-01	The Philadelphia Sky Blues have renamed Don Olson to Chris Taylor.
1973-05-29	The Philadelphia Mojo have promoted Don Olson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Mojo have sent Random Task to the minors.
1973-05-13	The Philadelphia Mojo have demoted Don Olson to the minor leagues.
1973-04-08	The Philadelphia Mojo have promoted Don Olson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Mojo have designated Jack Carrasquel for assignment.
1973-04-05	The Philadelphia Mojo have demoted Don Olson to the minor leagues.
1973-04-01	The Philadelphia Mojo have promoted Don Olson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Mojo have designated Ed Lacey for assignment.