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| Name | Team | Age |
| Hippo Taft | Retired (1959, Age 36) | Died (1995, Age 72) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 9, Pick 141 (1950) |
C | R/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Hank Aaron League | 0 | 0 years (0 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
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Mentor vs RHP
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Mentor vs LHP
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| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 10/13/1923 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alt Pos (1B) | Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (0.8 %) | (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Positions | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Fielding | Game Log
| Year
|
Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | E | OPS | OBP | SLG | AVG |
| 1950 | WAS | 133 | 499 | 76 | 162 | 28 | 2 | 31 | 94 | 71 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .981 | .406 | .575 | .325 |
| 1951 | WAS | 102 | 402 | 51 | 113 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 61 | 44 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .838 | .353 | .485 | .281 |
| 1952 | WAS | 141 | 426 | 66 | 125 | 19 | 4 | 24 | 84 | 54 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .898 | .372 | .526 | .293 |
| 1953 | WAS | 116 | 334 | 73 | 113 | 13 | 2 | 23 | 81 | 51 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1.022 | .426 | .596 | .338 |
| 1954 | WAS | 93 | 222 | 31 | 73 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 35 | 37 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 6 | .910 | .428 | .482 | .329 |
| 1955 | WAS-PIT | 109 | 163 | 28 | 55 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .973 | .433 | .540 | .337 |
| 1956 | PIT | 136 | 247 | 41 | 72 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 29 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .831 | .366 | .466 | .291 |
| 1957 | PIT | 131 | 205 | 28 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .755 | .340 | .415 | .254 |
| 1958 | PIT-DET | 55 | 98 | 11 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .836 | .367 | .469 | .306 |
| 1959 | DET | 66 | 105 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .594 | .299 | .295 | .219 |
| Total | 1082 | 2701 | 419 | 818 | 130 | 12 | 135 | 456 | 360 | 306 | 9 | 23 | 30 | .895 | .385 | .510 | .303 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1959-11-01 | Hippo Taft has retired from the Detroit Gold |
| 1959-03-30 | The Detroit Gold have promoted Hippo Taft to the major league team. |
| 1959-03-01 | The Detroit Gold have promoted Ralph Heitmuller to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Hippo Taft to the minors. |
| 1958-09-01 | The Detroit Gold have promoted Hippo Taft to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Paul "Rabbit" Coletta to the minors. |
| 1958-08-29 | The Detroit Gold have promoted Salty Kreplach to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Hippo Taft to the minors. |
| 1958-07-11 | The Detroit Gold have promoted Hippo Taft to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Mudcat Patton to the minors. |
| 1958-07-11 | A trade has been completed between the Detroit Gold and the Pittsburgh Quakers. The Pittsburgh Quakers receive Bert Kennedy, Glenn Dotter from the Detroit Gold in exchange for Hubie Scott, Hippo Taft. |
| 1958-04-08 | The Pittsburgh Quakers have promoted Hooks Billings to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Quakers have promoted Juan Gross to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Quakers have promoted Carlos Horsey to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Quakers have promoted Keith Covington to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Quakers have promoted Mike Osborne to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Quakers have promoted Jack Potter to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Quakers have promoted Gary Onslow to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Quakers have sent Hank "The Tank" Robertson to the minors. The Pittsburgh Quakers have sent Hubie Scott to the minors. The Pittsburgh Quakers have sent Hippo Taft to the minors. The Pittsburgh Quakers have sent Silver Holdsworth to the minors. The Pittsburgh Quakers have sent Joe Townsend to the minors. The Pittsburgh Quakers have sent Jeromy Schang to the minors. The Pittsburgh Quakers have sent Bruce Lynch to the minors. |
| 1957-06-20 | The Pittsburgh Quakers have promoted Hippo Taft to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Quakers have sent Ramon Jacobson to the minors. |
| 1957-06-13 | The Pittsburgh Quakers have promoted Ramon Jacobson to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Quakers have sent Hippo Taft to the minors. |
| 1955-05-16 | A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Quakers and the Washington Nationals. The Washington Nationals receive Grady Page from the Pittsburgh Quakers in exchange for Hippo Taft. |
| 1951-06-28 | The Washington Nationals have promoted Hippo Taft to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Joe Wehde to the minors. |
| 1951-05-18 | The Washington Nationals have promoted Joe Wehde to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Hippo Taft to the minors. |
| 1950-04-01 | The Washington Nationals have renamed Derrick Risberg to Hippo Taft. |