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Name Team Age
Jon Taylor Retired (1958, Age 36) Died (1998, Age 76)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 6, Pick 89
(1950)		 3B L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Earl Averill League 0 4 years (97 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B- B 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B- C+ B 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ B  C+
Endurance Velocity Control
C- F  C-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D+ 0 7/17/1922
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 1
Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (SS) Alt Pos (1B)
A  (88.4 %) C+ (44.7 %) D- (4.1 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1950 NYA 120 298 52 94 12 4 19 59 23 49 11 4 4 .937 .363 .574 .315
1951 KC 134 538 97 174 21 7 31 112 46 84 22 6 6 .939 .377 .561 .323
1952 KC 50 132 23 34 7 1 4 16 10 24 8 3 0 .732 .315 .417 .258
1953 KC-CHA 123 447 77 146 23 5 28 89 44 78 10 3 13 .976 .387 .588 .327
1954 CHA 94 328 65 94 15 3 19 55 37 51 8 3 8 .884 .360 .524 .287
1955 CHA 133 444 93 131 23 6 19 78 50 75 15 0 3 .867 .365 .502 .295
1956 CHA 83 269 56 93 20 4 11 57 26 40 17 4 2 .974 .401 .572 .346
1957 CHA-BRO-NYA 88 198 33 63 11 2 6 25 30 29 3 1 2 .889 .404 .485 .318
1958 NYA 11 36 4 9 2 0 0 2 4 7 0 0 0 .631 .325 .306 .250
Total 836 2690 500 838 134 32 137 493 270 437 94 24 38 .912 .374 .538 .312
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1958-11-01Jon Taylor has retired from the New York Rotties
1957-05-27The New York Rotties have acquired Jon Taylor from the waiver wire.
1957-05-22The Brooklyn Mud Ducks have promoted Clark Haney to the major league team. The Brooklyn Mud Ducks have designated Jon Taylor for assignment.
1957-04-10A trade has been completed between the Chicago Black Sox and the Brooklyn Mud Ducks. The Brooklyn Mud Ducks receive Jon Taylor, Jim Darling from the Chicago Black Sox in exchange for Wynn Gregg.
1953-10-03The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Ed Clark to the major league team. The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Jon Taylor to the major league team. The Chicago Black Sox have promoted John Castino to the major league team. The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Carmine Coleman to the major league team. The Chicago Black Sox have sent Red Bannon to the minors. The Chicago Black Sox have sent Lou Nunn to the minors. The Chicago Black Sox have sent Roger Emery to the minors. The Chicago Black Sox have sent Al Schultz to the minors.
1953-09-23The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Al Schultz to the major league team. The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Roger Emery to the major league team. The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Dusty Vandagrift to the major league team. The Chicago Black Sox have sent Ed Clark to the minors. The Chicago Black Sox have sent Jon Taylor to the minors. The Chicago Black Sox have sent Fred Haas to the minors.
1953-05-13A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Perfectos and the Chicago Black Sox. The Chicago Black Sox receive Mark Ward, Jose Moore, Jon Taylor from the Kansas City Perfectos in exchange for Bruce Cavet, Wingo Smith, Mickey Atkinson, Draft Pick - 1954 Round 1 (CHA).
1952-04-29The Kansas City Perfectos have promoted Jon Taylor to the major league team. The Kansas City Perfectos have sent Ramis Gaetti to the minors.
1952-04-13The Kansas City Perfectos have promoted Ramis Gaetti to the major league team. The Kansas City Perfectos have sent Jon Taylor to the minors.
1951-03-07The Kansas City Perfectos have renamed Jon Deross to Jon Taylor.
1950-04-04The New York Gambinos have renamed Aaron Boone to Jon Deross.
1950-04-04The New York Gambinos have renamed Josh Smith to Aaron Boone.