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Name Team Age
John Taylor Retired (1971, Age 36) Died (2005, Age 70)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 35
(1956)		 2B L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Ted Williams League 0 14 years (119 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- C- B-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B- C+ B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ B- D-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A  A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C  0 2/27/1935
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 1
Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (3B) Alt Pos (---)
A+ (96.6 %) A+ (96.5 %) 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 
1956 Minors 23.00 2 / 2 2 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 1 2 / 5 4 / 4 6 / 6 19 / 23
1956 Majors 21.98 58 46 0 2 / 4 1 / 3 4 / 6 3 / 4 1 / 2 0 / 0 2 / 2 13 / 21
1957 Minors 4.00 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 3 / 4
1957 Majors 35.23 125 42 0 2 / 3 5 / 8 3 / 4 2 / 6 2 / 4 5 / 5 5 / 5 24 / 35
1958 Majors 44.83 158 54 0 4 / 5 3 / 7 6 / 8 1 / 2 5 / 9 7 / 7 6 / 6 32 / 44
1959 Majors 51.09 162 69 0 3 / 5 1 / 6 8 / 11 1 / 4 4 / 10 4 / 8 6 / 7 27 / 51
1960 Majors 53.83 162 76 0 3 / 7 2 / 7 2 / 7 3 / 5 2 / 8 3 / 7 8 / 12 23 / 53
1961 Majors 40.95 162 43 0 0 / 4 3 / 8 0 / 5 1 / 9 1 / 6 1 / 2 1 / 6 7 / 40
1962 Majors 36.74 162 19 0 0 / 4 2 / 6 1 / 6 1 / 6 1 / 6 0 / 2 2 / 6 7 / 36
1963 Majors 40.55 162 31 0 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 6 2 / 6 0 / 2 2 / 40
1964 Majors 61.97 162 103 0 0 / 12 0 / 10 1 / 7 1 / 10 0 / 8 1 / 8 0 / 6 3 / 61
1965 Majors 62.28 162 105 0 1 / 11 0 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 8 1 / 62
1966 Majors 43.25 162 35 0 0 / 3 0 / 8 1 / 4 2 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 2 0 / 9 3 / 43
1967 Majors 47.67 162 52 0 0 / 9 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 10 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 11 0 / 47
1968 Majors 41.39 162 48 0 0 / 11 0 / 2 0 / 8 1 / 4 0 / 6 1 / 6 0 / 4 2 / 41
1969 Majors 52.28 162 84 0 -3 / 4 -4 / 7 -4 / 7 -4 / 11 -5 / 9 -2 / 10 -1 / 4 -23 / 52
1970 Majors 33.77 162 36 0 -4 / 3 -8 / 7 -2 / 3 -5 / 5 -2 / 4 0 / 6 -4 / 5 -25 / 33
1971 Majors 25.42 102 35 0 -3 / 4 -5 / 3 -5 / 5 -3 / 5 -6 / 1 -4 / 4 -1 / 3 -27 / 25
Total 2387 878 0 8 / 100 2 / 99 17 / 104 5 / 105 6 / 108 23 / 93 30 / 102 91 / 711
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1971-11-01John Taylor has retired from the Baltimore Orioles
1971-08-26The Baltimore Orioles have promoted John Taylor to the major league team.
1971-08-26The Baltimore Orioles have acquired John Taylor from the waiver wire.
1971-07-10The Philadelphia Newshounds have waived John Taylor.
1971-06-18The Philadelphia Newshounds have promoted Freddie Douthit to the major league team. The Philadelphia Newshounds have designated John Taylor for assignment.
1958-05-29The Philadelphia Newshounds have promoted John Taylor to the major league team.
1958-05-24The Philadelphia Newshounds have promoted Rafael Collier to the major league team. The Philadelphia Newshounds have sent John Taylor to the minors.
1957-09-13The Philadelphia Newshounds have promoted John Taylor to the major league team.
1957-08-03The Philadelphia Newshounds have promoted John Milchin to the major league team. The Philadelphia Newshounds have sent John Taylor to the minors.
1956-07-29The Philadelphia Newshounds have promoted John Taylor to the major league team. The Philadelphia Newshounds have sent Jack Kerr to the minors.
1956-06-08The Philadelphia Newshounds have promoted Jack Kerr to the major league team. The Philadelphia Newshounds have sent John Taylor to the minors.
1956-06-08The Philadelphia Newshounds have promoted John Taylor to the major league team. The Philadelphia Newshounds have sent Jack Kerr to the minors.