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| Name | Team | Age |
| Happy Taylor | Retired (1973, Age 36) | Died (2011, Age 75) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 2, Pick 23 (1956) |
2B | B/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Nomar Garciaparra League | 0 | 6 years (139 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor vs RHP
|
Mentor vs LHP
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 11/26/1936 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alt Pos (SS) | Alt Pos (3B) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (1.5 %) | (1.3 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Positions | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Type
|
Chances
|
Active | GS | Injured | Contact vs R | Power vs R | Contact vs L | Power vs L | Speed | Arm | Range | Total |
| 1956 | Minors | 42.00 | 3 / 3 | 11 / 11 | 6 / 6 | 5 / 6 | 5 / 5 | 4 / 6 | 3 / 5 | 37 / 42 | |||
| 1957 | Minors | 55.00 | 9 / 13 | 3 / 6 | 5 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 8 / 10 | 3 / 3 | 5 / 7 | 38 / 55 | |||
| 1958 | Minors | 61.00 | 4 / 6 | 6 / 10 | 5 / 5 | 4 / 11 | 9 / 11 | 6 / 9 | 4 / 9 | 38 / 61 | |||
| 1959 | Minors | 20.00 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 4 | 3 / 5 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 11 / 20 | |||
| 1960 | Minors | 58.00 | 3 / 6 | 6 / 10 | 5 / 8 | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 | 2 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 33 / 58 | |||
| 1961 | Minors | 65.00 | 1 / 8 | 1 / 10 | 4 / 12 | 4 / 12 | 1 / 10 | 3 / 7 | 5 / 6 | 19 / 65 | |||
| 1962 | Minors | 10.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 3 | 2 / 4 | 0 / 0 | 3 / 10 | |||
| 1962 | Majors | 23.09 | 136 | 14 | 0 | 1 / 2 | 3 / 5 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 3 / 8 | 2 / 3 | 10 / 23 |
| 1963 | Majors | 2.99 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 2 |
| 1964 | Majors | 38.10 | 162 | 41 | 0 | 2 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 6 | 3 / 9 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 5 | 5 / 38 |
| 1965 | Majors | 32.56 | 162 | 26 | 0 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 32 |
| 1966 | Majors | 30.96 | 162 | 28 | 0 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 7 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 5 | 1 / 30 |
| 1967 | Minors | 38.00 | 0 / 9 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 9 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 4 | 2 / 6 | 3 / 38 | |||
| 1967 | Majors | 2.95 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 |
| 1968 | Minors | 41.00 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 6 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 9 | 1 / 6 | 2 / 41 | |||
| 1969 | Minors | 58.00 | 1 / 10 | 1 / 12 | 0 / 10 | 0 / 8 | 1 / 10 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 5 | 3 / 58 | |||
| 1969 | Majors | 11.25 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 11 |
| 1970 | Majors | 63.20 | 158 | 143 | 4 | -2 / 4 | -7 / 8 | -3 / 7 | -6 / 5 | -3 / 10 | -1 / 12 | -4 / 17 | -26 / 63 |
| 1971 | Majors | 63.82 | 162 | 144 | 0 | 0 / 5 | -2 / 14 | -3 / 12 | -2 / 7 | -4 / 9 | -1 / 5 | -3 / 11 | -15 / 63 |
| 1972 | Minors | 5.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 5 | |||
| 1972 | Majors | 39.60 | 104 | 87 | 0 | -2 / 6 | -2 / 3 | -4 / 9 | -2 / 6 | -5 / 2 | -1 / 5 | -3 / 8 | -19 / 39 |
| 1973 | Majors | 20.00 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 20 | |||
| Total | 1105 | 514 | 21 | 23 / 94 | 23 / 129 | 18 / 112 | 20 / 114 | 20 / 105 | 23 / 110 | 18 / 112 | 145 / 776 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1973-11-01 | Happy Taylor has retired from the Free Agency Pool |
| 1972-08-28 | The Colorado Rocks have waived Happy Taylor. |
| 1972-07-29 | The Colorado Rocks have promoted Bill Douglas to the major league team. The Colorado Rocks have promoted Gary Daniels to the major league team. The Colorado Rocks have promoted Jeff Cristall to the major league team. The Colorado Rocks have designated Angelo James for assignment. The Colorado Rocks have designated Happy Taylor for assignment. |
| 1970-09-27 | Happy Taylor of the Colorado Rocks is injured and is expected to be out 35 days. |
| 1969-09-05 | The Colorado Rocks have promoted Happy Taylor to the major league team. |
| 1968-09-19 | The Colorado Rocks have acquired Happy Taylor from the waiver wire. |
| 1968-08-01 | The Montreal Royals have waived Happy Taylor. |
| 1967-06-28 | The Montreal Royals have designated Happy Taylor for assignment. |
| 1967-06-10 | The Montreal Royals have promoted Happy Taylor to the major league team. The Montreal Royals have sent Dutch Tomlin to the minors. |
| 1967-04-03 | The Montreal Royals have promoted Scott Wilhoit to the major league team. The Montreal Royals have promoted John Smith to the major league team. The Montreal Royals have designated Bill Davis for assignment. The Montreal Royals have designated Happy Taylor for assignment. |
| 1963-04-15 | Happy Taylor of the Montreal Royals is injured and is expected to be out 20 days. |
| 1962-04-30 | The Montreal Royals have promoted Happy Taylor to the major league team. The Montreal Royals have promoted Preston Givens to the major league team. |
| 1959-07-11 | The Montreal Royals have acquired Happy Taylor from the waiver wire. |
| 1959-04-01 | The San Francisco Bay Shrimp have waived Happy Taylor. |
| 1956-05-22 | The San Francisco Bay Shrimp have acquired Happy Taylor from the waiver wire. |
| 1956-04-16 | The Texas Stars have waived Happy Taylor. |
| 1953-10-15 | A trade has been completed between the Florida Northmen and the Texas Stars. The Texas Stars receive Jimmy Myers, Draft Pick 1956 Round 2 FLA (Stan Milstead), Draft Pick 1956 Round 1 FLA (Randy Cangelosi), Draft Pick 1955 Round 2 FLA (Bob Hughes), Draft Pick 1954 Round 2 FLA (Archie Jackson), Draft Pick 1955 Round 2 PIT (Keith Bone), Draft Pick 1956 Round 2 PIT (Happy Taylor) from the Florida Northmen in exchange for Mike Aleno. |
| 1953-09-07 | A trade has been completed between the Florida Northmen and the Pittsburgh Steel Workers. The Pittsburgh Steel Workers receive Al Billings from the Florida Northmen in exchange for Draft Pick 1956 Round 1 PIT (Cal Sharperson), Draft Pick 1955 Round 1 PIT (Wes Marshall), Draft Pick 1956 Round 2 PIT (Happy Taylor), Draft Pick 1955 Round 2 PIT (Keith Bone). |