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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
60 86 44
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
79 77 55
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
41 44 44
Endurance Velocity Control
55 30 6
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
68 100 100
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
51 0 11/26/1936
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (SS) Alt Pos (3B) Alt Pos (---)
1 (1.5 %) 1 (1.3 %) 0 (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1962 MON 41 81 9 18 3 1 2 7 10 14 0 2 1 .673 .315 .358 .222
1963 MON 5 14 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 1 .619 .333 .286 .286
1964 MON 68 175 14 34 4 0 4 17 16 25 2 1 4 .550 .264 .286 .194
1965 MON 58 134 17 42 5 3 2 11 17 17 3 0 2 .835 .395 .440 .313
1966 MON 48 129 23 40 4 1 2 12 19 21 1 1 3 .802 .399 .403 .310
1967 MON 4 14 3 3 1 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 .552 .267 .286 .214
1969 COL 25 102 14 26 3 2 1 4 11 18 2 2 4 .680 .327 .353 .255
1970 COL 143 588 76 152 25 4 8 66 65 106 17 2 14 .693 .338 .355 .259
1971 COL 144 596 68 135 25 4 5 56 55 117 6 3 15 .603 .296 .307 .227
1972 COL 87 349 40 85 15 2 4 34 31 64 3 3 8 .640 .308 .332 .244
Total 623 2182 265 539 85 17 28 213 226 391 34 14 52 .661 .321 .340 .247
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1973-11-01Happy Taylor has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1972-08-28The Colorado Rocks have waived Happy Taylor.
1972-07-29The 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.
1970-09-27Happy Taylor of the Colorado Rocks is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
1969-09-05The Colorado Rocks have promoted Happy Taylor to the major league team.
1968-09-19The Colorado Rocks have acquired Happy Taylor from the waiver wire.
1968-08-01The Montreal Royals have waived Happy Taylor.
1967-06-28The Montreal Royals have designated Happy Taylor for assignment.
1967-06-10The Montreal Royals have promoted Happy Taylor to the major league team. The Montreal Royals have sent Dutch Tomlin to the minors.
1967-04-03The 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.
1963-04-15Happy Taylor of the Montreal Royals is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1962-04-30The Montreal Royals have promoted Happy Taylor to the major league team. The Montreal Royals have promoted Preston Givens to the major league team.
1959-07-11The Montreal Royals have acquired Happy Taylor from the waiver wire.
1959-04-01The San Francisco Bay Shrimp have waived Happy Taylor.
1956-05-22The San Francisco Bay Shrimp have acquired Happy Taylor from the waiver wire.
1956-04-16The Texas Stars have waived Happy Taylor.
1953-10-15A 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.
1953-09-07A 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).