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Name	Team	Age
John Taylor	Retired (2009, Age 38)	Died (2040, Age 69)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 16 (1994)	CF	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Larry Doby League	0	15 years (160 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B+	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	B+	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	B-	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D+	C+
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C+	0	3/24/1971
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	2	7
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (1B)
B+ (69.1 %)	B+ (68.2 %)	D  (15.7 %)

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Year	League	Award
1994	AL	Rookie of the Year
1998	AL	All Star Reserve (OF)
2000	AL	All Star Reserve (OF)

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
2009-11-01	John Taylor has retired from the Detroit Tigers
2007-08-25	John Taylor of the Detroit Tigers is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
2000-09-21	John Taylor of the Detroit Tigers is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1996-07-13	A trade has been completed between the Washington Strategos and the Detroit Tigers. The Detroit Tigers receive John Taylor, Draft Pick 1999 Round 1 WAS (Joe Dan Nichols), Draft Pick 1998 Round 1 WAS (Don Barkley) from the Washington Strategos in exchange for Jonnie Hottub, Travis Kerhanowicz, Carson Webb.
1994-05-01	The Washington Strategos have promoted John Taylor to the major league team.
1994-04-21	A trade has been completed between the Montreal Royals and the Washington Strategos. The Washington Strategos receive Mike Altrock, Milt Hollins, Frankie Price, Ramon Nichols, John Taylor, Huck Dobb, Lary Gardenhire, Joe Durning, Harry Legett from the Montreal Royals in exchange for Don Nelson, Oscar Osborne, Red Powers.
1994-04-05	The Montreal Royals have acquired John Taylor from the waiver wire.
1994-04-01	The Houston Colts have waived John Taylor.