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Name Team Age
Happy Taylor Retired (1991, Age 35) Died (2038, Age 82)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 26
(1981)		 RP R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Robin Roberts League 0 5 years (121 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  A+ B-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
D- D- C 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
D- D- C+
Endurance Velocity Control
C+ A- B-
Leadership   Mentor Value  
A- A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B  0 4/3/1956
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 1 1
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Energy  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Batting   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA
1984 BAL 5 4 12 12 0 0 0 0 65.0 80 50 42 1 23 50 1.58 5.82
1985 BAL 3 4 12 7 0 0 0 0 47.0 59 30 27 1 15 37 1.57 5.17
1986 CHN 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 5 5 5 0 4 0 5.40 27.00
1987 PHI 7 8 24 17 2 0 0 1 101.1 111 64 59 3 47 72 1.56 5.24
1988 PHI-ARI 3 4 16 7 0 0 1 0 52.2 61 35 32 2 21 50 1.56 5.47
1989 ARI 6 8 28 19 2 2 0 0 121.0 130 78 77 3 39 94 1.40 5.73
1990 ARI 12 5 57 11 0 0 7 4 118.2 109 42 40 4 40 79 1.26 3.03
1991 ARI-CHN 2 10 22 15 0 0 1 1 73.1 88 55 49 2 27 54 1.57 6.01
2069 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Total 38 43 172 89 4 2 9 6 580.2 643 359 331 16 216 436 1.48 5.13
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1991-11-01Happy Taylor has retired from the Chicago Storm
1991-08-14The Chicago Storm have acquired Happy Taylor from the waiver wire.
1991-08-07The Arizona Copper Kings have designated Happy Taylor for assignment.
1990-07-11Happy Taylor of the Arizona Copper Kings is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1990-05-03The Arizona Copper Kings have re-claimed Happy Taylor from the waiver wire.
1990-04-28The Arizona Copper Kings have designated Happy Taylor for assignment.
1990-03-25The Arizona Copper Kings have promoted Happy Taylor to the major league team. The Arizona Copper Kings have sent Red Juul to the minors.
1989-10-05The Arizona Copper Kings have designated Happy Taylor for assignment.
1988-09-05The Arizona Copper Kings have acquired Happy Taylor from the waiver wire.
1988-08-29The Philadelphia Soft Pretzels have designated Happy Taylor for assignment.
1987-04-01The Philadelphia Soft Pretzels have acquired Happy Taylor from the waiver wire.
1987-03-25The Chicago Storm have promoted Bo Ellis to the major league team. The Chicago Storm have designated Happy Taylor for assignment.
1986-09-29The Chicago Storm have promoted Happy Taylor to the major league team.
1986-04-08The Chicago Storm have acquired Happy Taylor from the waiver wire.
1986-04-01The Baltimore Snapping Turtles have waived Happy Taylor.
1985-06-12The Baltimore Snapping Turtles have sent Happy Taylor to the minors.
1984-09-02The Baltimore Snapping Turtles have promoted Oyster Newburn to the major league team. The Baltimore Snapping Turtles have promoted Happy Taylor to the major league team. The Baltimore Snapping Turtles have promoted Danny Moore to the major league team.
1984-08-25The Baltimore Snapping Turtles have sent Happy Taylor to the minors. The Baltimore Snapping Turtles have sent Bill Swanson to the minors.
1984-06-15The Baltimore Snapping Turtles have promoted Bill Swanson to the major league team. The Baltimore Snapping Turtles have promoted Happy Taylor to the major league team. The Baltimore Snapping Turtles have promoted T. S. Eliot to the major league team.
1981-04-01The Baltimore Snapping Turtles have renamed Manny Taylor to Happy Taylor.
1981-04-01A trade has been completed between the New York Giants and the Baltimore Snapping Turtles. The Baltimore Snapping Turtles receive Manny Taylor, Tom Legg from the New York Giants in exchange for Mike Stephenson.