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Joe Taylor

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: March 2, 1926 in Chapman, AL us

Died: March 18, 1993 in Pittsburgh, PA

Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA

Debut: August 26, 1954 (Age 28-177d, 11,168th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 21, 1959 (Age 33-141d)
vs. KCA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: Joe Cephus Taylor

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.1

297

.249

RBI

OBP

.313

SLG

.401

OPS

.714

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	10-23 / in Starts: 8-16
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	13 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 115 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	66 (42-19-5)
Avg. MLBer w/ 115 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	70 (37-22-11)

Most Driven In
Self	4
F Robinson	2
D Hoak	1
B Henrich	1
J Temple	1

Most Driven In By
R McMillan	4
Self	4
D Hoak	3
W Post	1
S Burgess	1
G Bell	1

1957 Batting Game Log

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1957 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	19	102 (101)	Aug 3	CIN		NYG	L,4-5	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6	1.59	0.024	4.82	0.04%	-0.38	LF
2	20	103	Aug 4 (1)	CIN		NYG	L,6-7	CG(14)	7	6	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.400	.455	.500	.955	6	1.98	-0.325	4.95	-0.49%	0.14	LF
3	21	105 (1)	Aug 6	CIN	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.400	.500	.900	5	1.64	-0.144	5.36	-0.28%	-0.71	LF
4	22	106	Aug 7	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-12	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.375	.467	.842	9	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	-0.27	PH
5	23	107	Aug 8	CIN	@	MLN	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.353	.438	.790	8	1.40	-0.035	3.85	-0.06%	-0.21	PH
6	24	108	Aug 9 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,9-7	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.350	.381	.500	.881	5	1.05	-0.048	1.68	-0.05%	-0.20	RF
7	25	109	Aug 9 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,6-4	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.348	.400	.478	.878	5	1.65	0.185	3.03	0.20%	0.30	RF
8	26	110	Aug 10	CIN		CHC	W,7-2	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.370	.414	.519	.932	5	.44	0.085	.87	0.10%	1.47	RF
9	27	111	Aug 13	CIN		MLN	L,4-12	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.364	.452	.815	5	.66	-0.067	2.19	-0.13%	-0.76	RF
10	28	112	Aug 14	CIN		MLN	L,3-13	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.343	.378	.543	.921	5	1.11	0.060	2.88	0.09%	0.91	RF
11	29	113	Aug 15	CIN		MLN	L,1-8	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.357	.487	.844	4	.59	-0.056	.98	-0.06%	-1.39	LF
12	30	114	Aug 16	CIN	@	CHC	L,6-8	CG(12)	6	6	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.333	.375	.489	.864	5	1.64	0.128	1.02	0.05%	0.60	RF
13	31	115	Aug 17	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.365	.458	.824	5	1.19	-0.067	.60	-0.02%	-0.62	RF
14	32	116	Aug 18	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.357	.462	.819	5	.52	-0.039	.21	-0.01%	-0.43	RF
15	33	117	Aug 20 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-11	GS-4	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.356	.455	.810	2	.91	-0.035	.41	-0.01%	-0.31	LF
16	34	118	Aug 20 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG(12)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.323	.410	.733	2	1.61	-0.246	.54	-0.05%	-1.73	LF
17	35	120 (1)	Aug 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-8	5-5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.333	.419	.753	9	.56	0.021	.05	0.00%	0.38	PH
18	36	122 (1)	Aug 24	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.333	.419	.753	9						LF
19	37	123	Aug 25	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-10	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.329	.424	.753	2	.37	-0.036	.01	0.00%	0.39	LF
20	38	124	Aug 26	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-17	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.320	.423	.743	2	.43	-0.049	.01	0.00%	-0.36	LF
21	39	126 (1)	Aug 28	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.316	.413	.730	2	.63	-0.036	.01	0.00%	-0.79	LF
22	40	127	Aug 30	CIN		MLN	L,5-9	GS-9	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.321	.405	.726	2	1.60	0.063	.04	0.00%	0.53	LF
23	41	128	Aug 31	CIN		MLN	L,4-14	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.318	.400	.718	9	.04	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	42	132 (3)	Sep 3	CIN		STL	L,4-14	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.314	.395	.709	9	.98	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.42	PH
25	43	139 (6)	Sep 10	CIN		NYG	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.311	.424	.735	2	1.40	0.233	.00	0.00%	0.69	LF
26	44	143 (3)	Sep 16	CIN		BRO	W,3-2	CG(10)	5	4	2	2	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.326	.494	.821	2	2.29	0.379	.00	0.00%	2.48	LF
27	45	145 (1)	Sep 18	CIN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.313	.473	.786	2	1.17	-0.116	.00	0.00%	-0.88	LF
28	46	146	Sep 20	CIN		STL	L,5-7	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.301	.454	.755	2	.50	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.76	LF
29	47	147	Sep 21	CIN		STL	W,9-8	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.301	.454	.755	9						LF
30	48	149 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.301	.454	.755	4						LF
31	49	152 (2)	Sep 27	CIN	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.299	.446	.745	2	1.34	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.50	LF
32	50	153	Sep 28	CIN	@	MLN	W,6-0	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.295	.434	.729	2	.55	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.61	LF
33	51	154	Sep 29	CIN	@	MLN	L,3-4	9-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.301	.439	.740	7	3.83	0.115	.00	0.00%	0.65	PH
							10-23		115	107	14	28	7	0	4	9	6	0	24	0	2	0	1	2	0	1	.262	.301	.439	.740		1.17	-0.171	1.30	-0.66%	-3.02

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