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Sammy Taylor
Samuel Douglas Taylor

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 27, 1958

Final Game August 6, 1963
Born February 27, 1933 in Woodruff, SC

Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Braves in 1956. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 25 CHC NL  96  301   30   78  12  2   6   36   2  1  27  46  .259  .319  .372   84  112   0   1   4   0   9
 1959 26 CHC NL 110  353   41   95  13  2  13   43   1  0  35  47  .269  .336  .428  103  151   0   1  13   1   6
 1960 27 CHC NL  74  150   14   31   9  0   3   17   0  1   6  18  .207  .241  .327   55   49   1   1   0   1   5
 1961 28 CHC NL  89  235   26   56   8  2   8   23   0  0  23  39  .238  .316  .391   86   92   1   1   7   4   6
 1962 29 TOT NL  75  173   12   37   5  2   3   21   0  0  26  20  .214  .319  .318   72   55   0   3   2   2   5
         CHC NL   7   15    0    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   3   3  .133  .278  .200   29    3   0   0   1   0   1
         NYM NL  68  158   12   35   4  2   3   20   0  0  23  17  .222  .323  .329   76   52   0   3   1   2   4
 1963 30 TOT     29   51    4   12   0  1   0    7   0  0   5  11  .235  .298  .275   66   14   0   1   1   0   3
         TOT NL  25   41    3    9   0  1   0    6   0  0   5   9  .220  .298  .268   65   11   0   1   1   0   3
         NYM NL  22   35    3    9   0  1   0    6   0  0   5   7  .257  .341  .314   91   11   0   1   1   0   3
         CIN NL   3    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         CLE AL   4   10    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .300  .300  .300   69    3   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      473 1263  127  309  47  9  33  147   3  2 122 181  .245  .313  .375   84  473   2   8  27   8  34
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        433   43  106  16  3  11   50   1  1  42  62  .245  .313  .375   84  162   1   3   9   3  12
 Career High    110  353   41   95  13  2  13   43   2  1  35  47  .269  .336  .428  103  151   1   3  13   4   9
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1958 25 CHC NL  329  234   35   4.0   104| .259  .267| .319  .335| .372  .417| .691  .752|  84  .433  -6.9  -0.7  66%
 1959 26 CHC NL  390  265   51   5.1   104| .269  .269| .336  .335| .428  .416| .764  .751| 103  .549   1.2   0.1 100%
 1960 27 CHC NL  159  127   10   2.1    98| .207  .262| .241  .328| .327  .402| .568  .730|  55  .210  -9.6  -1.0   0%
 1961 28 CHC NL  264  187   29   4.1   106| .238  .271| .316  .338| .391  .422| .707  .760|  86  .446  -5.1  -0.5   0%
 1962 29 TOT NL  204  144   19   3.5   103| .214  .270| .319  .338| .318  .410| .637  .748|  72  .385  -6.2  -0.6   0%
         CHC NL   18   14    1   1.9   106| .133  .275| .278  .342| .200  .417| .478  .759|  29  .169  -1.5  -0.1   0%
         NYM NL  186  130   18   3.7   103| .222  .270| .323  .337| .329  .410| .652  .747|  76  .406  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 1963 30 TOT      57   43    4   2.5    91| .235  .255| .298  .317| .275  .383| .573  .701|  66  .301  -2.3  -0.2   0%
         TOT NL   47   36    3   2.2    90| .220  .255| .298  .316| .268  .381| .566  .697|  65  .265  -1.8  -0.2   0%
         NYM NL   41   30    3   2.7    89| .257  .254| .341  .316| .314  .380| .655  .696|  91  .335  -0.2   0.0   0%
         CIN NL    6    6    0   0.0    92| .000  .258| .000  .320| .000  .385| .000  .704|-100  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
         CLE AL   10    7    1   3.9    95| .300  .255| .300  .322| .300  .394| .600  .716|  69  .461  -0.5   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1403 1000  148   4.0   103| .245  .268| .313  .334| .375  .414| .688  .748|  84  .435 -28.8  -2.9  60%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1958 25 CHC NL C 87 460 23 6 4 .988 .988 5.55 5.19 6.20 6.06 81 700.7 2 21 24 9 1959 26 CHC NL C 109 497 37 10 1 .982 .989 4.90 5.24 5.40 6.34 96 889.7 6 22 69 21 1960 27 CHC NL C 43 152 24 4 2 .978 .986 4.09 5.41 5.82 6.58 31 272.3 4 9 13 11 1961 28 CHC NL C 75 319 25 4 5 .989 .985 4.59 5.17 5.72 6.39 61 541.7 8 25 32 11 1962 29 TOT NL C 56 225 26 2 3 .992 .987 4.48 5.50 5.64 6.72 46 400.3 6 17 26 13 CHC NL C 6 23 1 0 0 1.000 .988 4.00 5.50 5.68 6.73 4 38.0 1 3 1 0 NYM NL C 50 202 25 2 3 .991 .987 4.54 5.50 5.64 6.72 42 362.3 5 14 25 13 1963 30 TOT C 17 68 5 1 2 .986 .986 4.29 5.99 7.22 7.00 6 91.0 0 2 4 3 TOT NL C 15 60 3 1 1 .984 .986 4.20 6.02 7.46 7.07 5 76.0 0 2 4 2 NYM NL C 13 55 3 0 1 1.000 .986 4.46 6.02 8.16 7.07 4 64.0 0 2 4 2 CIN NL C 2 5 0 1 0 .833 .980 2.50 6.00 3.75 7.05 1 12.0 0 0 0 0 CLE AL C 2 8 2 0 1 1.000 .990 5.00 5.80 6.00 6.66 1 15.0 0 0 0 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1958 25 CHC NL C 87 460 23 6 4 .988 .988 5.55 5.19 6.20 6.06 81 700.7 2 21 24 9 1959 26 CHC NL C 109 497 37 10 1 .982 .989 4.90 5.24 5.40 6.34 96 889.7 6 22 69 21 1960 27 CHC NL C 43 152 24 4 2 .978 .986 4.09 5.41 5.82 6.58 31 272.3 4 9 13 11 1961 28 CHC NL C 75 319 25 4 5 .989 .985 4.59 5.17 5.72 6.39 61 541.7 8 25 32 11 1962 29 TOT NL C 56 225 26 2 3 .992 .987 4.48 5.50 5.64 6.72 46 400.3 6 17 26 13 CHC NL C 6 23 1 0 0 1.000 .988 4.00 5.50 5.68 6.73 4 38.0 1 3 1 0 NYM NL C 50 202 25 2 3 .991 .987 4.54 5.50 5.64 6.72 42 362.3 5 14 25 13 1963 30 TOT C 17 68 5 1 2 .986 .986 4.29 5.99 7.22 7.00 6 91.0 0 2 4 3 TOT NL C 15 60 3 1 1 .984 .986 4.20 6.02 7.46 7.07 5 76.0 0 2 4 2 NYM NL C 13 55 3 0 1 1.000 .986 4.46 6.02 8.16 7.07 4 64.0 0 2 4 2 CIN NL C 2 5 0 1 0 .833 .980 2.50 6.00 3.75 7.05 1 12.0 0 0 0 0 CLE AL C 2 8 2 0 1 1.000 .990 5.00 5.80 6.00 6.66 1 15.0 0 0 0 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 387 1721 140 27 17 .986 .987 4.81 5.30 5.78 6.38 321 2895.7 26 96 168 68 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 387 1721 140 27 17 .986 .987 4.81 5.30 5.78 6.38 321 2896
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Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Intentional Walks
1959 NL-13-4

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2772) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1956 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Braves.

December 5, 1957: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with Taylor Phillips to the Chicago Cubs for Eddie Haas, Don Kaiser, and Bob Rush.

April 26, 1962: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the New York Mets for Bobby Gene Smith.

July 1, 1963: Traded by the New York Mets with Charlie Neal to the Cincinnati Reds for Jesse Gonder.

August 1, 1963: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Cleveland Indians for Gene Green.


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