Ron Taylor
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Ronald Wesley Taylor
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 1", Weight 195 lb.
- Debut April 11, 1962
- Final Game May 14, 1972
- Born December 13, 1937 in Toronto, ON CAN
[edit] Biographical Information
The first of the 76 home runs that Taylor gave up was a historic one: it is still the only time in MLB history that a scoreless tie was broken with a walkoff grand slam in the 12th inning. (This has never happened in a later inning). It ended the Boston v Cleveland game, 11 April 1962: Carroll Hardy drove in Carl Yastrzemski, Frank Malzone and Russ Nixon for a 4-0 win.
Taylor later earned a medical degree and became the long-time team doctor of the Toronto Blue Jays.
[edit] Notable Achievements
- Won two World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals (1964) and the New York Mets (1969).
