Billy Taylor

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-8, 200lb (203cm, 90kg)

Born: October 16, 1961 in Monticello, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2nd round of the 1980 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (Tifton, GA).

High School: Central HS (Thomasville, GA)

School: Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (Tifton, GA)

Last Game: April 8, 2001 (Age 39-174d)
vs. HOU 2.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season

Full Name: William Howell Taylor

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.0

ERA

4.21

317

100

324.2

307

WHIP

1.377

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1980	18		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A	TEX	0	2	.000	4.78	6.98	20	4		0	0	0	49.0	60	38	26	3	25	0	34	3	2	4		1.735	11.0	0.6	4.6	6.2	1.36
1980	18	-2.9	Asheville	SALL	A	TEX	0	2	.000	10.93	15.43	6	2		0	0	0	14.0	24	24	17	3	9	0	12	1	0	1		2.357	15.4	1.9	5.8	7.7	1.33
1980	18	-2.0	Rangers	GULF	Rk	TEX	0	0		2.31	3.60	14	2		0	0	0	35.0	36	14	9	0	16	0	22	2	2	3		1.486	9.3	0.0	4.1	5.7	1.38
1981	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-Rk	TEX	5	9	.357	3.77	5.08	26	23	0	1	0	0	117.0	118	66	49	2	64	0	79	8	0	14		1.556	9.1	0.2	4.9	6.1	1.23
1981	19	-2.0	Asheville	SALL	A	TEX	1	7	.125	4.64	6.05	14	12	0	1	0	0	64.0	76	43	33	2	35	0	44	5	0	11		1.734	10.7	0.3	4.9	6.2	1.26
1981	19	-1.2	Rangers	GULF	Rk	TEX	4	2	.667	2.72	3.91	12	11	0	0	0	0	53.0	42	23	16	0	29	0	35	3	0	3		1.340	7.1	0.0	4.9	5.9	1.21
1982	20		2 Teams	MIDW	A	SEA-TEX	7	9				37	9	14	2	0	3	112.0	100	64	52	8	63	1	95	6	1	8
1982	20	-1.6	Wausau	MIDW	A	SEA						19
1982	20	-1.6	Burlington	MIDW	A	TEX						18
1983	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A	SDP	6	9	.400	6.65	7.57	28	19	3	1	0	0	117.2	116	99	87	14	93	1	117	7	2	9		1.776	8.9	1.1	7.1	8.9	1.26
1983	21	-2.4	Tulsa	TL	AA	TEX	5	8	.385	6.87	7.70	21	12	3	0	0	0	76.0	86	65	58	7	51	1	75	7	1	4		1.803	10.2	0.8	6.0	8.9	1.47
1983	21	-1.0	Salem	CARL	A	SDP	1	1	.500	6.26	7.34	7	7	0	1	0	0	41.2	30	34	29	7	42	0	42	0	1	5		1.728	6.5	1.5	9.1	9.1	1.00
1984	22	-1.5	Tulsa	TL	AA	TEX	5	3	.625	3.83	4.28	42	2	28	0	0	7	80.0	65	38	34	8	51	6	80	2	2	7		1.450	7.3	0.9	5.7	9.0	1.57
1985	23	-0.3	Tulsa	TL	AA	TEX	3	9	.250	3.47	4.77	20	17	0	2	0	0	103.2	84	55	40	7	48	1	87	2	4	4		1.273	7.3	0.6	4.2	7.6	1.81
1986	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	TEX	8	12	.400	4.34	5.08	27	27	0	3	1	0	170.0	159	96	82	13	94	3	132	3	6	7		1.488	8.4	0.7	5.0	7.0	1.40
1986	24	-2.5	Oklahoma City	AA	AAA	TEX	5	5	.500	4.60	4.96	16	16	0	1	0	0	101.2	94	56	52	7	57	0	68	1	6	4		1.485	8.3	0.6	5.0	6.0	1.19
1986	24	0.5	Tulsa	TL	AA	TEX	3	7	.300	3.95	5.27	11	11	0	2	1	0	68.1	65	40	30	6	37	3	64	2	0	3		1.493	8.6	0.8	4.9	8.4	1.73
1987	25	-1.5	Oklahoma City	AA	AAA	TEX	12	9	.571	5.61	6.52	28	28	0	0	0	0	168.1	198	122	105	10	91	0	100	2	2	8		1.717	10.6	0.5	4.9	5.3	1.10
1988	26	-0.5	Oklahoma City	AA	AAA	TEX	4	8	.333	5.49	6.04	20	12	4	1	1	1	82.0	98	55	50	4	35	1	42	2	6	2		1.622	10.8	0.4	3.8	4.6	1.20
1989	27	1.0	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	SDP	7	4	.636	5.13	5.47	47	0	22	0	0	1	79.0	93	48	45	5	27	5	71	2	3	1		1.519	10.6	0.6	3.1	8.1	2.63
1990	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AAA	ATL	0	0		2.45	2.45	7	0	3	0	0	0	11.0	12	3	3	0	1	1	10	0	1	0		1.182	9.8	0.0	0.8	8.2	10.00
1990	28	2.5	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
1990	28	5.4	Durham	CARL	A+	ATL	0	0		3.24	3.24	5	0	3	0	0	0	8.1	8	3	3	0	1	1	10	0	1	0		1.080	8.6	0.0	1.1	10.8	10.00
1991	29	5.3	Greenville	SOUL	AA	ATL	6	2	.750	1.51	1.86	59	0	44	0	0	22	77.1	49	16	13	1	15	2	65	3	1	3	295	0.828	5.7	0.1	1.7	7.6	4.33
1992	30	3.9	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	2	3	.400	2.28	3.08	47	0	27	0	0	12	79.0	72	27	20	5	27	3	82	0	0	0	332	1.253	8.2	0.6	3.1	9.3	3.04
1993	31	5.1	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	2	4	.333	1.98	2.50	59	0	55	0	0	26	68.1	56	19	15	3	26	7	81	2	0	1	282	1.200	7.4	0.4	3.4	10.7	3.12
1994	32	2.9	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	1	3	.250	3.50	4.66	41	0	11	0	0	1	46.1	38	24	18	4	18	5	48	2	0	0	195	1.209	7.4	0.8	3.5	9.3	2.67

1996	34	7.9	Edmonton	PCL	AAA	OAK	0	0		0.79	0.79	7	0	5	0	0	4	11.1	10	1	1	0	3	0	13	0	0	0	45	1.147	7.9	0.0	2.4	10.3	4.33
1996	34	5.7	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	6	3	.667	4.33	4.48	55	0	30	0	0	17	60.1	52	30	29	5	25	4	67	4	0	1	261	1.276	7.8	0.7	3.7	10.0	2.68
1997	35	6.2	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	3	4	.429	3.82	3.95	72	0	45	0	0	23	73.0	70	32	31	3	36	9	66	5	0	0	320	1.452	8.6	0.4	4.4	8.1	1.83
1998	36	6.7	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	4	9	.308	3.58	4.56	70	0	58	0	0	33	73.0	71	37	29	7	22	4	58	3	1	0	311	1.274	8.8	0.9	2.7	7.2	2.64
1999	37		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	OAK	1	6	.143	4.95	5.59	61	0	43	0	0	26	56.1	68	35	31	5	23	8	52	2	1	1	257	1.615	10.9	0.8	3.7	8.3	2.26
1999	37	7.8	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	1	5	.167	3.98	4.81	43	0	38	0	0	26	43.0	48	23	19	3	14	3	38	2	1	1	189	1.442	10.0	0.6	2.9	8.0	2.71
1999	37	8.6	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	0	1	.000	8.10	8.10	18	0	5	0	0	0	13.1	20	12	12	2	9	5	14	0	0	0	68	2.175	13.5	1.4	6.1	9.5	1.56
2000	38	11.5	Durham	IL	AAA	TBD	4	0	1.000	4.17	4.37	42	0	36	0	0	26	45.1	47	22	21	7	17	5	47	0	0	2	194	1.412	9.3	1.4	3.4	9.3	2.76
2000	38	9.1	TBD	AL	Maj	TBD	1	3	.250	8.56	8.56	17	0	7	0	0	0	13.2	13	13	13	2	9	2	13	2	0	0	62	1.610	8.6	1.3	5.9	8.6	1.44
2001	39	12.1	Nashville	PCL	AAA	PIT	0	3	.000	7.20	7.65	20	0	16	0	0	8	20.0	29	17	16	4	3	1	16	1	0	0	92	1.600	13.1	1.8	1.4	7.2	5.33
2001	39	10.1	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	0	0		4.50	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	1.000	9.0	4.5	0.0	13.5
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (7 seasons)					Majors		16	28	.364	4.21	4.77	317	0	194	0	0	100	324.2	314	172	152	27	133	32	307	18	2	2	1414	1.377	8.7	0.7	3.7	8.5	2.31
Minors (17 seasons)					Minors		64	77				536	132	243	8	2	107	1279.0	1266	722	607	86	620	36	1056	37	29	62	1240
All Levels (21 Seasons)							80	105				853	132	437	8	2	207	1603.2	1580	894	759	113	753	68	1363	55	31	64	2654

AAA (10 seasons)					Minors		36	36	.500	4.45	5.02	288	56	165	2	1	78	657.2	701	367	325	45	286	22	520	10	17	18	945	1.501	9.6	0.6	3.9	7.1	1.82
AA (5 seasons)					Minors		22	29	.431	3.89	4.75	153	42	75	4	1	29	405.1	349	214	175	29	202	13	371	16	8	21	295	1.359	7.7	0.6	4.5	8.2	1.84
A+ (1 season)					Minors		0	0		3.24	3.24	5	0	3	0	0	0	8.1	8	3	3	0	1	1	10	0	1	0		1.080	8.6	0.0	1.1	10.8	10.00
A (4 seasons)					Minors		2	10				64	21	0	2	0	0	119.2	130	101	79	12	86	0	98	6	1	17
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		4	2	.667	2.56	3.78	26	13	0	0	0	0	88.0	78	37	25	0	45	0	57	5	2	6		1.398	8.0	0.0	4.6	5.8	1.27