Taylor Duncan

Taylor McDowell Duncan

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 12, 1953 in Memphis, TN
High School: Grant Union HS (Sacramento, CA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1977
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Cardinals 1977-1978

Final Game: September 30, 1978
Died: January 3, 2004 in Asheville, NC
Buried: Sunset Cemetery, Asheville, NC
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1971	18	ATL-min	Rk	13	42	42		16	1	1	1						.381	.381	.524	.905		22							WYV · APPY
1972	19	ATL-min	A	120	468	423	54	118	15	5	4	47	9	5	45	77	.279	.348	.366	.715		155							GRW · WCRS
1973	20	BAL-min	AA	138	485	485		142	30	3	9						.293	.293	.423	.715		205							AVL · SOUL
1974	21	BAL-min	AA	125	503	445	60	130	25	0	5	58	5	4	51	42	.292	.363	.382	.745		170		1	1	5			AVL · SOUL
1975	22	BAL-min	AAA	119	433	384	43	109	16	3	6	54	1	1	37	51	.284	.344	.388	.732		149		1	6	5			ROC · IL
1976	23	BAL-min	AAA	127	501	447	50	121	24	2	11	69	4	3	39	42	.271	.323	.407	.730		182		1	3	11			ROC · IL
1977	24	BAL-min	AAA	135	556	492	73	148	14	3	27	76	3	1	57	45	.301	.374	.506	.880		249		2	2	3			ROC · IL
1977	24	STL	NL	8	15	12	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	.333	.400	.583	.983	162	7	0	0	0	1	0	/5
1978	25	OAK-min	AAA	41	179	159	23	48	11	1	3	29	0	0	18	9	.302	.369	.440	.809		70		0	0	2			VAN · PCL
1978	25	OAK	AL	104	348	319	25	82	15	2	2	37	1	2	19	38	.257	.296	.335	.632	83	107	5	0	7	3	0	54/D6
1979	26	BAL-CLE-PIT-DET-min	AA,AAA	84	315	282	24	62	13	0	4	32	1	1	25	37	.220	.279	.309	.587		87		0	3	5			ROC,TAC,POR,MTG,EVN · IL,PCL,SOUL,AA
1980	27	TOR-min	AA,Fgn	32	113	100	14	29	5	0	4	16	0	1	11	12	.290	.354	.460	.814		46		0	0	2			KNX,SEI · SOUL,JPPL
1981	28	YUC,MCT	AAA																										YUC,MCT · MEX
1982	29	CZL	AAA																										CZL · MEX
1983	30	PZR,CZL	AAA																										PZR,CZL · MEX
2 Yrs				112	363	331	27	86	15	2	3	39	1	2	21	39	.260	.301	.344	.645	86	114	5	0	7	4	0
162 Game Avg.				162	525	479	39	124	22	3	4	56	1	3	30	56	.260	.301	.344	.645	86	165	7	0	10	6	0

STL (1 yr)				8	15	12	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	.333	.400	.583	.983	162	7	0	0	0	1	0
OAK (1 yr)				104	348	319	25	82	15	2	2	37	1	2	19	38	.257	.296	.335	.632	83	107	5	0	7	3	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1977	24	STL	NL	8	15	1	-0	0	-1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$	/5
1978	25	OAK	AL	104	348	-8	-0	0	-6	1	-13	-1.3	11	-1	-0.2	.487	.491	0.4	-0.4	4	$	54/D6
2 Seasons				112	363	-8	-0	0	-6	1	-13	-1.3	12	-1	-0.1	.488	.496	0.5	-0.4	5	$

STL (1 yr)				8	15	1	-0	0	-1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$
OAK (1 yr)				104	348	-8	-0	0	-6	1	-13	-1.3	11	-1	-0.2	.487	.491	0.4	-0.4	4	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1977	24	STL	NL	15	9	3	9.0	102	.273	.333	.268	.400	.336	.583	.409	.983	.744	162	.772	1.2	0.1	1.125	.417	.250	.0
1978	25	OAK	AL	348	254	32	3.4	89	.284	.257	.254	.296	.318	.335	.374	.632	.693	83	.388	-7.2	-0.7	.512	.135	.078	1.3
2 Yrs				363	263	35	3.6	89	.283	.260	.255	.301	.319	.344	.376	.645	.694	86	.411	-6.0	-0.6	.532	.145	.085	1.5
162 Game Avg.				525	380	51	3.6	89	.283	.260	.255	.301	.319	.344	.376	.645	.694	86	.411	-6.0	-0.6	.532	.145	.085	2

STL (1 yr)				15	9	3	9.0	102	.273	.333	.268	.400	.336	.583	.409	.983	.744	162	.772	1.2	0.1	1.125	.417	.250	.0
OAK (1 yr)				348	254	32	3.4	89	.284	.257	.254	.296	.318	.335	.374	.632	.693	83	.388	-7.2	-0.7	.512	.135	.078	1.3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1977	24	STL	NL	15	6.7%	6.7%	13.3%	6.7%	25%	0.50	12.0	12.0	6.0	0.33	73%
1978	25	OAK	AL	348	0.6%	10.9%	5.5%	5.5%	23%	2.00	8.4	159.5	8.6	1.12	81%
2 Yrs				363	0.8%	10.7%	5.8%	5.5%	23%	1.86	8.5	110.3	8.5	1.08	81%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.0%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.53	6.8	43.3	8.5	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1977	24	STL	NL	1.2	0.1	15	0.1	0.2	-0.2	.78	0.1	-0.1	0.6	0.1	0.97	1.3	1.14	2
1978	25	OAK	AL	-7.2	-0.7	354	0.4	6.5	-6.2	1.05	-0.7	1.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.93	-5.8	1.27	13
2 Yrs				-6.0	-0.6	369	0.4	6.8	-6.4	1.04	-0.6	1.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.93	-4.5	1.25	15

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	CS2	SBH	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1977	24	STL	NL	0	20%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1978	25	OAK	AL	2	23%	117	1	2	33%	2	1	6	6	38%	13	10	3	4	3	1	12	2	7
2 Yrs				2	23%	127	1	2	33%	2	1	6	6	39%	14	11	3	4	3	1	13	2	8

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1977	24	STL	NL	15	20%	4			2	0	0	0	1.14	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		4	0	0%	2	1	50%	6	1	17%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1978	25	OAK	AL	348	48%	82			13	1	0	1	1.27	2	0	7	0	2	1	1	0	7	7	100%	56	5	9%	36	15	42%	199	39	20%	17	10	59%	15	10	67%	0
2 Yrs				363	47%	86			15	1	0	1	1.25	3	0	7	1	2	1	2	0	7	7	100%	60	5	8%	38	16	42%	205	40	20%	18	11	61%	15	10	67%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			79%			11%			36%			15%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1977	24	8	15	12	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	.333	.400	.583	.983	162	7	0	0	0	1	0
1978	25	112	363	331	27	86	15	2	3	39	1	2	21	39	.260	.301	.344	.645	86	114	5	0	7	4	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1977	24	8	15	12	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	.333	.400	.583	.983	3	8
1978	25	104	359	328	30	91	17	2	2	44	1	21	38	.277	.318	.360	.678	38	104
2 Yrs		112	374	340	32	95	17	2	3	46	1	23	39	.279	.322	.368	.689	41	112
162 Game Avg.		162	541	492	46	137	25	3	4	67	1	33	56	.279	.322	.368	.689	59	112

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