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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 STL NL 24 3B 5 2 2 24.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -40 0.75 0.40 .955 2.96 2.98
1978 OAK AL 25 3B 84 79 44 619.0 191 63 119 9 4 .953 -6 -11 2.65 2.17 .954 3.00 2.98
1978 OAK AL 25 2B 11 2 1 35.0 17 9 8 0 2 1.000 0 14 4.37 1.55 .980 5.48 5.42
1978 OAK AL 25 DH 7 7
1978 OAK AL 25 SS 1 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 9.00 2.00 .965 4.95 4.90
2 Seasons 3B 89 81 46 643.0 193 63 121 9 4 .953 -7 -12 2.58 2.07 .954 3.00 2.98
1 Season 2B 11 2 1 35.0 17 9 8 0 2 1.000 0 14 4.37 1.55 .980 5.48 5.42
1 Season SS 1 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 9.00 2.00 .965 4.95 4.90
2 Seasons TOT 101 83 47 680.0 212 73 130 9 6 .958 -6 -11 2.69 2.01 .956 3.13 3.26
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1977 STL NL 24 3B -1 -40 -1 -1 -0 0
1978 OAK AL 25 3B -6 -11 -5 0 -5 -1
1978 OAK AL 25 2B 0 14 0 1 -1 0
1978 OAK AL 25 SS -0 -60 -0 -0 0 0
2 Seasons 3B -7 -12 -6 -0 -6 -1
1 Season 2B 0 14 0 1 -1 0
1 Season SS -0 -60 -0 -0 0 0
2 Seasons TOT -6 -11 -5 1 -7 -1

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1977 STL NL 24 8 2 8 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1978 OAK AL 25 104 88 104 89 0 0 0 12 84 1 0 0 0 0 7 14 0
2 Seasons 112 90 112 94 0 0 0 12 89 1 0 0 0 0 7 17 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1977 STL NL 24 104 66% 80% 31% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 OAK AL 25 2714 52% 83% 23% 191 89% 2 63 52 3 8 120 96 18 3 3 9 0 7 2 6 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 5 40%
2 Seasons 2818 52% 82% 24% 194 89% 2 63 52 3 8 122 97 19 3 3 9 0 7 2 6 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 5 40%
MLB Averages 60% 82% 28% 89% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1978 OAK AL 25 160 73% 74% 23% 13 100% 0 8 4 3 1 11 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
1 Season 160 73% 74% 23% 13 100% 0 8 4 3 1 11 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
MLB Averages 60% 82% 28% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1978 OAK AL 25 13 46% 92% 23% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 13 46% 92% 23% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 82% 28% 91%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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