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Taylor Phillips

William Taylor Phillips (T-Bone)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 18, 1933 in Atlanta, GA
Signed
by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 8, 1956
Teams (by GP): Braves/Cubs/Phillies/WhiteSox 1956-1963

Final Game: September 6, 1963
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1954 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1956 23 MLN NL 5 3 .625 2.26 23 6 6 3 0 2 87.2 69 25 22 6 33 8 36 7 0 0 357 154 1.163 7.1 0.6 3.4 3.7 1.09
1957 24 MLN NL 3 2 .600 5.55 27 6 9 0 0 2 73.0 82 46 45 3 40 3 36 1 0 3 324 63 1.671 10.1 0.4 4.9 4.4 0.90
1958 25 CHC NL 7 10 .412 4.76 39 27 4 5 1 1 170.1 178 102 90 22 79 5 102 6 3 8 761 83 1.509 9.4 1.2 4.2 5.4 1.29
1959 26 TOT NL 1 6 .143 5.54 39 5 12 1 0 1 79.2 94 49 49 7 42 3 40 6 0 4 365 74 1.707 10.6 0.8 4.7 4.5 0.95
1959 26 CHC NL 0 2 .000 7.56 7 2 0 0 0 0 16.2 22 14 14 3 11 2 5 2 0 0 84 53 1.980 11.9 1.6 5.9 2.7 0.45
1959 26 PHI NL 1 4 .200 5.00 32 3 12 1 0 1 63.0 72 35 35 4 31 1 35 4 0 4 281 82 1.635 10.3 0.6 4.4 5.0 1.13
1960 27 PHI NL 0 1 .000 8.36 10 1 3 0 0 0 14.0 21 13 13 2 4 0 6 1 0 1 67 48 1.786 13.5 1.3 2.6 3.9 1.50
1963 30 CHW AL 0 0 10.29 9 0 3 0 0 0 14.0 16 16 16 2 13 5 13 1 0 2 70 35 2.071 10.3 1.3 8.4 8.4 1.00
6 Yrs 16 22 .421 4.82 147 45 37 9 1 6 438.2 460 251 235 42 211 24 233 22 3 18 1944 79 1.530 9.4 0.9 4.3 4.8 1.10
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .421 4.82 52 16 13 3 0 2 155 163 89 83 15 75 9 83 8 1 6 689 79 1.530 9.4 0.9 4.3 4.8 1.10
PHI (2 yrs) 1 5 .167 5.61 42 4 15 1 0 1 77.0 93 48 48 6 35 1 41 5 0 5 348 73 1.662 10.9 0.7 4.1 4.8 1.17
MLN (2 yrs) 8 5 .615 3.75 50 12 15 3 0 4 160.2 151 71 67 9 73 11 72 8 0 3 681 93 1.394 8.5 0.5 4.1 4.0 0.99
CHC (2 yrs) 7 12 .368 5.01 46 29 4 5 1 1 187.0 200 116 104 25 90 7 107 8 3 8 845 79 1.551 9.6 1.2 4.3 5.1 1.19
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 10.29 9 0 3 0 0 0 14.0 16 16 16 2 13 5 13 1 0 2 70 35 2.071 10.3 1.3 8.4 8.4 1.00
NL (5 yrs) 16 22 .421 4.64 138 45 34 9 1 6 424.2 444 235 219 40 198 19 220 21 3 16 1874 82 1.512 9.4 0.8 4.2 4.7 1.11
AL (1 yr) 0 0 10.29 9 0 3 0 0 0 14.0 16 16 16 2 13 5 13 1 0 2 70 35 2.071 10.3 1.3 8.4 8.4 1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1956 23 MLN NL 87.2 23 6 25 2.57 4.33 0.37 0.00 90.2 3.57 12 1.3 1.0 -0.1 2.0 19 .557 .508 $
1957 24 MLN NL 73.0 27 6 46 5.67 4.30 0.24 0.00 92.9 3.77 -15 -1.5 1.5 -0.3 -1.1 -8 .444 .491 $
1958 25 CHC NL 170.1 39 27 102 5.39 4.39 0.03 0.00 99.4 4.34 -20 -2.0 1.1 -0.1 -0.6 -1 .448 .488 $
1959 26 CHC NL 16.2 7 2 14 7.56 4.39 0.29 0.00 102.7 4.21 -6 -0.6 .7 0.0 -0.4 -4 .412 .496 $
1959 26 PHI NL 63.0 32 3 35 5.00 4.44 -0.17 0.00 107.0 4.93 -1 -0.1 .7 -0.1 0.4 6 .497 .499 $
1960 27 PHI NL 14.0 10 1 13 8.36 4.52 -0.26 -0.15 102.7 4.76 -6 -0.6 .5 0.1 -0.3 -4 .442 .496 $
1963 30 CHW AL 14.0 9 0 16 10.29 4.17 0.25 -0.17 98.3 3.69 -10 -1.0 1.0 -0.0 -0.9 -9 .387 .494 $
6 Seasons 438.2 147 45 251 5.15 4.37 0.11 -0.01 97.7 4.16 -46 -4.5 1.0 -0.5 -0.9 -1 .469 .496 $
PHI (2 yrs) 77.0 42 4 48 5.61 4.45 -0.18 -0.03 106.2 4.90 -7 -0.7 .7 -0.0 0.1 2 .484 .498 $
MLN (2 yrs) 160.2 50 12 71 3.98 4.32 0.31 0.00 91.4 3.66 -3 -0.2 1.3 -0.4 0.9 11 .496 .499 $
CHC (2 yrs) 187.0 46 29 116 5.58 4.39 0.05 0.00 99.7 4.33 -26 -2.6 1.0 -0.1 -1.0 -6 .443 .492 $
CHW (1 yr) 14.0 9 0 16 10.29 4.17 0.25 -0.17 98.3 3.69 -10 -1.0 1.0 -0.0 -0.9 -9 .387 .494 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1956 23 MLN NL 23 356 310 25 69 6 1 6 1 2 33 36 .223 .310 .306 .616 .233 95 11 7 5 2 8 4
1957 24 MLN NL 27 327 276 46 82 9 2 3 4 1 40 36 .297 .384 .377 .761 .329 104 13 1 7 3 3 4
1958 25 CHC NL 39 758 668 102 178 28 9 22 7 2 79 102 .266 .348 .434 .782 .286 290 16 6 6 2 5 12
1959 26 CHC NL 7 84 69 14 22 4 1 3 0 0 11 5 .319 .422 .536 .958 .306 37 1 2 1 1 2 0
1959 26 PHI NL 32 281 239 35 72 14 1 4 5 3 31 35 .301 .388 .418 .806 .337 100 8 4 6 2 1 3
1959 26 TOT NL 39 365 308 49 94 18 2 7 5 3 42 40 .305 .396 .445 .840 .330 137 9 6 7 3 3 3
1960 27 PHI NL 10 67 59 13 21 2 1 2 0 1 4 6 .356 .388 .525 .913 .352 31 0 1 0 3 0 0
1963 30 CHW AL 9 70 53 16 16 5 0 2 1 1 13 13 .302 .441 .509 .951 .359 27 2 1 2 1 5 2
6 Yrs 147 1943 1674 251 460 68 15 42 18 10 211 233 .275 .361 .409 .769 .296 684 51 22 27 14 24 25
162 Game Avg. 52 688 593 89 163 24 5 15 6 4 75 83 .275 .361 .409 .769 .296 242 18 8 10 5 9 9
MLB Averages .256 .324 .390 .714 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1956 23 MLN NL 13.0 1.4 364 2.3 7.7 -5.4 1.22 1.0 0.9 17.1 1.9 1.22 12.4 4 4 9
1957 24 MLN NL -16.1 -1.6 335 -0.3 5.6 -5.9 1.00 -0.7 0.4 -10.2 -1.1 1.00 -12.3 7 9 4
1958 25 CHC NL -16.5 -1.6 783 -1.7 12.7 -14.4 .98 -1.5 -0.2 -17.1 -1.7 0.98 -17.9 3 2 6
1959 26 TOT NL -9.7 -1.0 376 -0.8 4.7 -5.5 .81 -1.2 0.3 -5.5 -0.5 0.81 -12.2 4 7 22
1959 26 CHC NL -5.7 -0.6 84 -0.6 1.0 -1.5 .86 -0.7 0.1 -5.4 -0.5 0.86 -7.9 1 0 4
1959 26 PHI NL -4.0 -0.4 292 -0.2 3.7 -3.9 .80 -0.5 0.2 -0.1 -0.0 0.80 -4.3 3 7 18
1960 27 PHI NL -5.9 -0.6 70 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 .52 -0.5 -0.4 -7.5 -0.7 0.52 -6.3 0 3 5
1963 30 CHW AL -9.9 -1.0 74 -0.2 0.6 -0.7 .62 -0.3 0.0 -7.2 -0.7 0.62 -5.0 2 2 5
6 Yrs -45.1 -4.4 2002 -1.1 31.6 -32.7 .97 -3.2 2.1 -30.4 -2.8 0.97 -41.3 20 27 51

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1956 23 MLN NL 23 6 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 .500 0 1 3 0 5 83% 61.3 81 43 8 3 3 1 3.3 3.6 7.9
1957 24 MLN NL 27 6 1 1 4 0 0 4 2 .667 0 3 0 0 1 17% 42.3 53 27 20 5 4 2 5.0 3.5 4.5
1958 25 CHC NL 39 27 6 10 11 0 1 12 15 .444 2 8 5 1 11 41% 46.2 77 21 32 11 17 4 4.7 4.0 5.7
1959 26 TOT NL 39 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 4 .200 0 1 1 0 1 20% 40.2 51 32 20 8 2 2 3.3 4.5 4.6
1959 26 CHC NL 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41.5 45 38 6 2 1 1 2.5 5.0 5.3
1959 26 PHI NL 32 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 1 0 1 33% 39.3 51 32 14 6 1 1 4.0 4.1 4.1
1960 27 PHI NL 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 26.0 26 26 3 1 0 1 8.0 4.5 2.0
5 Yrs 138 45 11 17 17 0 2 20 25 .444 2 13 9 1 18 40% 47 81 21 83 28 26 10 4.5 3.9 5.6
MLB Averages .500 51% 52 115 -14 4.4 4.3 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1956 23 MLN NL 23 17 6 2 1 2 2 0 100% 4 2 14 2 14% 6 1.220 4 4 9 5 3 9 7 10 12 3 12 2 7.1
1957 24 MLN NL 27 21 9 2 1 2 2 0 100% 4 2 25 6 24% 9 1.005 7 9 4 5 5 11 13 8 11 8 11 4 6.6
1958 25 CHC NL 39 12 4 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 0 0% 6 .982 3 2 6 2 0 10 6 6 6 3 6 4 4.3
1959 26 TOT NL 39 34 12 0 3 1 1 0 100% 3 2 17 5 29% .815 4 7 22 4 3 27 12 22 18 8 19 10 5.0
1959 26 CHC NL 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 .857 1 0 4 0 1 4 1 4 3 2 3 2 3.6
1959 26 PHI NL 32 29 12 0 3 1 1 0 100% 3 2 16 5 31% 8 .803 3 7 18 4 2 23 11 18 15 6 16 8 5.2
1960 27 PHI NL 10 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 5 .520 0 3 5 0 0 9 4 5 4 1 4 3 4.0
1963 30 CHW AL 9 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 9% 5 .625 2 2 5 0 1 8 7 2 5 3 5 1 4.7
6 Yrs 147 102 37 5 5 6 6 0 100% 12 6 86 20 23% .969 20 27 51 16 12 74 49 53 56 26 57 24 5.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1956 23 MLN NL 357 33% 1.7% 10.1% 9.3% 3.7% 19% 1.20 76% 82 11 13%
1957 24 MLN NL 327 32% 0.9% 11.0% 12.2% 4.3% 17% 1.23 73% 90 13 14%
1958 25 CHC NL 761 27% 2.9% 13.5% 10.4% 7.8% 33% 1.44 72% 169 16 9%
1959 26 TOT NL 365 35% 1.9% 11.0% 11.5% 7.4% 29% 1.64 72% 83 9 11%
1959 26 CHC NL 84 29% 3.6% 6.0% 13.1% 9.5% 36% 1.65 74% 15 1 7%
1959 26 PHI NL 281 37% 1.4% 12.5% 11.0% 6.8% 26% 1.64 72% 68 8 12%
1960 27 PHI NL 67 34% 3.0% 9.0% 6.0% 7.5% 24% 0.94 81% 16 0 0%
1963 30 CHW AL 70 37% 2.9% 18.6% 18.6% 10.0% 44% 1.70 56% 15 2 13%
6 Yrs 1947 31% 2.2% 12.0% 10.9% 6.4% 27% 1.37 73% 455 51 11%
MLB Averages 50% 2.4% 13.7% 8.8% 6.6% 29% 1.02 74% 10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1956 23 MLN NL 356 69 6 0 9 4 2 2 4 15 7 0 47% 4 0 0 147 1 2 33% 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 1
1957 24 MLN NL 327 82 3 0 11 1 2 1 2 22 14 1 64% 4 3 1 154 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1958 25 CHC NL 758 178 22 1 21 16 6 14 8 39 13 11 33% 12 8 2 300 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 3
1959 26 TOT NL 365 94 7 0 9 7 0 3 4 31 15 5 48% 3 4 0 156 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1959 26 CHC NL 84 22 3 0 2 3 0 2 1 4 3 0 75% 0 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1959 26 PHI NL 281 72 4 0 7 4 0 1 3 27 12 5 44% 3 4 0 121 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
1960 27 PHI NL 67 21 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 9 6 2 67% 0 1 1 29 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0
1963 30 CHW AL 70 16 2 2 6 1 1 0 2 9 3 2 33% 2 2 0 38 1 1 50% 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
6 Yrs 1943 460 42 3 60 31 11 20 22 125 58 21 46% 25 18 4 824 18 10 64% 13 8 5 1 0 1 7 0 50 4
MLB Averages 51% 61%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1956 23 5 3 .625 2.26 23 6 6 3 0 2 87.2 69 25 22 6 33 8 36 7 0 0 357 154 1.163 7.1 0.6 3.4 3.7 1.09 154
1957 24 8 5 .615 3.75 50 12 15 3 0 4 160.2 151 71 67 9 73 11 72 8 0 3 681 93 1.394 8.5 0.5 4.1 4.0 0.99 93
1958 25 15 15 .500 4.27 89 39 19 8 1 5 331.0 329 173 157 31 152 16 174 14 3 11 1442 88 1.453 8.9 0.8 4.1 4.7 1.14 88
1959 26 16 21 .432 4.51 128 44 31 9 1 6 410.2 423 222 206 38 194 19 214 20 3 15 1807 84 1.502 9.3 0.8 4.3 4.7 1.10 84
1960 27 16 22 .421 4.64 138 45 34 9 1 6 424.2 444 235 219 40 198 19 220 21 3 16 1874 82 1.512 9.4 0.8 4.2 4.7 1.11 82
1961 28 16 22 .421 4.64 138 45 34 9 1 6 424.2 444 235 219 40 198 19 220 21 3 16 1874 82 1.512 9.4 0.8 4.2 4.7 1.11 82
1962 29 16 22 .421 4.64 138 45 34 9 1 6 424.2 444 235 219 40 198 19 220 21 3 16 1874 82 1.512 9.4 0.8 4.2 4.7 1.11 82
1963 30 16 22 .421 4.82 147 45 37 9 1 6 438.2 460 251 235 42 211 24 233 22 3 18 1944 79 1.530 9.4 0.9 4.3 4.8 1.10 79

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1956 23 6 3 .667 2.79 84.0 77 29 26 7 37 34 8 1.357 8.3 4.0 3.6 0.92 0.8 23
1957 24 2 5 .286 7.01 68.0 91 59 53 3 44 33 1 1.985 12.0 5.8 4.4 0.75 0.4 27
1958 25 8 11 .421 4.89 175.0 187 106 95 23 83 105 6 1.543 9.6 4.3 5.4 1.27 1.2 39
1959 26 3 5 .375 5.77 78.0 97 56 50 7 43 39 6 1.795 11.2 5.0 4.5 0.91 0.8 39
1960 27 0 1 .000 8.36 14.0 22 14 13 2 4 6 1 1.857 14.1 2.6 3.9 1.50 1.3 10
1963 30 0 1 .000 12.46 13.0 17 20 18 2 14 12 1 2.385 11.8 9.7 8.3 0.86 1.4 9
6 Yrs 19 26 .422 5.31 432.0 491 284 255 44 225 229 23 1.657 10.2 4.8 1.02 0.9 147

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 NL  5.389 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 NL  79 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1958 NL  8 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 NL  7 (4th)
1958 NL  6 (7th)
1959 NL  6 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)s c a p y
1956 NL  17.15 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
1956 NL  2.3 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)s c a p y
1956 NL  1.9 (7th)

             

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