Billy Taylor

William Henry Taylor (Bollicky Bill)

Positions: Pitcher, Outfielder and Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 204 lb.

Born: 1855 in Washington, DC (All Transactions)
Debut: May 21, 1881
Teams (by GP): PittsburghAlleghenys/Maroons/Athletics/Blues/Orioles/... 1881-1887

Final Game: August 16, 1887
Died: May 14, 1900 in Jacksonville, FL
Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, FL
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1881	26	TOT	NL	0	1	.000	5.73	2	1	1	1	0	0	11.0	15	13	7	0	7	2		0	2	57	55	2.000	12.3	0.0	5.7	1.6	0.29
1881	26	WOR	NL	0	1	.000	7.88	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	15	13	7	0	6	0		0	2	47	40	2.625	16.9	0.0	6.8	0.0	0.00
1881	26	CLV	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	2		0	0	10		0.333	0.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
1882	27	PIT	AA	0	1	.000	16.20	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	11	10	9	0	4	1			3	31	18	3.000	19.8	0.0	7.2	1.8	0.25
1883	28	PIT	AA	4	7	.364	5.39	19	9	9	8	0	0	127.0	166	115	76	4	34	41			17	594	60	1.575	11.8	0.3	2.4	2.9	1.21
1884	29	TOT	MLB	43	16	.729	2.10	63	59	4	59	3	4	523.0	454	215	122	5	84	284	12	0	32	2195	152	1.029	7.8	0.1	1.4	4.9	3.38
1884	29	SLM	UA	25	4	.862	1.68	33	29	4	29	2	4	263.0	222	97	49	2	40	154			19	1080	180	0.996	7.6	0.1	1.4	5.3	3.85
1884	29	PHA	AA	18	12	.600	2.53	30	30	0	30	1	0	260.0	232	118	73	3	44	130	12	0	13	1115	134	1.062	8.0	0.1	1.5	4.5	2.95
1885	30	NVL,KCY	N/A	7	7	.500	0.59	16	15		15	2		137.0	95	57	9		18	104	1		8			0.825	6.2		1.2	6.8	5.78	NVL,KCY · SOUL,WL
1885	30	PHA	AA	1	5	.167	3.27	6	6	0	6	0	0	52.1	68	35	19	0	9	11	1	0	6	208	107	1.471	11.7	0.0	1.5	1.9	1.22
1886	31	NVL,MAC	B	3	7	.300	2.44	10	9		8	0		73.2	83	52	20		14	43	7		6			1.317	10.1		1.7	5.3	3.07	NVL,MAC · SOUA
1886	31	BAL	AA	1	6	.143	5.72	8	8	0	8	0	0	72.1	87	63	46	1	20	37	2	0	7	328	60	1.479	10.8	0.1	2.5	4.6	1.85
1887	32	NHV	N/A	7	3	.700	3.75	12	10		9			96.0	173	99	40		33	14	9		13			2.146	16.2		3.1	1.3	0.42	NHV · EL
1887	32	PHA	AA	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	10	5	3	1	7	0	0	0	2	42	147	1.889	10.0	1.0	7.0	0.0	0.00
1889	34	BIR	N/A	2	1	.667	3.13	3	3		2	0		23.0	31	25	8		6	13	0		2			1.609	12.1		2.3	5.1	2.17	BIR · SOUL
7 Yrs				50	36	.581	3.17	100	84	15	83	3	4	799.2	811	456	282	11	165	376	15	0	69	3455	102	1.221	9.1	0.1	1.9	4.2	2.28
162 Game Avg.				18	13	.581	3.17	37	31	6	31	1	1	296	300	169	104	4	61	139		0	26	1277	102	1.221	9.1	0.1	1.9	4.2	2.28

PHA (3 yrs)				20	17	.541	2.66	37	37	0	37	1	0	321.1	310	158	95	4	60	141	13	0	21	1365	129	1.151	8.7	0.1	1.7	3.9	2.35
PIT (2 yrs)				4	8	.333	5.80	20	9	10	8	0	0	132.0	177	125	85	4	38	42			20	625	55	1.629	12.1	0.3	2.6	2.9	1.11
SLM (1 yr)				25	4	.862	1.68	33	29	4	29	2	4	263.0	222	97	49	2	40	154			19	1080	180	0.996	7.6	0.1	1.4	5.3	3.85
BAL (1 yr)				1	6	.143	5.72	8	8	0	8	0	0	72.1	87	63	46	1	20	37	2	0	7	328	60	1.479	10.8	0.1	2.5	4.6	1.85
CLV (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	2		0	0	10		0.333	0.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
WOR (1 yr)				0	1	.000	7.88	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	15	13	7	0	6	0		0	2	47	40	2.625	16.9	0.0	6.8	0.0	0.00

AA (6 yrs)				25	31	.446	3.87	65	54	10	53	1	0	525.2	574	346	226	9	118	220	15	0	48	2318	87	1.316	9.8	0.2	2.0	3.8	1.86
NL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	5.73	2	1	1	1	0	0	11.0	15	13	7	0	7	2		0	2	57	55	2.000	12.3	0.0	5.7	1.6	0.29
UA (1 yr)				25	4	.862	1.68	33	29	4	29	2	4	263.0	222	97	49	2	40	154			19	1080	180	0.996	7.6	0.1	1.4	5.3	3.85

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
1881	26	WOR	NL	8.0	1	1	13	14.63	5.12	-0.42	0.00	108.0	5.98	-8	-0.4		-0.0	-0.3	-7	.109	.498	$
1881	26	CLV	NL	3.0	1	0	0	0.00	5.17	0.04	0.00	94.0	4.82	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.673	.501	$
1882	27	PIT	AA	5.0	1	0	10	18.00	5.17	0.02	0.00	98.0	5.05	-7	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-7	.123	.498	$
1883	28	PIT	AA	127.0	19	9	115	8.15	5.78	-0.55	0.00	97.0	6.13	-27	-2.2	1.0	-0.1	-1.7	-23	.385	.486	$
1884	29	SLM	UA	263.0	33	29	97	3.32	5.31	0.48	0.00	99.0	4.78	42	4.0	1.0	-0.5	3.5	43	.623	.525	$
1884	29	PHA	AA	260.0	30	30	118	4.08	5.11	0.17	0.00	104.0	5.14	40	4.0		-0.3	5.1	43	.634	.525	$
1885	30	PHA	AA	52.1	6	6	35	6.02	5.30	-0.20	0.00	107.0	5.89	-1	-0.1		-0.1	0.1	2	.491	.500	$
1886	31	BAL	AA	72.1	8	8	63	7.84	5.85	-0.10	0.00	99.0	5.89	-14	-1.1		-0.1	-0.9	-11	.362	.493	$
1887	32	PHA	AA	9.0	1	1	5	5.00	6.59	-0.10	0.00	99.0	6.62	2	0.1		-0.0	0.2	2	.646	.501	$
7 Seasons				799.2	100	84	456	5.13	5.38	0.10	0.00	100.9	5.32	28	4.3	1.0	-1.2	5.8	43	.543	.503	$

PHA (3 yrs)				321.1	37	37	158	4.43	5.19	0.11	0.00	104.3	5.30	41	4.1		-0.4	5.4	47	.611	.508	$
PIT (2 yrs)				132.0	20	9	125	8.52	5.75	-0.52	0.00	97.0	6.09	-35	-2.6	1.0	-0.2	-2.1	-30	.372	.492	$
SLM (1 yr)				263.0	33	29	97	3.32	5.31	0.48	0.00	99.0	4.78	42	4.0	1.0	-0.5	3.5	43	.623	.525	$
BAL (1 yr)				72.1	8	8	63	7.84	5.85	-0.10	0.00	99.0	5.89	-14	-1.1		-0.1	-0.9	-11	.362	.493	$
CLV (1 yr)				3.0	1	0	0	0.00	5.17	0.04	0.00	94.0	4.82	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.673	.501	$
WOR (1 yr)				8.0	1	1	13	14.63	5.12	-0.42	0.00	108.0	5.98	-8	-0.4		-0.0	-0.3	-7	.109	.498	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1881	26	0	1	.000	5.73	2	1	1	1	0	0	11.0	15	13	7	0	7	2		2	57	55	2.000	12.3	0.0	5.7	1.6	0.29	55
1882	27	0	2	.000	9.00	3	1	2	1	0	0	16.0	26	23	16	0	11	3		5	88	34	2.313	14.6	0.0	6.2	1.7	0.27	34
1883	28	4	9	.308	5.79	22	10	11	9	0	0	143.0	192	138	92	4	45	44		22	682	55	1.657	12.1	0.3	2.8	2.8	0.98	55
1884	29	47	25	.653	2.89	85	69	15	68	3	4	666.0	646	353	214	9	129	328	12	54	2877	111	1.164	8.7	0.1	1.7	4.4	2.54	111
1885	30	48	30	.615	2.92	91	75	15	74	3	4	718.1	714	388	233	9	138	339	13	60	3085	110	1.186	8.9	0.1	1.7	4.2	2.46	110
1886	31	49	36	.576	3.18	99	83	15	82	3	4	790.2	801	451	279	10	158	376	15	67	3413	102	1.213	9.1	0.1	1.8	4.3	2.38	102
1887	32	50	36	.581	3.17	100	84	15	83	3	4	799.2	811	456	282	11	165	376	15	69	3455	102	1.221	9.1	0.1	1.9	4.2	2.28	102

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1881	26	1	1	.500	4.13	24.0	26	12	11	0	12	4	0	1.583	9.8	4.5	1.5	0.33	0.0	2
1882	27	0	1	.000	13.91	11.0	22	19	17	0	8	2	0	2.727	18.0	6.5	1.6	0.25	0.0	1
1883	28	13	12	.520	3.97	229.0	246	112	101	6	50	74	0	1.293	9.7	2.0	2.9	1.48	0.2	19
1884	29	102	16	.864	1.55	1067.0	765	204	184	8	142	580	20	0.850	6.5	1.2	4.9	4.08	0.1	63
1885	30	5	2	.714	2.74	69.0	86	23	21	0	11	14	1	1.406	11.2	1.4	1.8	1.27	0.0	6
1886	31	4	5	.444	4.20	90.0	90	47	42	1	21	46	2	1.233	9.0	2.1	4.6	2.19	0.1	8
1887	32	1	0	1.000	1.64	11.0	9	2	2	1	6	0	0	1.364	7.4	4.9	0.0	0.00	0.8	1
7 Yrs		126	37	.773	2.27	1501.0	1244	419	378	16	250	720	23	0.995	7.5		4.3	2.88	0.1	100

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1884 UA 6.1 (5th) 1884 AA 5.3 (9th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1884 AA 5.1 (8th) 1884 UA 3.5 (5th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1884 UA 1.68 (2nd) 1884 AA 2.53 (7th)	Wins s c a p y 1884 UA 25 (3rd)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 1884 UA .862 (3rd)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1884 UA 0.996 (6th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1884 UA 7.597 (7th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1883 AA 2.906 (10th)
Games Played s c a p y 1884 UA 33 (10th)	Saves s c a p y 1884 UA 4 (1st)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1884 UA 263.0 (10th)	Games Started s c a p y 1884 UA 29 (10th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1884 UA 29 (10th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1884 UA 2 (7th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1883 AA 4 (10th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1884 UA 40 (7th)
Hits s c a p y 1884 UA 222 (10th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1884 AA 0.104 (10th) 1884 UA 0.068 (6th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1883 AA 17 (9th) 1884 UA 19 (10th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1884 UA 1,080 (9th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1882 AA 1 (9th) 1883 AA 9 (1st) 1884 UA 4 (6th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1884 AA 134 (6th) 1884 UA 178 (2nd)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1884 AA 25 (9th) 1884 UA 38 (4th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1884 AA 2.3 (8th) 1884 UA 3.5 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 28 (847), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 22 (574), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 19 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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