Bill Taylor

William Michael Taylor

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 212 lb.

Born: December 30, 1929 in Alhambra, CA
Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1954
Teams (by GP): Giants/Tigers 1954-1958

Final Game: May 8, 1958
Died: September 15, 2011 in Acton, CA
Cremated
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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
1947	17	PHX	C	60	250	250		84	15	9	5						.336	.336	.528	.864		132							PHX · AZTX
1948	18	PHX	C	140	610	610		193	36	11	11						.316	.316	.466	.782		284							PHX · AZTX
1949	19	BRM,OLD	B,AAA	157	616	615	4	210	35	13	22	6	0		1	2	.341	.343	.548	.890		337		0	0				BRM,OLD · WINT,PCL
1950	20	SFG-min	A,AAA	108	379	379	0	132	37	2	30	0	0		0	0	.348	.348	.694	1.042		263		0	0				SXC,OLD · WL,PCL
1953	23	SFG-min	AA,AAA	154	543	536	17	171	25	3	29	28	0		6	18	.319	.328	.539	.867		289	4	1	0				NVL,MNE · SOUA,AA
1954	24	NYG	NL	55	72	65	4	12	1	0	2	10	0	0	3	15	.185	.239	.292	.532	38	19	0	2	1	1		/79
1955	25	NYG	NL	65	66	64	9	17	4	0	4	12	0	0	1	16	.266	.273	.516	.788	103	33	3	0	0	1	0	/9
1956	26	SFG-min	AAA	121	364	334	45	103	13	5	19	69	1		27	50	.308	.357	.548	.905		183	5	0	0	3			MNE · AA
1956	26	NYG	NL	1	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	96	2	0	0	0	0	0	/9
1957	27	SFG-min	AAA	115	437	409	57	112	23	1	21	59	4		24	57	.274	.314	.489	.803		200		1	1	2	2		MNE · AA
1957	27	TOT	MLB	20	33	32	4	8	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	5	.250	.273	.406	.679	81	13	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1957	27	NYG	NL	11	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.100	.000	.100	-70	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	27	DET	AL	9	23	23	4	8	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	3	.348	.348	.565	.913	143	13	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1958	28	DET-min	AAA	123	493	443	50	132	25	4	12	67	1		44	62	.298	.361	.454	.815		201		1	3	2	8		CHL · AA
1958	28	DET	AL	8	8	8	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	102	3	0	0	0	0	0	/9
1959	29	DET-PHI-min	AAA	132	493	442	60	135	20	4	19	80	1		39	42	.305	.363	.498	.860		220		4	2	6	13		CHL,BFL · AA,IL
1960	30	PHI-min	AAA	93	278	252	33	62	12	1	11	55	2	1	21	33	.246	.310	.433	.743		109		3	1	1			BFL · IL
1961	31	PHI-min	AAA	58	119	108	12	28	2	0	7	16	0		11	10	.259	.328	.472	.800		51							BFL · IL
5 Yrs				149	183	173	17	41	8	0	7	26	0	0	5	39	.237	.264	.405	.668	74	70	3	2	1	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	199	188	18	45	9	0	8	28	0	0	5	42	.237	.264	.405	.668	74	76	3	2	1	2

NYG (4 yrs)				132	152	142	13	30	6	0	6	22	0	0	5	34	.211	.245	.380	.625	62	54	3	2	1	2	0
DET (2 yrs)				17	31	31	4	11	2	0	1	4	0	0	0	5	.355	.355	.516	.871	132	16	0	0	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				132	152	142	13	30	6	0	6	22	0	0	5	34	.211	.245	.380	.625	62	54	3	2	1	2	0
AL (2 yrs)				17	31	31	4	11	2	0	1	4	0	0	0	5	.355	.355	.516	.871	132	16	0	0	0	0	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
1954	24	NYG	NL	55	72	-7	-1	0	-1	-0	-9	-0.9	2	-6	-0.7	.483	.494	-0.5	-0.2	-5	$	/79
1955	25	NYG	NL	65	66	-0	0	-1	0	0	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.498	.499	0.1	-0.1	1	$	/9
1956	26	NYG	NL	1	4	-0	0	0	-0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.448	.500	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/9
1957	27	NYG	NL	11	10	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.480	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$
1957	27	DET	AL	9	23	1	0	0	-1	-0	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.504	.500	0.2	-0.1	2	$	/7
1958	28	DET	AL	8	8	0	0	0	-0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/9
5 Seasons				149	183	-9	-0	-0	-3	-1	-12	-1.3	6	-7	-0.7	.491	.499	-0.4	-0.5	-4	$

NYG (4 yrs)				132	152	-10	-0	-0	-2	-0	-12	-1.3	5	-8	-0.8	.490	.498	-0.6	-0.4	-6	$
DET (2 yrs)				17	31	1	0	0	-1	-0	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.2	-0.1	2	$

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
1954	24	NYG	NL	72	55	4	2.0	110	.204	.185	.275	.239	.347	.292	.426	.532	.772	38	.161	-6.3	-0.6	.453	.154	.108	.0
1955	25	NYG	NL	66	51	8	4.2	106	.289	.266	.267	.273	.338	.516	.422	.788	.760	103	.451	-0.1	-0.0	.680	.266	.250	.0
1956	26	NYG	NL	4	3	1	8.9	102	.333	.250	.263	.250	.330	.500	.415	.750	.745	96	.779	0.0	0.0	.667	.250	.250
1957	27	TOT	MLB	33	24	5	5.6	102	.269	.250	.267	.273	.337	.406	.406	.679	.743	81	.605	-1.0	-0.1	.583	.188	.156	.0
1957	27	NYG	NL	10	9	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.269	.100	.332	.000	.416	.100	.748	-70	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.111	.111	.000
1957	27	DET	AL	23	15	5	9.0	102	.368	.348	.267	.348	.339	.565	.403	.913	.742	143	.788	1.2	0.1	.867	.217	.217	.0
1958	28	DET	AL	8	5	1	5.3	104	.500	.375	.270	.375	.340	.375	.410	.750	.749	102	.599	-0.0	0.0	.600	.000	.000
5 Yrs				183	138	19	3.7	107	.264	.237	.270	.264	.341	.405	.420	.668	.761	74	.395	-7.4	-0.7	.570	.197	.168	.0
162 Game Avg.				199	150	21	3.7	107	.264	.237	.270	.264	.341	.405	.420	.668	.761	74	.395	-7.4	-0.7	.570	.197	.168

NYG (4 yrs)				152	118	13	3.0	108	.231	.211	.271	.245	.341	.380	.423	.625	.765	62	.297	-8.6	-0.8	.530	.204	.169	.0
DET (2 yrs)				31	20	6	8.1	102	.400	.355	.267	.355	.339	.516	.404	.871	.744	132	.755	1.2	0.1	.800	.161	.161	.0

NL (4 yrs)				152	118	13	3.0	108	.231	.211	.271	.245	.341	.380	.423	.625	.765	62	.297	-8.6	-0.8	.530	.204	.169	.0
AL (2 yrs)				31	20	6	8.1	102	.400	.355	.267	.355	.339	.516	.404	.871	.744	132	.755	1.2	0.1	.800	.161	.161	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1954	24	NYG	NL	72	2.8%	20.8%	4.2%	4.2%	25%	5.00	4.3	32.5	6.5	1.31	68%
1955	25	NYG	NL	66	6.1%	24.2%	1.5%	12.1%	47%	16.00	4.0	16.0	5.3	1.23	68%
1956	26	NYG	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	25.0%	100%		4.0			1.00	75%
1957	27	TOT	MLB	33	3.0%	15.2%	3.0%	9.1%	38%	5.00	6.4	32.0	10.7	0.73	79%
1957	27	NYG	NL	10	0.0%	20.0%	10.0%	0.0%		2.00	4.5			0.75	70%
1957	27	DET	AL	23	4.4%	13.0%	0.0%	13.0%	38%		7.7	23.0	7.7	0.71	83%
1958	28	DET	AL	8	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0		8.0	2.00	75%
5 Yrs				183	3.8%	21.3%	2.7%	8.2%	37%	7.80	4.4	24.7	6.7	1.14	70%
MLB Averages					2.3%	11.9%	9.1%	6.6%	29%	1.31	7.4	38.6	8.3	0.98	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1954	24	NYG	NL	-6.3	-0.6	70	0.5	2.1	-1.6	1.47	-0.4	0.7	-1.5	-0.1	0.94	-4.7	1.65	40
1955	25	NYG	NL	-0.1	-0.0	50	-0.1	1.8	-1.9	1.95	-0.0	-0.1	-0.8	-0.1	1.06	1.2	1.95	48
1956	26	NYG	NL	0.0	0.0	4	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.05	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.11	-0.1		0
1957	27	TOT	MLB	-1.0	-0.1	32	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	1.39	-0.1	-0.3	-2.7	-0.3	1.03	-0.9	1.61	13
1957	27	NYG	NL	-2.2	-0.2	9	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.21	-0.2	-0.0	-2.6	-0.3	1.04	-2.4	1.21	9
1957	27	DET	AL	1.2	0.1	23	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	1.46	0.2	-0.3	-0.1	-0.0	1.02	1.6	2.52	4
1958	28	DET	AL	-0.0	0.0	8	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.89	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	-0.0	1.03	0.1	1.18	6
5 Yrs				-7.4	-0.7	164	-0.0	4.6	-4.6	1.56	-0.5	0.4	-5.6	-0.6	1.00	-4.3	1.75	107

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	24	NYG	NL	13%	6	1	0%	2	1	0	0	0
1955	25	NYG	NL	36%	6	0	0%	1	1	1	1	0
1956	26	NYG	NL	0%	1	0		0	0	0	0	0
1957	27	TOT	MLB	38%	8	0	100%	0	0	1	0	1
1957	27	NYG	NL	0%	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
1957	27	DET	AL	43%	8	0	100%	0	0	1	0	1
1958	28	DET	AL	0%	1	0		0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				24%	22	1	20%	3	2	2	1	1

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
1954	24	NYG	NL	72	94%	12			40	9	2	8	1.65	2	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	100%	12	0	0%	3	3	100%	51	8	16%	4	3	75%	3	1	33%	0
1955	25	NYG	NL	66	98%	17			48	13	4	7	1.95	4	0	3	3	1	0	4	0	0	0		16	3	19%	9	1	11%	42	6	14%	6	2	33%	1	1	100%	0
1956	26	NYG	NL	4	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1957	27	TOT	MLB	33	100%	8			13	2	0	1	1.61	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	3	2	67%	24	2	8%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0
1957	27	NYG	NL	10	100%	0			9	0	0	0	1.21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	1	50%	8	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1957	27	DET	AL	23	100%	8			4	2	0	1	2.52	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	1	100%	16	2	13%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1958	28	DET	AL	8	100%	3			6	3	0	1	1.18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	1	25%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
5 Yrs				183	95%	41			107	27	6	17	1.75	7	0	7	6	1	2	5	0	1	1	100%	36	3	8%	16	6	38%	124	17	14%	12	6	50%	6	3	50%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			79%			11%			31%			14%			49%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1954	24	55	72	65	4	12	1	2	10	3	15	.185	.239	.292	.532	38	19	0	2	1	1
1955	25	120	138	129	13	29	5	6	22	4	31	.225	.255	.403	.659	70	52	3	2	1	2	0
1956	26	121	142	133	13	30	6	6	22	4	32	.226	.255	.406	.661	70	54	3	2	1	2	0
1957	27	141	175	165	17	38	8	7	25	5	37	.230	.259	.406	.665	72	67	3	2	1	2	0
1958	28	149	183	173	17	41	8	7	26	5	39	.237	.264	.405	.668	74	70	3	2	1	2	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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1954	24	58	75	68	4	12	1	2	10	3	16	.176	.230	.279	.509	4	55
1955	25	68	69	67	9	18	4	4	12	1	17	.269	.275	.507	.783	9	65
1956	26	1	5	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.800	1.200	1	1
1957	27	21	36	35	5	10	2	1	3	1	5	.286	.306	.429	.734	5	20
1958	28	8	8	8	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	1	8
5 Yrs		156	193	183	18	45	9	7	26	5	41	.246	.271	.410	.681	20	149
162 Game Avg.		162	200	190	19	47	9	7	27	5	43	.246	.271	.410	.681	21	149

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