Billy Taylor
William Howell Taylor
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 8" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 16, 1961 in Monticello, FL
High School: Central (Thomasville, GA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft (January). Player signed March 24, 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1994
Final Game: April 8, 2001
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1994 OAK AL 32 P 41 0 46.1 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.97 0.12 .960 1.71 0.52
1996 OAK AL 34 P 55 0 60.1 13 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.94 0.24 .962 1.78 0.52
1997 OAK AL 35 P 72 0 73.0 16 3 13 0 1 1.000 1.97 0.22 .950 1.71 0.49
1998 OAK AL 36 P 70 0 73.0 12 4 8 0 2 1.000 1.48 0.17 .958 1.78 0.50
1999 TOT MLB 37 P 61 0 56.1 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.28 0.13 .950 1.69 0.47
1999 OAK AL 37 P 43 0 43.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.26 0.14 .950 1.70 0.47
1999 NYM NL 37 P 18 0 13.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.35 0.11 .950 1.69 0.48
2000 TBD AL 38 P 17 0 13.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.66 0.06 1.000 1.65 0.46
2001 PIT NL 39 P 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.50
7 Seasons P 317 0 324.2 55 15 40 0 3 1.000 1.52 0.17 .956 1.73 0.50
7 Seasons TOT 317 0 324.2 55 15 40 0 3 1.000 1.52 0.17 .956 1.73 0.50

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1994 OAK AL 32 41 0 1 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 OAK AL 34 55 0 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 OAK AL 35 72 0 2 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 OAK AL 36 70 0 5 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 OAK AL 37 43 0 5 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 NYM NL 37 18 0 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 TBD AL 38 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 PIT NL 39 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 317 0 32 317 317 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1994 OAK AL 32 199 66% 31% 4 75% 0 2 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 OAK AL 34 269 64% 24% 11 82% 0 4 0 3 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1997 OAK AL 35 334 68% 37% 16 81% 0 3 0 3 13 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1998 OAK AL 36 320 74% 34% 11 82% 0 4 0 3 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 3 67%
1999 OAK AL 37 202 73% 29% 6 100% 0 1 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1999 NYM NL 37 72 68% 26% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2000 TBD AL 38 65 63% 26% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 PIT NL 39 8 63% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1469 69% 31% 51 84% 0 15 1 12 42 37 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 9 89%
MLB Averages 74% 30% 90% 84%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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