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 Pitching

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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
1994 32 OAK AL 1 3 .250 3.50 41 0 11 0 0 1 46.1 38 24 18 4 18 5 48 2 0 0 195 126 1.209 7.4 0.8 3.5 9.3 2.67
1996 34 OAK AL 6 3 .667 4.33 55 0 30 0 0 17 60.1 52 30 29 5 25 4 67 4 0 1 261 118 1.276 7.8 0.7 3.7 10.0 2.68
1997 35 OAK AL 3 4 .429 3.82 72 0 45 0 0 23 73.0 70 32 31 3 36 9 66 5 0 0 320 116 1.452 8.6 0.4 4.4 8.1 1.83
1998 36 OAK AL 4 9 .308 3.58 70 0 58 0 0 33 73.0 71 37 29 7 22 4 58 3 1 0 311 126 1.274 8.8 0.9 2.7 7.2 2.64
1999 37 TOT MLB 1 6 .143 4.95 61 0 43 0 0 26 56.1 68 35 31 5 23 8 52 2 1 1 257 92 1.615 10.9 0.8 3.7 8.3 2.26
1999 37 OAK AL 1 5 .167 3.98 43 0 38 0 0 26 43.0 48 23 19 3 14 3 38 2 1 1 189 115 1.442 10.0 0.6 2.9 8.0 2.71
1999 37 NYM NL 0 1 .000 8.10 18 0 5 0 0 0 13.1 20 12 12 2 9 5 14 0 0 0 68 55 2.175 13.5 1.4 6.1 9.5 1.56
2000 38 TBD AL 1 3 .250 8.56 17 0 7 0 0 0 13.2 13 13 13 2 9 2 13 2 0 0 62 57 1.610 8.6 1.3 5.9 8.6 1.44
2001 39 PIT NL 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 102 1.000 9.0 4.5 0.0 13.5
7 Seasons 16 28 .364 4.21 317 0 194 0 0 100 324.2 314 172 152 27 133 32 307 18 2 2 1414 110 1.377 8.7 0.7 3.7 8.5 2.31
162 Game Avg. 3 6 .364 4.21 68 0 42 0 0 21 70 67 37 33 6 29 7 66 4 0 0 303 110 1.377 8.7 0.7 3.7 8.5 2.31
OAK (5 yrs) 15 24 .385 3.84 281 0 182 0 0 100 295.2 279 146 126 22 115 25 277 16 2 2 1276 120 1.333 8.5 0.7 3.5 8.4 2.41
TBD (1 yr) 1 3 .250 8.56 17 0 7 0 0 0 13.2 13 13 13 2 9 2 13 2 0 0 62 57 1.610 8.6 1.3 5.9 8.6 1.44
NYM (1 yr) 0 1 .000 8.10 18 0 5 0 0 0 13.1 20 12 12 2 9 5 14 0 0 0 68 55 2.175 13.5 1.4 6.1 9.5 1.56
PIT (1 yr) 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 102 1.000 9.0 4.5 0.0 13.5
AL (6 yrs) 16 27 .372 4.04 298 0 189 0 0 100 309.1 292 159 139 24 124 27 290 18 2 2 1338 114 1.345 8.5 0.7 3.6 8.4 2.34
NL (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 7.63 19 0 5 0 0 0 15.1 22 13 13 3 9 5 17 0 0 0 76 58 2.022 12.9 1.8 5.3 10.0 1.89

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1994 32 OAK AL 41 195 173 24 38 8 0 4 5 0 18 48 .220 .299 .335 .634 .279 58 1 2 1 1 5
1996 34 OAK AL 55 261 225 30 52 8 1 5 6 0 25 67 .231 .315 .342 .657 .301 77 3 4 4 3 4
1997 35 OAK AL 72 320 276 32 70 17 2 3 10 3 36 66 .254 .348 .362 .710 .321 100 6 5 1 2 9
1998 36 OAK AL 70 311 278 37 71 12 2 7 7 0 22 58 .255 .312 .388 .700 .294 108 7 3 3 5 4
1999 37 NYM NL 18 68 58 12 20 5 1 2 3 0 9 14 .345 .433 .569 1.002 .429 33 1 0 1 0 5
1999 37 OAK AL 43 189 167 23 48 8 1 3 8 3 14 38 .287 .346 .401 .747 .352 67 3 2 4 2 3
1999 37 TOT MLB 61 257 225 35 68 13 2 5 11 3 23 52 .302 .369 .444 .813 .371 100 4 2 5 2 8
2000 38 TBD AL 17 62 51 13 13 2 1 2 2 2 9 13 .255 .387 .451 .838 .306 23 1 2 0 0 2
2001 39 PIT NL 1 8 8 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .625 .875 .250 5 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 317 1414 1236 172 314 60 8 27 41 8 133 307 .254 .332 .381 .713 .314 471 22 18 14 13 32
162 Game Avg. 68 303 265 37 67 13 2 6 9 2 29 66 .254 .332 .381 .713 .314 101 5 4 3 3 7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1994 32 OAK AL 41 41 11 1 3 3 1 2 33% 5 2 40 12 30% 7 0.752 8 11 21 16 6 19 22 19 18 13 21 8 3.4 18
1996 34 OAK AL 55 55 30 6 3 19 17 2 89% 24 4 34 5 15% 8 1.761 28 11 15 31 8 16 22 33 22 18 25 14 3.3 19
1997 35 OAK AL 72 72 45 3 4 30 23 7 77% 37 7 48 15 31% 9 1.890 35 17 20 47 8 17 30 42 17 22 19 12 3.0 17
1998 36 OAK AL 70 70 58 4 9 37 33 4 89% 37 0 39 11 28% 9 1.575 41 12 17 45 13 12 23 47 20 16 21 18 3.1 17
1999 37 TOT MLB 61 61 43 1 6 34 26 8 76% 35 1 22 8 36% 1.800 29 12 18 44 3 14 14 47 8 14 9 13 2.8 16
1999 37 OAK AL 43 43 38 1 5 33 26 7 79% 33 0 17 7 41% 9 2.185 27 8 6 36 3 4 10 33 7 7 8 10 3.0 16
1999 37 NYM NL 18 18 5 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 5 1 20% 8 0.730 2 4 12 8 0 10 4 14 1 7 1 3 2.2 14
2000 38 TBD AL 17 17 7 1 3 2 0 2 0% 5 2 7 1 14% 8 1.514 6 2 9 7 3 7 4 13 2 6 3 5 2.4 15
2001 39 PIT NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.191 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 38
7 Seasons 317 317 194 16 28 125 100 25 80% 143 16 190 52 27% 1.598 147 65 101 191 41 85 115 202 88 89 99 70 3.1 17

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1994 32 OAK AL 195 41% 2.1% 24.6% 9.2% 6.2% 32% 0.95 1.07 63% 23% 7.5% 17% 31 1 3%
1996 34 OAK AL 261 39% 1.9% 25.7% 9.6% 5.4% 27% 0.69 0.78 60% 21% 6.7% 20% 46 3 7%
1997 35 OAK AL 320 47% 0.9% 20.6% 11.3% 6.9% 31% 1.39 1.83 65% 16% 4.5% 24% 79 6 8%
1998 36 OAK AL 311 51% 2.3% 18.7% 7.1% 6.8% 30% 0.96 1.21 70% 19% 7.4% 17% 56 7 13%
1999 37 TOT MLB 257 46% 2.0% 20.2% 9.0% 7.8% 29% 0.83 1.28 66% 21% 6.0% 12% 47 4 9%
1999 37 OAK AL 189 54% 1.6% 20.1% 7.4% 6.4% 25% 0.84 1.32 68% 21% 4.6% 7% 37 3 8%
1999 37 NYM NL 68 24% 2.9% 20.6% 13.2% 11.8% 40% 0.79 1.17 62% 18% 11.1% 25% 10 1 10%
2000 38 TBD AL 62 44% 3.2% 21.0% 14.5% 8.1% 39% 0.89 1.36 58% 21% 12.5% 16% 10 1 10%
2001 39 PIT NL 8 38% 12.5% 37.5% 0.0% 12.5% 50% 0.00 0.00 50% 40% 33.3% 25% 2 0 0%
7 Seasons 1414 45% 1.9% 21.7% 9.4% 6.7% 30% 0.95 1.21 65% 20% 6.9% 18% 271 22 8%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1994 32 OAK AL 185 715 3.86 444 62% 32% 19% 22% 27% 68% 6% 42% 72% 53% 7% 13 4 23% 42 25 0 26% 9 5 10 0 1
1996 34 OAK AL 242 960 3.97 601 63% 33% 17% 25% 25% 67% 4% 42% 75% 57% 5% 13 5 23% 55 28 1 35% 11 5 19 0 1
1997 35 OAK AL 304 1178 3.88 725 62% 33% 15% 24% 28% 67% 6% 41% 77% 59% 9% 28 15 24% 73 44 5 31% 9 5 16 0 0
1998 36 OAK AL 311 1210 3.89 767 63% 31% 15% 25% 30% 69% 2% 44% 79% 62% 3% 10 4 22% 67 34 2 33% 20 2 0 0 0
1999 37 TOT MLB 257 952 3.70 592 62% 30% 14% 25% 30% 70% 8% 43% 80% 60% 5% 13 6 18% 47 25 2 23% 10 1 0 0 0
1999 37 OAK AL 189 704 3.72 447 63% 30% 13% 26% 30% 70% 5% 44% 81% 62% 3% 6 3 18% 34 17 0 26% 8 0 0 0 0
1999 37 NYM NL 68 248 3.65 145 58% 31% 17% 21% 31% 69% 16% 40% 76% 54% 10% 7 3 19% 13 8 2 14% 2 1 0 0 0
2000 38 TBD AL 62 249 4.02 146 59% 28% 20% 26% 26% 72% 8% 42% 72% 58% 3% 2 0 19% 12 6 1 31% 0 0 0 0 0
2001 39 PIT NL 8 38 4.75 24 63% 29% 33% 17% 21% 71% 0% 45% 53% 75% 0% 0 0 50% 4 1 0 33% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1369 5302 3.87 3299 62% 32% 16% 24% 28% 68% 5% 43% 76% 59% 6% 79 34 22% 300 163 11 30% 59 18 45 0 2
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1994 32 OAK AL 195 38 3 0 4 1 8 2 2 3 1 12 4 2 33% 2 0 0 72 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1996 34 OAK AL 261 52 9 2 5 0 12 3 2 2 3 17 9 3 53% 3 1 2 107 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1997 35 OAK AL 320 70 12 1 3 0 19 1 2 2 1 25 13 4 52% 2 0 0 137 10 3 77% 9 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
1998 36 OAK AL 311 71 16 2 7 1 13 3 4 4 3 21 11 1 52% 6 0 0 118 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1999 37 TOT MLB 257 68 9 3 5 0 10 4 1 1 4 26 12 4 46% 4 1 1 95 11 3 79% 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1999 37 OAK AL 189 48 8 2 3 0 10 2 1 0 3 18 10 3 56% 4 1 0 68 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1999 37 NYM NL 68 20 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 8 2 1 25% 0 0 1 27 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2000 38 TBD AL 62 13 0 0 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 67% 0 0 0 21 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 39 PIT NL 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1414 314 49 8 27 3 66 15 12 13 14 104 51 15 49% 17 2 3 553 41 8 84% 37 6 4 1 0 1 0 0 25 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1994 32 1 3 .250 3.50 41 0 11 0 0 1 46.1 38 24 18 4 18 5 48 2 0 0 195 126 1.209 7.4 0.8 3.5 9.3 2.67 126
1995 33 1 3 .250 3.50 41 0 11 0 0 1 46.1 38 24 18 4 18 5 48 2 0 0 195 126 1.209 7.4 0.8 3.5 9.3 2.67 126
1996 34 7 6 .538 3.97 96 0 41 0 0 18 106.2 90 54 47 9 43 9 115 6 0 1 456 121 1.247 7.6 0.8 3.6 9.7 2.67 121
1997 35 10 10 .500 3.91 168 0 86 0 0 41 179.2 160 86 78 12 79 18 181 11 0 1 776 119 1.330 8.0 0.6 4.0 9.1 2.29 119
1998 36 14 19 .424 3.81 238 0 144 0 0 74 252.2 231 123 107 19 101 22 239 14 1 1 1087 121 1.314 8.2 0.7 3.6 8.5 2.37 121
1999 37 15 25 .375 4.02 299 0 187 0 0 100 309.0 299 158 138 24 124 30 291 16 2 2 1344 114 1.369 8.7 0.7 3.6 8.5 2.35 114
2000 38 16 28 .364 4.21 316 0 194 0 0 100 322.2 312 171 151 26 133 32 304 18 2 2 1406 110 1.379 8.7 0.7 3.7 8.5 2.29 110
2001 39 16 28 .364 4.21 317 0 194 0 0 100 324.2 314 172 152 27 133 32 307 18 2 2 1414 110 1.377 8.7 0.7 3.7 8.5 2.31 110

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
1994 32 4 3 .571 3.66 64.0 55 29 26 6 26 66 3 1.266 7.7 3.7 9.3 2.54 0.8 41
1996 34 3 3 .500 3.69 61.0 49 28 25 5 24 68 4 1.197 7.2 3.5 10.0 2.83 0.7 55
1997 35 4 3 .571 3.99 70.0 69 34 31 3 35 63 5 1.486 8.9 4.5 8.1 1.80 0.4 72
1998 36 5 3 .625 3.50 72.0 70 31 28 7 22 57 3 1.278 8.8 2.8 7.1 2.59 0.9 70
1999 37 2 4 .333 4.91 55.0 67 33 30 5 23 51 2 1.636 11.0 3.8 8.3 2.22 0.8 61
2000 38 0 1 .000 8.31 13.0 13 13 12 2 9 12 2 1.692 9.0 6.2 8.3 1.33 1.4 17
2001 39 0 0 3.00 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 12.0 0.0 1
7 Seasons 18 17 .514 4.07 338.0 323 169 153 28 139 321 19 1.367 8.6 8.5 2.31 0.7 317

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1997 AL--72--10th

Saves s c a p y
1997 AL--23--10th
1998 AL--33--8th
Career--100--119th

Games Finished s c a p y
1997 AL--45--9th
1998 AL--58--5th
Career--194--240th

Oldest s c a p y
2000 AL--born 1961-10-16--7th
2001 NL--born 1961-10-16--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1632), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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