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Billy Taylor

William Howell Taylor

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Mets/DevilRays/Pirates 1994-2001

Final Game: April 8, 2001
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1980	18	TEX-min	Rk,A	0	2	.000	4.78	20	4		0	0	0	49.0	60	38	26	3	25	0	34	3	2	4			1.735	11.0	0.6	4.6	6.2	1.36	RGS,AVL · GULF,SALL
1981	19	TEX-min	A,Rk	5	9	.357	3.77	26	23	0	1	0	0	117.0	118	66	49	2	64	0	79	8	0	14			1.556	9.1	0.2	4.9	6.1	1.23	AVL,RGS · SALL,GULF
1982	20	SEA-TEX-min	A	7	9	.438	4.18	37	9	14	2	0	9	112.0	100	64	52	8	63	1	95	6	1	8			1.455	8.0	0.6	5.1	7.6	1.51	WAU,BUR · MIDW
1983	21	TEX-SDP-min	AA,A	6	9	.400	6.65	28	19	3	1	0	0	117.2	116	99	87	14	93	1	117	7	2	9			1.776	8.9	1.1	7.1	8.9	1.26	TUL,SAL · TL,CARL
1984	22	TEX-min	AA	5	3	.625	3.82	42	2	28	0	0	7	80.0	65	38	34	8	51	6	80	2	2	7			1.450	7.3	0.9	5.7	9.0	1.57	TUL · TL
1985	23	TEX-min	AA	3	9	.250	3.47	20	17	0	2	0	0	103.2	84	55	40	7	48	1	87	2	4	4			1.273	7.3	0.6	4.2	7.6	1.81	TUL · TL
1986	24	TEX-min	AAA,AA	8	12	.400	4.34	27	27	0	3	1	0	170.0	159	96	82	13	94	3	132	3	6	7			1.488	8.4	0.7	5.0	7.0	1.40	OKC,TUL · AA,TL
1987	25	TEX-min	AAA	12	9	.571	5.61	28	28	0	0	0	0	168.1	198	122	105	10	91	0	100	2	2	8			1.717	10.6	0.5	4.9	5.3	1.10	OKC · AA
1988	26	TEX-min	AAA	4	8	.333	5.49	20	12	4	1	1	1	82.0	98	55	50	4	35	1	42	2	6	2			1.622	10.8	0.4	3.8	4.6	1.20	OKC · AA
1989	27	SDP-min	AAA	7	4	.636	5.13	47	0	22	0	0	1	79.0	93	48	45	5	27	5	71	2	3	1			1.519	10.6	0.6	3.1	8.1	2.63	LVG · PCL
1990	28	ATL-min	A+,AAA	0	0		2.45	7	0	3	0	0	0	11.0	12	3	3	0	1	1	10	0	1	0			1.182	9.8	0.0	0.8	8.2	10.00	DHM,RMD · CARL,IL
1991	29	ATL-min	AA	6	2	.750	1.51	59	0	44	0	0	22	77.1	49	16	13	1	15	2	65	3	1	3	295		0.828	5.7	0.1	1.7	7.6	4.33	GRV · SOUL
1992	30	ATL-min	AAA	2	3	.400	2.28	47	0	27	0	0	12	79.0	72	27	20	5	27	3	82	0	0	0	332		1.253	8.2	0.6	3.1	9.3	3.04	RMD · IL
1993	31	ATL-min	AAA	2	4	.333	1.98	59	0	55	0	0	26	68.1	56	19	15	3	26	7	81	2	0	1	282		1.200	7.4	0.4	3.4	10.7	3.12	RMD · IL
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	127	1.209	7.4	0.8	3.5	9.3	2.67

1996	34	OAK-min	AAA	0	0		0.79	7	0	5	0	0	4	11.1	10	1	1	0	3	0	13	0	0	0	45		1.147	7.9	0.0	2.4	10.3	4.33	EDM · PCL
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	117	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	127	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	93	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	116	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	56	2.175	13.5	1.4	6.1	9.5	1.56
2000	38	TBD-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	4.17	42	0	36	0	0	26	45.1	47	22	21	7	17	5	47	0	0	2	194		1.412	9.3	1.4	3.4	9.3	2.76	DHM · IL
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	59	1.610	8.6	1.3	5.9	8.6	1.44
2001	39	PIT-min	AAA	0	3	.000	7.20	20	0	16	0	0	8	20.0	29	17	16	4	3	1	16	1	0	0	92		1.600	13.0	1.8	1.4	7.2	5.33	NVL · PCL
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	119	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	121	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	59	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	56	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	119	1.000	9.0	4.5	0.0	13.5

AL (6 yrs)			AL	16	27	.372	4.04	298	0	189	0	0	100	309.1	292	159	139	24	124	27	290	18	2	2	1338	115	1.345	8.5	0.7	3.6	8.4	2.34
NL (2 yrs)			NL	0	1	.000	7.63	19	0	5	0	0	0	15.1	22	13	13	3	9	5	17	0	0	0	76	61	2.022	12.9	1.8	5.3	10.0	1.89

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1994	32	OAK	AL	46.1	0	24	30	1	.7	6	0.2	$132,500

1996	34	OAK	AL	60.1	0	30	47	-2	1.8	17	1.4	$135,000
1997	35	OAK	AL	73.0	0	32	51	-4	1.9	19	1.9	$575,000
1998	36	OAK	AL	73.0	0	37	51	-3	1.6	14	1.0	$1,100,000
1999	37	OAK	AL	43.0	0	23	30	-1	2.2	7	0.5	$2,500,000
1999	37	NYM	NL	13.1	0	12	8	0	.7	-4	-0.4	$
2000	38	TBD	AL	13.2	0	13	9	0	1.5	-4	-0.6	$
2001	39	PIT	NL	2.0	0	1	1	0	.2	0	0.0	$
7 Seasons				324.2	0	172	227	-9	1.6	55	4.0	$4,442,500

OAK (5 yrs)				295.2	0	146	209	-9	1.7	63	5.0	$4,442,500
TBD (1 yr)				13.2	0	13	9	0	1.5	-4	-0.6	$
NYM (1 yr)				13.1	0	12	8	0	.7	-4	-0.4	$
PIT (1 yr)				2.0	0	1	1	0	.2	0	0.0	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1980	18	TEX-min	A,Rk	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0		AVL,RGS · SALL,GULF
1981	19	TEX-min	A,Rk	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0	AVL,RGS · SALL,GULF
1982	20	SEA-TEX-min	A	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0	WAU,BUR · MIDW
1983	21	TEX-SDP-min	AA,A	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0	TUL,SAL · TL,CARL
1984	22	TEX-min	AA	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0	TUL · TL
1985	23	TEX-min	AA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0	TUL · TL
1986	24	TEX-min	AA,AAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0	TUL,OKC · TL,AA
1987	25	TEX-min	AAA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0	OKC · AA
1988	26	TEX-min	AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0	OKC · AA
1989	27	SDP-min	AAA	47	7	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.333	.429	.333	.762	2		0	0	0	0	LVG · PCL
1990	28	ATL-min	AAA,A+	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0	RMD,DHM · IL,CARL
1991	29	ATL-min	AA	59	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0	0	GRV · SOUL
1992	30	ATL-min	AAA	47	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0	RMD · IL
1993	31	ATL-min	AAA	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	RMD · IL
1994	32	OAK	AL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1996	34	OAK-min	AAA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	EDM · PCL
1996	34	OAK	AL	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	35	OAK	AL	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	36	OAK	AL	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	37	TOT	MLB	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	37	OAK	AL	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	37	NYM	NL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	38	TBD-min	AAA	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	DHM · IL
2000	38	TBD	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	39	PIT-min	AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	NVL · PCL
2001	39	PIT	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
7 Seasons				317	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

OAK (5 yrs)				281	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
TBD (1 yr)				17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
PIT (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				298	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%
1994	OAK	AL	32	P	41	46.1	5	2	3	0	1.000	0.97	0.12	.956	1.71	1.71	5	0	0%
1996	OAK	AL	34	P	55	60.1	13	4	9	0	1.000	1.94	0.24	.960	1.78	1.76	6	0	0%
1997	OAK	AL	35	P	72	73.0	16	3	13	1	1.000	1.97	0.22	.955	1.71	1.69	10	3	23%
1998	OAK	AL	36	P	70	73.0	12	4	8	2	1.000	1.48	0.17	.958	1.78	1.76	7	0	0%
1999	TOT	MLB	37	P	61	56.1	8	1	7	0	1.000	1.28	0.13	.951	1.69	1.68	11	3	21%
1999	OAK	AL	37	P	43	43.0	6	1	5	0	1.000	1.26	0.14	.952	1.70	1.66	8	3	27%
1999	NYM	NL	37	P	18	13.1	2	0	2	0	1.000	1.35	0.11	.950	1.69	1.71	3	0	0%
2000	TBD	AL	38	P	17	13.2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0.66	0.06	.960	1.65	1.60	2	2	50%
2001	PIT	NL	39	P	1	2.0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.70	0	0
	7 Seasons			P	317	324.2	55	15	40	3	1.000	1.52	0.17	.957	1.73	1.71	41	8	16%
	7 Seasons			TOT	317	324.2	55	15	40	3	1.000	1.52	0.17	.957	1.73	1.71	41	8	16%

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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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 (125th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1997 AL 45 (9th) 1998 AL 58 (5th) Career 194 (250th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1996 AL 1.000 (1st)
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 Ink	Pitching - 7 (1666), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

January 11, 1980: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft (January). Player signed March 24, 1980.
October 22, 1988: Granted Free Agency.
March 30, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
October 22, 1989: Granted Free Agency.
August 16, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
December 7, 1992: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Atlanta Braves in the 1992 rule 5 draft.
April 3, 1993: Returned (earlier draft pick) by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Atlanta Braves.
October 15, 1993: Granted Free Agency.
December 13, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
July 31, 1999: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the New York Mets for Jason Isringhausen and Greg McMichael.
December 21, 1999: Granted Free Agency.
February 4, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
March 23, 2000: Released by the Colorado Rockies.
March 31, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
October 10, 2000: Granted Free Agency.
February 1, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
April 2, 2001: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
April 3, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
October 8, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1994	32	Oakland Athletics	$132,500	1996 Joint Exhibit 1

1996	34	Oakland Athletics	$135,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1997	35	Oakland Athletics	$575,000	1997 AP survey
1998	36	Oakland Athletics	$1,100,000	4/3/98 USA Today
1999	37	Oakland Athletics	$2,500,000	4/6/99 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$4,442,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

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