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

Born: October 16, 1961 in Monticello, FL
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft.
Signed March 24, 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1994
Final Game: April 8, 2001
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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

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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
1994 32 OAK AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 35 OAK AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 36 OAK AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 37 TOT MLB 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 37 OAK AL 5 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
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 32 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) 13 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) 13 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

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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 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 (1725), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1152), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

January 11, 1980: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft. 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 and may not include some earned bonuses
1994Oakland Athletics$132,500
1996Oakland Athletics$135,000
1997Oakland Athletics$575,000
1998Oakland Athletics$1,100,000
1999Oakland Athletics$2,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,442,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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