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Bruce Taylor

Bruce Bell Taylor

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: April 16, 1953 in Holden, MA
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 5, 1977
Team: Tigers 1977-1979

Final Game: May 22, 1979
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Standard Pitching

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
1977 24 DET AL 1 0 1.000 3.38 19 0 12 0 0 2 29.1 23 11 11 2 10 3 19 1 0 0 118 128 1.125 7.1 0.6 3.1 5.8 1.90
1978 25 DET AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1979 26 DET AL 1 2 .333 4.82 10 0 8 0 0 0 18.2 16 13 10 1 7 2 8 2 0 0 81 92 1.232 7.7 0.5 3.4 3.9 1.14
3 Yrs 2 2 .500 3.86 30 0 21 0 0 2 49.0 39 24 21 3 17 5 27 3 0 0 202 114 1.143 7.2 0.6 3.1 5.0 1.59
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .500 3.86 68 0 48 0 0 5 111 88 54 48 7 39 11 61 7 0 0 458 114 1.143 7.2 0.6 3.1 5.0 1.59

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1977 24 DET AL 29.1 19 0 11 3.38 4.71 -0.08 -0.38 106.9 4.72 4 0.5 1.7 0.1 0.8 8 .524 .503 $
1978 25 DET AL 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 3.63 0.10 -0.30 106.0 3.43 0 0.0 .0 -0.0 0.0 0 .543 .500 $
1979 26 DET AL 18.2 10 0 13 6.27 4.76 -0.04 -0.38 101.8 4.50 -4 -0.4 1.5 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .464 .498 $
3 Seasons 49.0 30 0 24 4.41 4.71 -0.07 -0.38 104.9 4.61 1 0.1 1.6 -0.0 0.5 7 .505 .500 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1977 24 DET AL 19 118 105 11 23 2 2 2 2 1 10 19 .219 .293 .333 .626 .250 35 2 1 2 0 3 1
1978 25 DET AL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 26 DET AL 10 81 66 13 16 5 0 1 1 1 7 8 .242 .325 .364 .688 .254 24 1 2 4 2 2 1
3 Yrs 30 202 174 24 39 7 2 3 3 2 17 27 .224 .301 .339 .640 .247 59 3 3 6 2 5 2
162 Game Avg. 68 458 394 54 88 16 5 7 7 5 39 61 .224 .301 .339 .640 .247 134 7 7 14 5 11 5
MLB Averages .263 .328 .392 .720 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1977 24 DET AL 3.5 0.4 121 0.0 2.4 -2.4 1.09 0.7 -0.7 6.7 0.7 1.09 8.3 9 1 9
1978 25 DET AL 0.6 0.1 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 .03 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.03 0.8 0 0 1
1979 26 DET AL -1.6 -0.2 83 0.0 1.2 -1.2 .94 -0.0 0.1 -1.2 -0.1 0.94 -1.0 4 3 2
3 Yrs 2.5 0.3 207 0.0 3.6 -3.6 1.01 0.8 -0.7 6.0 0.6 1.01 8.1 13 4 12

Reliever Pitching*

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
1977 24 DET AL 19 19 12 1 0 3 2 1 67% 6 3 19 4 21% 8 1.092 9 1 9 6 3 10 13 6 9 6 10 3 4.6
1978 25 DET AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .030 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1979 26 DET AL 10 10 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 2 13% 7 .938 4 3 2 0 2 8 8 2 8 2 9 0 5.6
3 Yrs 30 30 21 2 2 3 2 1 67% 6 3 35 6 17% 1.014 13 4 12 6 5 19 21 9 17 8 19 3 4.9

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1977 24 DET AL 118 57% 1.7% 16.1% 8.5% 5.1% 26% 0.69 71% 23 2 9%
1978 25 DET AL 3 33% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.50 100% 0 0
1979 26 DET AL 81 62% 1.2% 9.9% 8.6% 7.4% 38% 0.68 73% 22 1 5%
3 Yrs 202 58% 1.5% 13.4% 8.4% 5.9% 31% 0.68 72% 45 3 7%
MLB Averages 45% 2.1% 12.9% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.10 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1977 24 DET AL 118 23 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 9 1 2 11% 1 0 0 52 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 25 DET AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 26 DET AL 81 16 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 10 7 1 70% 1 0 1 41 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
3 Yrs 202 39 3 0 3 1 2 1 2 19 8 3 42% 2 0 1 93 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MLB Averages 52% 64%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1977 24 1 0 1.000 3.38 19 0 12 0 0 2 29.1 23 11 11 2 10 3 19 1 0 0 118 128 1.125 7.1 0.6 3.1 5.8 1.90 128
1978 25 1 0 1.000 3.26 20 0 13 0 0 2 30.1 23 11 11 2 10 3 19 1 0 0 121 134 1.088 6.8 0.6 3.0 5.6 1.90 134
1979 26 2 2 .500 3.86 30 0 21 0 0 2 49.0 39 24 21 3 17 5 27 3 0 0 202 114 1.143 7.2 0.6 3.1 5.0 1.59 114

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1977 24 2 1 .667 3.54 28.0 23 12 11 2 10 18 1 1.179 7.4 3.2 5.8 1.80 0.6 19
1978 25 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
1979 26 1 1 .500 4.74 19.0 16 11 10 1 7 8 2 1.211 7.6 3.3 3.8 1.14 0.5 10
3 Yrs 3 2 .600 3.94 48.0 39 23 21 3 17 26 3 1.167 7.3 4.9 1.53 0.6 30

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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