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Chuck Taylor

Charles Gilbert Taylor

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 18, 1942 in Shelbyville, TN
School: Middle Tennessee State University (Murfreesboro, TN)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 27, 1969
Teams (by GP): Expos/Cardinals/Mets/Brewers 1969-1976

Final Game: October 3, 1976
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Standard Batting

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
1961	19	STL-min	D-	12	20	20		2	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200		2							JOH · APPY
1962	20	STL-min	C	20	56	52	3	12	2	0	0	10	0		0	14	.231	.245	.269	.515		14		1	3	0	0		WPG · NORL
1963	21	STL-min	AA	35	56	52	6	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	17	.212	.268	.231	.499		12							TUL · TL
1964	22	HOU-min	AA,AAA	35	61	60	7	11	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	21	.183	.197	.250	.447		15		0	0	0			SAN,OKC · TL,PCL
1965	23	STL-HOU-min	AAA,AA	33	49	42	1	5	1	0	1	5	0	0	4	20	.119	.213	.214	.427		9		1	2	0			JCK,AMA,OKC · IL,TL,PCL
1966	24	STL-min	AA,AAA	51	10	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.200	.300		2		0	0	0			ARK,TUL · TL,PCL
1967	25	CHW-min	AAA	22	52	48	1	6	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	20	.125	.157	.146	.303		7		0	1	1			INA · PCL
1968	26	STL-min	AAA	34	88	80	7	14	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	18	.175	.193	.175	.368		14		0	5	1			TUL · PCL
1969	27	STL-min	AAA	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			TUL · AA
1969	27	STL	NL	27	42	39	0	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	14	.179	.200	.231	.431	21	9	0	0	2	0	0	1
1970	28	STL	NL	56	30	26	3	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	.115	.148	.154	.302	-19	4	2	0	3	0	0	1
1971	29	STL	NL	43	12	12	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.333	.500	36	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1972	30	NYM-min	AAA	26	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.143	.393		1		0	2	0			TID · IL
1972	30	TOT	MLB	25	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1972	30	NYM	NL	20	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1972	30	MIL	AL	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	203	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1973	31	WSN-min	AAA	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			PNS · IL
1973	31	MON	NL	8	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0	/1
1974	32	MON	NL	61	15	10	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.300	.364	.400	.764	110	4	0	0	4	0	0	1
1975	33	MON	NL	54	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	34	WSN-min	AAA	37	14	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.000	.167	.000	.167		0		0	2	0			DEN · AA
1976	34	MON	NL	31	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8 Yrs				305	115	101	5	16	4	1	0	10	0	0	3	34	.158	.183	.218	.401	10	22	2	0	11	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	61	54	3	8	2	1	0	5	0	0	2	18	.158	.183	.218	.401	10	12	1	0	6	0	0

MON (4 yrs)				154	26	19	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.158	.200	.211	.411	13	4	0	0	6	0	0
STL (3 yrs)				126	84	77	4	12	3	1	0	7	0	0	2	26	.156	.177	.221	.398	9	17	2	0	5	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				20	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
MIL (1 yr)				5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	203	1	0	0	0	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				300	113	99	5	15	4	1	0	9	0	0	3	34	.152	.176	.212	.389	7	21	2	0	11	0	0
AL (1 yr)				5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	203	1	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1969	27	STL	NL	27	42	-4	-1	1	0	5	0	0.1	1	2	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	2	$	1
1970	28	STL	NL	56	30	-5	0	-0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.497	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1971	29	STL	NL	43	12	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1972	30	NYM	NL	20	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$20,000	1
1972	30	MIL	AL	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	.510	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1973	31	MON	NL	8	6	-2	-0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.485	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$20,000	/1
1974	32	MON	NL	61	15	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.503	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	1
1975	33	MON	NL	54	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
1976	34	MON	NL	31	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
8 Seasons				305	115	-14	-0	0	0	13	-1	-0.1	4	3	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.2	3	$40,000

MON (4 yrs)				154	26	-3	-0	0	0	3	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$20,000
STL (3 yrs)				126	84	-11	-0	0	0	10	-1	-0.0	3	2	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	2	$
NYM (1 yr)				20	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$20,000
MIL (1 yr)				5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	.510	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1969	27	STL	NL	42	34	2	1.6	95	.280	.179	.259	.200	.330	.231	.385	.431	.714	21	.145	-4.2	-0.4	.313	.077	.051
1970	28	STL	NL	30	28	0	0.0	105	.158	.115	.269	.148	.343	.154	.411	.302	.754	-19	.000	-4.5	-0.4	.200	.077	.038
1971	29	STL	NL	12	10	1	2.7	96	.286	.167	.264	.167	.331	.333	.387	.500	.718	36	.320	-1.2	-0.1	.400	.167	.167
1972	30	TOT	MLB	5	4	1	6.8	86	.250	.200	.249	.200	.317	.200	.365	.400	.682	18	.732	-0.6	-0.0	.250	.000	.000
1972	30	NYM	NL	3	3	0	0.0	89	.000	.000	.253	.000	.321	.000	.374	.000	.695	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1972	30	MIL	AL	2	1	1	26.9	81	.500	.500	.244	.500	.312	.500	.351	1.000	.662	203	.975	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1973	31	MON	NL	6	6	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.266	.000	.336	.000	.396	.000	.731	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1974	32	MON	NL	15	11	2	4.9	99	.429	.300	.268	.364	.341	.400	.388	.764	.728	110	.565	0.2	0.0	.714	.200	.100
1975	33	MON	NL	2	2	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.270	.000	.342	.000	.390	.000	.732	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1976	34	MON	NL	3	3	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.268	.000	.336	.000	.383	.000	.718	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
8 Yrs				115	98	6	1.6	98	.239	.158	.264	.183	.334	.218	.392	.401	.726	10	.148	-12.8	-1.3	.287	.089	.059
162 Game Avg.				61	52	3	1.6	98	.239	.158	.264	.183	.334	.218	.392	.401	.726	10	.148	-12.8	-1.3	.287	.089	.059

MON (4 yrs)				26	22	2	2.5	98	.250	.158	.268	.200	.339	.211	.389	.411	.728	13	.268	-2.3	-0.2	.313	.105	.053
STL (3 yrs)				84	72	3	1.1	98	.235	.156	.264	.177	.334	.221	.394	.398	.728	9	.078	-9.9	-1.0	.284	.091	.065
NYM (1 yr)				3	3	0	0.0	89	.000	.000	.253	.000	.321	.000	.374	.000	.695	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
MIL (1 yr)				2	1	1	26.9	81	.500	.500	.244	.500	.312	.500	.351	1.000	.662	203	.975	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000

NL (8 yrs)				113	97	5	1.4	98	.231	.152	.264	.176	.335	.212	.392	.389	.727	7	.112	-13.0	-1.3	.279	.091	.061
AL (1 yr)				2	1	1	26.9	81	.500	.500	.244	.500	.312	.500	.351	1.000	.662	203	.975	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1969	27	STL	NL	42	0.0%	33.3%	2.4%	4.8%	29%	14.00	2.8		19.5	1.33	60%
1970	28	STL	NL	30	0.0%	23.3%	3.3%	3.3%	33%	7.00	3.7		8.7	2.50	63%
1971	29	STL	NL	12	0.0%	41.7%	0.0%	8.3%	50%		2.4		6.0	4.00	58%
1972	30	TOT	MLB	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0		5.0		80%
1972	30	NYM	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0				67%
1972	30	MIL	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				2.0		100%
1973	31	MON	NL	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.50	33%
1974	32	MON	NL	15	0.0%	20.0%	6.7%	6.7%	33%	3.00	3.3		5.0	2.50	47%
1975	33	MON	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				50%
1976	34	MON	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			0.00	67%
8 Yrs				115	0.0%	29.6%	2.6%	4.4%	31%	11.33	3.0		10.1	1.86	58%
MLB Averages					1.9%	14.0%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	1.59	6.4	46.2	9.0	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1969	27	STL	NL	-4.2	-0.4	43	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.84	-0.5	0.0	-5.9	-0.6	1.07	-4.9
1970	28	STL	NL	-4.6	-0.4	31	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	1.00	-0.4	-0.0	-3.9	-0.4	0.97	-4.8
1971	29	STL	NL	-1.2	-0.1	13	0.0	0.2	-0.2	.78	-0.0	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.90	-0.6
1972	30	TOT	MLB	-0.6	-0.0	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.18	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.0	1.09	-0.3
1972	30	NYM	NL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.29	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	-0.1	1.19	-0.7
1972	30	MIL	AL	0.2	0.0	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	.02	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.1	0.94	0.5
1973	31	MON	NL	-1.1	-0.1	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.65	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.99	-1.0
1974	32	MON	NL	0.2	0.0	15	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.03	-0.0	-0.1	0.2	0.0	1.07	-0.2
1975	33	MON	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.20	-0.1	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.50	-0.5
1976	34	MON	NL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.99	-0.1	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.83	-0.8
8 Yrs				-12.8	-1.3	118	-1.0	1.0	-2.0	.85	-1.2	0.0	-11.3	-1.2	1.00	-13.1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	PO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndS3
1969	27	STL	NL	0%	15	1	0	0%	3	3	0	0
1970	28	STL	NL	75%	6	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0
1971	29	STL	NL	50%	1	0	1		0	0	0	0
1972	30	TOT	MLB	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0
1972	30	NYM	NL		0	0	0		0	0	0	0
1972	30	MIL	AL	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0
1973	31	MON	NL		0	0	0	0%	0	0	1	1
1974	32	MON	NL	25%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0
1975	33	MON	NL		0	0	0		0	0	0	0
1976	34	MON	NL		0	0	0		0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				26%	26	1	2	0%	4	4	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1969	27	STL	NL	42	24%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	11	0	0%	11	4	36%	29	2	7%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
1970	28	STL	NL	30	23%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	8	2	25%	7	2	29%	19	3	16%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1971	29	STL	NL	12	42%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		7	2	29%	0	0		0	0		0
1972	30	TOT	MLB	5	20%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	1	25%	0	0		0	0		0
1972	30	NYM	NL	3	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1972	30	MIL	AL	2	50%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		0	0		0
1973	31	MON	NL	6	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1974	32	MON	NL	15	27%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	5	0	0%	3	1	33%	15	2	13%	2	2	100%	0	0		0
1975	33	MON	NL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1976	34	MON	NL	3	67%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				115	28%	16			0	0	0	0		0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	14	11	79%	27	2	7%	23	8	35%	80	10	13%	6	4	67%	2	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			75%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1969	27	27	42	39	0	7	2	0	2	1	14	.179	.200	.231	.431	21	9	0	2
1970	28	83	72	65	3	10	3	0	5	2	21	.154	.179	.200	.379	4	13	2	5
1971	29	126	84	77	4	12	3	1	7	2	26	.156	.177	.221	.398	9	17	2	5
1972	30	151	89	82	4	13	3	1	8	2	27	.159	.179	.220	.398	10	18	2	5
1973	31	159	95	86	4	13	3	1	8	2	29	.151	.170	.209	.380	4	18	2	7
1974	32	220	110	96	5	16	4	1	10	3	32	.167	.192	.229	.421	16	22	2	11
1975	33	274	112	98	5	16	4	1	10	3	33	.163	.188	.224	.413	14	22	2	11
1976	34	305	115	101	5	16	4	1	10	3	34	.158	.183	.218	.401	10	22	2	11

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1969	27	27	42	39	0	7	2	0	2	1	14	.179	.200	.231	.431	2	27
1970	28	56	31	27	5	4	1	0	5	1	7	.148	.179	.185	.364	1	56
1971	29	43	12	12	1	2	0	1	3	0	5	.167	.167	.333	.500	1	43
1972	30	26	7	7	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	.429	.429	.429	.857	1	25
1973	31	8	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8
1974	32	61	14	9	1	2	1	0	1	1	3	.222	.300	.333	.633	1	61
1975	33	54	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	54
1976	34	31	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	31
8 Yrs		306	117	103	7	18	4	1	13	3	34	.175	.198	.233	.431	6	305
162 Game Avg.		162	62	55	4	10	2	1	7	2	18	.175	.198	.233	.431	3	305

* 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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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
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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