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Chuck Taylor
Charles Gilbert Taylor

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

Born: April 18, 1942 in Murfreesboro, TN
School: Middle Tennessee State University
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 27, 1969
Final Game: October 3, 1976
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Chuck Taylor
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Minors
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- 1969
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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
1969	27	STL	NL	7	5	.583	2.56	27	13	5	5	1	0	126.2	108	39	36	8	30	5	62	3	0	1	500	139	1.089	7.7	0.6	2.1	4.4	2.07
1970	28	STL	NL	6	7	.462	3.11	56	7	22	1	1	8	124.1	116	47	43	5	31	10	64	2	0	3	500	133	1.182	8.4	0.4	2.2	4.6	2.06
1971	29	STL	NL	3	1	.750	3.53	43	1	11	0	0	3	71.1	72	32	28	7	25	5	46	1	1	3	303	102	1.360	9.1	0.9	3.2	5.8	1.84
1972	30	TOT	MLB	0	0		4.43	25	0	11	0	0	3	42.2	52	21	21	2	12	3	14	2	0	0	187	74	1.500	11.0	0.4	2.5	3.0	1.17
1972	30	NYM	NL	0	0		5.52	20	0	8	0	0	2	31.0	44	19	19	2	9	3	9	1	0	0	143	61	1.710	12.8	0.6	2.6	2.6	1.00
1972	30	MIL	AL	0	0		1.54	5	0	3	0	0	1	11.2	8	2	2	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	44	195	0.943	6.2	0.0	2.3	3.9	1.67
1973	31	MON	NL	2	0	1.000	1.77	8	0	4	0	0	0	20.1	17	4	4	3	2	1	10	0	0	0	77	216	0.934	7.5	1.3	0.9	4.4	5.00
1974	32	MON	NL	6	2	.750	2.17	61	0	39	0	0	11	107.2	101	27	26	8	25	8	43	3	1	0	438	177	1.170	8.4	0.7	2.1	3.6	1.72
1975	33	MON	NL	2	2	.500	3.53	54	0	28	0	0	6	74.0	72	32	29	6	24	5	29	1	0	0	308	109	1.297	8.8	0.7	2.9	3.5	1.21
1976	34	MON	NL	2	3	.400	4.50	31	0	13	0	0	0	40.0	38	20	20	4	13	4	14	0	0	2	158	83	1.275	8.6	0.9	2.9	3.2	1.08
8 Seasons				28	20	.583	3.07	305	21	133	6	2	31	607.0	576	222	207	43	162	41	282	12	2	9	2471	123	1.216	8.5	0.6	2.4	4.2	1.74
162 Game Avg.				6	4	.583	3.07	64	4	28	1	0	6	127	120	46	43	9	34	9	59	3	0	2	515	123	1.216	8.5	0.6	2.4	4.2	1.74

MON (4 yrs)				12	7	.632	2.94	154	0	84	0	0	17	242.0	228	83	79	21	64	18	96	4	1	2	981	130	1.207	8.5	0.8	2.4	3.6	1.50
STL (3 yrs)				16	13	.552	2.99	126	21	38	6	2	11	322.1	296	118	107	20	86	20	172	6	1	7	1303	127	1.185	8.3	0.6	2.4	4.8	2.00
NYM (1 yr)				0	0		5.52	20	0	8	0	0	2	31.0	44	19	19	2	9	3	9	1	0	0	143	61	1.710	12.8	0.6	2.6	2.6	1.00
MIL (1 yr)				0	0		1.54	5	0	3	0	0	1	11.2	8	2	2	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	44	195	0.943	6.2	0.0	2.3	3.9	1.67

NL (8 yrs)				28	20	.583	3.10	300	21	130	6	2	30	595.1	568	220	205	43	159	41	277	11	2	9	2427	122	1.221	8.6	0.7	2.4	4.2	1.74
AL (1 yr)				0	0		1.54	5	0	3	0	0	1	11.2	8	2	2	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	44	195	0.943	6.2	0.0	2.3	3.9	1.67

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
1969	27	STL	NL	27	500	459	39	108	19	0	8	7	5	30	62	.235	.285	.329	.614	.255	151	16	3	5	3	5
1970	28	STL	NL	56	500	454	47	116	15	6	5	5	4	31	64	.256	.303	.348	.651	.285	158	15	2	9	4	10
1971	29	STL	NL	43	303	270	32	72	8	6	7	3	5	25	46	.267	.327	.419	.745	.294	113	7	1	3	4	5
1972	30	MIL	AL	5	44	40	2	8	2	0	0	0	0	3	5	.200	.273	.250	.523	.229	10	3	1	0	0	0
1972	30	NYM	NL	20	143	129	19	44	6	0	2	0	1	9	9	.341	.386	.434	.820	.353	56	4	1	3	1	3
1972	30	TOT	MLB	25	187	169	21	52	8	0	2	0	1	12	14	.308	.359	.391	.749	.325	66	7	2	3	1	3
1973	31	MON	NL	8	77	74	4	17	1	0	3	0	0	2	10	.230	.250	.365	.615	.230	27	2	0	1	0	1
1974	32	MON	NL	61	437	394	27	101	14	2	8	5	4	25	43	.256	.301	.363	.664	.266	143	9	3	9	6	8
1975	33	MON	NL	54	308	273	32	72	5	4	6	5	2	24	29	.264	.321	.377	.698	.273	103	11	1	6	4	5
1976	34	MON	NL	31	158	139	20	38	4	1	4	2	1	13	14	.273	.333	.403	.736	.279	56	9	0	5	1	4
8 Seasons				305	2470	2232	222	576	74	19	43	27	22	162	282	.258	.309	.366	.675	.276	817	76	12	41	23	41
162 Game Avg.				64	515	466	46	120	15	4	9	6	5	34	59	.258	.309	.366	.675	.276	170	16	3	9	5	9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1969	27	STL	NL	27	13	6	5	2	0	0	6	7	.462	1	0	5	1	7	54%	57	83	31	5	0	4	5	2.9	3.6	7.4
1970	28	STL	NL	56	7	2	2	3	1	0	3	4	.429	1	1	1	1	4	57%	54	82	26	19	8	2	1	3.3	3.6	6.0
1971	29	STL	NL	43	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	42	42	42	16	6	0	0	6.0	7.2	4.7
3 Seasons				126	21	8	7	6	1	0	10	11	.476	2	1	6	2	11	52%	55	83	26	40	14	6	6	3.2	3.7	6.8
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%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1969	27	STL	NL	27	14	5	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	13	3	23%	6	0.972	1	4	8	0	0	14	7	7	11	1	11	2	6.5
1970	28	STL	NL	56	49	22	4	5	11	8	3	73%	12	1	43	17	40%	7	1.194	20	15	14	13	9	27	27	22	22	11	24	8	5.0
1971	29	STL	NL	43	42	11	3	1	5	3	2	60%	8	3	54	17	31%	4	0.871	15	5	22	9	4	29	27	15	22	15	22	8	4.8
1972	30	TOT	MLB	25	25	11	0	0	3	3	0	100%	3	0	22	7	32%		0.505	4	3	18	4	1	20	12	13	13	3	15	4	5.1
1972	30	NYM	NL	20	20	8	0	0	2	2	0	100%	2	0	20	5	25%	8	0.614	3	3	14	3	1	16	11	9	10	2	12	4	4.7
1972	30	MIL	AL	5	5	3	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	2	2	100%	7	0.152	1	0	4	1	0	4	1	4	3	1	3	0	7.0
1973	31	MON	NL	8	8	4	2	0	1	0	1	0%	2	1	7	0	0%	7	1.409	3	2	3	4	0	4	4	4	5	2	5	2	7.6
1974	32	MON	NL	61	61	39	6	2	14	11	3	79%	19	5	53	28	53%	8	1.256	21	21	19	24	8	29	28	33	32	8	34	16	5.3
1975	33	MON	NL	54	54	28	2	2	10	6	4	60%	10	0	57	24	42%	8	1.051	20	6	27	10	8	36	28	26	26	13	27	17	4.1
1976	34	MON	NL	31	31	13	2	3	0	0	0		1	1	39	6	15%	9	0.853	5	5	21	1	5	25	20	11	13	11	15	14	3.9
8 Seasons				305	284	133	20	13	44	31	13	70%	55	11	288	102	35%		1.035	89	61	132	65	35	184	153	131	144	64	153	71	4.9

Ratio Pitching*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1969	27	STL	NL	500	42%	1.6%	12.4%	6.0%	5.4%	25%	1.01	78%	92	16	17%
1970	28	STL	NL	500	41%	1.0%	12.8%	6.2%	5.2%	22%	1.31	78%	107	15	14%
1971	29	STL	NL	303	36%	2.3%	15.2%	8.3%	6.9%	29%	1.61	73%	57	7	12%
1972	30	TOT	MLB	187	34%	1.1%	7.5%	6.4%	5.4%	19%	1.11	82%	44	7	16%
1972	30	NYM	NL	143	35%	1.4%	6.3%	6.3%	5.6%	18%	1.16	83%	35	4	11%
1972	30	MIL	AL	44	32%	0.0%	11.4%	6.8%	4.6%	25%	1.00	80%	9	3	33%
1973	31	MON	NL	77	44%	3.9%	13.0%	2.6%	5.2%	24%	1.17	79%	12	2	17%
1974	32	MON	NL	438	47%	1.8%	9.8%	5.7%	5.5%	24%	0.94	80%	100	9	9%
1975	33	MON	NL	308	41%	2.0%	9.4%	7.8%	4.9%	21%	1.53	79%	70	11	16%
1976	34	MON	NL	158	46%	2.5%	8.9%	8.2%	5.7%	24%	1.26	77%	43	9	21%
8 Seasons				2471	41%	1.7%	11.4%	6.6%	5.5%	24%	1.19	78%	525	76	14%
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
1969	27	STL	NL	500	108			8	0	6	5	3	4	4	16	8	1	50%	5	1	1	183	7	5	58%	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1970	28	STL	NL	500	116			5	0	12	1	4	1	4	30	21	1	70%	6	3	0	181	5	4	56%	5	3	0	0	0	1	3	1	8	0
1971	29	STL	NL	303	72			7	0	18	5	2	2	5	23	9	3	39%	4	3	1	107	3	5	38%	2	4	1	1	0	0	2	2	10	0
1972	30	TOT	MLB	187	52			2	0	7	0	2	2	0	13	6	0	46%	2	0	1	86	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1972	30	NYM	NL	143	44			2	0	6	0	2	2	0	12	6	0	50%	2	0	0	72	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1972	30	MIL	AL	44	8			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0%	0	0	1	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1973	31	MON	NL	77	17			3	0	4	1	2	3	0	3	0	0	0%	0	0	0	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	32	MON	NL	438	101			8	1	20	7	1	3	5	32	17	3	53%	2	0	0	182	5	4	56%	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1975	33	MON	NL	308	72			6	0	23	3	3	2	4	29	17	3	59%	4	0	0	115	5	2	71%	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	0
1976	34	MON	NL	158	38			4	0	7	1	3	2	2	20	8	2	40%	1	2	0	69	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
8 Seasons				2471	576			43	1	97	23	20	19	24	166	86	13	52%	24	9	3	947	27	22	55%	22	19	5	2	0	1	6	3	47	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+
1969	27	7	5	.583	2.56	27	13	5	5	1	0	126.2	108	39	36	8	30	5	62	3	0	1	500	139	1.089	7.7	0.6	2.1	4.4	2.07	139
1970	28	13	12	.520	2.83	83	20	27	6	2	8	251.0	224	86	79	13	61	15	126	5	0	4	1000	136	1.135	8.0	0.5	2.2	4.5	2.07	136
1971	29	16	13	.552	2.99	126	21	38	6	2	11	322.1	296	118	107	20	86	20	172	6	1	7	1303	127	1.185	8.3	0.6	2.4	4.8	2.00	127
1972	30	16	13	.552	3.16	151	21	49	6	2	14	365.0	348	139	128	22	98	23	186	8	1	7	1490	118	1.222	8.6	0.5	2.4	4.6	1.90	118
1973	31	18	13	.581	3.08	159	21	53	6	2	14	385.1	365	143	132	25	100	24	196	8	1	7	1567	121	1.207	8.5	0.6	2.3	4.6	1.96	121
1974	32	24	15	.615	2.88	220	21	92	6	2	25	493.0	466	170	158	33	125	32	239	11	2	7	2005	130	1.199	8.5	0.6	2.3	4.4	1.91	130
1975	33	26	17	.605	2.97	274	21	120	6	2	31	567.0	538	202	187	39	149	37	268	12	2	7	2313	127	1.212	8.5	0.6	2.4	4.3	1.80	127
1976	34	28	20	.583	3.07	305	21	133	6	2	31	607.0	576	222	207	43	162	41	282	12	2	9	2471	123	1.216	8.5	0.6	2.4	4.2	1.74	123

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
1969	27	8	5	.615	3.05	118.0	113	44	40	8	31	58	3	1.220	8.6	2.4	4.4	1.87	0.6	27
1970	28	8	5	.615	3.10	119.0	111	46	41	5	30	61	2	1.185	8.4	2.3	4.6	2.03	0.4	56
1971	29	3	4	.429	4.03	67.0	75	33	30	7	26	43	1	1.507	10.1	3.5	5.8	1.65	0.9	43
1972	30	1	3	.250	5.85	40.0	59	29	26	2	14	13	2	1.825	13.3	3.2	2.9	0.93	0.5	25
1973	31	2	0	1.000	1.89	19.0	18	4	4	3	2	9	0	1.053	8.5	0.9	4.3	4.50	1.4	8
1974	32	8	3	.727	2.27	103.0	101	29	26	8	25	41	3	1.223	8.8	2.2	3.6	1.64	0.7	61
1975	33	4	3	.571	3.73	70.0	72	32	29	6	24	27	1	1.371	9.3	3.1	3.5	1.13	0.8	54
1976	34	1	2	.333	5.25	36.0	38	23	21	4	13	13	0	1.417	9.5	3.3	3.3	1.00	1.0	31
8 Seasons		35	25	.583	3.41	572.0	587	240	217	43	165	265	12	1.315	9.2		4.2	1.61	0.7	305

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played s c a p y
1974 NL 61 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1974 NL 11 (5th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1974 NL 39 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Pitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 19 (320), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Carmen Hill (992) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Leonhard (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Warren Brusstar (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mel Queen (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tom Tellmann (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Fred Gladding (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Fred Gladding (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Humphreys (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 19 (320), Average HOFer ≈ 50