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Dorn Taylor

Donald Clyde Taylor

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 11, 1958 in Abington, PA
School: Pfeiffer University (Misenheimer, NC)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1987
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Orioles 1987-1990

Final Game: September 30, 1990
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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
1982	23	PIT-min	A	9	8	.529	2.30	27	24	3	9	2	2	164.2	128	57	42	6	92	3	133	1	1	16			1.336	7.0	0.3	5.0	7.3	1.45	GRW · SALL
1983	24	PIT-min	A	8	10	.444	4.85	40	13	18	3	0	5	117.0	111	68	63	10	70	1	101	7	0	16			1.547	8.5	0.8	5.4	7.8	1.44	GRW,AXN · SALL,CARL
1984	25	PIT-min	A	11	5	.688	3.40	25	25	0	6	2	0	161.2	133	68	61	10	67	2	148	3	0	10			1.237	7.4	0.6	3.7	8.2	2.21	PRW · CARL
1985	26	PIT-min	AA	6	9	.400	4.31	26	17	5	1	1	0	112.2	101	63	54	7	57	2	64	1	0	8			1.402	8.1	0.6	4.6	5.1	1.12	NAS · EL
1986	27	PIT-min	AA,AAA	5	3	.625	1.72	38	6	24	2	1	9	94.0	64	23	18	2	38	4	86	1	2	11			1.085	6.1	0.2	3.6	8.2	2.26	NAS,HAW · EL,PCL
1987	28	PIT-min	AAA,AA	1	3	.250	2.33	12	8	3	1	0	2	65.2	52	20	17	3	30	0	57	1	0	4			1.249	7.1	0.4	4.1	7.8	1.90	VAN,HRB · PCL,EL
1987	28	PIT	NL	2	3	.400	5.74	14	8	0	0	0	0	53.1	48	35	34	10	28	1	37	1	0	3	226	72	1.425	8.1	1.7	4.7	6.2	1.32

1988	29	PIT-min	AAA	10	8	.556	2.14	22	22	0	6	2	0	139.0	125	45	33	10	44	1	65	3	2	2			1.216	8.1	0.6	2.8	4.2	1.48	BFL · AA
1989	30	PIT-min	AAA	10	8	.556	2.58	25	25	0	5	2	0	170.2	145	61	49	15	51	2	103	4	2	4			1.148	7.6	0.8	2.7	5.4	2.02	BFL · AA
1989	30	PIT	NL	1	1	.500	5.06	9	0	5	0	0	0	10.2	14	6	6	0	5	2	3	0	0	0	47	69	1.781	11.8	0.0	4.2	2.5	0.60
1990	31	PIT-min	AAA	14	6	.700	2.91	30	29	0	5	2	0	195.0	170	74	63	9	51	0	112	5	0	9			1.133	7.8	0.4	2.4	5.2	2.20	BFL · AA
1990	31	BAL	AL	0	1	.000	2.45	4	0	2	0	0	0	3.2	4	3	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	18	172	1.636	9.8	0.0	4.9	9.8	2.00
3 Yrs				3	5	.375	5.45	27	8	7	0	0	0	67.2	66	44	41	10	35	3	44	1	0	4	291	74	1.493	8.8	1.3	4.7	5.9	1.26
162 Game Avg.				6	10	.375	5.45	52	16	14	0	0	0	132	128	85	80	19	68	6	85	2	0	8	565	74	1.493	8.8	1.3	4.7	5.9	1.26

PIT (2 yrs)				3	4	.429	5.63	23	8	5	0	0	0	64.0	62	41	40	10	33	3	40	1	0	3	273	71	1.484	8.7	1.4	4.6	5.6	1.21
BAL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	2.45	4	0	2	0	0	0	3.2	4	3	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	18	172	1.636	9.8	0.0	4.9	9.8	2.00

NL (2 yrs)				3	4	.429	5.63	23	8	5	0	0	0	64.0	62	41	40	10	33	3	40	1	0	3	273	71	1.484	8.7	1.4	4.6	5.6	1.21
AL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	2.45	4	0	2	0	0	0	3.2	4	3	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	18	172	1.636	9.8	0.0	4.9	9.8	2.00

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
1987	28	PIT	NL	53.1	14	8	35	5.91	4.56	0.38	0.05	98.3	4.17	-11	-1.0	.8	-0.0	-0.6	-5	.425	.494	$

1989	30	PIT	NL	10.2	9	0	6	5.06	4.11	0.20	-0.32	103.0	3.71	-2	-0.2	.4	0.0	-0.1	-1	.480	.499	$
1990	31	BAL	AL	3.2	4	0	3	7.36	4.28	0.24	-0.33	98.1	3.64	-1	-0.2	.3	0.0	-0.1	-1	.461	.499	$
3 Seasons				67.2	27	8	44	5.85	4.47	0.34	-0.03	99.0	4.07	-14	-1.4	.5	0.0	-0.8	-6	.449	.497	$

PIT (2 yrs)				64.0	23	8	41	5.77	4.49	0.35	-0.01	99.1	4.09	-12	-1.2	.6	0.0	-0.7	-5	.447	.496	$
BAL (1 yr)				3.2	4	0	3	7.36	4.28	0.24	-0.33	98.1	3.64	-1	-0.2	.3	0.0	-0.1	-1	.461	.499	$

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
1987	28	PIT	NL	14	226	194	35	48	7	2	10	2	5	28	37	.247	.342	.459	.801	.255	89	7	1	1	2	1	3

1989	30	PIT	NL	9	47	42	6	14	3	1	0	0	1	5	3	.333	.404	.452	.857	.359	19	2	0	0	0	2	0
1990	31	BAL	AL	4	18	16	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	.250	.333	.313	.646	.333	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
3 Yrs				27	291	252	44	66	11	3	10	2	6	35	44	.262	.352	.448	.800	.280	113	9	1	1	2	3	4
162 Game Avg.				52	565	490	85	128	21	6	19	4	12	68	85	.262	.352	.448	.800	.280	220	17	2	2	4	6	8
MLB Averages																.257	.323	.388	.712	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1987	28	PIT	NL	-8.4	-0.8	236	-0.9	3.4	-4.3	.87	-0.5	-0.5	-9.4	-0.9	0.87	-6.4	1	3	2

1989	30	PIT	NL	-1.6	-0.2	48	-0.2	0.5	-0.6	.53	-0.2	-0.2	-1.1	-0.1	0.53	-1.8	1	1	6
1990	31	BAL	AL	-0.1	-0.0	19	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.74	-0.1	-0.3	-1.0	-0.1	0.74	-0.6	0	1	1
3 Yrs				-10.1	-1.0	303	-1.4	4.0	-5.3	.81	-0.7	-0.9	-11.6	-1.1	0.81	-8.7	2	5	9

Starting Pitching*

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	Pit/GS
1987	28	PIT	NL	14	8	1	3	4	0	0	4	4	.500	0	1	0	0	3	38%	45.4	67	25	9	2	0	2	4.4	4.4	5.2
1 Yr				14	8	1	3	4	0	0	4	4	.500	0	1	0	0	3	38%	45	67	25	9	2	0	2	4.4	4.4	5.2
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	103	-2					4.3	4.3	6.2	94

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1987	28	PIT	NL	14	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	25%	4	.871	1	3	2	1	0	5	4	2	5	1	5	0	6.0

1989	30	PIT	NL	9	9	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	9	.526	1	1	6	1	1	7	1	8	3	0	3	1	3.6	18
1990	31	BAL	AL	4	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	9	.737	0	1	1	0	1	3	1	3	0	1	1	0	2.8	19
3 Yrs				27	19	7	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	14%		.807	2	5	9	2	2	15	6	13	8	2	9	1	4.2	18

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%
1987	28	PIT	NL	226	48%	4.4%	16.4%	12.4%	8.4%	40%		1.68	66%				49	7	14%

1989	30	PIT	NL	47	60%	0.0%	6.4%	10.6%	8.5%	29%	0.86	1.15	83%	15%	0.0%	10%	13	2	15%
1990	31	BAL	AL	18	56%	0.0%	22.2%	11.1%	5.6%	25%	0.83	0.75	67%	8%	0.0%	33%	7	0	0%
3 Yrs				291	50%	3.4%	15.1%	12.0%	8.3%	36%	0.85	1.51	69%	14%	0.0%	15%	69	9	13%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	15.0%	8.5%	6.8%	30%	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.6%	26%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1989	30	PIT	NL	47	163	3.47	100	61%	18%	13%	30%	39%	82%	8%	50%	84%	47%	9%	4	0	17%	8	7	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0
1990	31	BAL	AL	18	74	4.11	45	61%	27%	16%	31%	27%	73%	0%	45%	79%	39%	17%	3	2	17%	3	1	0	0%	0	1	0	0	0
2 Yrs				65	237	3.65	145	61%	21%	14%	30%	35%	79%	5%	49%	83%	45%	11%	7	2	17%	11	8	2	0%	0	3	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	57%	6%			19%				26%

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
1987	28	PIT	NL	226	48			10	1	4	4	6	6	4	14	6	3	43%	3	3	1	72	2	5	29%	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0

1989	30	PIT	NL	47	14	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	60%	0	0	0	20	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	31	BAL	AL	18	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	1	1	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3 Yrs				291	66	5	1	10	1	7	4	6	6	4	21	11	3	52%	4	4	1	101	2	6	25%	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1987	28	2	3	.400	5.74	14	8	0	53.1	48	35	34	10	28	1	37	1	3	226	72	1.425	8.1	1.7	4.7	6.2	1.32	72
1988	29	2	3	.400	5.74	14	8	0	53.1	48	35	34	10	28	1	37	1	3	226	72	1.425	8.1	1.7	4.7	6.2	1.32	72
1989	30	3	4	.429	5.63	23	8	5	64.0	62	41	40	10	33	3	40	1	3	273	71	1.484	8.7	1.4	4.6	5.6	1.21	71
1990	31	3	5	.375	5.45	27	8	7	67.2	66	44	41	10	35	3	44	1	4	291	74	1.493	8.8	1.3	4.7	5.9	1.26	74

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
1987	28	2	3	.400	5.94	50.0	47	37	33	10	27	35	1	1.480	8.5	4.9	6.3	1.30	1.8	14

1989	30	0	1	.000	7.00	9.0	15	8	7	0	5	3	0	2.222	15.0	5.0	3.0	0.60	0.0	9
1990	31	0	0		2.25	4.0	4	1	1	0	2	4	0	1.500	9.0	4.5	9.0	2.00	0.0	4
3 Yrs		2	4	.333	5.86	63.0	66	46	41	10	34	42	1	1.587	9.4		6.0	1.24	1.4	27

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