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Dummy Taylor

Luther Haden Taylor

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: February 21, 1875 in Oskaloosa, KS
High School: Kansas School for the Deaf (Olathe, KS)(All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 1900 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Giants/Bronchos 1900-1908

Final Game: September 29, 1908 (Age 33)
Died: August 22, 1958 in Jacksonville, IL
Buried: Prairie City Cemetery, Baldwin City, KS
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1900 NYG NL 25 P 11 62.1 11 0 9 2 0 .818 1.30 0.82 .921 2.67 2.59
1901 NYG NL 26 P 45 353.1 117 19 92 6 2 .949 2.83 2.47 .934 2.75 2.72
1902 TOT MLB 27 P 30 234.2 75 7 63 5 0 .933 2.68 2.33 .932 2.78 2.73
1902 CLE AL 27 P 4 34.0 17 2 15 0 0 1.000 4.50 4.25 .928 3.10 3.02
1902 NYG NL 27 P 26 200.2 58 5 48 5 0 .914 2.38 2.04 .933 2.72 2.68
1903 NYG NL 28 P 33 244.2 76 10 62 4 2 .947 2.65 2.18 .924 2.87 2.81
1904 NYG NL 29 P 37 296.1 108 20 87 1 7 .991 3.25 2.89 .940 3.03 2.95
1904 NYG NL 29 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1-0-0
1905 NYG NL 30 P 32 213.1 80 13 62 5 1 .938 3.16 2.34 .943 2.97 2.93
1906 NYG NL 31 P 31 213.0 68 10 54 4 2 .941 2.70 2.06 .948 3.05 2.99
1907 NYG NL 32 P 28 171.0 57 8 45 4 0 .930 2.79 1.89 .950 2.97 2.89
1907 NYG NL 32 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .930 3.40
1908 NYG NL 33 P 27 127.2 47 8 35 4 1 .915 3.03 1.59 .953 2.99 2.98
9 Seasons P 274 1916.1 639 95 509 35 15 .945 2.84 2.20 .939 2.90 2.86
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1-0-0
1 Season 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .930 3.40
9 Seasons TOT 276 1916.1 640 95 510 35 15 .945 2.84 2.19 .939 2.90 2.85 1-0-0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1900 NYG NL 25 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1901 NYG NL 26 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1902 NYG NL 27 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1902 CLE AL 27 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1903 NYG NL 28 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1904 NYG NL 29 38 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1905 NYG NL 30 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1906 NYG NL 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1907 NYG NL 32 29 29 28 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1908 NYG NL 33 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 276 276 274 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1901 NL  45 (1st)

Assists as P s c a p y
1901 NL  92 (4th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1904 NL  .991 (2nd)

             

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