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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
Teams (by GP): Giants/Bronchos 1900-1908

Final Game: September 29, 1908
Died: August 22, 1958 in Jacksonville, IL
Buried: Prairie City Cemetery, Baldwin City, KS
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 8:21PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #592. Tex Carleton… #593. Ryan Dempster… #594. Don Robinson… #595. DUMMY TAYLOR… #596. Candy Cummings… #597. Rick Helling… #598. Eric Show… 

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 Awards
1900 25 NYG NL 4 3 .571 2.45 11 7 4 6 0 0 62.1 74 31 17 0 24 16 5 0 2 281 149 1.572 10.7 0.0 3.5 2.3 0.67
1901 26 NYG NL 18 27 .400 3.18 45 43 2 37 4 0 353.1 377 193 125 8 112 136 16 1 4 1518 104 1.384 9.6 0.2 2.9 3.5 1.21
1902 27 TOT MLB 8 18 .308 2.19 30 29 1 22 1 0 234.2 231 115 57 4 63 95 17 0 7 977 133 1.253 8.9 0.2 2.4 3.6 1.51
1902 27 CLE AL 1 3 .250 1.59 4 4 0 4 1 0 34.0 37 17 6 0 8 8 2 0 0 143 219 1.324 9.8 0.0 2.1 2.1 1.00
1902 27 NYG NL 7 15 .318 2.29 26 25 1 18 0 0 200.2 194 98 51 4 55 87 15 0 7 834 123 1.241 8.7 0.2 2.5 3.9 1.58
1903 28 NYG NL 13 13 .500 4.23 33 31 2 18 1 0 244.2 306 143 115 6 89 94 4 1 8 1066 79 1.614 11.3 0.2 3.3 3.5 1.06
1904 29 NYG NL 21 15 .583 2.34 37 36 1 29 5 0 296.1 231 100 77 6 75 138 9 2 7 1165 117 1.033 7.0 0.2 2.3 4.2 1.84
1905 30 NYG NL 16 9 .640 2.66 32 28 4 18 4 0 213.1 200 85 63 5 51 91 8 0 8 869 111 1.177 8.4 0.2 2.2 3.8 1.78
1906 31 NYG NL 17 9 .654 2.20 31 27 2 13 2 0 213.0 186 81 52 3 57 91 6 0 5 863 119 1.141 7.9 0.1 2.4 3.8 1.60
1907 32 NYG NL 11 7 .611 2.42 28 21 5 11 3 1 171.0 145 66 46 1 46 56 3 1 2 674 102 1.117 7.6 0.1 2.4 2.9 1.22
1908 33 NYG NL 8 5 .615 2.33 27 15 9 6 1 2 127.2 127 56 33 5 34 50 4 0 4 539 103 1.261 9.0 0.4 2.4 3.5 1.47
9 Seasons 116 106 .523 2.75 274 237 30 160 21 3 1916.1 1877 870 585 38 551 767 72 5 47 7952 107 1.267 8.8 0.2 2.6 3.6 1.39
162 Game Avg. 15 14 .523 2.75 36 32 4 21 3 0 255 250 116 78 5 73 102 10 1 6 1058 107 1.267 8.8 0.2 2.6 3.6 1.39
NYG (9 yrs) 115 103 .528 2.77 270 233 30 156 20 3 1882.1 1840 853 579 38 543 759 70 5 47 7809 106 1.266 8.8 0.2 2.6 3.6 1.40
CLE (1 yr) 1 3 .250 1.59 4 4 0 4 1 0 34.0 37 17 6 0 8 8 2 0 0 143 219 1.324 9.8 0.0 2.1 2.1 1.00
NL (9 yrs) NL 115 103 .528 2.77 270 233 30 156 20 3 1882.1 1840 853 579 38 543 759 70 5 47 7809 106 1.266 8.8 0.2 2.6 3.6 1.40
AL (1 yr) AL 1 3 .250 1.59 4 4 0 4 1 0 34.0 37 17 6 0 8 8 2 0 0 143 219 1.324 9.8 0.0 2.1 2.1 1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1900 25 NYG NL 62.1 7 31 41 -1 1.0 10 1.0 $
1901 26 NYG NL 353.1 43 193 208 -8 1.0 15 2.3 $
1902 27 CLE AL 34.0 4 17 21 0 1.0 4 0.3 $
1902 27 NYG NL 200.2 25 98 101 0 1.0 3 0.4 $
1903 28 NYG NL 244.2 31 143 149 -1 1.0 6 1.0 $
1904 29 NYG NL 296.1 36 100 149 9 1.0 49 4.5 $
1905 30 NYG NL 213.1 28 85 112 5 1.0 27 2.2 $
1906 31 NYG NL 213.0 27 81 97 2 1.0 16 1.7 $
1907 32 NYG NL 171.0 21 66 75 -1 1.0 9 1.3 $
1908 33 NYG NL 127.2 15 56 53 1 1.0 -3 -0.3 $
9 Seasons 1916.1 237 870 1006 6 1.0 136 14.4 $
NYG (9 yrs) 1882.1 233 853 985 6 1.0 132 14.1 $
CLE (1 yr) 34.0 4 17 21 0 1.0 4 0.3 $

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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
1900 25 NYG NL 11 24 22 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 .136 .174 .136 .310 -12 3 0 1 1
1901 26 NYG NL 45 141 136 11 18 0 0 0 6 0 4 44 .132 .157 .132 .289 -14 18 0 1 1
1902 27 TOT MLB 30 82 75 4 7 1 0 0 3 1 4 23 .093 .150 .107 .257 -21 8 1 2 1
1902 27 CLE AL 4 12 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .100 .250 .100 .350 1 1 1 0 1/1
1902 27 NYG NL 26 70 65 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 3 23 .092 .132 .108 .240 -26 7 0 2 1/1
1903 28 NYG NL 33 98 82 7 12 0 0 0 5 0 10 19 .146 .239 .146 .385 9 12 0 6 1
1904 29 NYG NL 38 114 102 8 16 1 2 0 6 0 6 15 .157 .204 .206 .410 24 21 0 6 1/O
1905 30 NYG NL 32 83 69 10 9 1 1 0 4 0 4 14 .130 .178 .174 .352 4 12 0 10 1
1906 31 NYG NL 31 80 76 6 14 2 1 0 6 0 2 16 .184 .205 .237 .442 37 18 0 2 1
1907 32 NYG NL 29 58 48 3 6 1 0 0 6 0 5 18 .125 .208 .146 .353 9 7 0 5 1/5
1908 33 NYG NL 27 45 35 0 8 0 0 0 4 0 5 11 .229 .325 .229 .554 74 8 0 5 1
9 Seasons 276 725 645 51 93 6 4 0 41 1 41 166 .144 .197 .166 .362 8 107 1 38
162 Game Avg. 162 426 379 30 55 4 2 0 24 1 24 97 .144 .197 .166 .362 8 63 1 22
NYG (9 yrs) 272 713 635 50 92 6 4 0 41 0 40 166 .145 .196 .167 .362 9 106 0 38
CLE (1 yr) 4 12 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .100 .250 .100 .350 1 1 1 0
NL (9 yrs) 272 713 635 50 92 6 4 0 41 0 40 166 .145 .196 .167 .362 9 106 0 38
AL (1 yr) 4 12 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .100 .250 .100 .350 1 1 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1900 25 NYG NL 24 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1901 26 NYG NL 141 -19 0 0 0 0 5 4 -10 -1.0 -10 -1.0 0.0 $ 1
1902 27 CLE AL 12 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1/1
1902 27 NYG NL 70 -9 0 0 0 0 2 2 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.6 0.0 $ 1/1
1903 28 NYG NL 98 -10 -1 0 0 0 4 3 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ 1
1904 29 NYG NL 114 -9 0 0 0 0 3 3 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1/O
1905 30 NYG NL 83 -9 0 0 0 0 3 2 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 1
1906 31 NYG NL 80 -6 0 0 0 0 3 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1907 32 NYG NL 58 -5 0 0 0 0 2 2 -1 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ 1/5
1908 33 NYG NL 45 -1 -1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
9 Seasons 725 -72 -2 0 0 0 24 20 -30 -3.6 -30 -3.1 -0.5 $
NYG (9 yrs) 713 -71 -2 0 0 0 24 20 -29 -3.5 -29 -3.0 -0.5 $
CLE (1 yr) 12 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

Standard Fielding

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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 NYG NL 27 P 26 200.2 58 5 48 5 0 .914 2.38 2.04 .933 2.72 2.68
1902 CLE AL 27 P 4 34.0 17 2 15 0 0 1.000 4.50 4.25 .928 3.10 3.02
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 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .930 3.40
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1-0-0
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1904 NL  4.5 (9th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1906 NL  2.20 (8th)
Career  2.75 (88th)

Wins s c a p y
1904 NL  21 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1905 NL  .640 (9th)
1906 NL  .654 (8th)
1907 NL  .611 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1904 NL  1.033 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1904 NL  7.016 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1905 NL  2.152 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1904 NL  4.191 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1901 NL  45 (1st)
1904 NL  37 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1907 NL  1 (8th)
1908 NL  2 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1901 NL  353.3 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1901 NL  136 (8th)
1904 NL  138 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1901 NL  43 (1st)
1904 NL  36 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1901 NL  37 (2nd)
Career  160 (199th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1901 NL  4 (7th)
1904 NL  5 (3rd)
1905 NL  4 (6th)
Career  21 (230th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1901 NL  8 (7th)
1902 NL  4 (3rd)
1903 NL  6 (5th)
1904 NL  6 (9th)
1905 NL  5 (10th)
1908 NL  5 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1901 NL  112 (3rd)
1903 NL  89 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1901 NL  377 (1st)
1903 NL  306 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1904 NL  1.840 (6th)
1905 NL  1.784 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  0.179 (133rd)

Losses s c a p y
1901 NL  27 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1901 NL  125 (3rd)
1903 NL  115 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1902 NL  7 (7th)
1903 NL  8 (6th)
1905 NL  8 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1901 NL  16 (4th)
1902 NL  15 (4th)
Career  72 (187th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1901 NL  1,518 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1906 NL  119 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1904 NL  18 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1904 NL  1.9 (9th)

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)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (731), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 47 (545), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 30 (445), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (500), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Dick Rudolph (963)
  2. Larry Cheney (950)
  3. Ray Fisher (947)
  4. Togie Pittinger (943)
  5. Joe Horlen (940)
  6. Billy Rhines (939)
  7. Ed Willett (939)
  8. Howie Camnitz (936)
  9. Bob Ewing (936)
  10. Frank Kitson (929)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Rube Manning (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Phil Douglas (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dana Fillingim (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jack Warhop (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ray Fisher (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Joe Horlen (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ray Fisher (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dick Rudolph (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Frank Sullivan (987)
  2. Flint Rhem (986)
  3. Barney Pelty (985)
  4. Vic Sorrell (985)
  5. Kirk Rueter (983)
  6. Roy Oswalt (982)
  7. Slim Harriss (981)
  8. Larry Jansen (981)
  9. Sam Jones (980)
  10. Gary Nolan (980)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Earl Moore (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Howie Camnitz (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Earl Moore (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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