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Harry Taylor

James Harry Taylor

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 20, 1919 in East Glenn, IN
High School: Fayette HS (New Goshen, IN)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1946
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/RedSox 1946-1952

Final Game: May 4, 1952
Died: November 5, 2000 in Terre Haute, IN
Buried: Shepherd Cemetery, Shepardsville, IN
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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
1946 27 BRO NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1947 28 BRO NL 33 65 62 3 8 2 1 0 8 0 0 15 .129 .143 .194 .336 -13 12 0 1 2 1
1948 29 BRO NL 17 24 22 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 1 4 .273 .304 .318 .623 66 7 0 0 2 1
1950 31 BOS AL 3 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 41 2 0 0 0 /1
1951 32 BOS AL 31 31 29 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .103 .133 .138 .271 -29 4 2 0 1 1
1952 33 BOS AL 2 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 36 1 0 0 0 /1
6 Yrs 90 131 124 12 20 4 1 0 13 0 0 2 26 .161 .181 .210 .391 2 26 2 1 5
162 Game Avg. 162 236 223 22 36 7 2 0 23 0 4 47 .161 .181 .210 .391 2 47 4 2 9
BOS (3 yrs) 36 42 40 6 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .150 .171 .175 .346 -11 7 2 0 1
BRO (3 yrs) 54 89 84 6 14 3 1 0 11 0 1 19 .167 .186 .226 .412 8 19 0 1 4
AL (3 yrs) 36 42 40 6 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .150 .171 .175 .346 -11 7 2 0 1
NL (3 yrs) 54 89 84 6 14 3 1 0 11 0 1 19 .167 .186 .226 .412 8 19 0 1 4

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 Awards
1946 27 BRO NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1947 28 BRO NL 33 65 -10 0 0 0 7 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .489 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $ 1
1948 29 BRO NL 17 24 -1 0 0 0 2 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .513 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $ 1
1950 31 BOS AL 3 7 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .506 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1951 32 BOS AL 31 31 -6 1 -0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1952 33 BOS AL 2 4 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .522 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ /1
6 Seasons 90 131 -18 2 0 0 14 -3 -0.3 4 2 -0.3 .497 .500 -0.3 0.0 1 $
BOS (3 yrs) 36 42 -7 1 -0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.2 .496 .500 -0.2 0.0 -0 $
BRO (3 yrs) 54 89 -12 1 0 0 10 -1 -0.1 3 2 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 2 $

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 PwrSpd
1947 28 BRO NL 65 56 2 1.0 108 .170 .129 .278 .143 .353 .194 .412 .336 .765 -13 .052 -10.5 -1.0 .241 .065 .065
1948 29 BRO NL 24 18 2 3.0 105 .333 .273 .274 .304 .349 .318 .405 .623 .754 66 .320 -1.1 -0.1 .500 .091 .045
1950 31 BOS AL 7 5 1 5.3 122 .286 .286 .290 .286 .379 .286 .435 .571 .814 41 .530 -0.7 -0.1 .400 .000 .000
1951 32 BOS AL 31 29 1 0.9 110 .136 .103 .279 .133 .362 .138 .409 .271 .771 -29 .053 -5.6 -0.6 .179 .069 .034
1952 33 BOS AL 4 3 0 0.0 102 .250 .250 .268 .250 .349 .250 .391 .500 .740 36 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
6 Yrs 131 111 6 1.4 109 .204 .161 .278 .181 .356 .210 .411 .391 .766 2 .108 -18.2 -1.8 .274 .065 .048
162 Game Avg. 236 200 11 1.4 109 .204 .161 .278 .181 .356 .210 .411 .391 .766 2 .108 -18.2 -1.8 .274 .065 .048
BOS (3 yrs) 42 37 2 1.4 112 .182 .150 .280 .171 .364 .175 .412 .346 .776 -11 .110 -6.7 -0.7 .222 .050 .025
BRO (3 yrs) 89 74 4 1.4 108 .215 .167 .277 .186 .352 .226 .410 .412 .762 8 .107 -11.6 -1.2 .300 .071 .060
AL (3 yrs) 42 37 2 1.4 112 .182 .150 .280 .171 .364 .175 .412 .346 .776 -11 .110 -6.7 -0.7 .222 .050 .025
NL (3 yrs) 89 74 4 1.4 108 .215 .167 .277 .186 .352 .226 .410 .412 .762 8 .107 -11.6 -1.2 .300 .071 .060

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1947 28 BRO NL WS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1947 28 BRO NL 65 0.0% 23.1% 0.0% 4.6% 38% 4.1 7.8 72%
1948 29 BRO NL 24 0.0% 16.7% 4.2% 4.2% 17% 4.00 5.5 7.3 1.60 75%
1950 31 BOS AL 7 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
1951 32 BOS AL 31 0.0% 22.6% 3.2% 3.2% 33% 7.00 4.1 14.5 2.33 71%
1952 33 BOS AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 100%
6 Yrs 131 0.0% 19.9% 1.5% 3.8% 25% 13.00 4.8 9.5 2.08 75%
MLB Averages 1.7% 9.9% 9.8% 6.3% 27% 1.01 9.0 50.7 8.2 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1946 27 BRO NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 28 BRO NL -10.6 -1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 29 BRO NL -1.1 -0.1 25 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 .86 -0.0 -0.1 -1.3 -0.1 0.96 -0.7 0
1950 31 BOS AL -0.7 -0.1 4 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .41 -0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.71 0.0 0
1951 32 BOS AL -5.6 -0.6 32 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 1.18 -0.3 -0.1 -4.7 -0.4 1.06 -3.6 0
1952 33 BOS AL -0.4 -0.0 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .50 -0.1 -0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.96 -0.7 0
6 Yrs -18.3 -1.8 65 -0.6 0.7 -1.3 .97 -0.5 -0.2 -6.5 -0.6 0.99 -5.0 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 29 BRO NL 0 0 43% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1950 31 BOS AL 0 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 32 BOS AL 1 0 100% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 33 BOS AL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1 0 52% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 100% 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0

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
1948 29 BRO NL 24 13% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 3 2 67% 18 3 17% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
1950 31 BOS AL 7 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1951 32 BOS AL 31 48% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 2 29% 8 2 25% 27 2 7% 2 2 100% 2 2 100% 0
1952 33 BOS AL 4 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 66 32% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 167% 11 2 18% 12 4 33% 50 5 10% 4 3 75% 4 3 75% 0
MLB Averages 51% 148% 18% 33% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1947 28 37 65 62 3 8 2 1 0 8 0 0 15 .129 .143 .194 .336 -13 12 0 1 2
1948 29 54 89 84 6 14 3 1 0 11 0 1 19 .167 .186 .226 .412 8 19 0 1 4
1949 30 54 89 84 6 14 3 1 0 11 0 1 19 .167 .186 .226 .412 8 19 0 1 4
1950 31 57 96 91 7 16 3 1 0 11 0 0 1 19 .176 .194 .231 .424 11 21 0 1 4
1951 32 88 127 120 11 19 4 1 0 13 0 0 2 26 .158 .179 .208 .387 1 25 2 1 5
1952 33 90 131 124 12 20 4 1 0 13 0 0 2 26 .161 .181 .210 .391 2 26 2 1 5

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1947 28 34 66 63 2 7 2 1 0 5 0 0 16 .111 .125 .175 .300 1 33
1948 29 18 26 23 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 1 4 .261 .292 .304 .596 2 17
1950 31 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1951 32 33 33 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .031 .000 .031 0 31
1952 33 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
5 Yrs 90 136 128 5 13 3 1 0 8 0 2 27 .102 .122 .141 .263 3 86
162 Game Avg. 162 245 230 9 23 5 2 0 14 0 4 49 .102 .122 .141 .263 5 86

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