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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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1938	19	CHW-min	AA	2	3	.400	4.93	14						42.0	55	39	23		25							1.905	11.8		5.4			STP · AA
1939	20	CHW-min	AA,B	3	12	.200	3.27	39	7					143.0	169	88	52		63							1.622	10.6		4.0			STP,RMD · AA,PIED
1940	21	STP	AA	5	15	.250	5.88	39	22					150.0	178	115	98		68							1.640	10.7		4.1			STP · AA
1946	27	LAD-min	AAA	15	7	.682	3.33	29	25	3	13	5		181.0	149	75	67		98	91	4	0	5			1.365	7.4		4.9	4.5	0.93	STP · AA
1946	27	BRO	NL	0	0		3.86	4	0	3	0	0	1	4.2	5	2	2	0	1	6	0	0	0	18	96	1.286	9.6	0.0	1.9	11.6	6.00
1947	28	BRO	NL	10	5	.667	3.11	33	20	2	10	2	1	162.0	130	63	56	10	83	58	5	0	5	673	132	1.315	7.2	0.6	4.6	3.2	0.70
1948	29	LAD-min	AAA	3	4	.429	3.95	9			4	1		57.0	54	30	25		30	39	1	1	6			1.474	8.5		4.7	6.2	1.30	STP · AA
1948	29	BRO	NL	2	7	.222	5.36	17	13	2	2	0	0	80.2	90	55	48	8	61	32	3	1	2	382	75	1.872	10.0	0.9	6.8	3.6	0.52

1949	30	LAD-min	AAA	11	6	.647	3.89	24			7	1		118.0	112	67	51		58	43	3	0	5			1.441	8.5		4.4	3.3	0.74	STP · AA
1950	31	LAD-min	AAA	13	9	.591	4.02	34	31		15	0		206.0	216	110	92		88	102	3	0	9			1.476	9.4		3.8	4.5	1.16	STP · AA
1950	31	BOS	AL	2	0	1.000	1.42	3	2	1	2	1	0	19.0	13	3	3	0	8	8	0	0	1	74	354	1.105	6.2	0.0	3.8	3.8	1.00
1951	32	BOS	AL	4	9	.308	5.75	31	8	13	1	0	2	81.1	100	59	52	6	42	22	1	1	3	378	78	1.746	11.1	0.7	4.6	2.4	0.52
1952	33	BOS-min	AAA	9	10	.474	4.32	25	21		7	1		150.0	174	80	72		48	75	1	2	9			1.480	10.4		2.9	4.5	1.56	LOU · AA
1952	33	BOS	AL	1	0	1.000	1.80	2	1	1	1	0	0	10.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	1	0	0	41	227	1.200	5.4	0.9	5.4	0.9	0.17
6 Yrs				19	21	.475	4.10	90	44	22	16	3	4	357.2	344	184	163	25	201	127	10	2	11	1566	103	1.524	8.7	0.6	5.1	3.2	0.63
162 Game Avg.				10	11	.475	4.10	46	22	11	8	2	2	182	175	93	83	13	102	64	5	1	6	795	103	1.524	8.7	0.6	5.1	3.2	0.63

BOS (3 yrs)				7	9	.438	4.65	36	11	15	4	1	2	110.1	119	64	57	7	56	31	2	1	4	493	97	1.586	9.7	0.6	4.6	2.5	0.55
BRO (3 yrs)				12	12	.500	3.86	54	33	7	12	2	2	247.1	225	120	106	18	145	96	8	1	7	1073	106	1.496	8.2	0.7	5.3	3.5	0.66

AL (3 yrs)				7	9	.438	4.65	36	11	15	4	1	2	110.1	119	64	57	7	56	31	2	1	4	493	97	1.586	9.7	0.6	4.6	2.5	0.55
NL (3 yrs)				12	12	.500	3.86	54	33	7	12	2	2	247.1	225	120	106	18	145	96	8	1	7	1073	106	1.496	8.2	0.7	5.3	3.5	0.66

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
1946	27	BRO	NL	4.2	4	0	2	3.86	4.06	0.05	0.00	99.3	3.98	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.502	.500	$
1947	28	BRO	NL	162.0	33	20	63	3.50	4.70	0.25	0.00	101.3	4.51	17	1.8	1.0	-0.1	3.3	37	.556	.511	$
1948	29	BRO	NL	80.0	17	13	55	6.19	4.54	0.13	0.00	101.8	4.49	-15	-1.5	1.1	-0.0	-0.8	-6	.413	.491	$

1950	31	BOS	AL	19.0	3	2	3	1.42	5.42	-0.05	0.00	106.7	5.84	9	1.0	.0	-0.0	1.1	11	.834	.506	$
1951	32	BOS	AL	81.1	31	8	59	6.53	4.69	0.01	0.00	105.6	4.93	-15	-1.5	1.2	-0.2	-1.0	-7	.453	.491	$
1952	33	BOS	AL	10.0	2	1	2	1.80	4.20	0.08	0.00	114.0	4.69	3	0.4	.1	-0.0	0.4	4	.695	.502	$
6 Seasons				357.0	90	44	184	4.64	4.68	0.14	0.00	103.0	4.67	-0	0.3	1.0	-0.4	3.1	41	.503	.500	$

BOS (3 yrs)				110.1	36	11	64	5.22	4.77	0.01	0.00	106.6	5.07	-3	-0.1	1.1	-0.2	0.5	9	.498	.500	$
BRO (3 yrs)				246.2	54	33	120	4.38	4.64	0.21	0.00	101.4	4.50	2	0.4	1.0	-0.2	2.6	32	.507	.501	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1947	28	BRO	NL	WS	L	NYY	0	0			1	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4						0.00
1 WS							0	0			1	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4						0.00

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	ROE
1948	29	BRO	NL	17	385	317	55	90	16	5	8	2	3	61	32	.284	.404	.442	.846	.296	140	6	3	4	0	6

1950	31	BOS	AL	3	42	66	3	13	1	0	0	1	0	8	8	.197	.284	.212	.496	.224	14	2	0	0	0	0
1951	32	BOS	AL	31	377	324	59	100	19	1	6	4	2	42	22	.309	.390	.429	.819	.318	139	8	1	10	0	4
1952	33	BOS	AL	2	41	34	2	6	1	0	1	0	0	6	1	.176	.317	.294	.611	.156	10	2	1	0	0	1
4 Yrs				53	845	741	119	209	37	6	15	7	5	117	63	.282	.384	.409	.792	.293	303	18	5	14	0	11
162 Game Avg.				47	746	654	105	185	33	5	13	6	4	103	56	.282	.384	.409	.792	.293	268	16	4	12	0	10
MLB Averages																.260	.337	.358	.695	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1948	29	BRO	NL	-12.1	-1.2	396	-2.1	6.4	-8.5	1.05	-1.7	-0.2	-17.2	-1.6	1.05	-17.2	1	2	1

1950	31	BOS	AL	7.2	0.8	43	0.3	0.7	-0.4	.82	0.1	0.2	3.2	0.3	0.82	2.6	0	0	0
1951	32	BOS	AL	-10.4	-1.0	387	-1.5	7.0	-8.5	1.20	-0.7	-0.6	-11.2	-1.0	1.20	-8.9	7	5	11
1952	33	BOS	AL	2.5	0.3	41	0.1	0.5	-0.3	.57	0.2	0.0	3.0	0.3	0.57	1.3	0	0	1
6 Yrs				5.6	0.7	867	-3.2	14.6	-17.8	1.08	-2.1	-0.9	-22.1	-2.0	1.08	-22.2	8	7	13

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
1947	28	BRO	NL	33	20	10	5	5	0	2	13	6	.684	0	0	10	2	14	70%	54.2	82	22			13	2	5.4		6.7
1948	29	BRO	NL	17	13	2	6	5	0	1	7	6	.538	0	3	2	0	4	31%	41.3	64	18	10	1	2	7	6.1	3.6	5.5

1950	31	BOS	AL	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.000	0	0	2	1	2	100%	68.5	82	55	0	0	1	1	5.3	7.9	9.0
1951	32	BOS	AL	31	8	2	5	1	1	1	3	5	.375	0	1	1	0	2	25%	35.8	74	19	19	12	2	6	5.8	3.9	5.1
1952	33	BOS	AL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	1	0	1	100%	62.0	62	62	0	0	0	1	12.4	12.4	9.0
5 Yrs				86	44	17	16	11	1	4	26	17	.605	0	4	16	3	23	52%	48	82	18	29	13	18	17	5.8	4.6	6.2
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	115	-11					4.5	4.6	6.7

Reliever Pitching*

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
1946	27	BRO	NL	4	4	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	0														1	0		1	3.5
1947	28	BRO	NL	33	13	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0														9	2		4	6.4
1948	29	BRO	NL	17	4	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	1	3	2	67%	8	1.052	1	2	1	1	0	3	2	2	4	0	4	0	6.0

1950	31	BOS	AL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.823	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
1951	32	BOS	AL	31	23	13	2	4	2	2	0	100%	3	0	20	7	35%	7	1.196	7	5	11	3	4	16	10	13	13	5	15	3	5.3
1952	33	BOS	AL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		9	.573	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
6 Yrs				90	46	22	2	5	2	4	0	200%	4	1	23	9	39%		1.082	8	7	13	4	4	21	12	17	27	7	19	8	5.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1946	27	BRO	NL	18		0.0%	33.3%	5.6%				56%
1947	28	BRO	NL	673		1.5%	8.6%	12.3%	3.7%	19%		76%
1948	29	BRO	NL	385	65%	2.1%	8.3%	15.8%	7.5%	32%	1.16	72%	79	6	8%

1950	31	BOS	AL	74	48%	0.0%	19.1%	19.1%	2.4%	8%	1.36	138%	14	2	14%
1951	32	BOS	AL	377	58%	1.6%	5.8%	11.1%	6.9%	26%	1.31	79%	83	8	10%
1952	33	BOS	AL	41	76%	2.4%	2.4%	14.6%	4.9%	33%	1.23	78%	8	2	25%
6 Yrs				1568	61%	1.6%	8.3%	13.1%	5.4%	24%	1.24	77%	184	18	10%
MLB Averages					49%	2.1%	11.8%	11.8%	5.6%	20%	0.95	92%			11%

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
1946	27	BRO	NL		5			0												0
1947	28	BRO	NL		130			10												5
1948	29	BRO	NL	385	90			8	1	15	3	5	2	6	22	7	2	32%	6	2	0	164	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0

1950	31	BOS	AL	42	13			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	50%	0	1	0	23	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32
1951	32	BOS	AL	377	100			6	0	19	3	3	4	2	36	20	1	56%	4	3	0	150	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
1952	33	BOS	AL	41	6			1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				845	344			25	1	35	7	8	7	8	60	28	4	47%	11	11	0	353	7	5	58%	7	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	11	32
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1946	27	0	0		3.86	4	0	3	0	0	1	4.2	5	2	2	0	1	6	0	0	0	18	96	1.286	9.6	0.0	1.9	11.6	6.00	96
1947	28	10	5	.667	3.13	37	20	5	10	2	2	166.2	135	65	58	10	84	64	5	0	5	691	131	1.314	7.3	0.5	4.5	3.5	0.76	131
1948	29	12	12	.500	3.86	54	33	7	12	2	2	247.1	225	120	106	18	145	96	8	1	7	1073	106	1.496	8.2	0.7	5.3	3.5	0.66	106
1949	30	12	12	.500	3.86	54	33	7	12	2	2	247.1	225	120	106	18	145	96	8	1	7	1073	106	1.496	8.2	0.7	5.3	3.5	0.66	106
1950	31	14	12	.538	3.68	57	35	8	14	3	2	266.1	238	123	109	18	153	104	8	1	8	1147	112	1.468	8.0	0.6	5.2	3.5	0.68	112
1951	32	18	21	.462	4.17	88	43	21	15	3	4	347.2	338	182	161	24	195	126	9	2	11	1525	101	1.533	8.7	0.6	5.0	3.3	0.65	101
1952	33	19	21	.475	4.10	90	44	22	16	3	4	357.2	344	184	163	25	201	127	10	2	11	1566	103	1.524	8.7	0.6	5.1	3.2	0.63	103

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
1946	27	0	0		4.50	4.0	5	2	2	0	1	6	0	1.500	11.3	2.3	13.5	6.00	0.0	4
1947	28	10	7	.588	3.15	160.0	133	62	56	10	85	57	5	1.363	7.5	4.8	3.2	0.67	0.6	33
1948	29	3	5	.375	5.70	79.0	94	56	50	8	64	31	3	2.000	10.7	7.3	3.5	0.48	0.9	17

1950	31	2	0	1.000	1.42	19.0	13	3	3	0	8	8	0	1.105	6.2	3.8	3.8	1.00	0.0	3
1951	32	3	6	.333	5.08	85.0	99	53	48	6	42	23	1	1.659	10.5	4.4	2.4	0.55	0.6	31
1952	33	1	0	1.000	1.80	10.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	1	1.200	5.4	5.4	0.9	0.17	0.9	2
6 Yrs		19	18	.514	4.06	357.0	350	178	161	25	206	126	10	1.557	8.8		3.2	0.61	0.6	90

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1947 NL 3.11 (8th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1947 NL 7.222 (1st)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1947 NL 0.556 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1947 NL 5 (8th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1947 NL 5 (2nd)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1947 NL 132 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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