Hawk Taylor
Robert Dale Taylor
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 3, 1939 in Metropolis, IL
High School: Metropolis (Metropolis, IL)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 9, 1957
Final Game: September 22, 1970
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Standard Batting

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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
1957 18 MLN NL 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1958 19 MLN NL 4 8 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .250 .375 -0 2 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1961 22 MLN NL 20 29 26 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 11 .192 .276 .308 .584 59 8 0 0 0 0 0 /72
1962 23 MLN NL 20 49 47 3 12 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 10 .255 .286 .255 .541 49 12 0 0 0 0 0 /79
1963 24 MLN NL 16 30 29 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .069 .100 .069 .169 -50 2 1 0 0 0 0 /789
1964 25 NYM NL 92 235 225 20 54 8 0 4 23 0 0 8 33 .240 .272 .329 .601 71 74 7 2 0 0 1 27
1965 26 NYM NL 25 48 46 5 7 0 0 4 10 0 0 1 8 .152 .167 .413 .580 60 19 2 0 0 1 0 2/3
1966 27 NYM NL 53 113 109 5 19 2 0 3 12 0 1 3 19 .174 .204 .275 .479 34 30 6 1 0 0 0 23
1967 28 TOT MLB 36 95 89 8 25 6 0 1 7 0 0 6 16 .281 .326 .382 .708 110 34 1 0 0 0 1 2
1967 28 NYM NL 13 39 37 3 9 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 8 .243 .282 .324 .606 75 12 0 0 0 0 1 2
1967 28 CAL AL 23 56 52 5 16 3 0 1 3 0 0 4 8 .308 .357 .423 .780 135 22 1 0 0 0 0 2
1969 30 KCR AL 64 96 89 7 24 5 0 3 21 0 0 6 18 .270 .313 .427 .739 106 38 4 0 0 1 0 9/27
1970 31 KCR AL 57 62 55 3 9 3 0 0 6 0 0 6 16 .164 .258 .218 .476 34 12 1 1 0 0 2 /23
11 Seasons 394 766 724 56 158 25 0 16 82 0 3 36 146 .218 .258 .319 .578 63 231 22 4 0 2 4
162 Game Avg. 162 315 298 23 65 10 0 7 34 0 1 15 60 .218 .258 .319 .578 63 95 9 2 0 1 2
MLN (5 yrs) 67 117 111 8 20 1 0 1 3 0 2 6 36 .180 .222 .216 .438 22 24 1 0 0 0 0
NYM (4 yrs) 183 435 417 33 89 13 0 11 49 0 1 14 68 .213 .244 .324 .567 60 135 15 3 0 1 2
KCR (2 yrs) 121 158 144 10 33 8 0 3 27 0 0 12 34 .229 .291 .347 .638 78 50 5 1 0 1 2
CAL (1 yr) 23 56 52 5 16 3 0 1 3 0 0 4 8 .308 .357 .423 .780 135 22 1 0 0 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 250 552 528 41 109 14 0 12 52 0 3 20 104 .206 .239 .301 .540 52 159 16 3 0 1 2
AL (3 yrs) 144 214 196 15 49 11 0 4 30 0 0 16 42 .250 .308 .367 .676 92 72 6 1 0 1 2

Advanced Batting

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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
1957 18 MLN NL 1 1 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .260 .000 .322 .000 .403 .000 .725 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1958 19 MLN NL 8 7 0 0.0 99 .200 .125 .260 .125 .326 .250 .406 .375 .732 -0 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .286 .125 .125
1961 22 MLN NL 29 22 2 2.4 100 .286 .192 .263 .276 .328 .308 .409 .584 .738 59 .233 -1.6 -0.2 .455 .192 .115 .0
1962 23 MLN NL 49 36 3 2.2 100 .324 .255 .266 .286 .333 .255 .404 .541 .737 49 .213 -3.4 -0.3 .361 .021 .000
1963 24 MLN NL 30 28 0 0.0 88 .118 .069 .253 .100 .315 .069 .378 .169 .693 -50 .000 -5.6 -0.6 .107 .034 .000
1964 25 NYM NL 235 178 19 2.9 91 .266 .240 .260 .272 .317 .329 .386 .601 .703 71 .342 -9.0 -0.9 .472 .124 .089 .0
1965 26 NYM NL 48 42 2 1.3 90 .086 .152 .254 .167 .316 .413 .383 .580 .700 60 .106 -2.8 -0.3 .488 .283 .261 .0
1966 27 NYM NL 113 97 4 1.1 94 .184 .174 .261 .204 .319 .275 .393 .479 .713 34 .080 -10.0 -1.0 .340 .119 .101 .0
1967 28 TOT MLB 95 65 11 4.6 84 .333 .281 .245 .326 .311 .382 .364 .708 .675 110 .580 1.1 0.1 .615 .169 .101 .0
1967 28 NYM NL 39 28 3 2.9 89 .310 .243 .256 .282 .318 .324 .375 .606 .693 75 .359 -1.1 -0.1 .500 .135 .081
1967 28 CAL AL 56 37 8 5.8 80 .349 .308 .238 .357 .306 .423 .356 .780 .662 135 .694 2.2 0.2 .703 .192 .115 .0
1969 30 KCR AL 96 70 11 4.2 95 .304 .270 .254 .313 .331 .427 .384 .739 .715 106 .502 0.4 0.0 .638 .225 .157 .0
1970 31 KCR AL 62 47 3 1.7 97 .231 .164 .257 .258 .331 .218 .392 .476 .723 34 .158 -4.9 -0.5 .404 .164 .055
11 Seasons 766 593 55 2.5 92 .252 .218 .257 .258 .321 .319 .386 .578 .707 63 .280 -37.0 -3.8 .453 .146 .101 .0
162 Game Avg. 315 244 23 2.5 92 .252 .218 .257 .258 .321 .319 .386 .578 .707 63 .280 -37.0 -3.8 .453 .146 .101
MLN (5 yrs) 117 94 5 1.4 97 .257 .180 .261 .222 .327 .216 .399 .438 .725 22 .112 -12.0 -1.2 .298 .072 .036 .0
NYM (4 yrs) 435 345 28 2.2 91 .230 .213 .259 .244 .318 .324 .387 .567 .704 60 .238 -22.9 -2.4 .439 .141 .110 .0
KCR (2 yrs) 158 117 14 3.2 95 .278 .229 .255 .291 .331 .347 .387 .638 .718 78 .376 -4.4 -0.4 .543 .201 .118 .0
CAL (1 yr) 56 37 8 5.8 80 .349 .308 .238 .357 .306 .423 .356 .780 .662 135 .694 2.2 0.2 .703 .192 .115 .0
NL (9 yrs) 552 439 33 2.0 93 .235 .206 .260 .239 .320 .301 .389 .540 .709 52 .209 -34.9 -3.6 .409 .127 .095 .0
AL (3 yrs) 214 154 22 3.9 92 .298 .250 .251 .308 .324 .367 .379 .676 .703 92 .470 -2.2 -0.2 .582 .199 .117 .0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1957 18 MLN NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
1958 19 MLN NL 8 0.0% 37.5% 0.0% 12.5% 100% 2.7 3.00 63%
1961 22 MLN NL 29 3.5% 37.9% 10.3% 3.5% 20% 3.67 2.4 26.0 26.0 1.50 48%
1962 23 MLN NL 49 0.0% 20.4% 4.1% 0.0% 0% 5.00 4.7 23.5 1.50 76%
1963 24 MLN NL 30 0.0% 40.0% 3.3% 0.0% 0% 12.00 2.4 0.78 57%
1964 25 NYM NL 235 1.7% 14.0% 3.4% 5.1% 22% 4.13 6.8 56.3 9.8 0.91 80%
1965 26 NYM NL 48 8.3% 16.7% 2.1% 8.3% 57% 8.00 5.8 11.5 4.6 0.72 73%
1966 27 NYM NL 113 2.7% 16.8% 2.7% 4.4% 26% 6.33 5.7 36.3 9.1 1.08 77%
1967 28 TOT MLB 95 1.1% 16.8% 6.3% 7.4% 28% 2.67 5.6 89.0 12.7 1.53 76%
1967 28 NYM NL 39 0.0% 20.5% 5.1% 7.7% 33% 4.00 4.6 9.3 0.58 74%
1967 28 CAL AL 56 1.8% 14.3% 7.1% 7.1% 25% 2.00 6.5 52.0 17.3 3.14 77%
1969 30 KCR AL 96 3.1% 18.8% 6.3% 8.3% 33% 3.00 4.9 29.7 4.2 0.68 72%
1970 31 KCR AL 62 0.0% 25.8% 9.7% 4.8% 33% 2.67 3.4 9.2 0.88 63%
11 Seasons 766 2.1% 19.1% 4.7% 5.4% 26% 4.06 5.0 45.3 8.8 0.98 74%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1957 18 MLN NL 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 19 MLN NL 0 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1961 22 MLN NL 0 0 0% 8 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 23 MLN NL 0 0 21% 21 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50% 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
1963 24 MLN NL 0 0 33% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1964 25 NYM NL 2 0 27% 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 41% 7 3 3 2 2 0 8 3 4
1965 26 NYM NL 2 0 25% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1966 27 NYM NL 0 0 10% 22 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1967 28 TOT MLB 1 0 23% 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 27% 4 4 0 1 1 0 6 2 3
1967 28 NYM NL 1 0 27% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 40% 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 2
1967 28 CAL AL 0 0 21% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17% 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
1969 30 KCR AL 0 0 15% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 43% 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
1970 31 KCR AL 0 0 19% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 5 0 22% 224 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 39% 26 18 7 5 4 1 21 7 12
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1957 18 MLN NL 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0.10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 19 MLN NL 8 63% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1961 22 MLN NL 29 69% 5 12 2 1 1 1.09 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 15 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1962 23 MLN NL 49 41% 12 8 2 0 0 0.56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0% 5 0 0% 24 2 8% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1963 24 MLN NL 30 77% 2 9 0 0 0 1.36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 5 2 40% 16 0 0% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
1964 25 NYM NL 235 40% 54 34 8 0 1 1.67 4 0 5 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 43 7 16% 19 3 16% 133 20 15% 9 4 44% 16 5 31% 0
1965 26 NYM NL 48 56% 7 13 0 0 0 1.42 4 0 1 1 3 1 3 0 1 0 0% 14 2 14% 9 2 22% 40 6 15% 7 2 29% 3 1 33% 0
1966 27 NYM NL 113 69% 19 28 4 1 3 1.67 3 1 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 25 6 24% 12 0 0% 64 9 14% 6 1 17% 4 0 0% 0
1967 28 TOT MLB 95 48% 25 4 1 0 0 1.45 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 1 7% 8 1 13% 46 6 13% 4 3 75% 5 1 20% 0
1967 28 NYM NL 39 28% 9 1 0 0 0 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 4 1 25% 17 4 24% 3 3 100% 2 0 0% 0
1967 28 CAL AL 56 63% 16 3 1 0 0 1.93 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 1 10% 4 0 0% 29 2 7% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1969 30 KCR AL 96 51% 24 49 13 1 6 2.45 3 0 6 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 27 4 15% 18 4 22% 95 18 19% 12 5 42% 5 0 0% 0
1970 31 KCR AL 62 60% 9 46 9 0 5 2.31 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 7% 6 1 17% 53 6 11% 8 3 38% 1 0 0% 0
11 Seasons 766 52% 158 204 39 3 16 1.88 16 1 21 6 10 10 6 0 1 0 0% 162 22 14% 84 13 15% 492 67 14% 49 18 37% 41 9 22% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1957 18 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 19 11 9 9 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .222 .333 -11 2 0 0 0 0 0
1959 20 11 9 9 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .222 .333 -11 2 0 0 0 0 0
1960 21 11 9 9 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .222 .333 -11 2 0 0 0 0 0
1961 22 31 38 35 4 6 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 14 .171 .237 .286 .523 42 10 0 0 0 0 0
1962 23 51 87 82 7 18 1 0 1 3 0 2 5 24 .220 .264 .268 .533 46 22 0 0 0 0 0
1963 24 67 117 111 8 20 1 0 1 3 0 2 6 36 .180 .222 .216 .438 22 24 1 0 0 0 0
1964 25 159 352 336 28 74 9 0 5 26 0 2 14 69 .220 .256 .292 .547 55 98 8 2 0 0 1
1965 26 184 400 382 33 81 9 0 9 36 0 2 15 77 .212 .245 .306 .551 55 117 10 2 0 1 1
1966 27 237 513 491 38 100 11 0 12 48 0 3 18 96 .204 .236 .299 .535 51 147 16 3 0 1 1
1967 28 273 608 580 46 125 17 0 13 55 0 3 24 112 .216 .250 .312 .562 59 181 17 3 0 1 2
1968 29 273 608 580 46 125 17 0 13 55 0 3 24 112 .216 .250 .312 .562 59 181 17 3 0 1 2
1969 30 337 704 669 53 149 22 0 16 76 0 3 30 130 .223 .259 .327 .586 66 219 21 3 0 2 2
1970 31 394 766 724 56 158 25 0 16 82 0 3 36 146 .218 .258 .319 .578 63 231 22 4 0 2 4

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1957 18 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
1958 19 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1961 22 21 30 27 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 3 11 .185 .267 .296 .563 2 20
1962 23 20 48 46 3 11 0 0 0 2 0 2 10 .239 .271 .239 .510 3 20
1963 24 16 30 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .000 .033 .000 .033 0 16
1964 25 92 237 227 23 56 8 0 4 26 0 8 33 .247 .278 .335 .613 21 92
1965 26 25 48 46 6 7 0 0 4 12 0 1 8 .152 .167 .413 .580 3 25
1966 27 53 111 107 6 17 2 0 3 14 0 3 19 .159 .189 .262 .451 5 53
1967 28 36 100 93 10 29 7 0 1 9 0 7 16 .312 .360 .419 .779 14 36
1969 30 64 96 89 8 24 5 0 3 23 0 6 18 .270 .313 .427 .739 12 64
1970 31 57 62 55 3 9 3 0 0 6 0 6 16 .164 .258 .218 .476 3 57
11 Seasons 395 771 728 62 158 25 0 16 93 0 37 146 .217 .258 .317 .575 63 394
162 Game Avg. 162 316 299 25 65 10 0 7 38 0 15 60 .217 .258 .317 .575 26 394

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Youngest s c a p y
1957 NL--born 1939-04-03--6th
1958 NL--born 1939-04-03--3rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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