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Hawk Taylor

Robert Dale Taylor

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Catcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: April 3, 1939 in Metropolis, IL
High School: Metropolis Community HS (Metropolis, IL)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 9, 1957
Teams (by GP): Mets/Royals/Braves/Angels 1957-1970

Final Game: September 22, 1970
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1957 MLN NL 18 C 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 6.00 0 0 0 0 0
1958 MLN NL 19 LF 4 2 1 21.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 6 2.14 1.25 .976 2.01 2.00
1958 MLN NL 19 OF 4 2 1 21.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 6 2.14 1.25 .980 2.27 2.25
1961 MLN NL 22 LF 5 5 4 42.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -9 1.93 1.80 .973 1.89 1.86
1961 MLN NL 22 OF 5 5 4 42.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -9 1.93 1.80 .977 2.16 2.14
1961 MLN NL 22 C 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 6.30 0 0 0 0 0
1962 MLN NL 23 OF 11 11 6 90.0 25 23 1 1 0 .960 2 24 2.40 2.18 .974 2.07 2.05
1962 MLN NL 23 LF 7 7 3 56.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 1 19 2.25 2.00 .968 1.82 1.80
1962 MLN NL 23 RF 4 4 3 34.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 1 32 2.65 2.50 .975 1.91 1.88
1963 MLN NL 24 OF 8 6 3 54.2 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -7 2.30 1.75 .977 2.01 2.00
1963 MLN NL 24 LF 5 4 3 36.2 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1 20 2.70 2.20 .971 1.79 1.80
1963 MLN NL 24 CF 3 2 0 16.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -52 1.12 0.67 .980 2.36 2.37
1963 MLN NL 24 RF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1964 NYM NL 25 C 45 34 30 322.0 214 182 28 4 5 .981 0 0 5.87 4.67 .988 6.81 6.76 7 11 25 17 40% 40% 2
1964 NYM NL 25 LF 16 15 13 118.0 28 27 0 1 0 .964 -1 -11 2.06 1.69 .965 1.70 1.69
1964 NYM NL 25 OF 16 15 13 118.0 29 28 0 1 0 .966 -1 -11 2.14 1.75 .973 1.99 1.98
1965 NYM NL 26 C 15 6 6 74.1 53 46 5 2 0 .962 -3 -48 6.17 3.40 .988 6.96 6.97 2 3 14 2 13% 36% 0
1965 NYM NL 26 1B 1 1 1 9.0 7 5 1 1 0 .857 -1 -80 6.00 6.00 .990 10.00 10.00
1966 NYM NL 27 C 29 16 10 152.2 93 80 13 0 3 1.000 0 0 5.48 3.21 .987 6.84 6.83 1 9 13 9 41% 40% 0
1966 NYM NL 27 1B 13 4 2 56.0 68 60 5 3 7 .956 -3 -62 10.45 5.00 .989 9.90 9.89
1967 TOT MLB 28 C 31 23 18 211.0 161 140 18 3 3 .981 2 11 6.74 5.10 .989 7.08 7.10 4 11 9 14 61% 41% 1
1967 NYM NL 28 C 12 10 9 91.1 67 56 8 3 1 .955 0 0 6.31 5.33 .990 6.89 6.89 3 6 7 7 50% 40% 1
1967 CAL AL 28 C 19 13 9 119.2 94 84 10 0 2 1.000 2 20 7.07 4.95 .989 7.22 7.23 1 5 2 7 78% 41% 0
1969 KCR AL 30 OF 18 7 5 76.0 22 19 1 2 1 .909 0 5 2.37 1.11 .978 2.13 2.13
1969 KCR AL 30 RF 16 7 5 70.2 22 19 1 2 1 .909 0 3 2.55 1.25 .974 1.91 1.91
1969 KCR AL 30 C 6 2 2 25.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -48 7.20 3.33 .987 6.66 6.65 2 2 3 1 25% 36% 0
1969 KCR AL 30 LF 2 0 0 5.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 23 1.69 0.50 .980 2.02 2.00
1970 KCR AL 31 C 3 1 1 14.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 2.33 .989 6.62 6.63 0 0 1 0 0% 39% 0
1970 KCR AL 31 1B 1 1 0 7.0 8 5 2 1 1 .875 0 69 9.00 7.00 .991 9.64 9.60
8 Seasons C 131 82 67 802.0 548 474 65 9 11 .984 -2 -3 6.05 4.11 .988 6.89 6.86 16 36 65 43 40% 39% 3
6 Seasons OF 62 46 32 401.2 104 97 3 4 1 .962 0 1 2.24 1.61 .976 2.07 2.07
6 Seasons LF 39 33 24 279.0 69 66 1 2 0 .971 0 1 2.16 1.72 .969 1.79 1.79
3 Seasons RF 21 11 8 106.2 32 28 2 2 1 .938 1 10 2.53 1.43 .974 1.91 1.90
3 Seasons 1B 15 6 3 72.0 83 70 8 5 8 .940 -3 -52 9.75 5.20 .989 9.89 9.88
1 Season CF 3 2 0 16.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -52 1.12 0.67 .980 2.36 2.37
11 Seasons TOT 208 134 102 1275.2 735 641 76 18 20 .976 -5 -4 5.06 3.45 .987 5.54 5.65 16 36 65 43 40% 39% 3
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1957 MLN NL 18 C 0 0 0
1958 MLN NL 19 LF 0 6 0 0 0 0
1961 MLN NL 22 LF -0 -9 -0 -0 0 0
1961 MLN NL 22 C 0 0 0
1962 MLN NL 23 LF 1 19 1 0 0 0
1962 MLN NL 23 RF 1 32 -0 -0 0 1
1963 MLN NL 24 LF 1 20 1 1 -0 0
1963 MLN NL 24 CF -1 -52 -1 -0 -0 0
1963 MLN NL 24 RF -0 -120 -0 -0 0 0
1964 NYM NL 25 C 0 0 0
1964 NYM NL 25 LF -1 -11 -0 1 -1 -1
1965 NYM NL 26 C -3 -48 -3
1965 NYM NL 26 1B -1 -80 -1 -1 0 0
1966 NYM NL 27 C 0 0 0
1966 NYM NL 27 1B -3 -62 -3 -1 -2 0
1967 NYM NL 28 C 0 0 0
1967 CAL AL 28 C 2 20 2
1969 KCR AL 30 RF 0 3 0 0 -0 0
1969 KCR AL 30 C -1 -48 -1
1969 KCR AL 30 LF 0 23 0 0 0 0
1970 KCR AL 31 C 0 0 0
1970 KCR AL 31 1B 0 69 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons C -2 -3 -2
6 Seasons LF 0 1 1 2 -1 -1
3 Seasons RF 1 10 -0 0 -0 1
3 Seasons 1B -3 -52 -3 -1 -2 0
1 Season CF -1 -52 -1 -0 -0 0
11 Seasons TOT -5 -4 -3 0 -3 0 0 -2
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1957 MLN NL 18 7 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
1958 MLN NL 19 4 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 1
1961 MLN NL 22 20 5 20 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 13 1
1962 MLN NL 23 20 11 20 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 4 11 0 8 1
1963 MLN NL 24 16 6 16 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 9 0 9 0
1964 NYM NL 25 92 49 92 61 0 45 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 35 0
1965 NYM NL 26 25 7 25 16 0 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1966 NYM NL 27 53 20 53 42 0 29 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0
1967 CAL AL 28 23 13 23 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1967 NYM NL 28 13 10 13 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1969 KCR AL 30 64 9 64 23 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 16 18 0 52 0
1970 KCR AL 31 57 2 57 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 0
11 Seasons 394 134 394 208 0 131 15 0 0 0 39 3 21 63 0 222 8
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1957 MLN NL 18 3 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 MLN NL 22 12 13.50 13.50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 NYM NL 25 1439 5.06 5.73 23 96% 0 0 183 19 0 6 157 26 3 0 0 4 4 1 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 4 100%
1965 NYM NL 26 357 5.21 7.14 3 100% 0 0 47 2 0 1 44 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1966 NYM NL 27 668 4.60 4.95 10 100% 0 0 80 5 1 2 72 14 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 4 100%
1967 CAL AL 28 497 3.46 3.46 8 100% 0 0 86 5 0 2 79 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
1967 NYM NL 28 389 3.74 4.04 5 100% 1 0 58 4 0 2 51 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
1969 KCR AL 30 111 3.96 5.40 1 100% 0 0 19 1 1 1 16 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1970 KCR AL 31 70 8.36 8.36 1 100% 0 0 7 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 3546 4.63 5.23 51 98% 1 0 480 37 2 14 425 61 10 0 0 7 9 2 3 4 0 13 0 1 1 10 100%
MLB Averages 3.66 4.14 95% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1957 MLN NL 18 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 MLN NL 22 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 NYM NL 25 7 11 578 25 17 14 40% 23 12 2 4 0 1 2 1 55 19 1.00 1.16
1965 NYM NL 26 2 3 162 14 2 2 13% 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 5 1.34 1.96
1966 NYM NL 27 1 9 254 13 9 8 41% 12 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 10 1.52 0.96
1967 CAL AL 28 1 5 177 2 7 7 78% 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 11 8 1.43 1.37
1967 NYM NL 28 3 6 147 7 7 5 50% 4 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 19 7 1.49 1.16
1969 KCR AL 30 2 2 40 3 1 0 25% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0.95 0.10
1970 KCR AL 31 0 0 35 1 0 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.63
8 Seasons 16 36 1401 65 43 36 40% 57 33 7 6 1 4 3 2 145 50 1.24 1.17
MLB Averages 38% 1.25 1.21

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1958 MLN NL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 59% 85% 23% 5 100%
1961 MLN NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 5 62.5% 2 1 12.5% 0 178 51% 79% 27% 18 50%
1962 MLN NL 23 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 241 70% 85% 29% 31 45%
1963 MLN NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 4 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 156 60% 85% 31% 18 61%
1964 NYM NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 11 0 11 1 0 2 1 0 4 1 0 8 6 0 38 20 52.6% 18 0 0.0% 0 505 52% 87% 38% 59 46%
1969 KCR AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 48% 83% 22% 2 50%
6 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 23 19 0 15 1 0 4 2 1 4 1 0 12 10 0 58 33 56.9% 24 1 1.7% 0 1189 57% 85% 32% 133 50%
MLB Averages 58.3% 2.7% 64% 79% 27% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1962 MLN NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 0 1 50.0% 0 162 68% 81% 25% 10 100%
1963 MLN NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 38% 88% 25% 1 0%
1969 KCR AL 30 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 8 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 15 4 26.7% 10 1 6.7% 0 323 70% 78% 28% 42 45%
3 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 9 4 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 17 5 29.4% 10 2 11.8% 0 493 69% 80% 27% 53 55%
MLB Averages 40.4% 3.2% 64% 79% 27% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1965 NYM NL 26 42 14% 76% 19% 3 67% 0 5 0 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 NYM NL 27 235 62% 86% 34% 12 67% 0 59 3 54 2 2 4 3 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 7 0 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 2 50%
1970 KCR AL 31 29 38% 79% 28% 6 83% 1 5 0 5 0 2 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
3 Seasons 306 53% 84% 32% 21 71% 1 69 3 64 2 5 8 6 1 0 1 5 0 5 0 5 8 0 0 1 7 1 1 0 1 2 50%
MLB Averages 64% 79% 28% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1963 MLN NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 68% 88% 34% 4 50%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 68% 88% 34% 4 50%
MLB Averages 41.7% 2.3% 64% 79% 27% 56%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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

                                         

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