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Joe Taylor

Joe Cephus Taylor

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 2, 1926 in Chapman, AL (All Transactions)
Debut: August 26, 1954
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Redlegs/Cardinals/Athletics 1954-1959

Final Game: July 21, 1959
Died: March 18, 1993 in Pittsburgh, PA
Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
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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
1954 28 PHA AL 18 60 58 5 13 1 1 1 8 0 1 2 9 .224 .250 .328 .578 57 19 2 0 0 0 /79
1957 31 CIN NL 33 115 107 14 28 7 0 4 9 0 1 6 24 .262 .301 .439 .740 92 47 2 0 2 0 0 7/9
1958 32 TOT MLB 54 111 100 13 28 7 0 3 12 0 0 9 23 .280 .336 .440 .776 114 44 5 0 1 1 1 9/87
1958 32 STL NL 18 27 23 2 7 3 0 1 3 0 0 2 4 .304 .346 .565 .911 132 13 0 0 1 1 0 /879
1958 32 BAL AL 36 84 77 11 21 4 0 2 9 0 0 7 19 .273 .333 .403 .736 108 31 5 0 0 0 1 9/87
1959 33 BAL AL 14 43 32 2 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 11 5 .156 .372 .281 .653 85 9 0 0 0 0 0 9/7
4 Yrs 119 329 297 34 74 16 1 9 31 0 2 28 61 .249 .313 .401 .714 92 119 9 0 3 1 1
162 Game Avg. 162 448 404 46 101 22 1 12 42 0 3 38 83 .249 .313 .401 .714 92 162 12 0 4 1
BAL (2 yrs) 50 127 109 13 26 5 0 3 11 0 0 18 24 .239 .346 .367 .713 101 40 5 0 0 0 1
STL (1 yr) 18 27 23 2 7 3 0 1 3 0 0 2 4 .304 .346 .565 .911 132 13 0 0 1 1 0
PHA (1 yr) 18 60 58 5 13 1 1 1 8 0 1 2 9 .224 .250 .328 .578 57 19 2 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 33 115 107 14 28 7 0 4 9 0 1 6 24 .262 .301 .439 .740 92 47 2 0 2 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 68 187 167 18 39 6 1 4 19 0 1 20 33 .234 .316 .353 .669 86 59 7 0 0 0 1
NL (2 yrs) 51 142 130 16 35 10 0 5 12 0 1 8 28 .269 .309 .462 .771 99 60 2 0 3 1 0

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
1954 28 PHA AL 18 60 -4 -0 -0 -1 -1 -7 -0.7 2 -5 -0.6 .459 .495 -0.4 -0.2 -4 $ /79
1957 31 CIN NL 33 115 -1 0 -0 2 -1 -0 -0.1 4 4 0.3 .499 .500 0.1 0.1 1 $ 7/9
1958 32 STL NL 18 27 1 -0 0 1 -0 2 0.2 1 2 0.3 .509 .501 0.1 0.1 1 $ /879
1958 32 BAL AL 36 84 1 0 -1 -3 -1 -4 -0.4 2 -1 -0.2 .489 .498 0.1 -0.4 2 $ 9/87
1959 33 BAL AL 14 43 -0 0 0 -1 -1 -2 -0.2 1 -0 -0.1 .487 .499 0.0 -0.2 0 $ 9/7
4 Seasons 119 329 -4 -0 -1 -2 -4 -11 -1.2 10 -1 -0.3 .490 .499 -0.1 -0.6 1 $
BAL (2 yrs) 50 127 0 0 -1 -4 -2 -5 -0.6 4 -2 -0.3 .488 .498 0.1 -0.6 2 $
STL (1 yr) 18 27 1 -0 0 1 -0 2 0.2 1 2 0.3 .509 .501 0.1 0.1 1 $
PHA (1 yr) 18 60 -4 -0 -0 -1 -1 -7 -0.7 2 -5 -0.6 .459 .495 -0.4 -0.2 -4 $
CIN (1 yr) 33 115 -1 0 -0 2 -1 -0 -0.1 4 4 0.3 .499 .500 0.1 0.1 1 $

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
1954 28 PHA AL 60 48 4 2.2 100 .250 .224 .266 .250 .342 .328 .390 .578 .732 57 .236 -4.0 -0.4 .417 .121 .103 .0
1957 31 CIN NL 115 84 13 4.2 108 .304 .262 .276 .301 .340 .439 .427 .740 .766 92 .456 -1.6 -0.2 .634 .224 .178 .0
1958 32 TOT MLB 111 79 14 4.7 97 .333 .280 .259 .336 .328 .440 .397 .776 .724 114 .536 2.0 0.2 .688 .250 .160 .0
1958 32 STL NL 27 18 5 7.5 110 .316 .304 .276 .346 .344 .565 .431 .911 .775 132 .703 1.2 0.1 .938 .348 .261 .0
1958 32 BAL AL 84 61 9 3.9 93 .339 .273 .254 .333 .322 .403 .387 .736 .709 108 .461 0.8 0.1 .623 .221 .130 .0
1959 33 BAL AL 43 27 4 4.0 96 .154 .156 .257 .372 .328 .281 .393 .653 .720 85 .454 0.0 0.0 .741 .469 .125 .0
4 Yrs 329 238 35 4.0 101 .285 .249 .266 .313 .334 .401 .406 .714 .740 92 .447 -3.5 -0.4 .620 .239 .152 .0
162 Game Avg. 448 324 48 4.0 101 .285 .249 .266 .313 .334 .401 .406 .714 .740 92 .447 -3.5 -0.4 .620 .239 .152
BAL (2 yrs) 127 88 13 4.0 94 .280 .239 .255 .346 .324 .367 .389 .713 .713 101 .459 0.8 0.1 .659 .294 .128 .0
STL (1 yr) 27 18 5 7.5 110 .316 .304 .276 .346 .344 .565 .431 .911 .775 132 .703 1.2 0.1 .938 .348 .261 .0
PHA (1 yr) 60 48 4 2.2 100 .250 .224 .266 .250 .342 .328 .390 .578 .732 57 .235 -4.0 -0.4 .417 .121 .103 .0
CIN (1 yr) 115 84 13 4.2 108 .304 .262 .276 .301 .340 .439 .427 .740 .766 92 .455 -1.6 -0.2 .634 .224 .178 .0
AL (3 yrs) 187 136 17 3.3 96 .269 .234 .259 .316 .330 .353 .389 .669 .719 86 .387 -3.2 -0.3 .574 .234 .120 .0
NL (2 yrs) 142 102 18 4.8 108 .306 .269 .276 .309 .341 .462 .427 .771 .768 99 .514 -0.4 -0.0 .684 .246 .192 .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
1954 28 PHA AL 60 1.7% 15.0% 3.3% 5.0% 23% 4.50 6.4 58.0 7.3 0.89 80%
1957 31 CIN NL 115 3.5% 20.9% 5.2% 9.6% 39% 4.00 4.5 26.8 11.9 0.53 69%
1958 32 TOT MLB 111 2.7% 20.7% 8.1% 9.0% 36% 2.56 4.3 33.3 8.3 0.83 68%
1958 32 STL NL 27 3.7% 14.8% 7.4% 14.8% 57% 2.00 5.8 23.0 7.7 1.00 70%
1958 32 BAL AL 84 2.4% 22.6% 8.3% 7.1% 29% 2.71 4.1 38.5 8.6 0.78 67%
1959 33 BAL AL 43 2.3% 11.6% 25.6% 4.7% 40% 0.45 6.4 32.0 16.0 0.57 60%
4 Yrs 329 2.7% 18.5% 8.5% 7.9% 35% 2.18 4.9 33.0 9.6 0.69 69%
MLB Averages 2.3% 12.2% 9.0% 6.6% 29% 1.34 7.3 38.4 8.3 0.99 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1954 28 PHA AL -3.9 -0.4 58 0.1 1.1 -1.0 .95 -0.3 0.5 -1.9 -0.2 0.95 -3.4 2.38 3
1957 31 CIN NL -1.6 -0.2 117 -0.2 2.2 -2.3 1.17 -0.0 -0.1 -3.0 -0.3 0.95 -1.3 1.14 6
1958 32 TOT MLB 2.1 0.2 113 -0.4 1.9 -2.3 1.05 0.3 -0.7 -1.9 -0.2 0.96 1.4 1.49 25
1958 32 STL NL 1.3 0.1 28 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 1.07 0.1 -0.1 0.4 0.0 0.86 0.5 1.33 12
1958 32 BAL AL 0.8 0.1 85 -0.3 1.5 -1.8 1.05 0.2 -0.6 -2.3 -0.2 1.00 0.9 1.63 13
1959 33 BAL AL 0.0 0.0 43 -0.0 0.6 -0.7 1.11 -0.0 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 0.95 0.0 0.85 1
4 Yrs -3.4 -0.4 331 -0.5 5.9 -6.3 1.08 -0.1 -0.4 -7.2 -0.7 0.95 -3.3 1.48 35

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
1954 28 PHA AL 0 0 29% 17 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 31 CIN NL 1 0 33% 41 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 42% 9 7 2 0 0 0 3 0 3
1958 32 TOT MLB 1 0 29% 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 55% 7 4 3 1 1 0 3 0 3
1958 32 STL NL 0 0 13% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 32 BAL AL 1 0 35% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 6 4 2 1 1 0 3 0 3
1959 33 BAL AL 0 0 7% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
4 Yrs 2 0 27% 111 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 46% 20 14 6 1 1 0 7 0 7

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
1954 28 PHA AL 60 18% 13 3 2 0 1 2.38 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0% 6 2 33% 4 1 25% 32 7 22% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1957 31 CIN NL 115 38% 28 6 2 0 0 1.14 4 0 2 1 3 4 0 0 2 2 100% 28 2 7% 12 2 17% 66 5 8% 2 1 50% 3 2 67% 0
1958 32 TOT MLB 111 41% 28 25 7 1 3 1.49 3 0 4 2 1 0 3 1 1 1 100% 18 5 28% 12 2 17% 67 9 13% 4 2 50% 6 2 33% 0
1958 32 STL NL 27 59% 7 12 4 1 2 1.33 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 3 2 67% 11 2 18% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
1958 32 BAL AL 84 35% 21 13 3 0 1 1.63 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 14 5 36% 9 0 0% 56 7 13% 3 1 33% 4 1 25% 0
1959 33 BAL AL 43 53% 5 1 0 0 0 0.85 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 0% 2 0 0% 23 1 4% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 329 38% 74 35 11 1 4 1.48 9 0 7 5 4 5 4 1 4 3 75% 62 9 15% 30 5 17% 188 22 12% 8 3 38% 10 5 50% 0
MLB Averages 48% 78% 11% 31% 14% 50% 53%

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
1954 28 18 60 58 5 13 1 1 1 8 0 1 2 9 .224 .250 .328 .578 57 19 2 0 0 0
1955 29 18 60 58 5 13 1 1 1 8 0 1 2 9 .224 .250 .328 .578 57 19 2 0 0 0
1956 30 18 60 58 5 13 1 1 1 8 0 1 2 9 .224 .250 .328 .578 57 19 2 0 0 0
1957 31 51 175 165 19 41 8 1 5 17 0 2 8 33 .248 .283 .400 .683 80 66 4 0 2 0 0
1958 32 105 286 265 32 69 15 1 8 29 0 2 17 56 .260 .304 .415 .719 92 110 9 0 3 1 1
1959 33 119 329 297 34 74 16 1 9 31 0 2 28 61 .249 .313 .401 .714 92 119 9 0 3 1 1

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
1954 28 19 63 61 6 14 1 1 1 9 0 2 9 .230 .254 .328 .582 5 18
1957 31 34 119 111 13 28 7 0 4 9 0 6 25 .252 .291 .423 .714 14 33
1958 32 57 118 106 15 31 8 0 3 13 0 10 24 .292 .350 .453 .803 17 54
1959 33 15 44 33 2 5 1 0 1 2 0 11 5 .152 .364 .273 .636 3 14
4 Yrs 125 344 311 36 78 17 1 9 33 0 29 63 .251 .314 .399 .712 39 119
162 Game Avg. 162 446 403 47 101 22 1 12 43 0 38 82 .251 .314 .399 .712 51 119

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