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
1951	25	FHM	C	43	172	172		62	9	1	10						.360	.360	.599	.959		103							FHM · PROV
1952	26	OAK-min	C	120	483	483		149	35	4	25						.308	.308	.553	.861		267							SHY · PROV
1953	27	OAK-min	A,AAA	148	557	527	42	168	25	5	17	45	4		24	26	.319	.352	.482	.834		254		3	3				WPT,OTT · EL,IL
1954	28	OAK-min	AAA	131	531	462	71	149	24	4	23	79	4		58	51	.323	.398	.541	.940		250		3	4	4			OTT · IL
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

1955	29	OAK-min	Opn,AAA	128	538	474	82	138	28	5	22	93	4		46	54	.291	.353	.511	.864		242	8	4	6	8			POR,TTO,CLB · PCL,IL
1956	30	CIN-min	Opn	150	561	484	79	126	32	0	24	89	5		67	70	.260	.355	.475	.830		230	9	5	3	2			SLE · PCL
1957	31	CIN-min	Opn	115	479	394	70	120	15	4	22	72	3		65	54	.305	.408	.530	.939		209	12	9	4	7			SLE · PCL
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	STL-min	AAA	43	172	148	28	40	10	0	10	34	4		20	17	.270	.359	.541	.899		80		1	2	1	2		OMA · AA
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-min	AAA	110	468	401	70	117	25	2	23	77	10	2	59	69	.292	.384	.536	.920		215		3	2	3			VAN · PCL
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
1960	34	CIN-min	AAA	145	584	526	104	153	26	7	30	94	7	4	58	94	.291	.361	.538	.899		283							SLE · PCL
1961	35	CHW-min	AAA	132	505	441	69	118	22	4	26	74	0	1	64	75	.268	.360	.512	.873		226							SDG · PCL
1962	36	MIN-ANA-min	AAA	109	396	353	35	87	15	0	13	37	2	1	38	74	.246	.323	.399	.723		141		3	0	2			VAN,HAW · PCL
1963	37	MCT	AA	18																									MCT · MEX
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
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	GO/AO	IP%
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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
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	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1954	28	18	60	58	5	13	1	1	1	8	1	2	9	.224	.250	.328	.578	57	19	2	0	0
1955	29	18	60	58	5	13	1	1	1	8	1	2	9	.224	.250	.328	.578	57	19	2	0	0
1956	30	18	60	58	5	13	1	1	1	8	1	2	9	.224	.250	.328	.578	57	19	2	0	0
1957	31	51	175	165	19	41	8	1	5	17	2	8	33	.248	.283	.400	.683	80	66	4	2	0	0
1958	32	105	286	265	32	69	15	1	8	29	2	17	56	.260	.304	.415	.719	92	110	9	3	1	1
1959	33	119	329	297	34	74	16	1	9	31	2	28	61	.249	.313	.401	.714	92	119	9	3	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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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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