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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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More Stats

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
1951	25	-min	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	58	19	2	0	0	0		/79

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	133	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	-min	AA	18																								MCT · MEX
4 Seasons				119	329	297	34	74	16	1	9	31	0	2	28	61	.249	.313	.401	.714	93	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	93	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	133	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	58	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	87	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1954	28	PHA	AL	60	-3	-1	0	0	-1	-1	2	-5	-0.6	-3	-0.3	-0.3	$	/79

1957	31	CIN	NL	115	-2	1	0	0	2	-1	4	4	0.4	2	0.2	0.2	$	7/9
1958	32	STL	NL	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$	/879
1958	32	BAL	AL	84	0	0	0	-1	-3	-1	2	-3	-0.3	0	0.0	-0.3	$	9/87
1959	33	BAL	AL	43	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	9/7
4 Seasons				329	-4	0	0	-1	-2	-4	10	-1	-0.2	1	0.1	-0.3	$

BAL (2 yrs)				127	0	0	0	-1	-4	-2	3	-3	-0.3	0	0.0	-0.3	$
STL (1 yr)				27	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$
PHA (1 yr)				60	-3	-1	0	0	-1	-1	2	-5	-0.6	-3	-0.3	-0.3	$
CIN (1 yr)				115	-2	1	0	0	2	-1	4	4	0.4	2	0.2	0.2	$

Standard Fielding

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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	Awards
1954	PHA	AL	28	OF	16	13	12	132.0	35	32	1	2	0	.943	-1	-13	2.25	2.06	.979	2.39	2.37
1954	PHA	AL	28	LF	9	7	6	66.0	19	17	1	1	0	.947	-2	-29	2.45	2.00	.977	2.26	2.24
1954	PHA	AL	28	RF	8	6	6	66.0	16	15	0	1	0	.938	0	4	2.05	1.88	.975	2.05	2.02
1957	CIN	NL	31	OF	27	24	19	217.1	68	63	3	2	1	.971	2	13	2.73	2.44	.980	2.29	2.31
1957	CIN	NL	31	LF	19	16	13	146.1	45	43	1	1	1	.978	2	18	2.71	2.32	.978	2.03	2.05
1957	CIN	NL	31	RF	8	8	6	71.0	23	20	2	1	0	.957	0	3	2.79	2.75	.972	1.98	1.99
1958	TOT	MLB	32	OF	26	21	12	162.0	46	44	1	1	1	.978	-2	-13	2.50	1.73	.982	2.27	2.25
1958	TOT	MLB	32	RF	16	15	8	107.0	21	20	0	1	0	.952	-1	-15	1.68	1.25	.980	1.99	1.98
1958	TOT	MLB	32	CF	6	5	4	39.1	19	18	1	0	1	1.000	-1	-37	4.35	3.17	.985	2.70	2.67
1958	TOT	MLB	32	LF	5	1	0	15.2	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	1	54	3.45	1.20	.980	2.07	2.04
1958	STL	NL	32	OF	5	3	3	30.0	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	1	48	3.00	2.00	.980	2.25	2.24
1958	STL	NL	32	CF	2	2	2	18.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	0	20	3.00	3.00	.987	2.75	2.70
1958	STL	NL	32	LF	2	0	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	80	3.00	0.50	.980	2.10	2.00
1958	STL	NL	32	RF	1	1	1	9.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1	93	3.00	3.00	.977	2.00	2.00
1958	BAL	AL	32	OF	21	18	9	132.0	36	34	1	1	1	.972	-3	-27	2.39	1.67	.982	2.27	2.25
1958	BAL	AL	32	RF	15	14	7	98.0	18	17	0	1	0	.944	-2	-24	1.56	1.13	.980	1.99	1.97
1958	BAL	AL	32	CF	4	3	2	21.1	13	12	1	0	1	1.000	-2	-84	5.48	3.25	.985	2.66	2.65
1958	BAL	AL	32	LF	3	1	0	12.2	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0	47	3.55	1.67	.980	2.06	2.07
1959	BAL	AL	33	OF	12	10	5	88.0	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-12	1.02	0.83	.980	2.22	2.21
1959	BAL	AL	33	RF	10	9	4	74.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-23	0.97	0.80	.978	1.89	1.88
1959	BAL	AL	33	LF	2	1	1	14.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0	43	1.93	1.50	.980	2.06	2.05
	4 Seasons			OF	81	68	48	599.1	159	149	5	5	2	.969	-2	-3	2.31	1.90	.980	2.30	2.29
	4 Seasons			RF	42	38	24	318.0	68	63	2	3	0	.956	-2	-9	1.84	1.55	.976	1.98	1.96
	4 Seasons			LF	35	25	20	242.0	73	69	2	2	1	.973	2	9	2.64	2.03	.978	2.10	2.10
	1 Season			CF	6	5	4	39.1	19	18	1	0	1	1.000	-1	-37	4.35	3.17	.985	2.70	2.67
	4 Seasons			TOT	81	68	48	599.1	159	149	5	5	2	.969	-2	-3	2.31	1.90	.980	2.30	2.29
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

Before 1952 Season: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from Drummondville (Provincial).
Before 1956 Season: Sent from the Kansas City Athletics to the Cincinnati Redlegs in an unknown transaction.
December 5, 1957: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs with Curt Flood to the St. Louis Cardinals for Marty Kutyna, Willard Schmidt and Ted Wieand.
July 25, 1958: Selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the St. Louis Cardinals.

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