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Sammy Taylor
Samuel Douglas Taylor

Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 27, 1933 in Woodruff, SC
Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Braves in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1958
Final Game: August 6, 1963
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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
1958	25	CHC	NL	96	329	301	30	78	12	2	6	36	2	1	27	46	.259	.319	.372	.691	84	112	9	0	0	1	4	2
1959	26	CHC	NL	110	390	353	41	95	13	2	13	43	1	0	35	47	.269	.336	.428	.764	103	151	6	1	0	1	13	*2
1960	27	CHC	NL	74	159	150	14	31	9	0	3	17	0	1	6	18	.207	.241	.327	.567	55	49	5	1	1	1	0	2
1961	28	CHC	NL	89	264	235	26	56	8	2	8	23	0	0	23	39	.238	.316	.391	.707	86	92	6	4	1	1	7	2
1962	29	TOT	NL	75	204	173	12	37	5	2	3	21	0	0	26	20	.214	.319	.318	.637	72	55	5	2	0	3	2	2
1962	29	CHC	NL	7	18	15	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.133	.278	.200	.478	29	3	1	0	0	0	1	/2
1962	29	NYM	NL	68	186	158	12	35	4	2	3	20	0	0	23	17	.222	.323	.329	.652	76	52	4	2	0	3	1	2
1963	30	TOT	MLB	29	57	51	4	12	0	1	0	7	0	0	5	11	.235	.298	.275	.573	66	14	3	0	0	1	1	2
1963	30	TOT	NL	25	47	41	3	9	0	1	0	6	0	0	5	9	.220	.298	.268	.566	65	11	3	0	0	1	1	2
1963	30	NYM	NL	22	41	35	3	9	0	1	0	6	0	0	5	7	.257	.341	.314	.656	91	11	3	0	0	1	1	2
1963	30	CIN	NL	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1963	30	CLE	AL	4	10	10	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.300	.300	.300	.600	69	3	0	0	0	0	0	/2
6 Seasons				473	1403	1263	127	309	47	9	33	147	3	2	122	181	.245	.313	.375	.688	84	473	34	8	2	8	27
162 Game Avg.				162	481	433	43	106	16	3	11	50	1	1	42	62	.245	.313	.375	.688	84	162	12	3	1	3	9

CHC (5 yrs)				376	1160	1054	111	262	43	6	30	120	3	2	94	153	.249	.313	.386	.699	86	407	27	6	2	4	25
NYM (2 yrs)				90	227	193	15	44	4	3	3	26	0	0	28	24	.228	.326	.326	.652	79	63	7	2	0	4	2
CLE (1 yr)				4	10	10	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.300	.300	.300	.600	69	3	0	0	0	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				469	1393	1253	126	306	47	9	33	146	3	2	122	179	.244	.313	.375	.689	84	470	34	8	2	8	27
AL (1 yr)				4	10	10	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.300	.300	.300	.600	69	3	0	0	0	0	0

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
1958	25	CHC	NL	329	234	35	4.0	104	.288	.259	.267	.319	.335	.372	.417	.691	.752	84	.433	-6.9	-0.7	.601	.206	.113	3.0
1959	26	CHC	NL	390	265	51	5.1	104	.279	.269	.269	.336	.335	.428	.416	.764	.751	103	.549	1.2	0.1	.712	.261	.159	1.9
1960	27	CHC	NL	159	127	10	2.1	98	.215	.207	.262	.241	.328	.327	.402	.567	.730	55	.210	-9.6	-1.0	.440	.153	.120	.0
1961	28	CHC	NL	264	187	29	4.1	106	.254	.238	.271	.316	.338	.391	.422	.707	.760	86	.446	-5.1	-0.5	.643	.251	.153	.0
1962	29	TOT	NL	204	144	19	3.5	103	.222	.214	.270	.319	.338	.318	.410	.637	.748	72	.385	-6.2	-0.6	.589	.254	.104	.0
1962	29	CHC	NL	18	14	1	1.9	106	.167	.133	.275	.278	.342	.200	.417	.478	.759	29	.169	-1.5	-0.2	.429	.267	.067
1962	29	NYM	NL	186	130	18	3.7	103	.227	.222	.270	.323	.337	.329	.410	.652	.747	76	.406	-4.8	-0.5	.606	.253	.108	.0
1963	30	TOT	MLB	57	43	4	2.5	91	.293	.235	.255	.298	.317	.275	.383	.573	.701	66	.301	-2.3	-0.3	.452	.137	.039
1963	30	TOT	NL	47	36	3	2.2	90	.273	.220	.255	.298	.316	.268	.381	.566	.697	65	.265	-1.8	-0.2	.457	.171	.049
1963	30	NYM	NL	41	30	3	2.7	89	.310	.257	.254	.341	.316	.314	.380	.656	.696	91	.335	-0.2	-0.0	.552	.200	.057
1963	30	CIN	NL	6	6	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.258	.000	.320	.000	.385	.000	.704	-100	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1963	30	CLE	AL	10	7	1	3.9	95	.375	.300	.255	.300	.322	.300	.394	.600	.716	69	.462	-0.5	-0.1	.429	.000	.000
6 Seasons				1403	1000	148	4.0	103	.261	.245	.268	.313	.334	.375	.414	.688	.748	84	.435	-28.8	-2.9	.610	.227	.130	5.5
162 Game Avg.				481	342	51	4.0	103	.261	.245	.268	.313	.334	.375	.414	.688	.748	84	.435	-28.8	-2.9	.610	.227	.130	2

CHC (5 yrs)				1160	827	126	4.1	104	.265	.249	.268	.313	.335	.386	.416	.699	.750	86	.445	-21.8	-2.2	.619	.228	.138	5.5
NYM (2 yrs)				227	160	21	3.5	101	.241	.228	.267	.326	.333	.326	.404	.652	.738	79	.395	-5.0	-0.5	.596	.244	.098	.0
CLE (1 yr)				10	7	1	3.9	95	.375	.300	.255	.300	.322	.300	.394	.600	.716	69	.461	-0.5	-0.1	.429	.000	.000
CIN (1 yr)				6	6	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.258	.000	.320	.000	.385	.000	.704	-100	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

NL (6 yrs)				1393	993	147	4.0	103	.260	.244	.268	.313	.334	.375	.414	.689	.748	84	.435	-28.4	-2.9	.611	.229	.131	5.5
AL (1 yr)				10	7	1	3.9	95	.375	.300	.255	.300	.322	.300	.394	.600	.716	69	.461	-0.5	-0.1	.429	.000	.000

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	GO/AO	IP%
1958	25	CHC	NL	329	1.8%	14.0%	8.2%	6.1%	26%	1.70	6.5	50.2	8.4	1.13	76%
1959	26	CHC	NL	390	3.3%	12.1%	9.0%	7.2%	30%	1.34	7.5	27.2	8.2	0.93	75%
1960	27	CHC	NL	159	1.9%	11.3%	3.8%	7.6%	39%	3.00	8.3	50.0	8.8	1.38	82%
1961	28	CHC	NL	264	3.0%	14.8%	8.7%	6.8%	32%	1.70	6.0	29.4	10.2	0.99	72%
1962	29	TOT	NL	204	1.5%	9.8%	12.8%	4.9%	27%	0.77	8.7	57.7	8.2	1.05	75%
1962	29	CHC	NL	18	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	5.6%	50%	1.00	5.0		15.0	0.57	67%
1962	29	NYM	NL	186	1.6%	9.1%	12.4%	4.8%	26%	0.74	9.3	52.7	7.9	1.12	76%
1963	30	TOT	MLB	57	0.0%	19.3%	8.8%	1.8%	8%	2.20	4.6		7.3	1.13	72%
1963	30	TOT	NL	47	0.0%	19.2%	10.6%	2.1%	11%	1.80	4.6		6.8	1.25	70%
1963	30	NYM	NL	41	0.0%	17.1%	12.2%	2.4%	11%	1.40	5.0		5.8	1.56	71%
1963	30	CIN	NL	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			0.33	67%
1963	30	CLE	AL	10	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0		10.0	0.67	80%
6 Seasons				1403	2.4%	12.9%	8.7%	6.3%	29%	1.48	7.0	38.3	8.6	1.06	75%
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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1958	25	CHC	NL	2	0	24%	107	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	28%	21	16	5	6	4	2	2	1	1
1959	26	CHC	NL	5	0	24%	132	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	54%	16	9	7	1	1	0	11	3	8
1960	27	CHC	NL	5	1	31%	46	0	1	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	50%	7	4	3	2	1	1	3	1	2
1961	28	CHC	NL	2	0	24%	89	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	50%	9	6	3	2	0	2	5	2	3
1962	29	TOT	NL	2	0	15%	71	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	38%	4	3	1	0	0	0	4	2	2
1962	29	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1962	29	NYM	NL	2	0	16%	67	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	43%	4	3	1	0	0	0	3	1	2
1963	30	TOT	MLB	0	0	24%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	67%	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	30	TOT	NL	0	0	21%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	67%	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	30	NYM	NL	0	0	21%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	67%	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	30	CIN	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	30	CLE	AL	0	0	33%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Seasons				16	1	23%	460	3	2	60%	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	10	22	44%	60	39	21	11	6	5	25	9	16
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
1958	25	CHC	NL	304	96%	78			11	3	0	2	1.80	6	0	8	6	0	2	4	0	1	0	0%	58	9	16%	19	3	16%	201	27	13%	14	5	36%	19	8	42%	25
1959	26	CHC	NL	382	95%	95			8	1	0	2	1.84	13	0	11	13	0	10	3	0	0	0		78	6	8%	28	8	29%	254	33	13%	22	8	36%	24	7	29%	8
1960	27	CHC	NL	155	92%	31			35	6	1	7	1.93	3	0	2	3	0	0	3	0	1	1	100%	41	5	12%	15	5	33%	106	16	15%	12	8	67%	2	1	50%	5
1961	28	CHC	NL	264	86%	56			14	0	0	2	2.39	8	0	4	8	0	6	2	0	1	1	100%	57	6	11%	22	4	18%	165	16	10%	14	6	43%	17	6	35%	0
1962	29	TOT	NL	204	95%	37			16	3	0	2	1.33	3	0	7	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		42	5	12%	22	11	50%	145	19	13%	12	9	75%	11	9	82%	0
1962	29	CHC	NL	18	89%	2			0	0	0	0	1.41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	4	1	25%	12	1	8%	1	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
1962	29	NYM	NL	186	95%	35			16	3	0	2	1.33	3	0	7	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		39	4	10%	18	10	56%	133	18	14%	11	9	82%	9	7	78%	0
1963	30	TOT	MLB	57	88%	12			14	5	0	0	1.51	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12	3	25%	7	1	14%	38	7	18%	4	2	50%	1	1	100%	0
1963	30	TOT	NL	47	87%	9			12	5	0	0	1.64	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	3	30%	6	1	17%	32	6	19%	4	2	50%	1	1	100%	0
1963	30	NYM	NL	41	85%	9			11	5	0	0	1.52	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	3	33%	5	1	20%	30	6	20%	4	2	50%	1	1	100%	0
1963	30	CIN	NL	6	100%	0			1	0	0	0	2.94	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1963	30	CLE	AL	10	90%	3			2	0	0	0	0.75	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	1	17%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Seasons				1366	93%	309			98	18	1	15	1.82	33	0	34	33	0	20	13	0	3	2	67%	288	34	12%	113	32	28%	909	118	13%	78	38	49%	74	32	43%	38
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
1958	25	96	329	301	30	78	12	2	6	36	2	1	27	46	.259	.319	.372	.691	84	112	9	0	0	1	4
1959	26	206	719	654	71	173	25	4	19	79	3	1	62	93	.265	.328	.402	.730	95	263	15	1	0	2	17
1960	27	280	878	804	85	204	34	4	22	96	3	2	68	111	.254	.312	.388	.700	87	312	20	2	1	3	17
1961	28	369	1142	1039	111	260	42	6	30	119	3	2	91	150	.250	.313	.389	.702	87	404	26	6	2	4	24
1962	29	444	1346	1212	123	297	47	8	33	140	3	2	117	170	.245	.314	.379	.693	85	459	31	8	2	7	26
1963	30	473	1403	1263	127	309	47	9	33	147	3	2	122	181	.245	.313	.375	.688	84	473	34	8	2	8	27

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
1958	25	101	345	316	32	81	12	2	6	38	2	28	48	.256	.316	.364	.680	37	96
1959	26	115	409	370	43	100	14	2	14	45	1	37	49	.270	.337	.432	.770	53	110
1960	27	77	163	155	15	31	9	0	3	19	0	6	19	.200	.233	.316	.549	11	74
1961	28	93	274	245	27	58	8	2	8	23	0	24	41	.237	.314	.384	.698	29	89
1962	29	75	206	174	11	38	5	2	3	20	0	27	20	.218	.325	.322	.647	18	75
1963	30	29	58	52	5	13	0	1	0	8	0	5	11	.250	.310	.288	.599	5	29
6 Seasons		490	1455	1312	133	321	48	9	34	153	3	127	188	.245	.313	.373	.686	153	473
162 Game Avg.		162	481	434	44	106	16	3	11	51	1	42	62	.245	.313	.373	.686	51	473

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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1959 NL--13--4th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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