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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1958 CHC NL 25 C 87 81 700.2 489 460 23 6 4 .988 -3.0 -5.1 -3 6.20 5.55 .988 6.06 5.19 2 21 24 9 27%
1959 CHC NL 26 C 109 96 889.2 544 497 37 10 1 .982 -7.0 -9.4 -7 5.40 4.90 .989 6.34 5.24 6 22 70 21 23%
1960 CHC NL 27 C 43 31 272.1 180 152 24 4 2 .978 0.0 0.0 0 5.82 4.09 .986 6.58 5.41 4 9 13 11 46%
1961 CHC NL 28 C 75 61 541.2 348 319 25 4 5 .989 -4.0 -8.9 -4 5.72 4.59 .985 6.39 5.17 8 25 32 11 26%
1962 TOT NL 29 C 56 46 400.1 253 225 26 2 3 .992 0.0 0.0 0 5.64 4.48 .987 6.72 5.50 6 17 26 13 33%
1962 CHC NL 29 C 6 4 38.0 24 23 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -31.6 -1 5.68 4.00 .987 6.73 5.50 1 3 1 0 0%
1962 NYM NL 29 C 50 42 362.1 229 202 25 2 3 .991 1.0 3.3 1 5.64 4.54 .987 6.72 5.50 5 14 25 13 34%
1963 TOT MLB 30 C 17 6 91.0 74 68 5 1 2 .986 1.0 13.2 1 7.22 4.29 .986 7.00 5.99 0 2 4 3 43%
1963 TOT NL 30 C 15 5 76.0 64 60 3 1 1 .984 0.0 0.0 0 7.46 4.20 .986 7.07 6.02 0 2 4 2 33%
1963 NYM NL 30 C 13 4 64.0 58 55 3 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 8.16 4.46 .986 7.07 6.02 0 2 4 2 33%
1963 CIN NL 30 C 2 1 12.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 0.0 0.0 0 3.75 2.50 .983 7.05 6.00 0 0 0 0
1963 CLE AL 30 C 2 1 15.0 10 8 2 0 1 1.000 1.0 80.0 1 6.00 5.00 .990 6.66 5.80 0 0 0 1 100%
6 Seasons C 387 321 2895.2 1888 1721 140 27 17 .986 -13.0 -5.4 -13 5.78 4.81 .987 6.38 5.30 26 96 169 68 29%
6 Seasons TOT 387 321 2895.2 1888 1721 140 27 17 .986 -13.0 -5.4 -13 5.78 4.81 .973 6.38 5.30 26 96 169 68 29%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1958 CHC NL 25 96 81 96 96 0 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1959 CHC NL 26 110 96 110 110 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1960 CHC NL 27 74 31 74 74 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0
1961 CHC NL 28 89 61 89 89 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1962 NYM NL 29 68 42 68 68 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1962 CHC NL 29 7 4 7 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1963 NYM NL 30 22 4 22 22 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1963 CLE AL 30 4 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1963 CIN NL 30 3 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 Seasons 473 321 473 473 0 387 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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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%
1958 CHC NL 25 2901 4.81 5.33 39 92% 0 1 429 27 5 14 383 20 7 0 0 3 4 0 2 2 1 4 0 2 2 5 80%
1959 CHC NL 26 3785 3.67 4.06 35 89% 0 0 490 21 1 12 456 37 8 0 0 6 10 0 4 6 1 1 0 0 0 3 100%
1960 CHC NL 27 1203 4.35 5.09 20 100% 0 0 153 10 0 6 137 23 8 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 100%
1961 CHC NL 28 2424 4.62 5.18 31 87% 0 0 318 21 3 5 288 25 8 0 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 5 0 2 3 4 75%
1962 NYM NL 29 1628 4.30 5.37 20 95% 0 0 201 17 1 4 179 24 2 0 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 67%
1962 CHC NL 29 168 3.55 4.26 2 50% 0 0 24 1 0 0 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 NYM NL 30 284 3.09 4.08 5 100% 0 0 55 5 1 0 49 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1963 CIN NL 30 53 6.00 6.75 1 100% 0 0 11 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CLE AL 30 78 7.20 9.60 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
6 Seasons 12524 4.27 4.88 153 92% 0 1 1689 103 12 41 1532 134 34 0 1 18 25 0 10 15 2 17 0 5 6 18 83%
MLB Averages 3.84 4.35 95% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1958 CHC NL 25 2 21 1114 24 9 8 27% 21 7 3 1 0 1 0 0 58 14 1.23 1.13
1959 CHC NL 26 6 22 1359 70 21 19 23% 61 19 7 1 2 1 2 1 123 25 1.17 0.95
1960 CHC NL 27 4 9 441 13 11 11 46% 13 10 0 0 0 1 1 0 39 12 0.96 0.92
1961 CHC NL 28 8 25 904 32 11 10 26% 27 8 4 2 1 1 1 0 75 15 1.30 1.36
1962 NYM NL 29 4 14 576 25 13 12 34% 23 12 2 1 0 0 1 0 52 20 1.06 1.08
1962 CHC NL 29 1 3 68 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 2.30
1963 NYM NL 30 0 2 113 4 2 2 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0.30 0.81
1963 CIN NL 30 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CLE AL 30 0 0 36 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.76
6 Seasons 25 96 4631 169 68 63 29% 149 59 17 5 3 4 5 1 359 90 1.16 1.05
MLB Averages 38% 1.19 1.17

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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