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Billy Taylor
William Howell Taylor

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 8", Weight 200 lb.

Debut April 5, 1994
  vs. MIL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game April 8, 2001
Born October 16, 1961 in Monticello, FL

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed March 24, 1980. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1994 32 OAK AL   1   3  41   0   0   0  11  1   46.3   38   24   18   4   18   48   2   0   195   5   0  3.50  4.42  126 1.209
 1996 34 OAK AL   6   3  55   0   0   0  30 17   60.3   52   30   29   5   25   67   4   1   261   4   0  4.33  5.10  118 1.276
 1997 35 OAK AL   3   4  72   0   0   0  45 23   73.0   70   32   31   3   36   66   5   0   320   9   0  3.82  4.43  116 1.452
 1998 36 OAK AL   4   9  70   0   0   0  58 33   73.0   71   37   29   7   22   58   3   0   311   4   1  3.58  4.52  126 1.274
 1999 37 TOT      1   6  61   0   0   0  43 26   56.3   68   35   31   5   23   52   2   1   257   8   1  4.95  4.54   92 1.615
         OAK AL   1   5  43   0   0   0  38 26   43.0   48   23   19   3   14   38   2   1   189   3   1  3.98  4.58  115 1.442
         NYM NL   0   1  18   0   0   0   5  0   13.3   20   12   12   2    9   14   0   0    68   5   0  8.10  4.43   55 2.175
 2000 38 TBD AL   1   3  17   0   0   0   7  0   13.7   13   13   13   2    9   13   2   0    62   2   0  8.56  4.92   57 1.610
 2001 39 PIT NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    2.0    2    1    1   1    0    3   0   0     8   0   0  4.50  4.58  102 1.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Years            28       0       0    100         314       152      133       18   2  1414  32   2  4.21  4.62  110 1.377
 WL%= .364       16     317       0     194     324.7       172       27       307
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     3   6  68   0   0   0  41 21   69.3   67   36   32   5   28   65   3   0   303   6   0  4.21  4.62  110 1.377
 Career High      6   9  72   0   0   0  58 33   73.0   71   37   31   7   36   67   5   1   320   9   1  3.50  5.10  126 1.209

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1994 32 OAK AL P 41 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 0.12 0.52 0.97 1.71 0 46.3 1996 34 OAK AL P 55 4 9 0 0 1.000 .963 0.24 0.52 1.94 1.78 0 60.3 1997 35 OAK AL P 72 3 13 0 1 1.000 .952 0.22 0.49 1.97 1.71 0 73.0 1998 36 OAK AL P 70 4 8 0 2 1.000 .960 0.17 0.50 1.48 1.78 0 73.0 1999 37 TOT P 61 1 7 0 0 1.000 .952 0.13 0.47 1.28 1.69 0 56.3 OAK AL P 43 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.14 0.47 1.26 1.70 0 43.0 NYM NL P 18 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.11 0.48 1.35 1.69 0 13.3 2000 38 TBD AL P 17 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.06 0.46 0.66 1.64 0 13.7 2001 39 PIT NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50 0.00 1.80 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1994 32 OAK AL P 41 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 0.12 0.52 0.97 1.71 0 46.3 1996 34 OAK AL P 55 4 9 0 0 1.000 .963 0.24 0.52 1.94 1.78 0 60.3 1997 35 OAK AL P 72 3 13 0 1 1.000 .952 0.22 0.49 1.97 1.71 0 73.0 1998 36 OAK AL P 70 4 8 0 2 1.000 .960 0.17 0.50 1.48 1.78 0 73.0 1999 37 TOT P 61 1 7 0 0 1.000 .952 0.13 0.47 1.28 1.69 0 56.3 OAK AL P 43 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.14 0.47 1.26 1.70 0 43.0 NYM NL P 18 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.11 0.48 1.35 1.69 0 13.3 2000 38 TBD AL P 17 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.06 0.46 0.66 1.64 0 13.7 2001 39 PIT NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50 0.00 1.80 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 317 15 40 0 3 1.000 .958 0.17 0.50 1.52 1.73 0 324.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 317 15 40 0 3 1.000 .958 0.17 0.50 1.52 1.73 0 325
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1997 AL-72-10

Saves
1997 AL-23-10
1998 AL-33-8

Games Finished
1997 AL-45-9
1998 AL-58-5

Oldest Player
2000 AL-38-7
2001 NL-39-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 7 (1639) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1116) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

January 11, 1980: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed March 24, 1980.

October 22, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

March 30, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

October 22, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

August 16, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

December 7, 1992: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Atlanta Braves in the 1992 rule 5 draft.

April 3, 1993: Returned (earlier draft pick) by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Atlanta Braves.

October 15, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

December 13, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

July 31, 1999: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the New York Mets for Jason Isringhausen and Greg McMichael.

December 21, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

February 4, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

March 23, 2000: Released by the Colorado Rockies.

March 31, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

October 10, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

February 1, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

April 2, 2001: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

April 3, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 8, 2001: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1994Oakland Athletics$132,500
1996Oakland Athletics$135,000
1997Oakland Athletics$575,000
1998Oakland Athletics$1,100,000
1999Oakland Athletics$2,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,442,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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