Sammy Taylor

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: February 27, 1933 in Woodruff, SC us

Died: October 8, 2019 in Woodruff, SC

Buried: Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN

High School: Woodruff HS (Woodruff, SC)

Debut: April 20, 1958 (Age 25-052d, 11,531st in major league history)
vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 6, 1963 (Age 30-160d)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Samuel Douglas Taylor

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.2

1263

309

.245

127

RBI

147

OBP

.313

SLG

.375

OPS

.688

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CHC		LAD	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 12	CHC		LAD	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
3	3	Apr 14	CHC	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
4	5 (1)	Apr 16	CHC	@	SFG	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	6	Apr 17	CHC	@	LAD	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
6	7	Apr 18	CHC	@	LAD	L,7-8	GF	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
7	9 (1)	Apr 21	CHC		STL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
8	10	Apr 22	CHC		STL	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	11	Apr 23	CHC		STL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
10	13 (1)	Apr 25	CHC		SFG	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
11	14	Apr 26	CHC		SFG	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
12	15	Apr 29	CHC	@	CIN	L,8-18	CG	52	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
13	16	Apr 30	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	17	May 1	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
15	18	May 2	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	GF	14	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
16	20 (1)	May 3 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
17	21	May 4	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
18	22	May 5	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	24 (1)	May 7	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
20	25	May 8	CHC	@	STL	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
21	26	May 9	CHC	@	STL	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	30 (3)	May 12	CHC		MLN	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	31	May 13	CHC		CIN	W,10-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	34 (2)	May 17 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
25	35	May 17 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
26	36	May 19	CHC		PHI	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
27	37	May 20	CHC		PHI	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
28	38	May 21	CHC		PHI	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
29	39	May 22	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	50	14.0	14	3	1	18	0	C
30	41 (1)	May 24	CHC		STL	L,3-7	GF	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
31	42	May 25	CHC	@	STL	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
32	43	May 27	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	48 (4)	Jun 3	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
34	49	Jun 4	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
35	50	Jun 5	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
36	51	Jun 6	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
37	53 (1)	Jun 7 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
38	54	Jun 8	CHC	@	MLN	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
39	56 (1)	Jun 10	CHC		CIN	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
40	57	Jun 11	CHC		CIN	L,0-8	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
41	58	Jun 12	CHC		MLN	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
42	60 (1)	Jun 14	CHC		MLN	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
43	61	Jun 16	CHC		PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
44	63 (1)	Jun 18	CHC		PIT	L,2-4	CG	52	13.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	64	Jun 19	CHC		PHI	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
46	65	Jun 20	CHC		PHI	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
47	66	Jun 21	CHC		PHI	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
48	68 (1)	Jun 24	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
49	69	Jun 25	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
50	71 (1)	Jun 27	CHC	@	MLN	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
51	73 (1)	Jun 30	CHC		STL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	74	Jul 1	CHC		STL	W,6-5	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
53	75	Jul 2	CHC		SFG	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
54	77 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		LAD	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	78	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		LAD	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
56	79	Jul 5 (1)	CHC		LAD	L,3-4	GS	28	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
57	81 (1)	Jul 9	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	9.1	4	0	0	4	0
58	82	Jul 10	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	49	10.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
59	85 (2)	Jul 12 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
60	86	Jul 14	CHC		MLN	W,10-5	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
61	87	Jul 15	CHC		MLN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
62	88	Jul 16	CHC		MLN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
63	89	Jul 17	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
64	90	Jul 18	CHC		CIN	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
65	91	Jul 20	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	92	Jul 21	CHC	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
67	94 (1)	Jul 23	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
68	96 (1)	Jul 25	CHC	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
69	98 (1)	Jul 28	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-4	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
70	99	Jul 29	CHC	@	MLN	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
71	101 (1)	Jul 31	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	8	1	0	9	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	102	Aug 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
73	103	Aug 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	104	Aug 4	CHC		PHI	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
75	105	Aug 5	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
76	106	Aug 6	CHC		PHI	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
77	107	Aug 7	CHC		PIT	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
78	108	Aug 8	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	GS	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
79	109	Aug 9	CHC		PIT	L,3-5	CG	42	10.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
80	111 (1)	Aug 12	CHC		LAD	W,11-8	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
81	112	Aug 13	CHC		SFG	W,20-9	GS	37	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
82	113	Aug 14	CHC		SFG	W,7-5	GS	14	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
83	114	Aug 15	CHC		SFG	L,4-6	GS	28	6.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
84	117 (2)	Aug 19 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
85	118	Aug 19 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	T,7-7	GF	29	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	PH C
86	119	Aug 20 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
87	120	Aug 20 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-4	GF	26	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	PH C
88	122 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
89	128 (5)	Aug 28	CHC		MLN	L,3-9	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
90	130 (1)	Aug 30	CHC		MLN	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	132 (1)	Sep 3	CHC	@	SFG	L,5-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
92	133	Sep 4	CHC	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
93	135 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
94	137 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	CG	40	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
95	138	Sep 9 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,2-7	CG	24	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
96	139	Sep 10 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,4-10	GF	17	5.0	5	0	1	6	0	PH C
97	141 (1)	Sep 11	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
98	142	Sep 12	CHC		STL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
99	143	Sep 13	CHC		STL	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
100	144	Sep 16 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
101	145	Sep 16 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
102	146	Sep 17	CHC		PHI	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
103	147	Sep 18	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	51	13.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
104	148	Sep 19	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
105	150 (1)	Sep 21	CHC	@	STL	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
106	151	Sep 22	CHC		SFG	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
107	152	Sep 23	CHC		SFG	W,9-8		24	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
108	153	Sep 25	CHC		LAD	L,4-5	GS	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
109	155 (1)	Sep 27	CHC		LAD	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
							109gm		889.2	497	37	10	544	1