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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 13	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
2	3	Apr 14	CHC		MLN	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	1	3	0	4	0	PH C
3	4	Apr 15	CHC		MLN	W,9-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
4	6 (1)	Apr 19	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
5	9 (2)	Apr 22	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
6	11 (1)	Apr 23 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-6	GS	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
7	12	Apr 26	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
8	15 (2)	Apr 30 (1)	CHC		LAD	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	17 (1)	May 2	CHC		SFG	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	19 (1)	May 4	CHC		SFG	L,3-9	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
11	21 (1)	May 7	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
12	25 (3)	May 13	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
13	26	May 14	CHC	@	LAD	W,10-8	GS	44	10.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
14	33 (6)	May 21 (2)	CHC		STL	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
15	38 (4)	May 28	CHC		SFG	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
16	40 (1)	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
17	41	May 31	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS	26	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	42	Jun 1	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
19	43	Jun 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-6	GS	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
20	55 (11)	Jun 14	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	61 (5)	Jun 21 (1)	CHC		LAD	L,1-4	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	63 (1)	Jun 22	CHC		LAD	W,7-5	GF	19	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
23	65 (1)	Jun 24	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-13	CG	46	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	67 (1)	Jun 27	CHC		CIN	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
25	68	Jun 28 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,16-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	70 (1)	Jun 29	CHC		CIN	W,15-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
27	71	Jun 30	CHC		STL	L,4-11	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	72	Jul 1	CHC		STL	W,13-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	73	Jul 2	CHC		STL	W,10-9	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
30	74	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		SFG	L,3-19	GS	45	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
31	75	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		SFG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
32	76	Jul 6 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,3-15	CG	53	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
33	79 (2)	Jul 8	CHC		PHI	W,6-4	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
34	83 (3)	Jul 14	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-7	GS	30	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
35	84	Jul 15	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
36	85	Jul 16	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
37	87 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-8	GS	27	5.1	3	1	0	4	0	C
38	88	Jul 18 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-8	GS	19	4.0	1	1	0	2	1	C
39	91 (2)	Jul 21	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
40	92	Jul 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	GF	21	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
41	93	Jul 23	CHC	@	PHI	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	95 (1)	Jul 26	CHC		STL	W,7-6	GF	17	4.0	3	1	0	4	0	PH C
43	96	Jul 27	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
44	98 (1)	Jul 29	CHC		CIN	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	99	Jul 30 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	101 (1)	Aug 2 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
47	102	Aug 2 (2)	CHC		MLN	T,7-7	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
48	103	Aug 3	CHC		MLN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
49	105 (1)	Aug 5	CHC	@	LAD	L,6-7	GF	25	5.2	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
50	107 (1)	Aug 8	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
51	110 (2)	Aug 12	CHC	@	MLN	L,6-8	GF	5	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
52	112 (1)	Aug 14	CHC		PHI	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
53	113	Aug 15	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
54	114	Aug 16	CHC		PHI	W,9-5	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	116 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	GS	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	117	Aug 18	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	46	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
57	119 (1)	Aug 20	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
58	120	Aug 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
59	121	Aug 24	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-7	GF	17	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
60	122	Aug 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
61	129 (6)	Aug 31	CHC		SFG	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	132 (2)	Sep 3 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
63	134 (1)	Sep 4	CHC		MLN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
64	135	Sep 5	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	138 (2)	Sep 8	CHC		PHI	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
66	139	Sep 9	CHC		PHI	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
67	140	Sep 10	CHC		PHI	L,6-14	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
68	142 (1)	Sep 14 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	41	8.2	5	0	1	6	0	C
69	144 (1)	Sep 15	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
70	147 (2)	Sep 18	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
71	148	Sep 19	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
72	150 (1)	Sep 23	CHC	@	MLN	L,3-6	CG	28	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
73	153 (2)	Sep 26	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
74	154	Sep 27	CHC		STL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	155	Sep 30	CHC		LAD	W,2-1	CG	18	5.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
							75gm		541.2	319	25	4	348	5