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Steel Arm Johnny Taylor

Positions: Starting Pitcher, Leftfielder and Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-5, 168lb (165cm, 76kg)

Born: August 12, 1879 in Anderson, SC us

Died: March 25, 1956 in Peoria, IL

Buried: Springdale Cemetery, Peoria, IL

Full Name: John Boyce Taylor

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Relatives: Brother of Ben Taylor, Candy Jim Taylor, C.I. Taylor

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.2

ERA

81.00

0.1

WHIP

12.000

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1909	29	3.9	St. Paul	BLK	N/A		3	1	.750	2.76	4.13	4	3		3	0	0	32.2	31	15	10	1	6		17	1		0	137	1.133	8.5	0.3	1.7	4.7	2.83
1910	30		2 Teams	BLK	Non		2	2	.500	2.15	3.22	7	5		3	0	0	50.1	40	18	12	0	11		18	1		0	199	1.013	7.2	0.0	2.0	3.2	1.64
1910	30	4.8	Chicago Giants	BLK	Non		2	1	.667	2.43	3.65	5	4		2	0	0	37.0	29	15	10	0	9		9	1		0	145	1.027	7.1	0.0	2.2	2.2	1.00
1910	30	4.8	West Baden	BLK	Non		0	1	.000	1.35	2.03	2	1		1	0	0	13.1	11	3	2	0	2		9	0		0	54	0.975	7.4	0.0	1.4	6.1	4.50
1911	31	6.2	St. Louis	BLK	Non		3	1	.750	2.50	3.75	7	4		2	1	0	36.0	37	15	10	3	9		17	0		0	153	1.278	9.3	0.8	2.3	4.3	1.89
1912	32	6.5	West Baden	BLK	N/A		1	1	.500	7.23	8.68	3	2		2	0	0	18.2	27	18	15	0	2		7	0		0	87	1.554	13.0	0.0	1.0	3.4	3.50
1913	33		2 Teams	BLK	N/A		5	2	.714	1.99	2.65	8	7		7	1	0	68.0	55	20	15	0	12		33	0		0	257	0.985	7.3	0.0	1.6	4.4	2.75
1913	33	6.3	West Baden	BLK	N/A		2	2	.500	2.80	3.57	4	4		4	0	0	35.1	32	14	11	0	4		18	0		0	135	1.019	8.2	0.0	1.0	4.6	4.50
1913	33	6.3	Chicago American Giants	BLK	N/A		3	0	1.000	1.10	1.65	4	3		3	1	0	32.2	23	6	4	0	8		15	0		0	122	0.949	6.3	0.0	2.2	4.1	1.88
1914	34	7.2	Indianapolis	BLK	Non		3	6	.333	4.36	6.25	11	8		4	0	0	76.1	80	53	37	5	27		28	3		0	346	1.402	9.4	0.6	3.2	3.3	1.04
1915	35		2 Teams	BLK	Non		4	2	.667	3.12	4.59	7	5		4	0	0	49.0	45	25	17	0	12		21	1		0	199	1.163	8.3	0.0	2.2	3.9	1.75
1915	35	8.8	Louisville	BLK	Non		2	2	.500	4.05	5.94	4	4		3	0	0	33.1	35	22	15	0	8		17	1		0	144	1.290	9.5	0.0	2.2	4.6	2.13
1915	35	8.8	Chicago Black Sox	BLK	Non		2	0	1.000	1.15	1.72	3	1		1	0	0	15.2	10	3	2	0	4		4	0		0	55	0.894	5.7	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.00
1916	36	8.9	Indianapolis	BLK	Non		0	0		60.75	67.50	2	1		0	0	0	1.1	8	10	9	1	1		0	1		0	14	6.750	54.0	6.8	6.8	0.0	0.00

1920	40	13.1	ABC	NNL	Maj	ABC	0	0		81.00	81.00	1	0		0	0	0	0.1	2	3	3	0	2		0	1		0	6	12.000	54.0	0.0	54.0	0.0	0.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (1 season)					Majors		0	0		81.00	81.00	1	0		0	0	0	0.1	2	3	3	0	2		0	1		0	6	12.000	54.0	0.0	54.0	0.0	0.00
Black Baseball (5 seasons)					Black Baseball		12	11	.522	3.59	5.11	34	23		13	1	0	213.0	210	121	85	9	60		84	6		0	911	1.268	8.9	0.4	2.5	3.5	1.40
Other (3 seasons)					Other		9	4	.692	3.02	4.00	15	12		12	1	0	119.1	113	53	40	1	20		57	1		0	481	1.115	8.5	0.1	1.5	4.3	2.85
All Levels (9 Seasons)							21	15	.583	3.46	4.79	50	35		25	2	0	332.2	325	177	128	10	82		141	8		0	1398	1.223	8.8	0.3	2.2	3.8	1.72