Joe Taylor (MLB)
[edit] Biography
Joe Taylor (Joe Cephus Taylor) was born on March 2, 1926 in Chapman, Alabama. He made his Major League debut on August 26, 1954 for the Philadelphia Athletics. Taylor played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 4 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1954
| PHI
| A
| 18
| 58
| 5
| 13
| 1
| 8
| .224
| .250
| .328
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1957
| CIN
| N
| 33
| 107
| 14
| 28
| 4
| 9
| .262
| .301
| .439
| 7
| 0
| 6
| 24
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1958
| STL
| N
| 18
| 23
| 2
| 7
| 1
| 3
| .304
| .346
| .565
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| BAL
| A
| 36
| 77
| 11
| 21
| 2
| 9
| .273
| .333
| .403
| 4
| 0
| 7
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
|
| 1958
| Total
|
| 54
| 100
| 13
| 28
| 3
| 12
| .280
| .336
| .440
| 7
| 0
| 9
| 23
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 5
|
| 1959
| BAL
| A
| 14
| 32
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 2
| .156
| .372
| .281
| 1
| 0
| 11
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 51
| 130
| 16
| 35
| 5
| 12
| .269
| .309
| .462
| 10
| 0
| 8
| 28
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 68
| 167
| 18
| 39
| 4
| 19
| .234
| .316
| .353
| 6
| 1
| 20
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
|
| Total
|
|
| 119
| 297
| 34
| 74
| 9
| 31
| .249
| .313
| .401
| 16
| 1
| 28
| 61
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 9
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1954
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 32
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .943
|
| 1957
| CIN
| N
| RF
| 8
| 8
| 71
| 20
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1957
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 27
| 24
| 217.1
| 63
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1957
| CIN
| N
| LF
| 19
| 16
| 146.1
| 43
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1958
| STL
| N
| CF
| 2
| 2
| 18
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| STL
| N
| OF
| 5
| 3
| 30
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| STL
| N
| RF
| 1
| 1
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| STL
| N
| LF
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| BAL
| A
| RF
| 15
| 14
| 98
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1958
| BAL
| A
| CF
| 4
| 3
| 21.1
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| BAL
| A
| OF
| 21
| 18
| 132
| 34
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1958
| BAL
| A
| LF
| 3
| 1
| 12.2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| Total
|
| LF
| 5
| 1
| 15.2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| Total
|
| OF
| 26
| 21
| 162
| 44
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1958
| Total
|
| CF
| 6
| 5
| 39.1
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| Total
|
| RF
| 16
| 15
| 107
| 20
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1959
| BAL
| A
| LF
| 2
| 1
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1959
| BAL
| A
| OF
| 12
| 10
| 88
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1959
| BAL
| A
| RF
| 10
| 9
| 74
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 81
| 55
| 467.1
| 149
| 5
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| Total
|
|
| CF
| 6
| 5
| 39.1
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 34
| 32
| 252
| 48
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 26
| 18
| 176
| 52
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Drummondville (Provincial) to Philadelphia Athletics with Hector Lopez for $1500 (1952).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Curt Flood to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Marty Kutyna, Ted Wieand and Willard Schmidt (December 5, 1957).
- Claimed on waivers by Baltimore Orioles from St. Louis Cardinals (July 25, 1958).
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